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Centerville Middle School boys win the Great Plains Conference

Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville boys are coached by Kory Muller and assisted by Josh Morphew. The team played pool play vs Tripp/Delmont/Armour and won 48-10. Then played Burke and won 23-10. This earned them number one seed. They played number four seed...

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Centerville boys add another notch

Alec Austin gets fouled while going up for a shot vs Bridgetwater-Emery. Austin had 10 points! (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville boys basketball hosted Sioux Falls Lutheran on Monday, January 29, 2024. After a series of losses, these...

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Centerville girls top off Alcestor-Hudson

Kiylee Westra powers up for a jumper vs. Alcester. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville girls basketball back in action on the road for a double header vs Alcester Hudson. These ladies are coming off a little bit of a break so starting off...

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Centerville Boys Basketball fall to TDA

Miles Eide drives past the defender during the Viborg Hurley game. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Centerville boys basketball was back at home on Tuesday night to finish off the back end of the doubleheader against the Tripp-Delmont/Armour...

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Centerville girls basketball shoots down the Nighthawks

Thea Gust goes up for a lay-up against Viborg Hurley defender. Gust tallied 23 points that game! (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The Centerville Lady Tornadoes hosted the Tripp-Delmont/Armour Nighthawks for a doubleheader on Tuesday night. The...

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Three towns, two teams, one fight!

Three towns. Two Teams. One fight. Pictured are the Girls and Boys teams from Centerville and Viborg- Hurley. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports The caring continues, as does the fight, and no one fights alone. In between the games, between...

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Bearcats defeat Eagles for second win

Liam Ortman goes up for a shot against Menno. (photo/Alan Astleford) Alan Astleford | Writer Freeman Acadeny/Marion defeated the Irene-Wakonda Eagles in Irene January 25 with a final score of 60-45. Jackson Donlan and Karter Weber tied for scoring honors with 20...

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Lady Cougars drop two

Jenna Graves goes airborne trying to make a basket. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Lady Cougars (4-8) had a tough week dropping two games this week, which put a bit of a damper on the earlier week’s success. They might have...

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Cougars move to #1 in Class B

Rafe Goettertz guards an Alcester-Hudson player trying to keep him away from the basket. (picture/ Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Well, all it took was beating the former #1 team in Class B, Castlewood, but one point to propel the...

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VH/IW Wrestling celebrate seniors

Thank you to the VH/IW seniors who contributed to the team this year. Pictured are the seniors with their coaches Dylan Thomas and Cory Jensen. Left to right- Trevor Ryan (IW), Coach Dylan Thomas, Ella Kessler, Gia Miller, Raegan Smith, and Coach Cory Jensen....

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Pheasants second at home tournament

By Shane Merrill | Sports Just days after their home quad that saw exciting action, the Parker wrestlers hosted their annual home invitational and came away with four first place winners on their way to a team finish of second place.“We had 13 teams total and earned a...

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Pheasants fall twice last week

Jevin Erickson makes a move to the basket (photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker Pheasants were upended twice last week having back to back games due to previous postponements. Parker first took on Freeman in Freeman, and after a competitive...

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Girls drop Freeman, West Central

Kyla Fosheim drives baseline in a recent game in Beresford (photo/Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker girls struggled on offense in their opening games of a five game stretch last week, as they met Freeman Monday night and West Central Tuesday...

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Basketball teams continue to fight

Riva Sharples | Writer The Irene-Wakonda boys and girls basketball teams continue to fight this season. The boys record is currently 1-10 for the season, while the girls have a 2-11 record currently. This past week, both teams were very active with regularly scheduled...

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Parker events sidelined due to weather

By Shane Merrill | Sports The weather the last two weeks wreaked havoc on the local high school sports scene, causing the cancellation of all events for the week, with many being postponed. At the time of publication new dates were known for the following events:In...

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Pheasants drop two at Winner Quad

By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling team fell to both Phillip/Kadoka/Wall and Winner last Friday night at the annual Winner quad. The quad is a lead-up to the Winner tournament which happens on Saturday. Full results are listed below:Philip/Kadoka Area/Wall...

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Girls Big East Conference Tournament starts Thursday

Troy Schwans | Managing Editor of The Special The 2024 Girls Big East Conference Tournament starts this Thursday, January 25, 2024 at two locations, Garretson and Volga.In Garretson on Thursday, #8 seed Parker will open the tournament against #1 Flandreau at 6:00...

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VH/IW wrestlers travel to Pierre and Parkston

Maddie Feiock puts her opponent in a cradle to get the win. (photo/ Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports 2024 Governor Girls InviteThe VH/IW lady wrestlers traveled to Pierre on Friday, 1/19, to participate in the 2024 Governor Girls Invite....

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Parker girls fall to top teams

Jenna VanVelzen goes up for two during a recent game (photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker girls continued with their tough schedule last week, facing off against top teams Lennox and Flandreau, both teams having a combined 18-1 record and...

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