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Mitchell High School weight room ready for renovation

The Mitchell High School weight room will soon be updated with new equipment purchased from Rogers Athletics.

Highlanders make mark on Region 6B meet

AVON — Scotland sprinter Christy Mogck’s Region 6B track and field meet got off to a rough start Thursday in Avon.

• Changler Diede

Freeman girls win 4B on home turf

FREEMAN — Heading into the final two races at the Region 4B track and field meet, the Freeman girls were clinging to a two-point lead over Parker High School.

• Nicole Saarie

Sudbeck is one of four MHS individual girls qualified for Class AA state meet

As a sophomore at Mitchell High School, Abby Sudbeck has done a little bit of everything.

Parkston claims Region 3A girls' golf title

The Parkston’s girls golf team took the top four spots and the team title at the Region 3A golf tournament Monday in Pierre.

Burke/South Central girls, Platte-Geddes boys claim Region 4B titles

Burke/South Central’s Sydney Benter smiled from ear to ear as she heard her name called, revealing she was the Region 4B girls’ golf individual champion Friday at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell.

• Mallory Cihak
• Owen London

Kernels looking to medal at ESD track meet

Several Mitchell athletes will be in search of individual glory today at the Eastern South Dakota Conference track and field championships.

Freeman teams sweep Cornbelt meet

Wind was swirling all around the track at the Cornbelt Conference track and field meet Thursday in Menno. Runners and field athletes had to deal with head winds on an overcast day but that did not stop Freeman Flyers from taking home the boys and girls titles.

• Brennan Schmidt

South Central's Frank, Sebern pick up dual wins

LAKE ANDES — Tyler Frank and Carter Dykstra are quite familiar with each other.

• Allison Sebern
• Devin Tolsma, Brandon Kocmich

Sabers wins ESD, Mitchell takes sixth in girls' golf tourney

Mitchell’s Kristin Sabers has never played a round of golf like she did Monday at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton.

• Kristin Sabers

Columns

SAUNDERS: DWU women should be in national tournament

Despite falling to Northwestern Wednesday, a bid to the NAIA national basketball tournament is still within reach for the Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team.

SAUNDERS: Time to add shot clock to all levels of basketball

The time has finally come for all high school basketball games to have a shot clock.