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...
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...
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....
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...
Charley Nelson goes up for two of her 14 points against Freeman Academy/Marion (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Breaking a streak of close defeats, the Viborg-Hurley Lady Cougars (4-6) triumphed over Avon (5-5) with a two-point...
Ray Travnicek shoots over a defender during a recent game. The senior has been a steady scorer this season (photo/Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker boys traveled to Flandreau, after not playing for nearly two weeks due to weather. The Pheasants held...
Warrior of the Game- Nick Hanson and Byron Laue (Castlewood) were announced as Warriors of the Game by the Mitchell National Guard. (photo/ Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The fourth ranked Viborg-Hurley Cougars (7-1) started their week...
Makayla Heesch splits the defenders for two points vs Freeman. Heesch had 7 points. (photo by/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports If you ask around, I don’t know who was more excited for the Lady Tornadoes to be back on the court: the players and coaches, or...
Covin Wattier drives past the defender in Freeman. Wattier netted 9 points against the Flyers. (photo/Tricia Eide) Tricia Eide | Centerville Sports Finally! CHS boys’ basketball is back in action after many postponements due to winter weather not cooperating!...
Alan Astleford | Writer Freeman Academy/Marion girls had an upset schedule due to weather this past week. Scores were listed but player stats were not available. Games against Avon and Scotland were postponed due to weather. They lost to Canistota in Marion January...
Alan Astleford | Writer The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats fell to the Canistota Hawks in a boy/girl double header in Marion January 16. The Hawks won the girls contest 23-50 and the boys 29-67. No individual game stats were posted.
Angel Johnson and Chase Mason celebrate a touchdown handoff from Mason to Johnson during a regular season game. (Submitted photo) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The SDSU football team’s triumph in winning their second FCS National Championship, with a...
Myles Meyer goes up for two of his 12 points against BonHomme last Tuesday night, helping Parker secure their second victory (photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports Parker was riding a small wave of momentum entering this year’s Big East Conference boys’...
Katie Bialas puts up a shot against Beresford in conference action last week. Bialas posted 10 points. (Photo by Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports The Bon Homme girls basketball team made quick work of Parker last Tuesday night, rallying past the Pheasants...
Karter Weber uses fancy footwork to outsmart ORR (photo/John Fontes) Alan Astleford | Writer The Freeman Academy/Marion Bearcats played in the Sacred Hoops Classic in Mitchell January 6. The girl’s opponent was St. Francis Indian which they defeated for their second...
Kaitlynn Mellem goes up for the shot as the Raiders do their best to block the shot (photo/John Fontes) Riva Sharples | Writer It’s been a rough season for the Irene-Wakonda basketball teams with some heartbreakingly close games alongside other blowouts. Both teams...
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker wrestling team went 3-0 last Tuesday night at Salem for the annual MCM quad. Parker took down the host MCM Fighting Cougars, Howard and Garretson for the victory. The Pheasants are now 10-2 on the season.“It Was nice getting back...
Nolan Kolthoff and Owen Niederbaumer go up to try to block a shot from Hanson player A.J. Wilbur. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports The Class A Hansen Beavers (5-3) would come for a visit to Hurley last Thursday, and leave winless....
Aubree Schwartz tries to shut down a Hanson player from shooting the ball. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra Christensen | Viborg-Hurley Sports Suffering a loss in a basketball game is undoubtedly challenging for any team, but enduring three consecutive defeats, each...
This might look like Gia Miller has her opponent in a sweet embrace, but it would be an embrace of defeat. Gia is ruthless once she has her opponent down. Gia placed 1st place at the Bride of the Monster Tournament in Presho. (photo/Faydra Christensen) Faydra...
