Aberdeen bowlers honored
Two Aberdeen bowlers have received state honors. Brianna Kuckelburg was named the 2013 South Dakota Youth Star of Tomorrow. The award is given to an outstanding youth bowler that displays bowling...
View ArticleScoreboard: Feb. 25
|TODAY||HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL||District 3AA| Huron (4-16) at Aberdeen Central (18-1) at Golden Eagles Arena, 7 p.m. Pierre (10-10) at Mitchell (18-2) at Corn Palace, 7 p.m.|HIGH SCHOOL BOYS'...
View ArticleWest River teams win amateur basketball titles
A pair of West River teams claimed titles at the South Dakota amateur basketball tournament on Sunday. The Lead-Deadwood Nuggets defeated Brookings-Foothill Construction 95-87 in the Class B...
View ArticleWolves qualify two for wrestling nationals
Northern State qualified two wrestlers for the NCAA Division II national wrestling tournament. The Wolves competed at the Super Regional Three tournament on Sunday. Two-time defending national...
View ArticleColumn: Area officials honored at Civic Arena Saturday
Before I make my basketball predictions for upcoming boys' and girls' tournaments, here are some things I know: More than 10,000 sports fans gathered in Aberdeen Saturday night to watch State B...
View ArticleState tournament berths on line as postseason heats up
As the pool of remaining teams gets smaller, the games get bigger. As Class AA girls' basketball teams begin district play, the teams in Class A and B move on to the regions where one game is all that...
View ArticleArea district tournaments start today
The chase for the eight spots in each of the three boys' basketball state tournaments are on. The tourneys will be March 14-16. The defending champions are White River (B), St. Thomas More (A) and...
View ArticleCOLLEGE PLUS: NSU to open NSIC tournaments at home
The Northern State men's and women's basketball programs will host first-round games of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference basketball tournaments on Wednesday. By virtue of their finish in the...
View ArticleAccident postpones girls' region
The Region 3A girls' basketball championship between Madison and Sioux Falls Christian has been rescheduled from Thursday to 3 p.m. Saturday at Tea Area High School. A SFC sophomore guard, 16-year-old...
View ArticleScoreboard -- Feb. 25, 2013
|TV SPORTS|Men's College Basketball--Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Memphis at Xavier, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Auburn at Alabama, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Florida at Tennessee, 8 p.m. (ESPN); Wake Forest at...
View ArticleHIgh school boys' basketball: Hitchcock-Tulare, Leola-Frederick move ahead
It was only fitting that one of the most balanced boys' basketball districts in the state opened with an overtime thriller. Hitchcock-Tulare outlasted Aberdeen Christian 63-53 in overtime before...
View ArticleHIgh school boys' basketball: Groton brothers haunt Britton-Hecla
Britton-Hecla has seen enough of the Ell brothers in the past two weeks. Kyler Ell made all five of his three-point attempts in the first half to lead Groton to a 67-52 win over Britton-Hecla on Monday...
View ArticleScoreboard: Feb. 27
TODAYCOLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Wayne State (17-9) at Northern State (15-11), Wachs Arena, 6 p.m. Southwest (4-24) at St. Cloud (18-8), 6 p.m. Duluth (14-12) at Winona (19-10), 6 p.m. Bemidji (11-15)...
View ArticlePresentation College adds Minn. soccer recruit
The Presentation College women's soccer program added its first freshman recruit for the 2013 season. PC women's soccer coach Jacob Plocher announced that Kaleigh Lentsch-Dwinell of Rockford, Minn.,...
View ArticlePresentation College lands first volleyball recruit
Kayla Greene of Perry High School in Gilbert, Ariz., will attend Presentation College and play volleyball, according to PC volleyball coach Chelsey Albrecht. The first volleyball recruit of the...
View ArticleColumn: Northern Wolves tennis team sizzling
The Northern State women's tennis team has won six straight matches in a row. The Wolves are 6-2 overall and 5-2 in conference play. The streak includes wins over Mary (6-3), Moorhead (8-1), Bemidji...
View ArticleHigh School Boys Basketball: Three-pointers fuel Sully Buttes' win
ONIDA - Sully Buttes connected on 14 three-pointers on the way to a 76-31 win over Faulkton in the semifinals of the District 5B boys' basketball tournament on Tuesday night. Brayden Wittler led the...
View ArticleLady Panthers head to state
FAITH - Timber Lake will be heading to the State B Girls' Basketball Tournament for the first time since 2007. The Panthers defeated Newell 63-50 on Tuesday in the Region 8B final. Newell suffered...
View ArticleWolves host playoff games at Wachs Arena tonight
For at least one more night, the Northern State basketball teams will play at Wachs Arena in Aberdeen this season. The NSU women's and men's basketball teams will host a pair of Northern Sun...
View ArticleWild finishes theme at District 2B boys semifinals
Incredible. Times two. The District 2B boys' basketball semifinals produced a pair of wild finishes at the Aberdeen Civic Arena Tuesday night. Michael Erickson nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer to...
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