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Highlights from Tuesday’s Dan Lennon Track and Field Invite in Vermillion

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.

Boys Big Dakota All-Conference Basketball team revealed

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

East-West Shootout set for next Monday

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 from Saturday

Girls State Basketball Scores

Class AA

Championship: O’Gorman 47, Brandon Valley 46

Third-place game: Washington 67, Rapid City Stevens 64

Fifth-place game: Mitchell 49, Spearfish 38

Seventh-place game: Jefferson 52, Pierre 51

Class A

Championship: Sioux Falls Christian 57, Red Cloud 56

Third-place game: Hamlin 60, Dakota Valley 45

Fifth-place game: Sioux Valley 74, Mobridge-Pollock 59

Seventh-place game: Wagner 59, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 47

Class B

Championship: Bennett County 71, Sanborn/Central Woonsocket 61

Third-place game: Centerville 65, St. Mary’s 50

Fifth-place game: Parkston 38, Lyman 35

Seventh-place game: Harding County 48, Deubrook Area 39

Saturday’s Schedule

Class B Girls State Basketball in Huron

7th/8th | Deubrook Area vs Harding County – 12 pm CT

5th/6th | Parkston vs Lyman – 1:45 pm CT

3rd/4th | Centerville vs St Mary – 6 pm CT

Championship | Bennett County vs Sanborn Central/Woonsocket – 7:45 pm CT

 

Class A Girls State Basketball in Spearfish

7th/8th | Mt. Vernon/Plankinton vs Wagner – 12 pm MT

5th/6th | Mobridge/Pollock vs Sioux Valley – 1:45 pm MT

3rd/4th | Hamlin vs Dakota Valley – 6 pm MT

Championship | Red Cloud vs Sioux Falls Christian – 7:45 pm MT

 

Class AA Girls State Basketball in Rapid City

7th/8th | Sioux Falls Jefferson vs Pierre TF Riggs – 12 pm MT

5th/6th | Spearfish vs Mitchell – 1:45 pm MT

3rd/4th | Rapid City Stevens vs Sioux Falls Washington – 6 pm MT

Championship | O’Gorman vs Brandon Valley – 7:45 pm MT

Girls State Basketball scores from Friday

Class A Girls State Basketball

Consolation Semifinals

Mobridge-Pollock 50 Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 40

Sioux Valley 56 Wagner 46

 

Semifinals

Sioux Falls Christian 44 Hamlin 33

Red Cloud 72 Dakota Valley 66

 

 

Class AA

Consolation Semifinals

Spearfish 61 Sioux Falls Jefferson 54

Mitchell 48 Pierre TF Riggs 38

 

Semifinals

O’Gorman 58 Rapid City Stevens 31

Brandon Valley 72 Sioux Falls Washington 56

 

Class B

Consolation Semifinals

Parkston 56 Deubrook Area 52

Lyman 57 Harding County 48

 

Semifinals

Bennett County 44 Centerville 41

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 45 St. Mary 43