Marion senior Finley McConniel edged Mitchell Christian sophomore Silas Holdeman by the closest of margins — 0.03 seconds — to claim a dramatic 2024 Class B boys championship in Rapid City Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26. McConniel, fifth last year, beat Holdeman, the 2023 state champion, 16:45.97 to 16...

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy scored eight touchdowns on 10 possessions and held De Smet to 191 total yards — all on the ground — in a 58-14 win in the opening round of the Class 9AA playoffs Thursday night, Oct. 24 in Freeman. The win moves the No. 5-seed Phoenix to 7-2 and sets them up for a 357-...

The fruits of its labor are a-plenty for the Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy football team, which is feasting on a Great Plains Conference championship earned last week and a postseason that begins at home on Thursday against De Smet, with kickoff set for 7 p.m. The Phoenix go into the Class 9AA play...

Student-athletes from Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno will be well-represented when runners assemble at Hart Ranch in Rapid City for the 2024 South Dakota High School Activities Association Cross-Country Championships this Saturday. The Oct. 26 meeting begins with the Class B girls ...

A strong contingent of local runners will head west next weekend after qualifying for the 2024 SDHSAA State Cross-Country Championships Wednesday afternoon in Scotland. That includes the entire boys team from Freeman Public and girls team from Menno, both of which finished second in the Region 3B st...

James Valley Christian took an early 1-0 lead and hung on for a 4-3 win over Freeman Academy to advance to the Class A state championship match. The playoff semifinal was played in Huron early Saturday afternoon, Oct. 12.

Nathan Epp, head coach of the soccer team at Freeman Academy, stood before his players at halftime of their quarterfinal playoff match against West Central late Tuesday afternoon and, as coaches do, offered a motivational observation. Epp told the team he like what he had seen — aggressive, lateral ...

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy overcame a sluggish start and dominated the second half of play en route to a 50-19 win over Bon Homme in Class 9AA action in Freeman Friday night, Aug. 30. The Phoenix trailed 7-0 and 13-6 before taking a 14-13 lead as time expired in the first half. F/M/FA then score...