Boys Basketball

Day 1 of 3 of State A Tournament at the Premier Center in Sioux Falls

No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian vs. No. 8 Groton Area at noon

No. 4 West Central vs. No. 5 Lennox at 1:45 p.m.

No. 2 Hamlin vs. No. 7 Hill City at 6 p.m.

No. 3 Rapid City Christian vs. No. 6 Clark/Willow Lake at 7:45 p.m.

Day 1 of 3 of State AA Tournament in Rapid City

1pm- #8 Spearfish vs #1 Lincoln

2:45- #5 Huron vs #4 Mitchell

7pm- #10 Jefferson vs #2 Brandon Valley

8:45- #6 O’Gorman vs #3 Harrisburg

Day 1 of 3 of State B Tournament in Aberdeen

No. 1 Castlewood vs. No. 8 Lyman at noon

No. 4 Wessington Springs vs No. 5 Wall at 1:45 p.m.

No. 2 Dell Rapids St. Mary vs. No. 7 Aberdeen Christian at 6 p.m.

No. 3 Viborg-Hurley vs. No. 6 Freeman at 7:45 p.m.

The Class B Dan Lennon Track and Field Invite was held Tuesday in Vermillion. Take a look below at some of the local highlights:

*Gregory’s Luke Barreto won the boys 2 mile in a time of 10:34:18.
*Gregory’s Jhett Eklund won the boys triple jump
*Gregory’s Max Cook and Pierce Stukel placed sixth and seventh in the boys 400. Burke’s Elijah Bartling was eighth.
*Gregory won the boys mile sprint medley relay in a time of 3:53:90.
*Burke’s Sophia Bauld won the girls 800 in a time of 2:33:93. Grace Phillips of Chamberlain placed third while her teammate Kylah Biggins was fifth.
*Girls 2 mile run, Sophia Bauld of Burke was runner up, while Chamberlain’s Grace Phillips placed fourth.
*Finn Adams of Gregory placed third in the boys 800
*Gregory’s Jhett Eklund placed fifth in the boys long jump
*Paige Bull of Burke placed fifth in the girls shot put
*Emily Diekmann of Burke was runner up in the girls high jump, while her teammate, Trystan Johnson, was fifth.

Here’s a look at this year’s Big Dakota All-Conference Boys Basketball team:

Chamberlain

Blaze Knippling – Honorable Mention

Cheyenne Eagle Butte

Easton Lawrence

Dayson Kennedy -Honorable Mention

Nehemiah Veaux – Honorable Mention

Damien Clown – Honorable Mention

Crow Creek

Kingston Big Eagle

McLaughlin

Tyler Bullhead -Honorable Mention

Mobridge-Pollock

Shane Henderson

Jackson Eisemann

Shooter Frederick – Honorable Mention

Kale Knudson – Honorable Mention

Stanley County

Kaden Montana

Eddie Duffy

Paxton Deal

Todd County

Oniya Whirlwind Soldier

Chris Ellert – Honorable Mention

Ciante Black Spotted Horse – Honorable Mention

Kendrik Easter – Honorable Mention

Miller

Isaak Hunter

William Resel – Honorable Menion

Winner

Carter Craven

Shawn Hammerbeck

Ryder Halligan – Honorable Mention

The Gregory Athletics Club will hold their 32nd annual East-West  Basketball Shootout next Monday, March 24th at the Gregory Auditorium. Seniors from all across Central South Dakota will be in action. The girls game will kick things off at 6:30pm, followed by the three point shootouts, before the boys game will wrap up the night.

Girls State Basketball Scores

Class AA

Class A

Class B