The Great Plains All Conference Basketball teams have been revealed. Making all conference for the Burke Lady Cougars were Sally Hakin, Taylee Indahl and Bobbi Jo Wischmann. Making all conference for the Colome Cowgirls were Makayla Shippy and Baylie Hoffine. On the boys side, Jaden Frank, Bryce Frank and Tyson Mayer made all-conference for Burke. Colome’s Jacob Beckers was also named to the all-conference squad as well.

The South Dakota High School Basketball Coaches Association has released the Class A All State Girls Basketball Team. Here are the teams, courtesy of the Mitchell Daily Republic:

First Team

Madysen Vlastuin, Sr., Lennox

Haleigh Timmer Jr., STM

Hannah Parsley, Sr., Flandreau

Bella Swedlund, So., Winner

Rianna Fillipi, Sr., Lennox

Kelsie Herman, Sr., Todd County

Second Team

Lexi Plitzuweit, Jr., Vermillion

Olivia Ritter, Jr., Tea Area

Jacy Pulse, Sr., McCook Central/Montrose

Kaylee Wells, Sr., Crow Creek

Emilee Fox, 8th, Mt. Vernon-Plankinton

Morgan Hammerbeck, Sr., Winner

Third Team

Rylee Rosenquist, Soph., Dakota Valley

Olivia Kieffer, Fr., Rapid City Christian

Kadye Fernholz, Sr., Miller

Britney Lovre, Sr., Deuel

Bailey Conrad, Sr., Tea Area

Lizzie Olson, Jr., Garretson

DAN SWARTOS WITH THE SDHSAA ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THAT SOUTH DAKOTA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PRACTICES AND COMPETITIONS ARE CANCELLED THROUGH MAY 3RD. THE SDHSAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET LATER THIS WEEK TO DECIDE ON THE SPRING SPORTS SEASON, AS WELL AS THE SUSPENDED/POSTED EVENTS OF STATE BASKETBALL, VISUAL ARTS, REGION MUSIC AND ALL-STATE BAND. CHRIS DOSKI WILL TALK TO DAN FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Here are the high score winners from last week at Gregory Lanes. In the Tuesday mixed division, Augie Bortz led the men with a 229 game. Dan Soesbe had the top high series scores with a 615. Jennifer Soesbe led the women on Tuesday as she bowled a 194 game and finished with a 463 series. In the Wednesday Women’s League, Linda Schultz led the way as she bowled a 196 game and finished with a 521 series score. In the Thursday Men’s Division, Russell Farley led the way with a 264 game while Aaron Gilchrist had the top scratch series score with a 698.

The SESD Conference All-Conference Boys Basketball team has been revealed. Winner’s Joren Bruun and Brady Fritz made all conference for the Warriors. Chamberlain’s Keshaume Thigh and Drayton Priebe made the squad along with Tommy Determan and Coy Determan of Gregory. Platte/Geddes saw Kelby VanDerWerff, Caden Foxley and Kade Star make all-conference.

In a statement released yesterday, SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos announced that spring sports sanctioned by the SDHSAA are cancelled through April 5th. In his statement, Swartos said “This does not impact the length of the spring sports season and it does not pertain to non SDHSAA activities such as baseball, softball and rodeo. School administrators are allowed to place more restrictive limitations on practice and participation in accordance with local policies and in reaction to the situation locally”. Swartos also mentioned that state basketball tournaments remain suspended or postponed.

At the request of Governor Noem, the remainder of the SDHSAA Class B Girls Basketball tournament is postponed. In addition, all SDHSAA state basketball tournaments for next weekend, along with the Visual Arts competition, are also postponed. The Student Council Convention, all Region music contests, and All-State Band scheduled for later this month are cancelled.

This is a difficult decision and comes amid constant conversation and information sharing between the SDHSAA, the Governor’s Office, and the Department of Health. We will evaluate the future of the postponed events in concert with those same entities. The safety of everyone involved is our foremost concern, followed by exploring all options to provide the student-athlete with the opportunity to finish their season.

We thank everyone for their patience and understanding in a very difficult time, and we apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

-Dan Swartos, SDHSAA Executive Director

1pm central- Irene-Wakonda vs Faith

2:45- Ethan vs Faulkton Area

7pm central- Corsica/Stickney vs Faith

8:45- Castlewood vs De Smet

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Class B

Quarterfinal

Castlewood 45, Ethan 43

Corsica/Stickney 65, Irene-Wakonda 42

DeSmet 50, Faulkton 45

Faith 56, Howard 34

The South Dakota High School Activities Association has made the decision to limit fan attendance for the remainder of the ‘B’ girls’ state basketball tournament in Spearfish.

This decision comes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the United States.

Each team will be given 125 tickets per game, which includes access for players and coaches as well. Tickets are also only good for the game the ticket is listed for.