Mike Tanner

Watertown

News Director at KWAT-AM (Watertown, SD)

News Director at KKSD-FM (Milbank, SD)

Articles

Cardinal FastPitch softball wins 2-of-3 games in wet week

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach Jeff JohnsonJaelyn Kish delivers a pitch for the Arcade Area Cardinal FastPitch 10-Under softball team during a GLOW league game against Warsaw on May 19. Despite the wet weather, the Arcade Area Cardinal FastPitch 10-Under softball team won two games and tied one in three starts during last week's action. On May 19, the 10-Under team, sponsored by Edelweiss Farms of Freedom, tied the Warsaw Black team, 5-5, in a very competitive game in GLOW League action. Mya Kirsch re...
Price’s finish leads TBA girls track at CCAA

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

On May 23-24, Ellicottville/Ten Broeck Academy of Franklinville competed in the CCAA track meet hosted by Falconer. The Titans were led in the girls’ meet by Libby Price’s shot put and discus finishes. Price finished second in discus (121 ft. even) and third in shot put (31 ft. 9.5 in.). Abby Spencer finished fifth in shot put (29 ft. 10 in.) to give the Titans a three/five finish. Seirra Lovell finished 22nd in discus for the Titans. The Titans finished ninth in two relays.
Pioneer flag football avenges loss; beats Depew for title

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Pioneer won two Section VI Class C Flag Football playoff games last week to win the Panthers’ second Section VI title in a row and first in Class C. Pioneer beat Fredonia in the semifinals and avenged its lone loss the season by beating Depew in the finals. Pioneer won the Section VI small school championship in 2024. The section went to three classes for flag football this season, as more schools are taking up the sport. For 2025, the Panthers won the Class C Championship.
Pioneer boys track finishes second at ECICs

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach Jim DupreyTrent Reifsteck displays his ECIC patch that he won for the long jump at the All-ECIC Track Meet hosted by Hamburg on May 23-24. Reifsteck set a new Pioneer record (21 ft. 11 in.), which was good for first in ECIC III and third for overall. On May 23-24, Pioneer's boys track team competed in the All-ECIC Track Championship Meet that Hamburg hosted. The Panthers finished second in ECIC III. Iroquois, who handed Pioneer its lone loss and finished as ECIC III Champ...
Letchworth wins 1; ousted in Section V

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

In last week’s softball action, Letchworth won its regular season finale and was eliminated in the first round of the Section V Class C-1 Playoffs. On May 20, the Legends defeated visiting York of Retsof, 14-1, on Senior Night. Letchworth honored its four seniors: Kaylie Emmons, Aubrie Brown, Grace Mitchell, and Alexis Mitchell. Izzy Bacon threw the win over the Golden Knights (six innings, three hits, one walk, four strikeouts, no earned runs).
Letchworth shares LCAA II title

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach Scott OwensEven though Letchworth is sharing the 2025 LCAA boys' track title with Avon and Geneseo, the Legends still can claim their fourth title in a row. The team displays four fingers for four titles. The Legends are now off to the postseason that will set up the Section V track teams for the State Meet in Middletown in June. While it is the fourth consecutive LCAA II boys' track title for Letchworth, the Legends still share it with Avon and Geneseo. Letchworth finish...
Holland girls track wins seven events; Dutchesses win ECIC V

1 week ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photos by Renea LauckAcadia Peirick runs in the 800 meter final. Holland defeated visiting Cleveland Hill in an ECIC V girls' track meet on May 21, 90-49, clinching second place in the league. The Dutchesses won the ECIC V team title at the ECIC Meet hosted by Hamburg on May 23-24, which made them co-champions with Tapestry Charter of Buffalo. Holland took first in seven events for ECIC V at the meet. Against the Golden Eagles, Holland won 10 events and Cleveland Hill won seven. Acadia Peirick, ...
Cardinal FastPitch wins in all four levels

2 weeks ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

In last week’s travel softball action, the Arcade Area Cardinal FastPitch teams won on all four levels. On May 12, the 10-Under team, sponsored by Edelweiss Farms of Freedom, beat the Green team, 18-2, and improved to 2-0 in the young season. Jaelyn Kish (Carlee the Cardinal recipient) and Aliyah Beaudette combined for 15 strikeouts in the circle. Arabella O’Neill, Arabella Hoppe and Beaudette scored four runs, while Kish hit a homer and scored three times.
TBA girls track beat Titans; Price wins hardware

2 weeks ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Photo Courtesy of Coach Tyyetta HermanLibby Price of Ellicottville/Ten Broeck Academy of Franklinville stands on the second place spot of the podium at the Salamanca Super Eight Meet on May 16 that the Warriors hosted at the Lou Foy Track Venue. Price led the Titans with her throw of 33 ft. 9 in. Visiting Salamanca defeated Ellicottville/Ten Broeck Academy of Franklinville in a CCAA girls track meet hosted by the Titans at the Weigel Track Venue in Franklinville on May 13, 74-67. On the weekend,...
Pioneer baseball gains split with Iroquois

2 weeks ago | herald-courier.com | Mike Tanner

Pioneer split with Iroquois in last week’s ECIC III baseball action. The Panthers improved to 7-3 in ECIC III and 10-5 overall. Pioneer is in the hunt for the ECIC III title, with Depew, Maryvale and Iroquois, to whom the Panthers handed the Red Hawks their first ECIC III loss. The Red Hawks beat the visiting Panthers on May 13, 5-1. Slade McTigue hit a two-run homer to lead Iroquois. Kasen Jarocinski threw for Pioneer (seven innings, three strikeouts, two walks, five runs, seven hits).