Top-seed Grand Island Central Catholic scored 13 of the first 14 points and rolled past Hartington Cedar Catholic 64-40 last night in the Nebraska Class C-2 Boys Basketball semifinals at the Pinnacle Bank Arena. Junior Tate Thoene led the Trojans with 21 points as their season record fell to 20-7 overall. Cedar Catholic will face…… read more »
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USD’s Herbster is the FCS Athletic Director of the Year
David Herbster from the University of South Dakota has been named as the FCS Athletic Director of the Year. Herbster has been with USD since 2007, and has helped raise more than 100 million dollars in the past six years for many new athletic facilities and upgrades on the Vermillion campus. He will be honored…… read more »
MMU Softball and Baseball
Dickinson State is receiving votes nationally in softball, and the visiting Blue Hawks swept a doubleheader over Mount Marty Thursday at Sertoma Park by scores of 18-13 and 7-2. The Lancers are now 7 and 6 on the softball season and will open their G-PAC schedule March 20th with a twin bill at Briar Cliff.…… read more »
Hartington CC Boys Win First Round, Wynot Loses
The Hartington Cedar Catholic boys basketball squad scored the final 11 points yesterday and beat fourth-seed Freeman 40-37 in the opening round of the Class C-2 state tournament in Lincoln. Senior Myles Thoene scored ten of his game-high 12 points in the second half to lead the Trojans in the comeback victory. Hartington Cedar Catholic…… read more »
MMU Football Program Has 75 Commitments
The Mount Marty University football program has now received 75 commitments from student-athletes to join their first team next fall. Izik Grohe from Des Moines Lincoln High School in Iowa is the latest to sign with the Lancers, and he is a 6’1”, 210-pound middle linebacker. There have now been 13 Mount Marty football recruits…… read more »
SD Girls BB Tournaments Begin Thursday
The South Dakota Girls Basketball State Tournaments begin today in three cities. The Class Double-A girls will play in Sioux Falls, the Class A girls tourney is in Watertown, and Huron will host the Class B state tournament. The seventh-seed Viborg-Hurley Cougars face second-seed White River at 5:00 today in the Class B opening round…… read more »
USD Wins Big and Qualifies for NCAA Women’s Tourney
The South Dakota women’s basketball team scored the first 13 points Tuesday and rolled to a 66-43 victory over Omaha to win the Summit League post-season tournament in Sioux Falls. Senior Hannah Sjerven led the Coyotes with 20 points and 9 rebounds as they earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division One Women’s Tournament…… read more »
MMU Baseball Splits with Northern State
The Mount Marty University baseball squad downed Northern State 9-3 Tuesday at Riverside Field in game one of a twin bill, and the Wolves shut out the Lancers 4-0 in the second contest. Mason Townsend of Yankton smashed a grand-slam homer for the Lancers, Colin Muth of Yankton doubled twice, and Blake Swoboda pitched the…… read more »
Hartington CC and Wynot Boys at State Today
Hartington Cedar Catholic joins Wynot as area schools to qualify for both the girls and boys state tournaments in Lincoln. The Cedar Catholic boys are seeded fifth in Class C-2 and will take on fourth-seed Freeman at 1:30 this afternoon in the opening round in Lincoln. We’ll have the broadcast of Trojans basketball today on…… read more »
Vermillion and Viborg-Hurley Qualify for State
Vermillion used a big second half to rout Milbank 67-37 as senior Jakob Dobney led the Tanagers with 30 points as he passed the one-thousand point level in his career. Vermillion has qualified for the state boys basketball tournament for the first time since 1989 and the unbeaten Tanagers will be the number-one seed in…… read more »
