4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (616+ words) WAGNER, S.D. " For Gannon Knebel, the road to the top of the podium has been paved with near-misses, long summers and a relentless pursuit of one final goal. An individual state wrestling title. The 215-pound senior for Wagner High School will…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (692+ words) WAGNER, S.D. " On the strength of a 48-point second half, Wagner took down Platte-Geddes 79-66 in boys basketball action on Friday night at Wagner High School. The visiting Black Panthers led 40-31 at halftime, but the Red Raiders outpaced them by 22 points over…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (783+ words) PIERRE " It was a highly competitive Class B state dual wrestling bracket on Saturday but the end result was familiar, as Canton claimed its sixth state championship in seven seasons. The No. 2-seeded C-Hawks (16-0) outlasted fourth-seeded Bon Homme/Scotland/Avon…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (916+ words) For the third time this season and second time in as many weeks, the No. 1 ranking in Class B boys basketball has changed hands in the latest South Dakota Prep Media poll, released on Monday. Castlewood, the defending state champions…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (289+ words) MITCHELL " A four-game February homestand resulted in a split for the Dakota Wesleyan University baseball program to open a new season over the weekend. The Tigers defeated Valley City State (N.D.) twice on Saturday by scores of 1-0 in 12 innings and 3-2 at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (339+ words) SPEARFISH, S.D. " Mitchell used a big second half to slip past Sturgis on Friday. Spearfish denied the Kernels an encore performance on Saturday. Though Mitchell was within two possessions entering the fourth quarter, the Spartans controlled the final frame to defeat…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (393+ words) STURGIS, S.D. " The Mitchell High School girls basketball team had no trouble running its win streak to 10 games on Friday night. Never looking back after a quick start, the Kernels led Sturgis wire-to-wire en route to a 52-29 victory at Sturgis Brown…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1383+ words) February is here, which means the push for postseason positioning is quickly heating up. The first girls regional playoff games are less than three weeks out, with the boys right behind. However, not all regions are created equally. Certain regions…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (183+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "Mitchell Republic." Often, the "Mitchell Republic" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (285+ words) SIOUX CITY, Iowa " The Dakota Wesleyan University softball program was tabbed to finish sixth out of 12 teams in the Great Plains Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll, the league office announced on Monday. DWU, which finished fourth in the GPAC regular-season…...