In this photo from the Region 2B Wrestling Tournament last Saturday, Marion senior Keaton Preheim is pictured with Rebels head coach Mark Bradley prior to his first match of the day. Preheim advanced through the region and on to state, as did Logun Pankratz and Easton Tschetter, and the trio of Mari...

Menno junior Lexie McNinch starts the break for Scotland/Menno in Region 5A action against Bon Homme Tuesday night. McNinch had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the No. 3 Trappers over No. 6 Bon Homme 49-42. It was Scotland/Menno's seventh win in its last eight games and moves them into the final r...

The Freeman High School girls are pictured in their official team photo taken last week — the final stretch of the regular season. Region 4B basketball action is now underway and the Flyers will be in action tonight at home against Gayville-Volin, a team Freeman edged by a single bucket last week. S...

A dramatic turnaround in the weather has eliminated much of the snow covering the landscape, and people are able to head outdoors without the extreme cover of winter weather apparel. One week after the area saw highs that didn't even get above zero, temperatures on Monday were expected to reach 60 d...

Freeman Academy/Marion is the No. 10 seed and Freeman Public is No. 4 as the Region 4B Girls Basketball Tournament gets underway this week. The Bearcats (3-16) will face Tripp-Delmont/Armour at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 with the winner facing No. 2 Parkston (16-4) on Tuesday. The Flyers (15-5), meanwhi...

Senior Keaton Preheim is in total control against McCook Central/Montrose freshman Wyatt Uberty in his first match of the Region 2B tournament in Salem Saturday morning. The Marion-Freeman grappler got the Rebels off to a good start with a 20-3 major decision to advance to the quarterfinals. Preheim...

Freeman Public eighth grader Maddie Lachman is in her own world in the moments leading up to her first-ever Region 2 wrestling match in Salem Friday afternoon, Feb. 20. It was actually the first-ever region tournament for all female wrestlers in South Dakota in this, the third season of SDHSAA-sanct...

This week's publisher's column written by Jeremy Waltner includes a closer look at how things work — including seed points in prep athletics and the style used by newspapers. The column is as follows: STYLE POINTS I spent quite a bit of time Tuesday night studying basketball standings and seed point...

Freeman Academy senior Sieta Wiersema blocks a shot on the post in basketball action Tuesday night, Feb. 18 as Freeman Academy/Marion hosted Alcester-Hudson in a doubleheader with the boys. In addition to her strong play down low, Wiersema led the team with nine points in what was a 52-31 loss to th...

As has been the case in recent days, cold weather is persisting, with the clock at CorTrust Bank in Freeman reading 13-below at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. Below-zero temperatures are expected to stick around into Thursday, but a warmup is coming. Temperatures are expected to be in the 20s by Friday, above f...