A fast start triggered by the hot hand of junior Chris Aasen, who connected on four three-pointers early, helped give the Freeman Public boys a double-digit lead in the first quarter, and the Flyers held off Centerville late to claim a 71-63 home win Tuesday night, Jan. 16. The win was Freeman’s thi...

More than a week after extreme winter weather began causing all sorts of problems across the area, schools are back in session today (albeit a late start), and local basketball teams are set to return to the court tonight after an extended delay. Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno are ...

Freeman Academy/Marion Jan. 9 doubleheader vs. Avon (in Marion) - Rescheduled for Jan. 29 (JV girls 4 p.m.) Jan. 12 doubleheader at Flandreau Indian - Rescheduled for Feb. 3 (Boys JV 4 p.m.) Jan. 13 doubleheader vs. Scotland (at FA) - Rescheduled for Jan. 18 (Girls Varsity 6:15 p.m.) Freeman Public ...

The Menno School Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday, Jan. 22 to vote on whether to move forward with an expanded Scotland/Menno Trappers sports cooperative. The meeting will come two weeks after the Scotland School Board voted 5-2 to include boys and girls basketball, track and fi...

An expanded Scotland/Menno Trappers athletic partnership appears to be back on the table. That’s the word from Menno Superintendent Kory Foss, who told The Courier Tuesday night, Jan. 9 that the Scotland School Board had earlier in the evening voted 5-2 in favor of including boys and girls basketbal...

Tate Sorensen, Rocky Ammann and Luke Peters were all in double-figures with 17, 14 and 12 points, respectively, as the Freeman boys outlasted Bridgewater-Emery in a fast-paced and physical Cornbelt Conference battle in Emery Tuesday night, Jan. 4. The Flyers won 54-48 to improve to 3-3 while the Hus...

A battle of winless teams fell in favor of Mitchell Christian as Menno hosted the Golden Eagles Thursday night, Jan. 4. The Wolves lost the game 70-61 and dropped to 0-7 while Mitchell Christian improved to 1-4. The game was tied 19-19 after the first quarter but the Golden Eagles outscored Menno by...

A game that was close from the start finished in overtime, with Oldham-Ramona-Rutland outlasting the Freeman Academy/Marion boys 75-70 on their home court at Sterling Hall. The win dropped the Bearcats to 1-5 while the Raiders improved to 2-3. FAM led 11-10 after the first quarter, 28-23 at the half...

The Menno boys fell to an 0-6 after traveling to Howard in a doubleheader with the girls Tuesday night, Jan. 2 and coming up on the short end of a 76-25 score. The Tigers improved to 6-1. Adam Munkvold had 10 points, Izayah Ulmer grabbed five rebounds and Bryce Sattler dished out a pair of assists t...

Sophomores Luke Peters and Tate Sorensen teamed up for 36 points as the Freeman boys broke away from Irene-Wakonda late en route to a 72-59 win in Irene Tuesday night, Jan. 2. The Flyers improved to 2-3 with the victory while the Eagles dropped to 07. Sorensen also controlled the boards with 15 rebo...