Big basketball weekend at Buffalo High School

The MYAS (Minnesota Youth Athletic Services) Grade State Basketball Championships for boys and girls have been held over multiple weekends, beginning in late February. Over the weekend of Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5, Buffalo High School (BHS) hosted some of the Boys Grade State Championships games.

This is the first year since 2020 that BHS has hosted games for the tournament. Prior and up to 2020, BHS was a host site for the tournament for at least seven years in a row. Each year, tournament games are held at nine different locations.

The Boys 4th grade Tier 5, Boys 5th grade Tier 2, Boys 5th grade Tier 3, and Boys 5th grade Tier 6 games were played at Buffalo High School. Families, friends, and fans gathered to watch some fun and competitive basketball games on Saturday and Sunday.

The Grade State Basketball Championships had 1,540 total teams registered for 2023, which was a new record. It is the largest youth basketball tournament in the nation.

Youth basketball teams and organizations that participated in the tournament at Buffalo High School included: Anoka, Armstrong (Robbinsdale), Big Lake, Bloomington Jefferson, Champlin Park, East Ridge, Eastview, Eden Prairie, Elk River, Hopkins, Irondale, Jordan, Lakeville North, Mendota Heights, Minneapolis Lakers, Minnetonka, Mounds View, OMGBA, Orono, Owatonna, Prior Lake, Rochester Century, Rochester Mayo, Rogers, Shakopee, Spring Lake Park, St. Michael- Albertville, St. Peter, St. Paul Stillwater, Wayzata, Westtonka, White Bear Lake, and Zumbrota.

The champions for the tournaments at Buffalo High School include: Boys 4th grade Tier 5 Champions- Eden Prairie B4, Boys 5th grade Tier 3 Champions- Minneapolis Lakers B5 Gold, Boys 5th grade Tier 6 Champions- Zumbrota-Mazeppa B5 Green.

Brackets have been posted online at: myas.org. Congratulations to all participants and tournament winners!