James D. Cimburek

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | James D. Cimburek

GAYVILLE — A future Mount Marty pitcher left an impression on a MMU Hall of Famer after pitching her Deuel squad to a 3-1 victory over Gayville-Volin in the championship of the South Dakota State Class B Softball Tournament, Saturday in Aberdeen. Katrina Hagberg struck out 17 Gayville-Volin batters on the way to the victory. The recent Deuel graduate is headed to MMU this fall, where she will play softball for the Lancers.

2 weeks ago | yankton.net | James D. Cimburek

ABERDEEN — Dell Rapids’ Katie Kvigne silenced the Dakota Valley offense, striking out 10 and allowing just five hits in an 8-0 Quarriers victory over the Panthers in the third place game of the South Dakota State Class A Softball Tournament, Saturday in Aberdeen. Kvigne helped her cause at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs. Emma Lanpher, Kayleigh Gillette, Ella Johnson, Addison Van’t Hof and Elly Olson each had two hits.

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | James D. Cimburek

ABERDEEN — The Tri-Valley Mustangs scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to rally past Dakota Valley 6-5 in the semifinals of the South Dakota State Class A Softball Tournament, Friday in Aberdeen. The victory sends the Mustangs (14-2) to the championship, facing West Central. The top-seeded Trojans (20-3), 6-4 winners over Dell Rapids in the other semifinal, will play for the title for a third straight season. Izzy Davey homered and doubled, driving in three runs, for Tri-Valley.

3 weeks ago | yankton.net | James D. Cimburek

ABERDEEN — Gayville-Volin High School has never won a team championship in any sport. Today (Saturday) they will have the opportunity to change that. Gayville-Volin earned a berth in the championship game of the South Dakota State Class B Softball Tournament with an 11-4 rout of Mobridge-Pollock on Friday in Aberdeen. “It’s awesome,” said Raiders head coach Jason Selchert. “Just making a semifinal game, that’s something that our school has never done.

3 weeks ago | plaintalk.net | James D. Cimburek

A late-season surge has the Tanagers in the state tournament for the first time. Vermillion, Dakota Valley and Elk Point-Jefferson each qualified for the South Dakota State Class A Softball Tournament, which began Thursday in Aberdeen. All three Dakota XII Conference teams face another member of the league in the first round. Eighth-seeded Vermillion (7-9) faced top-seeded West Central (18-3) in the first game of the day the results of which were unavailable at Plain Talk press time.