Articles by Travis Kriens

ABERDEEN, S.D. — Eighth-seeded Lyman delivered the first upset of the Class B Boys State Basketball Tournament, knocking off top-seeded Viborg-Hurley 49-44 in Thursday’s opening quarterfinal. The Raiders used a dominant third quarter and timely [Read More…]

The Class AA Boys Basketball State Tournament is set for March 19-21 at the Monument Ice Arena in Rapid City No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln 69, No. 9 Tea Area 44 Top-seeded Sioux Falls Lincoln [Read More…]

The Class A Boys Basketball State Tournament is set for March 19-21 at the Summit Arena in Rapid City No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian 82, No. 8 St. Thomas More 59 Top-seeded Sioux Falls Christian [Read More…]

The Class B Boys Basketball State Tournament is set for March 19-21 in Aberdeen. No. 8 Lyman 49, No. 1 Viborg-Hurley 44 Eighth-seeded Lyman delivered the first upset of the Class B Boys State Basketball [Read More…]

THURSDAY SPORTS, MARCH 19, 2026 DAKOTA WESLEYAN — Dakota Wesleyan softball split a doubleheader at Northwestern on Wednesday with the Tigers winning game one 8-3, before losing game two 8-0. The Tigers will host Hastings [Read More…]

STILLWATER, Okla. — South Dakota State rallied to tie the game with five runs in the top of the ninth inning, but Oklahoma State’s Campbell Smithwick hit a walk-off home run to lead off the [Read More…]

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, MARCH 18, 2026 DAKOTA WESLEYAN — Dakota Wesleyan’s Ashlen Johnson has been named the GPAC Softball Player of the Week. Johnson went 10-for-19 at the plate last week in Tucson, Arizona, hitting .526 [Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS – South Dakota State senior Brooklyn Meyer earned an honorable mention All-America nod from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Tuesday. Meyer averages 22.4 points per game (11th in the NCAA) and has a .646 field goal percentage [Read More…]

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State scored five unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth inning — all with two outs — and held on to defeat South Dakota State, 7-6, Tuesday night in the opener [Read More…]

BOULDER CREEK, Nev. – The South Dakota State women’s golf team finished second at its home event – the Spring Jackrabbits Invitational in Memory of Gayle Baker – Tuesday at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. McKenzie Mages and Molly [Read More…]

WICHITA, Kan. – South Dakota State played a pair of games as a part of a doubleheader against Wichita State at the Shockers’ Wilkins Stadium on Tuesday. The Jackrabbits fell 12-5 and 3-1 in the meetings, [Read More…]

TUESDAY SPORTS, MARCH 17, 2026 DAKOTA WESLEYAN — Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball will face Lindsey Wilson in the NAIA national tournament Round of 16 in Sioux City on Friday at 1 pm. — Dakota Wesleyan softball [Read More…]

MONDAY SPORTS, MARCH 16, 2026 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels girls basketball closed out the Class AA state tournament with a 59-53 win over Rapid City Stevens on Saturday in Rapid City, to claim fifth [Read More…]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – South Dakota women’s basketball will compete in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) for the seventh time after earning an at-large bid to the tournament. The 48-team field was announced Sunday [Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was chosen as a No. 11 seed and will take on No. 6 Washington in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on a neutral floor Friday, [Read More…]

Travis Kriens KORN News Radio Sports Director The three South Dakota girls basketball state tournaments delivered plenty of drama over the past week, but the numbers behind the games told an even more fascinating story. [Read More…]