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...

The oldest wrestling cooperative in South Dakota has once again assembled for a winter on the mats, but the 2024-25 season marks a new era for Marion/Freeman. That’s because the Rebels — a program established in 1991 — have a new leader in Mark Bradley, who was hired earlier this year to replace Chr...

The Freeman High School girls handled Platte-Geddes with ease while Scotland/Menno pulled away from Bridgewater-Emery late as both team notched wins in the opening games of their 2024-25 seasons Tuesday night, Dec. 10. The Flyers beat the Black Panthers 54-12 in Freeman while the Trappers — playing ...

A new era of high school basketball is dawning this month when student-athletes from Menno and Scotland take the court together as the Trappers. The first-year basketball cooperative will debut next week Tuesday, Dec. 10 when Scotland/Menno hosts Bridgewater-Emery in girls basketball action in Menno...