The Freeman High School boys moved to 6-2 with a 75-56 road win over Tripp-Delmont/Armour Saturday, Jan. 11. The Nighthawks dropped to 3-3. David Walter: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists; Tate Sorensen: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists; Christopher Aasen: 12 points, 2 assists; Tayden Kerrigan: 9 poi...

Freshman David Walter had 28 points and was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line down to stretch to help seal a 65-62 overtime win over Bridgewater-Emery in Freeman Thursday night, Jan. 9. It was the second tight win for the Flyers in two nights; Freeman also edged Irene-Wakonda 66-63 Tuesday night. Thu...

Luke Peters connected on a three-pointer from the top of the key with 4 seconds to play and a desperation three-point field goal that would have tied the game came after the final buzzer, and the Freeman High School boys escaped a scrappy Irene-Wakonda team with a 66-63 win. The Jan. 7 win in Freema...

One day after suffering their first loss of the season to Howard, the Freeman High School boys dropped their second game of the season, falling the Dell Rapids 63-51 as part of the inaugural Midwest Miracles hosted by Viborg-Hurley as a fundraiser for pediatric cancer care. The Quarriers, which play...

The Freeman High School boys are in a three-way tie for fifth in the most recent South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll released Monday night, Dec. 23. The Flyers are tied with Leola/Frederick Area and Howard; Castlewood is No. 1, Dell Rapids St. Mary is No. 2, Viborg-Hurley is No. 3 and Gregory is...

The Freeman Academy/Marion boys dropped to 0-2 on the season with a 60-48 road loss to Ethan Saturday, Dec. 21. The Rustlers improved to 2-1. The FA/Marion girls also fell to Ethan, the No. 2-ranked team in Class B. The Rustlers won 75-26 to improve to 2-1 while FA/Marion dropped to 2-4. The Bearcat...

The Scotland/Menno boys hung with Hanson early, but the Beavers controlled the second half en route to a 72-44 win in Alexandria Friday night, Dec. 20. The Trappers trailed just 15-14 after one quarter and 34-30 at the half, but Hanson won the third period 17-10 and then ran away with a 21-4 advanta...

Senior Christopher Aasen and juniors Luke Peters and Tate Sorensen each scored 16 points to lead Freeman to a 76-42 win over Canistota in Freeman Thursday night, Dec. 19. The win moved the Flyers to 2-0 on the season while the Hawks dropped to 0-2. Freeman — which received votes in this week’s Class...

Win over No. 2 Viborg-Hurley the start Freeman was looking for  Those who have been paying attention to boys basketball at Freeman Public — even from a distance — know the situation. That a string of long, cold and largely winless winters are finally behind the Flyers and that the program has been s...

In an interview with The Courier for next week's boys basketball preview, Freeman Public head coach Lance Friesen cautioned not to put the cart before the horse when it comes to the high expectations for the upcoming season. After all, he said, the Flyers had yet to earn a signature win. That change...