Scotland/Menno wins seven of final nine, including Region 5A battle against Bon Homme; Schlimgen says the standard has now been set Head coach Todd Schlimgen had said it repeatedly over the course of the past three-plus months: For the new Scotland/Menno girls basketball team, this will be, is, and ...

Young Freeman Academy/Marion team finishes season 3-16 JEREMY WALTNER  -  PUBLISHER The 2024-25 basketball campaign started well enough for the Freeman Academy/Marion girls. The Bearcats breezed past Parker for a 41-11 win on the opening night of the season Dec. 5 and then blew away Colome 37-6 two ...

The Freeman Academy/Marion boys fell behind 12-0 and never recovered in the opening round of the Region 4B Tournament, dropping a 68-47 game to Irene-Wakonda in Irene Monday night, Feb. 3. The Eagles, the No. 8 seed, improved to 9-12 and will face top-seed Viborg-Hurley in the second round. The Bear...

Three-day state tournament begins Thursday in Rapid City Three minutes and 45 seconds. That’s how long Easton Tschetter was on the mat during last week’s Region 2B Wrestling Tournament in Salem, and in that time, he recorded three pins and a championship in what can only be described as total domina...

A wrestler Easton Tschetter hadn’t seen before — Britton-Hecla junior Bryce Hawkinson — muscled his way to a 7-2 decision over the Freeman freshman in the 144 lb. seventh-place match late Saturday morning, March 1 — the final day of the three-day State Wrestling Tournament in Rapid City. This is the...

A Karly Luke three-pointer in the opening minutes helped give Freeman Academy/Marion a good start, and the Bearcats led 10-6 late in the first period, but Tripp-Delmont/Armour took the lead in the second quarter on its way to a 37-25 win on the opening night of the Region 4B Girls Basketball Tournam...

Freeman High School freshman Easton Tschetter dominated the 144 lb. weight class at the Region 2B tournament in Salem on Saturday en route to a championship and another trip to the state tournament, and FHS sophomore Logun Pankratz and Marion senior Keaton Preheim also advanced with a fourth- and th...

The Freeman High School girls dropped from Region 4B’s third seed to fourth seed following a loss to Avon in their final game of the regular season Friday night — a game that had been rescheduled twice because of bad weather. The Pirates hosted the Flyers and won handily 52-36 to improve to 11-6. Fo...

The Freeman Public girls and boys both won games against teams with good records, beating Gayville-Volin 53-51 and 62-29, respectively. The Flyer girls improved to 15-4 while the Raiders dropped to 15-4. The Flyer boys improved to 15-4 while the Raiders dropped to 11-6. Both games were played at Fre...

This week, Mark Bradley will do something he’s never done before: Lead the Marion/Freeman Rebels into the region tournament. And if everything goes well, the first-year head coach will find himself — and his wrestlers — in an even bigger spot later next week: The state tournament out west. All of it...