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Balanced attack sends Groton Area back to state tournament
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KELO) — The class ‘A’ and ‘B’ boys basketball SoDak 16 contests were played on Tuesday. 16 teams from each class had a chance to advance to the state tournament and that’s exactly what the Groton Area boys did. The Tigers trailed by one point after the first quarter, but they’d outscore Dell […]
Groton Area School District Honors Long-Serving Board Member Marty Weismantel
The Groton Area School District recently acknowledged its school board members, including Marty Weismantel, now in his 12th year of service. The Associated School Boards of South Dakota presented them with Certificates of Appreciation during School Board Appreciation Week.
Hamlin, Sioux Valley, Groton Area, De Smet, Castlewood and Leola-Frederick Area qualify
Three area Class A teams (Hamlin, Sioux Valley and Groton Area) and three area Class B teams (De Smet, Castlewood and Leola-Frederick Area) posted victories in SoDak 16 state-qualifying boys basketball games on Tuesday. The six teams qualified for state tourney March 14-16 in the Summit Arena at The Monument...
Six area teams qualify for tourneys March 14-16 at Rapid City (Class A) and Aberdeen (Class B)
Six area teams punched their tickets to state Class A and B boys basketball tournaments with victories in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday. No. 2 seed Hamlin (20-3), No. 3 Sioux Valley (21-2) and No. 7 Groton Area (19-4) will compete in the Class A state tournament March 14-16 in the Summit Arena at The Momument in Rapid CIty. ...
Ten Watertown and Aberdeen area schools playing in SoDak 16 games
What's wrong with boys basketball in northeastern South Dakota?. Nothing, apparently. Nine of the 16 Class A and B SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday involve either Watertown or Aberdeen area teams. And with three-time defending state B champion and No. 3-ranked De Smet, No. 1-ranked Class B Castlewood, No....
Area wrestlers bring home four titles, eight runner-up finishes in three-day state tourney
SIOUX FALLS — Aberdeen Central's Rayden Zens stopped Watertown's Sloan Johannsen in his bid for a fourth title and joined fellow area wrestlers Brody Randall of Hamlin-Castlewood, Gage Lohr of Watertown and Grady Fey as 2024 state high school wrestling champions on Saturday. The third and final day of the state tournament held in the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center included the third-, fifth- and seventh-place matches as well as championships for girls and Class B and A...
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