The Canistota/Freeman/Marion Sticks and Scotland/Menno Trappers have both finished in the top eight in the 12-team Region 1B standings and have therefore qualified for the region tournament this Sunday. The Sticks (5-6) are No. 7 and will face No. 2 Dakota Valley (10-1) at 2 p.m. at Dakota Valley (North Sioux City). The Trappers (7-4) are No. 4 and will play No. 5 Ethan/Parkston/Tripp (7-4) at 3 p.m. in Tyndall. 

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER As a successful student-athlete at Menno who just keeps getting better and better at her marquee sport, track and field, Ashton Massey has her sights set on the final weeks of the season — and with good reason.

Scotland/Menno has won seven straight and is second in Region 1 standings The Scotland/Menno Trappers, the high school baseball cooperative that is part of the South Dakota High School Baseball Association, are red hot after winning seven straight games and are currently second in the Region 1 standings with a 6-2 mark in region play. Dakota Valley leads in the standings with a 9-1 record while Bon Homme Avon is third at 5-0.

Wet, windy, cold and snowy weather prompted Freeman Public school officials to cancel the Flyer Invitational scheduled for last week Thursday, April 20 (it will not be rescheduled), but a number of home track meets are on the schedule in the days to come. Erv Ptak Relays

Because of the wet, windy and cool weather, the Flyer Invitational scheduled for Thursday, April 20 has been canceled.

A new and historic era dawned in Avon Monday night when the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy Phoenix won their first game of this inaugural softball season. And F/M/FA didn’t just win; it dominated, downing the Pirates 29-6 in a game shortened to three innings because of the mercy rule.

Freeman High School senior Kate Miller was named to the 2022-23 Cornbelt Conference First Team for her play on the hardwood this past season. Erin Uecker, also a senior, was named to the second team while junior Ashlin Jacobsen was named to the the third team. Viborg-Hurley, which won its second-straight Class B championship Saturday night in Huron, was the conference champion with a 7-0 record.

JEREMY WALTNER - PUBLISHER Lance Friesen, head boys basketball coach at Freeman Public, needed just one word to describe the Flyers’ showdown with Freeman Academy/Marion last week. “Ugly.”

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.