Boys and girls basketball teams from Menno traveled to Gayville-Volin Tuesday night, Jan. 23 for a doubleheader with the Raiders, with the home team topping the visitors in both varsity games. The Gayville-Volin boys won 62-41 to improve to 6-4 while the Wolves dropped to 0-10. In the girls game, th...

It's been a long rebuild, but the Freeman boys are finally bringing back a brand of basketball that has fans on their feet For those who have been paying even the slightest bit of attention to local high school basketball, the winters of recent memory have been long and hard for the Freeman Public b...

After starting the season 1-3, the Freeman Public boys won their fifth in a row on Monday night, taking down Class A Parker 47-41 in Freeman. Until the fourth quarter, the largest lead for either team was four points, with the Flyers going up 41-36 midway through the final period and hitting several...

The Freeman Public girls survived 22 turnovers — and a late rally by White River — to come away with a 58-47 win Saturday night at the Blizzard Bustard Classic hosted by Irene-Wakonda in Irene. The Flyers improved to 8-2 with the win while the Lady Braves dropped to 7-3. Freeman led 23-9 after the f...

Eighth grader David Walter led all scorers with 16 points and the Flyers had three other players in double-figures as Freeman routed Menno 77-33 in Cornbelt Conference basketball action Friday night in Menno. The win was the Flyers’ fourth in a row and moved them to 5-3 on the season while the Wolve...

A fast start triggered by the hot hand of junior Chris Aasen, who connected on four three-pointers early, helped give the Freeman Public boys a double-digit lead in the first quarter, and the Flyers held off Centerville late to claim a 71-63 home win Tuesday night, Jan. 16. The win was Freeman’s thi...

More than a week after extreme winter weather began causing all sorts of problems across the area, schools are back in session today (albeit a late start), and local basketball teams are set to return to the court tonight after an extended delay. Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno are ...

Freeman Academy/Marion Jan. 9 doubleheader vs. Avon (in Marion) - Rescheduled for Jan. 29 (JV girls 4 p.m.) Jan. 12 doubleheader at Flandreau Indian - Rescheduled for Feb. 3 (Boys JV 4 p.m.) Jan. 13 doubleheader vs. Scotland (at FA) - Rescheduled for Jan. 18 (Girls Varsity 6:15 p.m.) Freeman Public ...

The Menno School Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday, Jan. 22 to vote on whether to move forward with an expanded Scotland/Menno Trappers sports cooperative. The meeting will come two weeks after the Scotland School Board voted 5-2 to include boys and girls basketball, track and fi...

An expanded Scotland/Menno Trappers athletic partnership appears to be back on the table. That’s the word from Menno Superintendent Kory Foss, who told The Courier Tuesday night, Jan. 9 that the Scotland School Board had earlier in the evening voted 5-2 in favor of including boys and girls basketbal...