70th Annual Bonners Ferry 8th grade Basketball Tournament
Courtesy Photo The championship trophy, donated by city drug, from the first middle school basketball Tournament in 1949.
BONNERS FERRY — Most locals remember playing or watching the annual middle school basketball tournament growing up. The American Legion started the tournament in 1949. This year Bonners Ferry will host 25 teams from eight different schools. There will be four different divisions with teams from Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Libby, Lakeland, Kellogg, Timberlake, St. Maries and Priest River. Games will start at 8 a.m. this Saturday and will be played at Bonners Ferry High School, Boundary County Middle School, and Valley View Elementary.