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Tornadoes take home Region 4B championship title

Region 4B champions! The Centerville girls’ basketball team won the title against Gayville-Volin. The Lady Tornadoes are coached by Tucker Tornberg, with assistant coaches Jamie Edberg, Payden Haiar, and Brady Childress. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville...

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Eagles lose in regional play– look forward to next season

Bella Healy goes up for the easy basket against Freemans Estelle Waltner and Reeslyn Hofer. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) Laura Lyngstad | Irene-Wakonda Sports Freeman 64, Irene- Wakonda 40 The Irene-Wakonda Eagles were matched up with the Freeman Flyers in opening Region 4B...

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Parker/Marion to add Viborg-Hurley in wrestling

Shane Merrill | Parker/Marion Sports The Parker and Marion school boards, along with the Viborg-Hurley school board, voted to finalize a deal that will add Viborg-Hurley to the Par/Mar wrestling co-op starting next season. The two-year deal was finalized at the...

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Lady Cougars’ season comes to a close in playoff matchup

Viborg-Hurley’s Olivia Hanson goes up for two against Alcester-Hudson’s Ayonna Schissel. (Photo/Faydra Christensen)  Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars saw their season come to an end Monday, February 23, as they faced...

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MCM overpowers Pheasants in regionals

Parker/Marion junior Karley Luke drives the ball up the court in last week Tuesday’s Region 5A girls basketball post season action in Salem against McCook Central/Montrose. The visiting Pheasants were defeated 53-35 and ended their season with a 3-18 record....

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Rebels wrap up wrestling season at State Tournament

Logun Pankratz takes the podium after taking eighth place at the state wrestling tournament last weekend. (Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting) Congratulations to Logun Pankratz from the Freeman/Marion Rebels wrestling team on his eighth place finish in...

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Campbell leads Pheasants at State

Claire Campbell works an opponent on her way to a sixth place finish finish at the state meet. Campbell made history for the Pheasants as the first girls place winner in school history (photo by Janna Christiansen) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker wrestling...

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Lady Cougars split final games, turn focus to regionals

Senior Tatum Lyon drives the ball inside the arc against Scotland/Menno. (Photo/Faydra Christensen)  Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars closed out the regular season by splitting a pair of games, earning a hard-fought win over...

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Three Lady Cougars punch tickets to state tournament

Senior Faith Slavin qualified for the State Wrestling tournament going 3-1 at regions. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley wrestling team turned in a strong showing at the Region 2B Tournament on Thursday, February...

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Rebels wrestlers qualify for state

The Marion-Freeman Rebels competed at the Region 2 girls’ wrestling tournament in Elk Point last Thursday, February 19. Maddie Lachman punched her ticket to the State Wrestling Tournament with a fourth place finish. Other Rebel results include Emily Downs – Fifth...

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IW Eagles girls’ basketball picks up two more wins

Emily Oien and Ava George team up to get the steal against the Canistota Hawks. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) Laura Lyngstad | Irene-Wakonda Sports Irene-Wakonda 54, Canistota 28 After a slow start in the first quarter, tied at 9-9, the Eagles surged ahead going on a 14-6...

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Eagles boys’ basketball suffer three losses on the week

Hayden Hansen with the drive through the Huskies defense. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) Laura Lyngstad | Irene-Wakonda Sports Canistota 45, Irene-Wakonda 39 The Eagles struggled to get their offense going and suffered a tough loss to the Hawks in boys’ basketball action on...

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Irene-Wakonda recognizes seniors

Senior Cheerleaders recognized - Savannah Hoxeng, Rylee Nielson, and Bridget Logue. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) Senior Basketball players recognized - Noah Hansen, Brody Johnke, Aidan Mulder, Elijah Anderson, and Christian Putman. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) Irene-Wakonda...

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Miller reaches 100 career wins, advances to state

Rayna Miller is pictured with her coaches, her sister Gia Miller, and Dylan Thomas. (Photo/Submitted) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Viborg-Hurley junior Rayna Miller added another milestone to her standout wrestling career this past week, recording her...

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Lady Pheasants win in finale

Claire Donlan eyes the basket during a recent game. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Shane Merrill | Parker/Marion Sports The Parker/Marion Pheasants saved their best for last this past Friday night, facing off against Chamberlain. The Pheasants, who undoubtedly are playing...

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Donlan at the buzzer

Tonner Peterson on the defense during a recent game. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Pheasants stun Chamberlain Shane Merrill | Parker/Marion Sports In a back and forth game that went the stretch, the Parker/Marion Pheasants pulled off a stunner last Friday night to cap...

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