The Freeman Flyers outlasted the first-year Parker/Marion Pheasants 2 sets to 1 to claim the Hanson Early Bird Tournament title Thursday night, Aug. 28 in Alexandria. Freeman lost the first set 23-25, won the second set 25-22 and then took care of Parker/Marion 26-24 in the third and decisive frame....

Nine months after visiting Parkston and falling one touchdown short of a win in the Class 9AA state semifinal, Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy returned to the scene of the loss in what they described as “a business trip.” Business taken care of. Playing in the opener of a season filled with high expe...

Jake Weier has spent 16 seasons playing on Freeman’s amateur baseball team, the Blacksox, and eight of those seasons have also been spent as manager. And this season, he says, has been among the most fun of all of them. Perhaps that’s what makes last week’s brutal ending so tough to stomach. Facing ...

The Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix will open their final season as a cooperative as the fifth-ranked team in Class 9AA football. The South Dakota Prep Media Poll, released Monday, Aug. 18, shows the Phoenix listed in the top five behind top-ranked Elkton-Lake Benton, No. 2 Hamlin, No. 3 Park...

Freeman held a 10-5 lead and was just three outs away from securing a spot in the Class B State Amateur Baseball Tournament semifinals when the Dell Rapids Mudcats mounted a furious rally, scoring five runs in the ninth to tie the game and then adding five more in the tenth to steal a wild 15-10 win...

Burke uses “bombers” as its amateur team’s name. On Sunday afternoon, that moniker much better applied to Freeman. The Blacksox cranked out 19 runs on 20 hits, seven of which went for extra bases, in a mercy rule-shortened, 19-4 win in the first round of the Class B State Amateur Baseball Tournament...

Well, that’s a wrap on what was a solid second season for the Post 152 Senior Legion boys. Competing in the first American Legion State Tournament for any of the four teams involved in the 79ers’ cooperative since Freeman won the title in 2003, Post 152 defeated host team Milbank Friday, Aug. 1, bef...

Parkston had the edge against Menno/Scotland/Freeman/Canistota in the second round winner's bracket Saturday night, Aug. 2, beating Post 152 5-2 to advance to the quarterfinals. The 79ers will now play in an elimination game against Groton on Sunday at approximately 2:30 p.m. If they win they will p...

Post 152 made history Friday night, Aug. 1 when they played in — and won — its first-ever state tournament game. Competing in the 2025 South Dakota Senior Legion Class B Tournament in Milbank, the second-year 79ers defeated the host team — Post 9 — 8-2 to advance in the winner’s bracket on Saturday....

A heck of a season continues — in a heck of a way. Facing Tabor in the Region 4B championship and with a trip to state on the line, the Post 152 Junior Legion bagged an improbable 13-12 walk-off win in extra innings Tuesday evening, July 29 in Tabor. The 79ers, who went into the game with a 21-2 rec...