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Clark-Willow Lake sweeps Redfield

5 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

REDFIELD – Clark-Willow Lake won a pair of tight games over Redfield in Legion baseball action on Monday. CWL took one game 8-7 and the other 7-4. The visitors plated three runs in the top of the first inning of their one-run win. Redfield plated five runs in the bottom of the second as Tate Bray started the uprising with an RBI double. Clark-Willow Lake tied the game in the third and then scored just enough runs to finish off the win.
Tight leaderboards after opening day at State B

5 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

WATERTOWN - The individual and team races are close following the opening rounds of the Class B State Boys and Girls golf tournaments on Monday. In the girls' tourney at Prairie Winds Golf Course, just one stroke separates the individual and team leaders. Two-time defending state champion Brynn Roehrich of Clark-Willow Lake leads former state champion Jayce Pugh of Miller by a single stroke after Roehrich carded a 72 and Pugh had a 73. Jadyn McDonald of Chester is right behind with a 74.
Groton splits pair of Legion baseball games

6 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

VOLGA – Groton produced a pair of big innings in a victory and gave up two big innings in a setback during American Legion baseball action on Sunday. Groton defeated Canton 11-1 and fell to Volga 15-8. Groton had a pair of four-run innings against Canton, both coming with two outs. Teylor Diegel had a two-run single and Braxton Imrie drove in a run in a four-run second frame, and Korbin Kucker and Diegel each drove in a pair in a four-run seventh inning.
Final leaders project majority of state track team champs

6 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

The weather was ideal, the competition was intense, and the results were often record-setting during the recent State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Area athletes captured nearly 20 state championships, six of which were won by either Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern or Spencer Melius of Faulkton. The juniors each garnered three state titles.
Returning individual champs back in State B tourneys

6 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

WATERTOWN – When the Class B State Boys and Girls Golf Tournaments take place today and Tuesday, there is likely to be some familiar names near the top of the leaderboards. Both defending state champs are back in the fields. Gavin Colson of Sully Buttes won the boys’ individual title last season, while Brynn Roehrich of Clark-Willow is the defending girls’ medalist. Each is coming off recent region championships.
Fourth inning fuels Northville win over Faulkton

6 days ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

NORTHVILLE – The Northville Merchants exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning to help power an 8-2 win over the Faulkton Hitmen in Amateur baseball on Sunday. Ashton Remily delivered the big blow with a three-run bases-loaded double. Carson Simes also drove in a run with a single in the pivotal frame. Faulkton had taken a two-run lead in the top of the first inning with runs coming across on a ground out and an error.
Arampatzis, Fayant claim state titles for Golden Eagles

1 week ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

SIOUX FALLS – As expected it was a big day for the Aberdeen Central hurdlers, but the Golden Eagles even exceeded those expectations during the final day of the State Track and Field Meet on Saturday at Howard Wood Field. Top-seeds Mya Arampatzis and Kyson Fayant each captured Class AA state championships, and Espynn Kuhfeld finished second in another hurdle race. Arampatzis got things started by winning the 100-meter hurdles race by executing her usual stellar start out of the blocks.
Deuel’s Fieber sprints to three Class A state titles

1 week ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

SIOUX FALLS – Oliver Fieber of Deuel ran his way to a pair of individual state championships on Saturday, but it was his work in a relay race that might have been his most impressive state title during the State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field. The junior, who missed last year’s state meet after recovering from a torn miniscus, helped the Cardinals win the Class A 400-meter relay in dramatic fashion, chasing down a strong field to win at the finish. “It’s a great feeling.
Ewalt leads Central delegation at State Meet

1 week ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

SIOUX FALLS – Aberdeen Central received a big contribution from one of its smallest members at the State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field Friday afternoon. Sophomore Paige Ewalt set a personal record on the way to a sixth place finish in the Class AA discus. Ewalt came into the competition sitting in 22nd place. “Thatâ€™s the one thing about our kids, they donâ€™t worry about there they come in, they just want to come in and compete,” said Central girls’ coach Jim Appl.
Thomas has career day in triple jump to lead Roncalli at State Meet

1 week ago | sdsportscene.com | Dave Vilhauer

SIOUX FALLS – All Gabby Thomas was looking for was a small increase in her personal best jump on Friday. What the Aberdeen Roncalli junior accomplished was a major PR and a fifth-place finish in the Class A triple jump during the State Track and Field Meet at Howard Wood Field. “I wanted to get 34 today and my coaches really, really prepared me for this and it felt really good coming in,” Thomas said. Thomas soon found herself needing a new goal after she jumped 35-feet 1/4-inch in the prelims.