The South Dakota High School Media Pre-Season Basketball Poll has been released:

Boys

Class AA

1. Lincoln (11) 78

2. Brandon Valley (6) 58

3. Huron 43

4. Mitchell 38

5. O’Gorman (1) 15

Receiving votes: Jefferson 13, Harrisburg 12, Washington 6, Roosevelt 3, Spearfish 2, Tea Area 2. 

 

Class A

1. SF Christian (16) 176

2. Lennox 135

3. West Central (2) 127

4. Clark/Willow Lake 103

5. Hamlin 86

6. Pine Ridge 68

7. St. Thomas More 62

8. Groton Area 46

9. RC Christian 40

10. Dakota Valley 37

Receiving votes: Dell Rapids 29, Vermillion 21, Winner 17, Madison 16, Baltic 12, Flandreau 5, Hill City 4, Mobridge-Pollock 4, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 1, Mahpiya Luta 1.  

 

Class B

1. Castlewood (10) 149

2. Wessington Springs (2) 124

3. St. Mary’s (4) 110

4. Wall (1) 109

5. Viborg-Hurley (1) 108

6. Freeman 98

7. Lyman 54

8. Aberdeen Christian 50

9. De Smet 37

10. Parkston 35

Receiving votes: Sully Buttes 31, Bridgewater-Emery 25, Howard 17, Leola/Frederick Area 14, Gregory 9, Wolsey-Wessington 7, Lemmon 6, Estelline/Hendricks 5, Deubrook Area 2. 

 

Girls 

Class AA

1. O’Gorman (16) 88

2. Brandon Valley (2) 72

3. Washington 45

4. Jefferson 26

5. Stevens 17

Receiving votes: Mitchell 16, Spearfish 3, Aberdeen Central 2, Rapid City Central 1. 

 

Class A

1. SF Christian (11) 173

2. Mahpiya Luta (7) 160

3. Hamlin 120

4. Dakota Valley 119

5. Sioux Valley 94

6. Wagner 88

7. Vermillion 62

8. Mobridge-Pollock 52

9. Lennox 39

10. Flandreau 29

Receiving votes: West Central 19, Aberdeen Roncalli 11, Clark/Willow Lake 6, St. Thomas More 4, Groton Area 4, Mount Vernon/Plankinton 3, Miller 2, Canton 2, Lakota Tech 2, Pine Ridge 1. 

 

Class B 

1. Bennett County (15) 176

2. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 131

3. Centerville (3) 108

4. Lyman 106

5. Parkston 96

6. Harding County 75

7. Ethan 72

8. Deubrook Area 39

9. Colman-Egan 37

T-10. St. Mary’s 31

T-10. Freeman 31

Receiving votes: Corsica-Stickney 23, Arlington 21, Lemmon 11, De Smet 11, Kadoka Area 6, Waubay-Summit 6, Gayville-Volin 5, Warner 2, Northwestern 1, Chester 1, Avon 1.

The University of South Dakota Coyote Football team advanced to the quarterfinal round of the FCS Playoffs after their dominant, 47-0 win at Mercer on Saturday. The Coyotes this Saturday will play at Montana at 2:30pm. Montana on Saturday defeated  South Dakota State, 50-29.

Boys Wrestling

The Winner Area Wrestling team won the Kimball Invite on Saturday, as they racked up 199.5 team points. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes was second with 183 points.

1st place finishers

106-Winner Area’s Apollo Willuweit

113- Judd Hansen of Winner Area

120- Rylan Robbins of Winner Area

126- Roukyn Robbins of Winner Area

157- Johnny Lenz of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes

165- Carter Konechne of Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes

 

Philip/Kadoka/Wall won the Stanley County Invite on Saturday with 217.5 points. Lyman was third with 107 points. Lane Coleman of Lyman was a champion at 132.

At the Mullen Invite, Ainsworth’s Dylan Titus was a champion at 138. Holden Beel of Ainsworth was a champion at 120.

At the O’Neill Invite, Jehki Williams of Valentine was a champion at 132.

 

College Football

Montana 50, SDSU 29

USD 47, Mercer 0

Illinois State over NDSU, 29-28

Boys Wrestling

At the Custer/Bill Young Invite on Friday, Custer won the team title with 198 points. Burke/Gregory was fourth with 167.5 points. Mason Janek of Burke/Gregory was a champion at 175. Burke/Gregory’s Dane Johnson was runner up at 113 pounds. Eli Ekroth of Burke/Gregory was runner up at 150.

 

At the Tea Triangular, Tea Area defeated Chamberlain, 55-18. Tea Area was victorious over Mitchell, 54-29. On the girls side, Tea Area defeated Chamberlain,  6-0. Mitchell defeated Tea Area, 30-11.

 

 

Boys Basketball

Valentine 60, St. Patrick’s 55

Ord 66, Ainsworth 19

 

Girls Basketball

Valentine 65, St. Patrick’s 29

Ord 58, Ainsworth 49

Hanson 46, Kimball/White Lake 21

Centerville 59, Parker/Marion 20

Yankton 61, Lincoln 10

 

Boys Wrestling

Winner Area and Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes at Kimball Tournament

Ainsworth at Mullen Invite

 

Girls Wrestling

Dell Rapids Tournament

Burke/Gregory at Custer Invite

Brandon Valley, Harrisburg at Okoboji Invite

Lyman at Stanley County Invite

Ainsworth, Valentine at O’Neill Invite

 

Girls Basketball

Dell Rapids at Beresford

Dupree at Jones County

 

Men’s College Basketball

Idaho at SDSU at 2pm

USD at Northern Colorado at 7pm

 

Women’s College Basketball

Eastern Washington at USD at 1pm

SDSU at Northern Arizona at 3pm

 

Boys and Girls Wrestling

Chamberlain at O’Neill Invite

 

FCS College Football Playoffs- Round 2

11am- USD at Mercer

1pm- SDSU at Montana

Boys Wrestling

Burke/Gregory at Custer Tournament

 

Girls Wrestling

Baltic, Canton, West Central, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Washington at Watertown Tournament

 

Boys and Girls Basketball

Ainsworth at Ord

Valentine at St. Patrick’s

 

Girls Basketball

Kimball/White Lake at Hanson

Washington at Yankton

Centerville at Parker/Marion in Marion

 

Boys and Girls Wrestling

Chamberlain at Tea Triangular

Boys Basketball

Valentine 65, O’Neill 43

 

Girls Basketball

O’Neill 80, Valentine 41

 

Men’s College Basketball

Black Hills State over Chadron State, 90-67. Blake Volmer, formerly of Winner, scored eight points in the victory.

 

Wrestling

At the Lyman Quad in Presho, Lyman defeated MVP, 51-25.

Stanley County over Lyman, 45-32.

Lyman over Todd County, 69-12

Boys Wrestling

Burke/Gregory at Custer

Ainsworth and North Central at West Holt Quad

 

Boys and Girls Basketball

O’Neill at Valentine

 

Girls Basketball

Marshall at Harrisburg

 

Men’s College Basketball

Chadron State at Black Hills State at 7pm

WINNER MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT RESULTS FROM TUESDAY- FIRST PLACE FINISHERS IN EACH WEIGHT DIVISION:

61-66- LOUDAN VASQUEZ OF BURKE/GREGORY
68-74-AARON WILLUWEIT OF WALL
80-83-ZANDER BRAUN OF KIMBALL
85-92-WESTON GRACE OF MCCOOK CENTRAL MONTROSE
85-88-SUTTON LEISCHNER OF PARKSTON
87-93-HADLEY PEPPLE OF BURKE/GREGORY
91-99-EASTYN TRAUPEL OF MCCOOK CENTRAL MONTROSE
92-98-KOBE KIER OF WALL
93-95-BECKAM BAULD OF BURKE/GREGORY
94-99-BENTLEE ARAGON OF PARKSTON
96-104-AUGUST STOFFERAHN OF MCCOOK CENTRAL MONTROSE
98-101-HAYDEN BERG OF PARKSTON
101-109-SAWYER MEYER OF PARKSTON
107-117-RAIDEN ROCKWOOD OF LYMAN
110-119-GRAYSON KNEBEL OF WAGNER
111-122-THOMAS KRCIL OF WAGNER
119-122-TREVEN KENNER OF VALENTINE
121-125-COOPER SOMMER OF PARKSTON
121-132-BENTLY ROTH OF PARKSTON
124-128-BRODIE FUEGEN OF KIMBALL
127-131-BOONE BECK OF BURKE/GREGORY
131-144-REED SEDLACEK OF BURKE/GREGORY
136-138-CARTER COLEMAN OF LYMAN
136-144-HARRISON BARGON OF VALENTINE
138-150-LANE COLEMAN OF LYMAN
140-150-COOPER KRUEGER OF VALENTINE
151-165-LEVI HORSTMAN OF MCCOOK CENTRAL MONTROSE
154-166-CYRUS BLUM OF CHAMBERLAIN
167-177-TRISTIN COURNOYER OF WAGNER
177-188-ROSIN BROZIK OF BURKE/GREGORY
193-200-URIJAH GONZALEZ OF WINNER
193-205-AXEL STEELE OF CHAMBERLAIN

Our season premiere of’ Coaches Corner’ will take place this Saturday, December 6th on Country 1260 beginning at 9am! We will be talking to numerous winter sports coaches from across South Central South Dakota and North Central Nebraska to get you ready for the 2025-2026 season!