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Dubuque, Iowa – Dakota Wesleyan gets the big upset over the Clarke Pride in the second round of the 2024 NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championships! Emma Yost led all scorers as she tied her career-high with 28 [Read More…]

Class AA Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Sioux Falls No. 1 Mitchell 69, No. 8 SF Jefferson 61 Kernels 15 points lead in the 3rd quarter was cut down to two early in [Read More…]

Class A Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Rapid City No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian 74, No. 8 Vermillion 48 Griffen Goodbary with 20 points, seven rebounds and four blocks to lead Sioux Falls [Read More…]

Class B Boys State Tournament, Thursday, March 14 in Aberdeen No. 1 White River 72, No. 8 Viborg-Hurley 57 Jordan Uhlir with a game-high 21 points for White River, while Nicolas Marshall added 20 points. [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 1 South Dakota State fended off a late charge from No. 7 Denver to capture the Summit League Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 76-68 victory over the Pioneers at the Denny [Read More…]

Hanson girls basketball coach and superintendent Jim Bridge has announced his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 school year. After Monday’s Hanson School Board meeting, Bridge’s resignation was accepted. Bridge retired after 38 season [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –  No. 1 South Dakota State outlasted No. 4 St. Thomas 59-49 in a defensive semifinal battle in the Summit League Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The Jackrabbits will [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –  No. 1 South Dakota State earned a sixth straight trip to the Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament title game with a 76-63 victory over No. 4 seed South Dakota Monday at the [Read More…]

Kirk Cousins is leaving Minnesota for Atlanta, landing another big contract with a well-timed foray into free agency. Cousins agreed Monday to a four-year, $180 million deal with $100 million guaranteed with the Falcons, according to a person with [Read More…]

The Mitchell Marlins boys hockey team took home sixth place at this weekend’s state tournament in Brookings. On Friday, the Rushmore Thunder defeated Mitchell 7-2 in the quarterfinals. The Marlins were down early 4-0 at [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State trailed by as many as 10 in the early going, but strung together a 24-point scoring run to end the first half, and held off any comeback en route [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – No. 1 South Dakota State withstood a stiff test from No. 9 Omaha, beating the Mavericks 66-53 to advance to the Summit League Women’s Basketball Tournament semifinals. Paige Meyer led the way [Read More…]

Class AA Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 7th in Sioux Falls No. 1 O’Gorman 61, No. 8 Rapid City Stevens 58, OT Mahli Abdouch with a game-high 19 points and five assists for O’Gorman. RC [Read More…]

Class A Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 7th in Brookings No. 1 Sisseton 57, No. 8 Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 47 Krista Langager with a game-high 24 points, while Chloe Langager had 12 points and 14 rebounds [Read More…]

Class B Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 7th in Rapid City No. 1 Arlington 51, No. 8 James Valley Christian 41 Harley Johnson with a game-high 18 points and five rebounds for Arlington No. 4 [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Brooklyn Meyer picked up her fourth TicketSmarter Summit League Peak Performer of the Week accolade of the season, the conference office announced Monday. Meyer, a sophomore, averaged 23.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –South Dakota State’s Zeke Mayo was selected as the male recipient of the TicketSmarter Peak Performer of the Month honors for February, league officials announced Thursday. Mayo collected his first career monthly honors. Mayo [Read More…]

Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball has five representatives for the GPAC All-Conference team for the 2023-24 season. One, First Team in Freshman forward Emma Yost who was also named the GPAC Freshman of the Year. One, [Read More…]