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Centerville boys defeat Trappers

Centerville Junior Corbin Tople works hard under the basket, powering up for a rebound vs. Scotland Menno. Tople ended the night with 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 assist. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The Centerville boys rounded off...

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Tornadoes take down Trappers

Tessa Eide goes in for the steal vs. Irene-Wakonda. Eide ended the night with 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steals, 1 assist, and 1 block. (Photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Welcome to this week’s away games first double-header match up between the...

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IW boys win, girls lose against Burke

Emily Oien with the drive. (Photo/Laura Lyngstad) The Irene-Wakonda boys’ team defeated the Burke Cougars 65-28 in basketball action on Tuesday, January 14. In a show of support for Superintendent Dave Hutchinson, whose hometown is Burke, Eagles fans were encouraged...

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Viborg-Hurley/Irene-Wakonda wrestling

Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The VH/IW Wrestling team split this week with the boys team hosting a quad in Viborg with Garretson, Chester, and Marion/Freeman, while the girls traveled to Harrisburg for a tournament with 31 other girl teams.  The ladies...

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Marion-Freeman wrestling competes in Viborg

Marion-Freeman wrestling competed at the wrestling triangular held in Viborg last week. (Photo/Renae Hansen) Marion-Freeman competed at the boys’ wrestling triangular in Viborg on Thursday, January 16.Garretson went 3-0, with the Blue Dragons beating Marion-Freeman...

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FAM boys overcome Avon Pirates 70-53, girls lose 45-25

Claire Donlan is bumped by an Flandreau Indian player. (Photo/Alan Astleford) The Freeman Academy-Marion boys’ basketball team overcame the Avon Pirates 70-53 on Tuesday, January 14. Taylor Goodwin led FAM with 20 points, with Elshadai Mesfin pulling in 16 points,...

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Parker competes at Parkston quad

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Pheasant wrestling team headed west for the always tough Parkston quad last week and faced some fierce completion with a depleted roster due to injury and sickness. Parker battled tough, and came within points of defeating Flandreau,...

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Freeman pushes past Parker

Garrit Postma (22) Myles Meyer (32) and Luke Travnicek (1) triple team a Freeman shooter. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Fresh off back-to-back wins, the Parker boys’ basketball team took to the court last week against neighboring Freeman, who brought...

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Lady Pheasants hang tough against Freeman

Mallory Mitzner, (13) goes up for two during the Hanson game. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker girls’ basketball team, still looking for their first win of the season, welcomed Freeman to town last week. The Flyers boasted a 7-1 record and...

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Lady Cougars close the week on a high note

Olivia Hanson goes up for two points. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars had a packed schedule this week, playing three games and coming away with a 2-1 record. The team celebrated impressive victories...

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Cougars dominate the court: another week, another set of wins

The student managers Boden Gerdes and Oakley Kolthoff strike very similar poses to the group of starters who are sitting on the bench, Nolan Kolthoff, Brady Schroedermeier, and Nick Hanson.  (Photo/Faydra Christensen)  Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The...

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Cougars climb to 7-1, break into Class B top 2

Nolan Kolthoff comes down with a rebound. (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Cougars had an impressive week, solidifying their position as one of the top teams in Class B. With two hard-fought victories, they not...

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Lady Cougars show grit, go 1-1 this week

Kendra Gilbert goes up for the jump ball.  (Photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars showcased their talent and resilience this week, splitting their matchups to move to 4-3 on the season. A commanding victory...

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Parker Wrestlers compete at Garretson quad

Colten Preheim wrestles an opponent during a recent meet. Preheim, a junior, took sixth as Miller last weekend (Photo/Janna Christiansen) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports Still down in numbers, the Parker wrestling team took seven wrestlers to Garretson last week for...

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Pheasants hang tough against BonHomme

Shane Merrill | Parker Sports With the Parker girls’ basketball team coming off roughly their best game of the season against Madison, the Pheasants were back in action last week, still looking for their first win and facing off against BonHomme. The Cavaliers led...

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Parker wins two in a row

Tanner Peterson (2) plays defense against a BonHomme player. (Photo/Submitted) Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker boys’ basketball team, fresh off their first win against Tiospaye Topa was back in action last week against Bon Homme. Parker used a steady scoring...

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FAM boys win, girls fall against ORR

Alan Astleford | Writer The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats split a boy/girl double header Tuesday evening in Oldham against Oldham-Ramona-Rutland. The ORR Raiders moved out in front in the first taking an 11-18 advantage. Both teams scored in the second quarter and...

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Marion-Freeman wrestling compete

Jesse James InvitationalMarion-Freeman wrestling competed at the Jesse James Invitational boys’ wrestling tournament held in Garretson on Saturday, January 11. Tri-Valley scored 280 points to claim the team title.Marion-Freeman scored 75 points to place eighth in the...

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Irene-Wakonda boys win one, lose one

The Irene-Wakonda Boys Basketball Team moved its season record to 3-4 with games this past week. I-W -vs- Gayville-VolinThe Irene-Wakonda Eagles defeated Gayville-Volin on Friday, January 10, by a score of 57-37.Said Head Coach Stephen Lee: “For most of the game, it...

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