The Freeman Academy/Marion boys were upset by Irene-Wakonda in the third round of the Region 4B Tournament Friday night, March 3. The second-seed Bearcats lost to the third-seed Eagles 62-52 and finish the season 13-9. Irene-Wakonda takes an 11-11 record into Tuesday's SoDak 16, where as the No. 16-seed will face No. 1 Lower Brule.

Gayville-Volin used 10 three-pointers as a team and 27 points from sophomore Spencer Karstens to outlast Menno in the opening round of the Region 4B Tournament Tuesday night, Feb. 27. The No. 9-seed Raiders edged the No. 8-seed Wolves 56-53 in Menno and will take a 4-17 record in Tuesday’s second round against No. 1 Viborg-Hurley. Menno and its 10 seniors finish the season with a 3-18 mark.

The scouting report on Centerville is quite simple: The girls can shoot. On Saturday night, Freeman got an up close and personal look at just how well.

The Region 4B Boys Basketball Tournament bracket is set and Freeman Academy/Marion will host Freeman Public Tuesday night, Feb. 28 in Sterling Hall at 6 p.m. FAM is 12-8 and the region's No. 2 seed while Freeman is 5-15 and the No. 7 seed. The tournament begins Monday night with No. 8 Menno (3-17) hosting No. 9 Gayville-Volin (3-17) at 6 p.m.

Girls basketball teams from Freeman Academy/Marion and Menno saw their 2022-23 seasons come to a close in the Region 5B Tournament Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Freeman's three wrestlers competing at the State Wrestling Tournament in Rapid City were all eliminated in the first day of competition Thursday, Feb. 23. Brody Gossen (106 lbs.), Easton Tschetter (112 lbs.) and Finley McConniel (120 lbs.) all lost their opening-round match late Thursday morning. Gossen and McConniel stayed alive by winning their respective matches in the first round consolation — Tschetter was eliminated — but both went on to drop their third match Thursday night.

A solid defensive effort, like this shown by Rylee Peters (20) and Erin Uecker helped lead the Freeman Public girls to a 62-36 win over Alcester-Hudson in the Region 4B Tournament Tuesday night in Centerville. Here's the full report.

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER Foul trouble early, poor defensive rebounding in the first half and too many missed shots throughout the game could have doomed the Freeman Academy/Marion girls in the first round of the Region 4B Tournament in Marion Monday night, Feb. 20. But the eighth-seeded Bearcats did just enough to fend off ninth-seeded Gayville-Volin and escape with a 31-28 win. And what do they get for it?

Marion/Freeman's Brody Gossen (106), Easton Tschetter (113) and Finely McConniel (120) each finished third in the Region 2B Wrestling Tournament in Salem on Saturday and will take the mat at state in Rapid City next week. Riley Tschetter (160), a state qualifier the past two years, finished fifth — one place out of the automatic bid — and is an alternate in his weight division. Alaric Knittel (126), Keaton Preheim (132) and Zac Sayler (145) all finished sixth in Saturday's region tournament.

Region 4B girls basketball action will begin Monday night, Feb. 20 with No. 8 Freeman Academy/Marion (6-14) facing No. 9 Gayville-Volin (5-15) at 6 p.m. in Marion. Action will continue with four games on Tuesday and two games Thursday.