Sports

Veit claims gold at Youth mat tourney

Boys BB1. Castlewood 4-12. Dell Rapids St. Mary 5-03. Viborg-Hurley 5-14. Leola/Frederick Area 5-05. Howard 5-2 Receiving votes: Wessington Springs, Dupree, Gregory.Girls BB1. Centerville 7-02. Parkston 6-03. Lyman 4-04. Ethan 4-15.

West River Pool League

WEEK 12 POSITIONAL PLAY JAN. 21.EVIL 8 BALL EMPIRE (41.5-1585)2.JUST THE TIP (41-19)3.MOTLEY CUE (40-20)4.WANTABEE’S (36-24)5. RAIL RUNNERS (28.5-31.5)6. THE UNION (27-33)7. STICKMEN (23-37)8. GUESS WHO (22.5-37.5)9. REX’S RAIDERS (19-36)10. BANK IT OR SPANK IT(19.5-40.
Freshman guard Jackson Bigger penetrates the lane during boys basketball action against Ipswich on Saturday. Timber Lake beat the Tigers and North Central last week to improve to 3-2 on the season. Photo by Marie DuPreez

Freshman guard Jackson Bigger penetrates the lane during boys basketball action against Ipswich on Saturday. Timber Lake beat the Tigers and North Central last week to improve to 3-2 on the season. Photo by Marie DuPreez

Timber Lake beat

Dupree’s Jeremiah Tiger (12) draws a foul from Bison player Kort Ryan while driving for a lay-up during a meeting between the Tigers and Cardinals last week. Photo by Patty Peacock

Dupree’s Jeremiah Tiger (12) draws a foul from Bison player Kort Ryan while driving for a lay-up during a meeting between the Tigers and Cardinals last week. Photo by Patty Peacock

Dupree boys move win streak to six-in-a-row

Tigers haven’t lost since season opener on Dec. 14When you’re hot, you’re hot. And the Dupree Tigers are definitely hot.Dupree ran its win streak to six straight games last Thursday, Jan. 2, by knocking off the Bison Cardinals 61-35, lifting the Tigers to 6-1 overall.
Timber Lake’s Braden Lawrence (left) applies some pressure to a New Underwood ball handler during boys basketball action before the holiday break. Topic photo by Marie DuPreez

Timber Lake’s Braden Lawrence (left) applies some pressure to a New Underwood ball handler during boys basketball action before the holiday break. Topic photo by Marie DuPreez

Braves third, Mustangs sixth on mat at Lakota Nation Invite

Xadyn LaPlante and Tripp Schrempp captured individual titles and led the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/ Dupree/Tiospaye Topa wrestling coop to a third place overall finish at the 2024 Lakota National Invitational last week in Rapid City.
Timber Lake sophomore guard Treyden Beer works the ball upcourt while being harrassed by a Mobridge-Pollock defender during cross-river boys basketball action in Mobridge just before the holiday break. Photo by Marie Du Preez

Timber Lake sophomore guard Treyden Beer works the ball upcourt while being harrassed by a Mobridge-Pollock defender during cross-river boys basketball action in Mobridge just before the holiday break. Photo by Marie Du Preez

TL boys 1-2 overall heading into busy four-game week

The Timber Lake Panthers split a pair of games with New Underwood and Mobridge-Pollock before the holiday break, dropping them to 1-2 overall as they head into a busy fourgame week.The Panthers take on North Central at Roscoe High School at 3:30 pm CT on Thursday, Jan.
Tucker Kraft

Tucker Kraft

Kraft named SD ‘Sports Celebrity’ of the Year

Timber Lake native Tucker Kraft, now in his second year as the starting tight end for the Green Bay Packers, has been chosen as South Dakota’s Sports Celebrity for 2024 by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association.
Timber Lake forward Jasmine Nash surveys the floor before running the Lady Panthers offense during recent girls basketball action. Nash, a senior, dropped a team-high 16 points to lift Timber Lake past Herreid– Selby before the holiday break and improve to 2-2 overall. Topic photo by Marie Du Preez

Timber Lake forward Jasmine Nash surveys the floor before running the Lady Panthers offense during recent girls basketball action. Nash, a senior, dropped a team-high 16 points to lift Timber Lake past Herreid– Selby before the holiday break and improve to 2-2 overall. Topic photo by Marie Du Preez

Big second half lifts Timber Lake girls past Herreid-Selby

A big second half gave the Timber Lake Lady Panthers their second win of the season on Dec.17 as they rallied to upend Herreid-Selby 60-56, evening their mark at 2-2 overall.The Lady Panthers return from the holiday break on Thursday, Jan.

Dupree boys upend Lead-Deadwood, up season mark to 5-1

Fresh off winning their division at the Lakota Nation Invitational, the Dupree Tigers picked up their fifth win of the season last week, slipping past Lead-Deadwood 58-55 in boys action at the 2024 Hoop City Classic in the Corn Palace in Mitchell.Dupree hosts Bison on Thursday, Jan.