Tornadoes senior, Kiylee Westra throw shot out during the indoor meet at DWU. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports March outdoor track meets are usually iffy at best, but we were hopeful since March came in like a lion that it would follow suit and...
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Viborg-Hurley’s Nick Hanson secures Class B All-State Basketball first team honors
Nick Hanson tries to work towards the basket against Wessington Springs at the Class B State Tournament (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Viborg-Hurley’s basketball standout, Nick Hanson, has clinched a coveted spot on this year’s...
Parker track open season
Shane Merrill | Parker Sports The Parker track team participated in two indoor events last week to kick off the 2024 season. The Pheasants had several fine finishes but were once again led by the girls team who rallied the Pheasants with several impressive...
Parker Basketball introduces new players
Vitaliy Netesov eyeballs the basket in hopes for scoring some points (photo/Dave Fuller) Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor If you were in attendance on Friday night for the basketball game at Parker School, you may have had to do a double take before you realized your...
Cougar track team competes in indoor meets
Luke Campbell came in 7th place in the 60m and 200m dash at the Mount Marty Indoor meet. (photo courtesy of James Cimburek/Yankton P&D) By Faydra Christensen| Viborg-Hurley Sports Track season has begun! The Viborg-Hurley Cougars have two meets under their belts,...
Centerville Powerlifting
State Powerlifters(L-R)Riley Hybertson, Travis Hybertson, Zane Kjellson, Caleb Minks, Joseph Minks. Head coach Aaron Hybertson not pictured. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The Centerville Powerlifting team wrapped up their season on March 16 with...
Centerville Track
Senior, Lillie Eide runs a strong leg of the 4x400m relay at the Mt. Marty indoor track meet. CHS girls took second place! (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports It’s hard to believe that Centerville track is in underway. Feels like we were just...
Hanson earned All-Tournament team honors
Nick Hanson earned All Tournament Team honors for the second year in a row, as a junior center for the Viborg-Hurley Cougars. Congratulations, Nick! (photo/Faydra Christensen)
Hanson reaches 1000 milestone at State Tournament
Nick Hanson scored his 1,000th career point during the Class B State Tournament. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Viborg-Hurley’s junior center, Nick Hansen had an even sweeter state tournament as he reached 1,000 career points...
Marion girls’ basketball season reflections
Nathan Epp/Hadley Luke The team knew this would be a very different year for us. Last year’s seniors were significant contributors to every aspect of the game, and some younger players would have to step up to fill the statistics and minutes played by that group....
Boys’ basketball season overview
Jerico Shape The Freeman Academy/Marion boys’ varsity basketball team finished their season 8-13 on Tuesday, February 27 after falling just short to the Centerville Tornados. The Bearcats started their season with a win before losing a few games; by the first half of...
Marion City Council
Donna Rumbaugh | Managing Editor The Marion City Council met on Monday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Marion City Building on Main Street.Brenda Kiggins and Becky Buseman were in attendance on behalf of the Marion Ambulance to request the release of funds for the new...
Game one at the Monument
This is a team sport! And this team showed up! Congratulations to the Class B Champions Centerville Tornadoes! (photo/Tricia Eide) Centerville vs Warner Monarchs Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports They did it! The CHS Girls Basketball team qualified for the State B...
Cougars dominate at SoDak 16 – Move on to State B Tournaments
Boys basketball team and cheerleaders wait to load up on the bus to SoDak 16 (photo/submitted) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Viborg-Hurley, who would be ranked 10th in the SoDak 16 rankings, would travel to Fort Pierre to battle the sixth ranked Faith...
Nelson and Gilbert make CornBelt Conference Team
Charley Nelson earned first team All Conference honors. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Congratulations to Charley Nelson and Kendra Gilbert on making the All Cornbelt Conference team. Charley made first team selection as a junior...
Centerville Boys make history at SD16
Congratulations to the Centerville boys basketball team on earning their first SoDak 16 appearance! Back row L-R, Head Coach Bill Marquardt, Caleb Fosher, Nolan Fisher, Corbin Tople, Micah Childress, Cole Edberg, Brennan Tople, Alec Austin, Miles Eide, Covin Wattier,...
Parker basketball coaching spot open
Shane Merrill | Sports For the fifth time in seven years, the Parker boys’ basketball program is looking for its next head coach. Mike Morran, who spent one year at the helm, submitted his resignation Monday, March 11, meaning the Pheasants will open up the job for...
Tornadoes blow past Bearcats in Regions
FA/M’s Karter Weber holds the basketball preparing to make an overhead pass in the Region 4B basketball game in Freeman February 24. (photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer The season for FA/M Bearcats ended February 27 in Freeman when Centerville demolished...
Cougars roar through Region 4B, eyes set on State Championships
Cute picture alert! Sweet little Lena Hintz stopped to have a conversation with the boys on the bench as the game was still going. Devin Sayler, Kobee Sherman, and Nolan Kolthoff were all ears. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports As...
Panthers push past Parker
Ray Travnicek extends over two Panther defenders last week in the season finale (photo/Shane Merrill) Shane Merrill | Sports The 2023-24 season came to an end last Tuesday night as the regional tournaments kicked off with Parker taking on perennial power and defending...