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Parker 14U ends season

The Parker 14U baseball team wrapped up their season last week. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 14U baseball team concluded their season last week at the Parker baseball field hosting the first round of the regional tournament. Parker played...

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Centerville, VH golfers compete in SDGA USGA junior league

Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Like any sport, the off season is the time to improve on your game. Golf is no different. Three Centerville students, Corbin Tople, Cullen Pollard, and Noah Schoenfelder, and one Viborg/Hurley student, Brock Frederickson, took matters...

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14U nabs first win

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 14U teeners are a young team this season that have been slowly learning the game. The Pheasants have struggled to find wins, but put it all together last week, grabbing a hard fought 4-3 win neighboring Irene-Wakonda.It was a...

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Parker 17U sixth at State

(Front row) Kaden Fosheim, Logan Gillespie, Teegun Wentzel, Max Sheafer, Marquice Bortnem. (Back row) coach Mitch Shearer, Cale Sheafer, Colin Robertson, Myles Meyer, Mason Schaefer, Brady Beyer, Jack Anderson, and coach Ken Fosheim. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill |...

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Parker 17U headed to state

The Parker 17U team was missing several players on Sunday afternoon, but edged Leola/Frederick 3-2 to earn a spot in the state tournament. Pictured are team members Marquice Bortnem, Mason Schaefer, (Eli Schaefer-Front), Kaden Foseheim, Myles Meyer, Colin Robertson,...

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Parker 10U takes sixth place at state tournament

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 10U baseball team claimed sixth place at the 2025 state VFW tournament held in Webster. The team won their opening games against Mobridge and Britton.The second day the team faced eventual champion Parkston and dropped the game...

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K/WL upends Parker in regionals

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Parker got their first shot at the state tournament early last week, facing off against Kimball/White Lake in their best of three series with the winner advancing.The Wildkats had just one loss on the year, an identical record to the...

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Davis named Irene Cardinals 2025 Fan of The Year

The Irene Cardinals amateur baseball team has named Gregg Davis as their Fan of the Year for 2025. Davis has helped with numerous projects around the baseball field over the years, and has dedicated a countless amount of time and money to Irene baseball. “On behalf of...

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Parker 17U goes 1-1 in final week

Shane Merrill | Parker SportsThe Parker 17U wrapped up their regular season last week dropping their first loss of the season to perennial power West Central, but rebounding with a regular season finale win against the always tough Dell Rapids.The West Central ‘Blue’...

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Parker 17U wins two more

Still perfect season Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 17U baseball team kept their perfect season alive last week, picking up back to back wins to improve to 5-0 midway through the season.First on the week was a matchup against Garretson, which the Pheasants...

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Parker 17U stuns Baltic

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Baltic looked to have the game on lock last Thursday night, but the Parker Pheasants were able to flip the scrip, coming from 10 down to stun the Bulldogs in dramatic walk off fashion, keeping their undefeated season intact.In the sixth...

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Parker 10U gray team wins league championship

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 10U “Gray” team has been on a tear this season, completing a perfect regular season, and also winning their pool to earn the top seed in the league tournament last weekend. It took a little magic, but the Pheasants were able to...

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Parker 12U boys take second place

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 12U boys played in Vermillion this weekend and entered the league tournament with the top seed. Parker had just two losses on the season, but in the end the Eagles of Irene-Wakonda were able to sneak past the Pheasants,...

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Parker 10U softball claims runner-up

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker 10U softball team wrapped up their league season last weekend in Parker, coming in as the league runner up, falling to Centerville in the championship.The Pheasants had put together a solid season, and opened their tournament...

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Tornadoes 8U takes first place at tournament

Congratulations to the Centerville Tornadoes 8U team for taking first place at their league tournament!! (Back row, left to right) Clay Knutson, Lance Buseman, Liam Heesch, Troy Hybertson, and Hank Stevens. (Front row) Keegen Biggs, Rowan Hansen, Encore Strum, and...

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Pure summer joy

The players step up to the plate with the intensity of a major leaguer. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) The entertainment of T-Ball Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports There’s no better way to spend a warm summer evening than parked in a lawn chair at the local ball...

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Nelson named to 2025 Class B All-State team

Viborg-Hurley’s Charley Nelson was named to the All-State Softball team, one of the many honors she has received throughout her remarkable high school career. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Following the conclusion of the 2025...

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