DICKINSON, N.D. — Terrance Lockett is no longer employed as the head coach of the Dickinson girls’ basketball team, effective immediately, according to Dickinson Public Schools on Wednesday.

“The district took action consistent with its policies and expectations for professional conduct,” Dickinson High School athletic director Guy Fridley said in a statement to the Press.

Allegations that Lockett was arrested on school property were not initially confirmed by the district. On Thursday morning, a spokesperson for DPS told the Press that “he was asked to leave the building” and later confirmed that Lockett had been arrested Tuesday and terminated Wednesday.

Dickinson Police Department said, however, that Lockett was arrested on school property — outside the school — on criminal trespass charges for “refusing to leave.” Lt. Michael Hanel said Thursday morning that a press release would be forthcoming from the department.

As of Thursday morning, Lockett was not listed on the roster of individuals held at the Southwest Multi-County Correction Center.

No clarification was given by Fridley on what sparked the district’s termination, except that “per district policy, we do not comment on specific personnel matters.”

However, Fridley added that “the matter does not involve students.”

Police said they would “concur” with the school district’s statement regarding students.

Press staff reached out to the former coach Wednesday evening, and Lockett responded almost immediately.

“I really enjoyed the girls, it just didn’t work out for me,” Lockett told The Dickinson Press. “[I] love the program and the community.”

The school announced that Reggie Fields will take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season and that the girls’ basketball program will continue without interruption.

“We put students first, and our focus remains on supporting our student-athletes as they move forward with their season,” Fridley said.

Fields, who has served as an assistant coach this season, will lead the team for its final games. He joined Dickinson after serving as head coach of the Belfield girls’ basketball team last season.

Lockett, who was in the midst of his second season as head coach, finishes his tenure with a 4-36 overall record.

Fridley confirmed that the recent departure of the girls’ wrestling coach was not connected to Lockett’s termination.

Carter is a sports reporter for the Dickinson Press. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2025 with a journalism degree.

STATE COLLEGE – This one never felt like No. 1 vs. No. 2.

It wasn’t close.

Cael Sanderson’s top-ranked Penn State team is that good.

And the talented second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes were missing a few key regulars on Friday night in front of a record crowd of 16,006 at Bryce Jordan Center.

Ohio State was without sixth-ranked Ethan Stiles at 149, top-ranked Brandon Cannon at 157 and fifth-ranked Carson Karchla at 174.

The Buckeyes’ replacements had to face a trio of of Nittany Lions that were a combined 46-1 coming in – junior Shayne Van Ness, true freshman PJ Duke and senior Levi Haines.

Not ideal.

The Lions won nine of 10 bouts, three of them in overtime.

The result? Penn State 36, Ohio State 5.

The Nittany Lions’ winning streak now stands at 85 consecutive matches. Penn State (14-0, 8-0) is the 2025-26 Big Ten dual meet champion.

The Lions close out their regular season with a home matchup against Princeton on Feb. 20 at Rec Hall.

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“It’s just a close group; a lot of, obviously, tough battles tonight and our guys fought hard and we were able to go find those points at the end in really good matches,” Sanderson said of his wrestlers afterward.

“It’s just something we need to keep doing as we prepare for the postseason now.”

The Buckeyes (17-1, 6-1) needed to create plenty of magic early to have any chance, but PSU’s Luke Lilledahl and Marcus Blaze had other ideas.

The top-ranked Lilledahl, a sophomore 125-pounder, stayed unbeaten with a 4-1 win over previously unbeaten Nic Bouzakis in sudden victory. Lilledahl’s winning takedown occurred 39 seconds into the overtime neutral period.

Both wrestlers had escapes in regulation and Lilledahl just missed converting a takedown shot before the third-period buzzer.

Blaze, an unbeaten true freshman, improved to 18-0 with a 3-2 win in overtime over previously unbeaten Ben Davino at 133.

The two were tied 1-1 after regulation. No points in sudden victory, then Davino escaped in the second OT period.

Blaze, working from underneath and down 2-1, followed with the winning reversal with 15 seconds left overtime and rode out Davino for the win.

Blaze was No. 4 coming in, Davino was ranked No. 2.

Returning national champ Jesse Mendez put the Buckeyes on the board with a dominant win over PSU junior Braeden Davis, winning by 18-2 technical fall in 5:49 to cut Ohio State’s deficit to 6-5, but the issue was pretty much decided after 133.

Mendez now 18-0, is clearly the man to beat at 141.

Van Ness, a heavy favorite, worked Ohio State freshman Brogan Fielding for a 20-5 technical fall at 149 in 6:17.

Duke needed just 3:28 to pin Ohio State freshman Daxton Chase at 157.

Haines also won via tech. fall, 16-1, in 4:16 over Ohio State sophomore T.J. Shierl at 174.

PSU also received bonus point victories from junior Mitchell Mesenbrink at 165 (major decision), sophomore Rocco Welsh at 184 (decison), sophomore Josh Barr at 197 (major decision) and yes, freshman Cole Mirasola (overtime decision) at 285.

Welsh stayed unbeaten by rallying for a 7-6 win over Buckeyes junior Dylan Fishback, scoring two takedowns in the final period, the last one with 14 secods left.

Mirasola, facing Ohio State’s third-ranked Nick Feldman, scored a takedown 14 seconds into sudden victory to upset the Buckeye 4-1.

PENN STATE 36, OHIO STATE 5

125 pounds: Penn State So. Luke Lilledahl (16-0) dec. Ohio State Jr. Nic Bouzakis (12-1) by 4-1 (SV)

133: Penn State Fr. Marcus Blaze (18-0) dec. Ohio State Fr. Ben Davino (20-1) by 3-2 (TB2)

141: Ohio State Sr. Jesse Mendez (18-0) won by tech. fall over Penn State Jr. Braeden Davis (8-3) in 5:49 (18-2).

149: Penn State Jr. Shayne Van Ness (17-0) tech. fall over Ohio State Fr. Brogan Fielding (7-7) in 6:17 (20-5).

157: Penn State Fr. PJ Duke (15-1) pinned Ohio State Fr. Daxton Chase (7-7) in 3:28.

165: Penn State Jr. Mitchell Mesenbrink (18-0) major dec. Ohio State Sr. Paddy Gallagher (9-6) by 12-2.

174: Penn State Sr. Levi Haines (17-0) won by tech. fall over So. T.J. Shierl (12-7) in 4:15 (16-1).

184: Penn State So. Rocco Welsh (16-0) dec. Ohio State Jr. Dylan Fishback (12-6) by 7-6.

197: Penn State So. Josh Barr (15-0) major dec. Ohio State Jr. Luke Geog (12-5) by 11-2.

285: Penn State Fr. Cole Mirasola (13-4) dec. Ohio State Jr. Nick Feldman (17-4) by 4-1 (SV).

Brand bills

District 28A representative introduced HB 1267, which would have expanded the brand inspection program to cover the entire state. Currently brand inspection is only required on the western half of the state, although registered brands are considered legal proof of ownership anywhere in the state.

1267 was deferred to the 41^st day in a vote of 8-4 in the House Ag Committee, which effectively killed the bill.  Yeas (in favor of killing the bill) were: Ladner, Wittman, Overweg, Drew Peterson, Shubeck, Nolz, Van Diepen and Gosch. Nays (opposed to killing the bill) were: Hunt, May, Rice and Ismay.

The Chairman of the House Agricultural committee, at the behest of the Department of Agriculture, brought HB , to increase the brand inspection fee cap to $1.65, up from the current maximum of $1. This give the South Dakota Brand Board the leeway to increase the inspection fee to any amount up to $1.65.

The bill passed the House of Representatives, the Senate Ag Committee, and will be discussed in the Senate probably Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

The vote in the House was as follows:

Yeas: Arlint, Auch, Bahmuller, DeGroot, Derby, Duffy, Emery, Fitzgerald, Fosness, Goodwin, Greenfield, Halverson, Healy, Heermann, Heinemann, Hughes, Jamison, Jorgenson, Kassin,22 Kolbeck (Jack), Kull, Ladner, Lems, Massie, Mortenson, Muckey, Mulder, Nolz, Novstrup, Odenbach, Overweg, Peterson (Drew), Pourier, Rehfeldt, Reimer, Reisch, Rice, Roby, Roe, Shorma, Shubeck, Stevens, Uhre‑Balk, Van Diepen, Walburg, Weems, Weisgram, Wittman, and Speaker Hansen.

Nays: Andera, Aylward, Baxter, Garcia, Gosch, Hunt, Ismay, Jensen (Phil), Jordan, Kayser, Manhart, Moore, Mulally, Randolph, Schaefbauer, Schwans, Sjaarda, and Soye.

Lab-Grown Protein

Representative Julie Auch’s “fake meat” bill, HB 1077, passed the House and Senate but was promptly vetoed by Governor Rhoden. The bill would have changed the status of lab grown protein to “adulterated” which in part deems it “unfit for food” and would effectively ban the sale of lab-grown protein in the state of South Dakota.

The Governor introduced his own bill as a compromise, SB 124, which places a moratorium on the sale of lab grown meat for five years. The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, South Dakota Retailers Association, South Dakota Farm Bureau and South Dakota Stockgrowers all voiced support for the governor’s compromise, which is not scheduled for a committee discussion at this time.

Property Rights

The South Dakota Senate approved SB 88 sponsored by Senator Lapka, dubbed the “Bossly bill,” it would prevent private entities from conducting surveys without permission. However, “examinations” without permission would continue to be legal under certain circumstances, including when a citing permit has been granted. House Commerce and Energy will take up the bill soon.

The South Dakota House passed a bill to amend the South Dakota constitution to prevent the use of eminent domain for economic purposes. This bill came as the result of the many attempts of Summit Carbon Solutions to gain legal standing to take property for its pipeline. The constitutional amendment would protect landowners from other private entities using eminent domain to take property for private enterprises. Spencer Gosch, who sponsored HJR 5001, said this subject has been on his mind for a few years. “We’ve got to defend property rights and put a stop to private companies and government taking advantage of private property owners,” he told TSLN. HJR 5001, if approved by both houses, would not go to the governor for a signature, but would go a vote of South Dakota citizens.