The road to Wachs Arena and this year’s State B tournament officially starts now.

Teams across the state will need to clear hurdles along the path and the hurdles will get higher and harder to clear with each passing contest.

Regions are now at hand, with the short-term goal of advancing to next week’s SoDak16 with the ultimate destination being the Hub City.

Here is a look at each region involving area teams:

Region 1B

Tonight, Tuesday, Friday

There appears to be plenty of parity at the top half of this region.

Aberdeen Christian is the top seed and owns wins over the six region teams it faced.

There should be plenty of late-game drama in several contests here, including the Northwestern-Warner quarterfinal, and a potential semifinal matchup between Waubay-Summit and Leola-Frederick. The Titans won a previous encounter by a single point.

Teams W L

Aberdeen Christian 17-3

Leola-Frederick 15-5

Waubay-Summit 14-6

Warner 14-6

Northwestern 13-7

Hitchcock-Tulare 8-12

Wilmot 8-12

Tiospa Zina 4-16

Waverly-South Shore 3-17

Langford Area 3-17

Tonight’s Games: Waverly-South Shore at Tiospa Zina, 7 p.m.; Langford Area at Wilmot.

Tuesday’s Games: Waverly-South Shore/Tiospa Zina winner at Aberdeen Christian; Northwestern at Warner; Wilmot/Langford Area winner at Leola-Frederick, 7 p.m.; Hitchcock-Tulare at Waubay-Summit.

Friday’s Games: Semifinals at highest seeds.

Region 2B

Tonight, Tuesday, Friday

This is about as loaded as it gets when it comes to quality teams in one region.

Three teams (De Smet, Castlewood, and Wessington Springs) have all been rated in the top 10 throughout the season. Two others (Deubrook Area and Estelline-Hendricks) have received votes on multiple occasions. And there are two other teams with winning records.

The semifinals should be games to keep an eye on, including a potential Wessington Springs and Castlewood contest, which would be a rematch of last year’s semifinal game at the state tournament.

Teams W L

De Smet 16-4

Castlewood 17-3

Wessington Springs 16-4

Deubrook Area 14-6

Estelline-Hendricks 15-5

Wolsey-Wessington 11-9

James Valley Christian 11-9

Iroquois-Lake Preston 8-12

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 5-14

Arlington 2-18

Tonight’s Games: Oldham-Ramona-Rutland at Iroquois-Lake Preston; Arlington at James Valley Christian.

Tuesday’s Games: Oldham-Ramona-Rutland/Iroquois-Lake Preston winner at De Smet; Estelline-Hendricks at Deubrook Area; Arlington/James Valley Christian winner at Castlewood; Wolsey-Wessington at Wessington Springs.

Friday’s Games: Semifinals at highest seeds.

Region 6B

Tonight, Tuesday, Friday

Expect to see some interesting finishes in this region before everything is settled.

Sully Buttes is unbeaten against teams within the region, and will be favored to reach the SoDak 16.

Ipswich is the second seed, but defeated potential semifinal foe Herreid-Selby Area by one just point earlier this season. Gettysburg has been playing well lately and will be a dangerous foe.

Team W L

Sully Buttes 15-5

Ipswich 12-8

Gettysburg 9-11

Faulkton 10-10

North Central 10-10

Herreid-Selby Area 8-12

Wakpala 7-12

Highmore-Harrold 3-17

Tiospaye Topa 5-15

Sunshine Bible Academy 1-19

Tonight’s Games: Tiospaye Topa at Highmore-Harrold; Sunshine Bible Academy at Wakpala.

Tuesday’s Games: Tiospaye Topa/Highmore-Harrold winner at Sully Buttes; North Central at Faulkton; Sunshine Bible Academy/Wakpala winner at Ipswich; Herreid-Selby Area at Gettysburg.

Friday’s Games: Semifinals at highest seeds.