ABERDEEN, S.D. — A look at the South Dakota boys state basketball scores for Saturday, March 22, 2025, plus the tournament award winners in each class.

At the Summit Arena in Rapid City

Saturday’s results

Championship 

Brandon Valley 53, Mitchell 45

Third place 

Sioux Falls Lincoln 81, Harrisburg 52

Fifth place 

Sioux Falls Jefferson 61, Huron 60

Seventh place 

Spearfish 61, Sioux Falls O’Gorman 55

Class AA tournament awards

Spirit of Su: Mitchell’s Markus Talley

Spirit of Six: Harrisburg

All-tourney team

Brandon Valley: Aiden Zerr, Mach Mayen, Landon Dulaney; Mitchell: Gavin Hinker, Markus Talley; Sioux Falls Lincoln: Sam DeGroot, Brody Schafer; Harrisburg: Stellen Larson; Sioux Falls Jefferson: Colby Nuttbrock; Huron: Blake Ellwein; Spearfish: Dylon Doren; Sioux Falls O’Gorman: Austin Terveen

At the Premier Center in Sioux Falls

Saturday’s games

Championship 

Sioux Falls Christian 61, Hamlin 51

Third place 

Rapid City Christian 60, Lennox 58

Fifth place 

West Central 69, Hill City 54

Seventh place 

Groton Area 64, Clark/Willow Lake 52

Class A tournament awards

Spirit of Su: Hill City’s Devin Buehler

Spirit of Six: Groton Area

All-tourney team

Sioux Falls Christian: Brant Wassenaar, Griffen Goodbary; Hamlin: Easton Neuendorf, Jackson Wadsworth; Rapid City Christian: Benson Kieffer, Simon Kieffer; Lennox: Tate Gerdes; West Central: Will Kuhl, Connor Mebius; Hill City: Devin Buehler; Groton Area: Ryder Johnson; Clark/Willow Lake: Chris Bevers

At the Barnett Center in Aberdeen

Saturday’s games

Championship 

Castlewood 52, Viborg-Hurley 31

Third place 

Dell Rapids St. Mary 71, Wessington Springs 54

Fifth place 

Wall 79, Freeman 67

Seventh place 

Aberdeen Christian 64, Lyman 46

Class B tournament awards

Spirit of Su: Viborg-Hurley’s Nick Hanson

Spirit of Six: Castlewood

All-tourney team

Castlewood: Jamison Keszler, Bryon Laue, Luke Baumberger; Viborg-Hurley: Nick Hanson, Brady Schroedermeier; Dell Rapids St. Mary: Trevon Beckman, Maverick LeBrun; Wessington Springs: Colby Flowers; Wall: Emmet Dinger, Teelan Kjerstad; Freeman: Tate Sorensen; Aberdeen Christian: Brooks Jett

Blake Durham is a Sports Reporter for the Mitchell Republic, having joined in October of 2023. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December of 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. Durham can be found covering a variety of prep and collegiate sports in the area.

The Cowgirls are back in action in the NCAA Tournament.

For the second time in Jacie Hoyt’s three seasons at OSU, the Cowgirls will be in the NCAA Tournament. In 2023, the Cowgirls suffered a heartbreaking loss to Miami in the first round and will soon look to get their first win in the big dance since 2021. 

OSU has established itself as one of the top teams in the Big 12 and the entire country this season. At 25-6, this team has a case to be the best in program history. While an NCAA Tournament run would solidify those beliefs, getting out of the first round will be no easy task.

Game Information: No. 7 Oklahoma State (25-6) vs. No. 10 South Dakota State (29-3)

Date/Time: Saturday, March 22 at 2:30 p.m. CT

Where: Gampel Pavillion – Storrs, CT

TV/Streaming: ESPN2

Spread: Oklahoma State -5.5

Total Points: Over/Under 139.5 points

Moneyline: Oklahoma State -260, South Dakota State +200

All betting odds via ESPN Bet

While OSU’s season has been defined by signature wins and bad losses, the Jackrabbits haven’t done much losing at all. Sitting at 29-3, the Summit League champions went unbeaten in conference play and are riding a 19-game winning streak.

With plenty of talent throughout the rotation, SDSU is a popular pick to pull the first-round upset. With Brooklyn Meyer’s dominant inside play producing 17.4 points per game and a variety of good shooters surrounding her, the Jackrabbits are a dangerous team.

However, OSU has plenty of talent on its side as well. Stailee Heard has shown her ability to step up in big moments, putting up 59 points and 25 rebounds across two Big 12 Tournament contests. Alongside Heard, the Cowgirls have Anna Gret Asi and Micah Gray as reliable scoring options. With Tenin Magassa holding down the middle, her play against the Jackrabbits’ inside attack will be critical. 

With so much firepower on both sides and an abundance of team success, this would have been a highly touted matchup, even in the regular season. Now, as the stakes are at their highest, these talented teams will battle it out in what should be one of the best games of the opening weekend.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – South Dakota’s legislature passed several election-related bills this last session, one state political organization however is looking to stop a particular bill in its tracks.

On Friday, the Voter Defense Association of South Dakota laid out a list of concerns regarding House Bill 1169 but the biggest issue of all for the organization is that they said the bill will take away the rule of the people.

Matthew Schweich the president of the Voter Defense Association of South Dakota cited several problems with the bill including how difficult it would be to try and track down enough people from every district.

“This bill would require circulators to carry petitions for each of South Dakota’s 35 districts. It’s already hard enough to get people to sign, imagine having to carry clipboards to accommodate every voter you might encounter,” Schweich said.

In addition, Schweich said by making the collection process so strenuous, the people of South Dakota will only have a harder time getting their voices heard.

“Just one state senate district if they don’t like the initiative, could choose not to sign it and block it even if the entirety of South Dakota other than that senate district wanted an opportunity to vote on that constitutional amendment, just one senate district could block it and we don’t think that’s fair,” Schweich said.

The legislature has already passed House Joint Resolution 5003 which will let voters decide whether a constitutional amendment should require a 60% vote to pass.

Former state Senator Reynold Nesiba says lawmakers should propose a different question to the voters.

“If they want to ban it, then they should put it on the ballot, let the people vote on it entirely but instead they do this underhanded approach making it impossible for anybody to set up 35 drives,” Nesiba said.

Governor Rhoden has until March 31 to either sign or veto the bill.

Schweich told those in attendance that if Governor Rhoden does indeed sign the bill into law, he and his team are ready to put in the effort and get the bill referred to the ballot in 2026.

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