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Corsica Stickney’s Avery Broughton ends her career as a five time All-State selection as the senior was named to the Class B Girls Basketball All-State first team for the fourth straight year. Broughton, who has [Read More…]

Senior Kami Wadsworth of Hamlin has been named the Class A girls basketball player of the year after leading the Chargers to a perfect 25-0 record and a state championship. The future University of Sioux [Read More…]

Minnesota hired West Virginia head coach Dawn Plitzuweit on Saturday to a six-year contract, turning to another leader with strong regional ties to try to lift up the lagging program. Plitzuweit, who replaces Lindsay Whalen, has [Read More…]

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team gave No. 1 Virginia Tech everything they had Sunday but fell 72-60 to the Hokies in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Jacks never [Read More…]

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Myah Selland put together one of the best performances of her career and powered the No. 9 South Dakota State women’s basketball team to a 62-57 overtime win over No. 8 Southern California Friday night [Read More…]

No. 9 South Dakota State women’s basketball will take on No. 8 USC in the opening round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Jackrabbits (28-5) and Trojans (21-9) will meet Friday, March 17 (game [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Washington girls basketball won its second Class AA state title in the past three seasons with a 54-36 win over Pierre on Saturday in Sioux Falls. The Warriors broke a 11-11 tie after [Read More…]

After losing in the state title game the past two seasons, the Hamlin Chargers finally claimed the Class A Girls State Basketball Championship with a 58-55 win over Wagner. Hamlin completed a perfect 25-0 season [Read More…]

For the second straight season, Viborg-Hurley won the Class B Girls State Basketball Tournament, defeating Wall 71-61 in Saturday’s championship. Coral Mason led the Cougars with 28 points and 16 rebounds on her way to [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bud Grant, the stoic and demanding Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings and their mighty Purple People Eaters defense to four Super Bowls in eight years and lost all [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adam Thielen grew up in Minnesota as an avid fan of the Vikings, a sports-loving kid who desired to one day catch passes just like Cris Carter and Randy Moss. His improbable [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State had four players score in double digits as the Bison earned an 89-79 victory over South Dakota State in the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Monday, March 6. NDSU [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Behind a career-high 25 points from Haleigh Timmer and two others in double figures, No. 1 South Dakota State topped No. 5 Oral Roberts 87-60 Monday to advance to the Summit League championship game. [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings started their salary cap purge by terminating the contract of veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks on Monday, ending his eight-year run with the team. The 2019 All-Pro started 113 regular [Read More…]

The Eastern South Dakota Athletic Conference is excited to announce the addition of Tea Area as an ESD member school beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. The Tea Area School District currently sponsors the following [Read More…]

Mitchell Kernel seniors Dylan Soulek and Steele Morgan have been named ESD all-conference. It is Soulek’s first all-conference selection as he has led the Kernels this season with 13 points and four assists per game. [Read More…]

For the second straight season, Mitchell junior Sawyer Stoebner has been selected to the ESD all-conference team. Stoebner has led the Kernels this season averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds per game. The Kernels advanced [Read More…]

Mitchell’s Jagger Tyler has been named to the all ESD-Conference Team after winning a second straight state title last month. Tyler capped of his Kernel wrestling career with a 42-3 season record, defeating Logan O’Connor [Read More…]