The Flandreau Fliers smothered Hill City as they used a 58-30 win in the SoDak 16 to return to the Class A state tournament in Brookings next weekend.
Tournament time continues for the Brookings Rangers as the Bantam A team captured the program’s second state championship while other levels came down the stretch in this week’s Ranger Roundup.
The Sioux Valley Cossacks opened their run in the Region 2A Tournament with a win, defeating Deuel 71-33 at the Cossack Center on Thursday night.
The Flandreau Fliers took off in the third quarter, pulling away for a 62-44 victory in a Region 2A tournament matchup on Tuesday night.
When the referee’s hand hit the mat, Johanna Steinlicht was a state champion.
The Rangers finished the regular season with a record of 21-1-0-0 and will be the top seed in the SDAHA Boys State Tournament which will begin at the Larson Ice Center on March 8.
Johanna Steinlicht won the state championship at 145 pounds and was one of three area grapplers who placed at the SDHSAA State Girls Wrestling tournament at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Saturday afternoon.
Nolan Miles, Tate Helmbolt, Gabriel Stern and Joey Fitzpatrick of Brookings placed in the Class A tournament while Tate Steffensen of Sioux Valley placed in the Class B tournament.
Four area wrestlers will compete for a state title on Saturday afternoon as Nolan Miles, Maizy Mathis and Johanna Steinlicht of Brookings and Summer Guthmiller of Sioux Valley punched their tickets to title matches during the second day of the SDHSAA State Wrestling Tournament on Friday.
The Arlington Cardinals and Colman-Egan Hawks earned a spot in the SoDak 16 while Deubrook Area saw its season come to an end in Thursday’s area girls basketball action.
The Flandreau Fliers are going back to the SoDak 16 as they used an aggressive defensive effort and a run midway through the third quarter to defeat the Sioux Valley Cossacks 46-30 in the Region 2A Tournament on Thursday night.
Five area athletes have advanced to the semifinals of the SDHSAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament, which began at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center Thursday morning.
The Brookings Rangers PeeWee A team captured a state championship while tournaments kicked off at several levels in this week’s Ranger Roundup.
After three years of serving the Brookings community, the Cash Money Youth Skills Camp will not be put on this summer.
Ninety figure skaters will compete in 114 events this weekend at the Prairie Polar Blast Competition at the Larson Ice Center.
Area girls basketball teams began region playoffs on Tuesday night and five teams advanced. Flandreau, Arlington, Iroquois/Lake Preston, Deubrook Area and Colman-Egan all advanced to the semifinals and are a game away from the SoDak 16.
Before Sioux Valley opened its playoff run against Great Plains Lutheran on Tuesday night, Cossacks head coach Jamie Granum had a good feeling about Isabelle Bloker.
11 area wrestlers qualified for this year’s SDHSAA Class A State Wrestling meet as the Brookings Bobcats had eight wrestlers qualify and the Flandreau Fliers had three wrestlers qualify at the Region 1A Wrestling Tournament at Tea Area High School on Saturday afternoon.
The Sioux Valley Cossacks will send three wrestlers to this year’s SDHSAA Class B State Wrestling Tournament after Tate Steffensen, Dubhlainn Vermeulen and Owen Vandeweerd qualified at the Region 1B Wrestling Tournament at Gettysburg High School on Saturday afternoon.
Seven area wrestlers have qualified for this year’s SDHSAA Girls State Wrestling Tournament, which will take place this Thursday through Saturday at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.
