The Lemmon Cowboys used a balanced scoring attack led by Tell Mollman with 14 points to sneak past the Timber Lake Panthers last Friday in the boys’ basketball season opener for both clubs. Timber Lake squared off against Herreid-Selby on Tuesday and host Harding County Thursday, Dec.

Members of the 5th grade Panther basketball team include (L-R) FRONT: JayDe Assman, Taggen Paxton, Pete Maher, Rance Gross, Kruz Lindskov; BACK: Preston Maciejewski, Landen Bieber, Evan Schweitzer, Xander Keller, Cooper Goldade, Mason Bickel, Carsen Sandquist, Jackson Bigger, Chandler Winterberg.

The Timber Lake Panther girls will return five letter winners for this winter’s girls Class B basketball season, which is scheduled to begin Dec. 11 at home versus Lemmon. Dec. 15 and 17 games with Herreid/Selby and Harding County, respectively, will follow to make a trio of home stands.

Last March the Timber Lake Panthers played in what would prove to be the final B boys basketball game of the season, losing to Platte-Geddes for a berth in a state tournament that would be cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

The Panther junior high basketball girls made fifth place at the Little Moreau Conference tournament in Newell over the weekend. FRONT (L-R) Sarah Keller, Presley Goldade, Arianna Bieber; MIDDLE: Miley Murray, Geanna Bollinger, Emma Johnston, Gailup Bollinger, Jaylee Schoelerman; BACK: Coach Jennifer Schoelerman, McKenzi Vomacka, Kiya Mowrer, Kessa Bigger, Jordan Jones, Jasmine Nash, Meredith Maciejewski, Natalie Lawrence and Hailey Roggow.

Members of the Timber Lake sixth grade boys basketball team include (L-R) BACK: Jack Hornick, Charlie Hornick, Wynn Lawrence, Kanton Hunt, Treyden Beer and Kolby Holzer; FRONT: Hudson Gill, Braden Lawrence and Thomas Holzer.

Members of the Timber Lake JH girls basketball team include (L-R) BACK: Meredith Maciejewski, Joie LeBeau, Kiya Mowrer, Jordan Jones, Mckenzi Vomacka, Kessa Bigger, Jasmine Nash and Natalie Lawrence; MIDDLE: Lacey Dupris, August Laurenz, Hailey Roggow, Emma Johnston, Presley Goldade, Gailup Bollinger, Geanna Bollinger; FRONT: Ikeeah Buckley, Miley Murray, Sara Keller and Arianna Bieber.

Timber Lake’s Hank Kraft and four members of the Lemmon-McIntosh Cowboys are among players to receive All-State honors for their play during the 2020 football season. Kraft made the Class 9A All-State Team while the Lemmon-McIntosh players were recognized in Class 9AA.

Five members of the Timber Lake Lady Panther volleyball team have been chosen to receive All Little Moreau Conference recognition. The all-conference selections were announced Tuesday, Nov.

The #1 Northwestern Wildcats made good on their top billing in the high school volleyball SoDak 16 round last Tuesday, Nov. 10, sweeping #16 Timber Lake out of the playoffs and advancing to the state B tournament. With just one loss on the season, the defending state champion Wildcats took three games on their home court 25-6, 25-7, 25-9.