A balanced scoring attack pushed the No.1 Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team to a 98-78 victory over Midland University in a Great Plains Athletic Conference matchup Sunday at the Corn Palace. Midland was receiving votes in last week’s NAIA poll. The Tiger women improved to 19-1 overall and 12-1 in the GPAC while Midland …
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Jan 10
Local Sports for Thursday January 10th
The top ranked Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team extended their winning streak to five games last night by rolling #12 ranked Dordt in Sioux Center Iowa 81-66. The Tiger women, 18-1 overall and 11-1 in the GPAC, relied on Rylie Osthus, Sarah Carr and Maddi Matthews throughout. Rylie Osthus and Sarah Carr both had …
Jan 08
Local Sports for Tuesday January 8th
The weekly South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Polls are out after the holiday break and in boys’ basketball Lincoln takes over the top spot in Class AA with Tea Area in Class A and Bridgewater/Emery in Class B as the states top team. In the girls’ basketball poll this week, O’Gorman leads Class AA, Lennox …
Jan 03
Local Sports for Thursday January 3rd
In a Top 10 battle in NAIA women’s basketball, the top ranked Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team used balanced scoring to secure its 16th win of the season with a 91-67 victory over #8 ranked Morningside College in a GPAC contest last night at the Corn Palace. The Tigers had a great second quarter …
Dec 18
Local Sports for Tuesday December 18th
The Mitchell Christian boys’ basketball team played some stout defense last night against Iroquois in a rescheduled game from earlier this month. The Golden Eagles beat the Chiefs 48-28 and had to pull away late for the lopsided win. Mitchell Christian led 20-12 at halftime but only led 28-26 after three quarters. The Golden Eagles …
Dec 13
Local Sports for Thursday December 13th
With a huge top three match-up waiting on Saturday afternoon, there was not a let down at all last night as the #1 ranked in NAIA DWU Tiger women rolled Dakota State University in the Palace 93-63 to stay undefeated on the season. Kynedi Cheeseman surpassed a milestone last night. Cheeseman secured 1,000 points in …
Dec 10
Local Sports for Monday, December 10, 2018
The Mitchell Kernel boys’ basketball team lost their season opener to Huron 49-48 Saturday night at the Corn Palace. The Kernels had a chance to tie the game with a free throw with 1.2 seconds left despite scoring droughts to start the first and third quarters. Huron jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the …
Dec 04
Local Sports for Tuesday December 4th
The Class B All-State Volleyball Teams have been announced and three players from our area were named Honorable Mention All-State. Jada Plastow, a Junior outside hitter from Ethan, Darby Deffenbaugh, a Senior Libero from Kimball/White Lake and Karly Gustafson, a Senior middle hitter from Ethan were named Honorable Mention Class B All-State Volleyball. The Class …
Dec 04
South Dakota Preseason Basketball Poll
Preseason South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll Teams are ranked by points received. First-place votes are listed in parentheses. Boys Class AA Yankton (16)—95 O’Gorman (4)—71 Brandon Valley—43 Stevens—33 Lincoln—32 Receiving votes: Washington 8, Huron 7, Harrisburg 6, Roosevelt 4, Aberdeen Central 1. Class A Tea Area (19)—99 …
Dec 03
Local Sports Monday, December 3, 2018
The Mitchell Kernel wrestling team opted not to travel to the Watertown Tournament on Saturday. The Kernels will be in action again at the Rapid City Central Tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Kernels opened the season by beating Chamberlain 40-30 Friday night. The Mitchell Kernel gymnastics team was to compete at the Washington Invite …