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Ten area Class A and B high school girls basketball teams clinched berths in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games with semifinal wins in region tournaments on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.
The SoDak 16 state-qualifying games are scheduled for Thursday, March 5. Winners of those games advance to state tourneys March 12-14 at Watertown (Class A) and Brookings (Class B).
Here's the SoDak 16 pairings and more on the area high school girls and boys basketball games on Feb. 26.
Class A matchups include No. 1 seed Hamlin (20-1) vs. No. 16 Sisseton (11-10), No. 2 Mahpiya Luta (20-0) vs. No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose (15-7), No. 3 Wagner (18-2) vs. No. 14 Dell Rapids (15-7), No. 4 Sioux Valley (20-2) vs. No. 13 St. Thomas More (16-5), No. 5 Lennox (18-3) vs. No. 12 Miller (17-5), No. 6 Sioux Falls Christian (18-4) vs. No. 11 Groton Area (16-6), No. 7 West Central (17-4) vs. No. 10 Mobridge-Pollock (17-4) and No. 8 Rapid City Christian (17-4) vs. No. 9 Lakota Tech (18-4).
Class B matchups area No. 1 Lyman (20-2) vs. No. 16 McIntosh (14-7), No. 2 Parkston (19-3) vs. No. 15 De Smet (11-11), No. 3 Bennett County (19-3) vs. No. 14 Ipswich (15-7), No. 4 Ethan (20-2) vs. No. 13 Deubrook Area (13-9), No. 5 Colman-Egan (21-1) vs. No. 12 Warner (16-6), No. 6 Harding County (21-1) vs. No. 11 Jones County (15-5), No. 7 Centerville (20-2) vs. No. 10 Highmore-Harrold (18-4), No. 8 Waubay-Summit (20-2) vs. No. 9 Corsica-Stickney (16-5).
Dates and times for the SoDak 16 games are slated to be finalized on Friday, Feb. 27.
Fourth-seeded Sisseton closed with a 15-6 scoring run and knocked off top-seeded Aberdeen Roncalli (16-5) in a semifinal game at Aberdeen. Saylor Langager scored 12 points, Elliot Hortness 11 and Piper Langager eight for Sisseton. Morgan Helms tallied nine points and Rylee Voeller six for Roncalli.
In the other semifinal at Groton, second-seeded Groton Area outlasted third-seeded Milbank (17-5) 54-52 in double-overtime. Jaedyn Penning scored 20 points, Jerica Locke 15, Kella Tracy 12 and Rylee Dunker seven for Groton Area. Belle Pauli finished with 16, Anna Neugebauer 13 and Violet Johnson 10 for Milbank.
Pauli's 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation tied the game at 40. Dunker's field goal with 39.5 seconds left tied the game at 44 after the first overtime. Tracy hit the go-ahead field goal with 1:45 remaining in the second overtime. Dunker and Locke each added two free throws to offeset a field goal by Pauli and two free throws by Susie Schuneman for Milbank in the final 26 seconds. The Bulldogs were unable to get off a final shot in the final seconds.
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Top-seeded Hamlin and second-seeded Sioux Valley each cruised to semifinal wins on their home courts. Hamlin handed fourth-seeded Florence-Henry (10-12) 55-17 at the Hamlin Education Center and Sioux Valley topped third-seeded Clark-Willow Lake (18-4) 55-32 in Volga.
Issie Steffensen and Addie Jensen each scored 17 points and Paxton Neuendorf added 11 for Hamlin. Addison Byer led Florence-Henry with six.
Kailey Cradduck notched 14 points and 12 rebounds for Sioux Valley, which took control by outscoring the Cyclones 36-13 in the middle two quarters. Liberty Trygstad added 13 and Talya Vincent 12. Shelby Begeman's eight points and eight rebounds and Kamryn Nesheim's six points paced CWL.
Semifinal winners included top-seeded Mobridge-Pollock, who rolled past No. 5 Platte-Geddes 77-28 in Mobridge, and No. 2 Miller, who turned back No. 3 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 57-34 at Miller.
Cheyenne-Eagle Butte ended its season at 17-5 and Platte-Geddes 8-14.
At Summit, top-seeded Waubay-Summit moved on with a 52-41 win over fifth-seeded Hitchcock-Tulare (12-10). Addison Heinje scored 11 of her game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter and made 17 of 20 free throws, including a perfect 6-for-6 in the final period. Brynlee Amdahl contributed eight points. Gracyn Bixler had 13 points and Cambree Hoekman 11 for HT.
In the other semifinal at Mellette, third-seeded Warner outlasted second-seeded Northwestern (15-7) 36-34 in overtime. The Monarchs avenged an early season 32-29 loss to the Wildcats.
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In games played at Dakota State University in Madison, fourth-seeded De Smet beat top-seeded Arlington (15-7) 87-80 in overtime and third-seeded Deubrook Area followed with a 39-37 win over second-seeded Castlewood (13-9).
In regular-season matchups, De Smet beat Arlington 70-43 and Castlewood topped Deubrook Area 33-20.
Brynlee Hanson's field goal with 30 seconds left helped Deubrook Area pull even at 37. After a steal by Neely Gustad with 23 seconds remaining, Matte Bauman scored on a drive with 4.1 seconds left to put the Dolphins ahead. Bauman was fouled on the play but couldn't convert the three-point play. Castlewood, however, was unable to get off a shot in the closing seconds.
Peyton Trooien tallied 12 points and six rebounds, Mataya Gouws 11 and six and Bauman nine and seven for Deubrook Area. Ava Ruml recorded 12 points and 16 rebounds and Sophia Kudrna nine points for Castlewood.
Jada Baloun poured in 27 points to lead top-seeded Highmore-Harrold to a 53-41 win on its home court against fourth-seeded North Central (15-7). Elle Stagg added 11 points for HH and coach Mike Ring, who became the 13th coach in state girls basketball history to record 400 wins on Feb. 24. He is now 401-274 in 31 seasons for Highmore and Highmore-Harrold. Ella Battie (16 points and nine rebounds) and Tylee Vander Vorst (nine points) led North Central.
At Selby, third-seeded Ipswich downed second-seeded Herreid-Selby Area 63-48 by getting 23 points and 11 rebounds from Marley Guthmiller, 18 points from Gabby Wald and seven points and 11 rebounds from Tristan Geditz. HSA (13-8) received 20 points and seven rebounds from Katie Allbee and 15 and 17 from Jordyn Rossow. Alyssa Kaup added eight rebounds.
Class AA boys and girls basketball teams are wrapping up their regular seasons this week and Watertown's squads dropped Eastern South Dakota Conference games to Harrisburg on Feb. 26.
At Watertown, fifth-rated Class AA Harrisburg slipped past fourth-rated Watertown 60-55 with a 20-9 fourth-quarter surge. David Doe led the Tigers (15-5) with 17 points. Stellen Larson contributed 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Crayton Jibben 13 points. Carter Buisker scored 18 points, Jack Mack 17 and Jackson McClemans 15 for Watertown (14-5). Mack also had 13 rebouns and eight assists, McClemans six assists and four steals and Isaac Rehorst nine rebounds.
In the girls' game at Harrisburg, the host Tigers (10-10) used 10 points and 13 rebounds from Claire McCallum to win 49-26. Allison Flanagan chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds and Emersyn Geddes nine points and five assists. Jordan Remmers led Watertown (3-16) with 10 points and seven rebounds. Ellie Thury added five and seven.
The Watertown teams play Pierre on Saturday. The girls host and the boys visit Pierre. Both games are slated for 2 p.m.
Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: [email protected]
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The SoDak 16 state-qualifying games are scheduled for Thursday, March 5. Winners of those games advance to state tourneys March 12-14 at Watertown (Class A) and Brookings (Class B).
Here's the SoDak 16 pairings and more on the area high school girls and boys basketball games on Feb. 26.
SoDak 16 Class A-B Pairings
Class A matchups include No. 1 seed Hamlin (20-1) vs. No. 16 Sisseton (11-10), No. 2 Mahpiya Luta (20-0) vs. No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose (15-7), No. 3 Wagner (18-2) vs. No. 14 Dell Rapids (15-7), No. 4 Sioux Valley (20-2) vs. No. 13 St. Thomas More (16-5), No. 5 Lennox (18-3) vs. No. 12 Miller (17-5), No. 6 Sioux Falls Christian (18-4) vs. No. 11 Groton Area (16-6), No. 7 West Central (17-4) vs. No. 10 Mobridge-Pollock (17-4) and No. 8 Rapid City Christian (17-4) vs. No. 9 Lakota Tech (18-4).
Class B matchups area No. 1 Lyman (20-2) vs. No. 16 McIntosh (14-7), No. 2 Parkston (19-3) vs. No. 15 De Smet (11-11), No. 3 Bennett County (19-3) vs. No. 14 Ipswich (15-7), No. 4 Ethan (20-2) vs. No. 13 Deubrook Area (13-9), No. 5 Colman-Egan (21-1) vs. No. 12 Warner (16-6), No. 6 Harding County (21-1) vs. No. 11 Jones County (15-5), No. 7 Centerville (20-2) vs. No. 10 Highmore-Harrold (18-4), No. 8 Waubay-Summit (20-2) vs. No. 9 Corsica-Stickney (16-5).
Dates and times for the SoDak 16 games are slated to be finalized on Friday, Feb. 27.
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Region 1A
Fourth-seeded Sisseton closed with a 15-6 scoring run and knocked off top-seeded Aberdeen Roncalli (16-5) in a semifinal game at Aberdeen. Saylor Langager scored 12 points, Elliot Hortness 11 and Piper Langager eight for Sisseton. Morgan Helms tallied nine points and Rylee Voeller six for Roncalli.
In the other semifinal at Groton, second-seeded Groton Area outlasted third-seeded Milbank (17-5) 54-52 in double-overtime. Jaedyn Penning scored 20 points, Jerica Locke 15, Kella Tracy 12 and Rylee Dunker seven for Groton Area. Belle Pauli finished with 16, Anna Neugebauer 13 and Violet Johnson 10 for Milbank.
Pauli's 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation tied the game at 40. Dunker's field goal with 39.5 seconds left tied the game at 44 after the first overtime. Tracy hit the go-ahead field goal with 1:45 remaining in the second overtime. Dunker and Locke each added two free throws to offeset a field goal by Pauli and two free throws by Susie Schuneman for Milbank in the final 26 seconds. The Bulldogs were unable to get off a final shot in the final seconds.
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Region 2A
Top-seeded Hamlin and second-seeded Sioux Valley each cruised to semifinal wins on their home courts. Hamlin handed fourth-seeded Florence-Henry (10-12) 55-17 at the Hamlin Education Center and Sioux Valley topped third-seeded Clark-Willow Lake (18-4) 55-32 in Volga.
Issie Steffensen and Addie Jensen each scored 17 points and Paxton Neuendorf added 11 for Hamlin. Addison Byer led Florence-Henry with six.
Kailey Cradduck notched 14 points and 12 rebounds for Sioux Valley, which took control by outscoring the Cyclones 36-13 in the middle two quarters. Liberty Trygstad added 13 and Talya Vincent 12. Shelby Begeman's eight points and eight rebounds and Kamryn Nesheim's six points paced CWL.
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Region 6A
Semifinal winners included top-seeded Mobridge-Pollock, who rolled past No. 5 Platte-Geddes 77-28 in Mobridge, and No. 2 Miller, who turned back No. 3 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 57-34 at Miller.
Cheyenne-Eagle Butte ended its season at 17-5 and Platte-Geddes 8-14.
Region 1B
At Summit, top-seeded Waubay-Summit moved on with a 52-41 win over fifth-seeded Hitchcock-Tulare (12-10). Addison Heinje scored 11 of her game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter and made 17 of 20 free throws, including a perfect 6-for-6 in the final period. Brynlee Amdahl contributed eight points. Gracyn Bixler had 13 points and Cambree Hoekman 11 for HT.
In the other semifinal at Mellette, third-seeded Warner outlasted second-seeded Northwestern (15-7) 36-34 in overtime. The Monarchs avenged an early season 32-29 loss to the Wildcats.
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Region 2B
In games played at Dakota State University in Madison, fourth-seeded De Smet beat top-seeded Arlington (15-7) 87-80 in overtime and third-seeded Deubrook Area followed with a 39-37 win over second-seeded Castlewood (13-9).
In regular-season matchups, De Smet beat Arlington 70-43 and Castlewood topped Deubrook Area 33-20.
Brynlee Hanson's field goal with 30 seconds left helped Deubrook Area pull even at 37. After a steal by Neely Gustad with 23 seconds remaining, Matte Bauman scored on a drive with 4.1 seconds left to put the Dolphins ahead. Bauman was fouled on the play but couldn't convert the three-point play. Castlewood, however, was unable to get off a shot in the closing seconds.
Peyton Trooien tallied 12 points and six rebounds, Mataya Gouws 11 and six and Bauman nine and seven for Deubrook Area. Ava Ruml recorded 12 points and 16 rebounds and Sophia Kudrna nine points for Castlewood.
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Region 6B
Jada Baloun poured in 27 points to lead top-seeded Highmore-Harrold to a 53-41 win on its home court against fourth-seeded North Central (15-7). Elle Stagg added 11 points for HH and coach Mike Ring, who became the 13th coach in state girls basketball history to record 400 wins on Feb. 24. He is now 401-274 in 31 seasons for Highmore and Highmore-Harrold. Ella Battie (16 points and nine rebounds) and Tylee Vander Vorst (nine points) led North Central.
At Selby, third-seeded Ipswich downed second-seeded Herreid-Selby Area 63-48 by getting 23 points and 11 rebounds from Marley Guthmiller, 18 points from Gabby Wald and seven points and 11 rebounds from Tristan Geditz. HSA (13-8) received 20 points and seven rebounds from Katie Allbee and 15 and 17 from Jordyn Rossow. Alyssa Kaup added eight rebounds.
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Harrisburg records sweep over Watertown
Class AA boys and girls basketball teams are wrapping up their regular seasons this week and Watertown's squads dropped Eastern South Dakota Conference games to Harrisburg on Feb. 26.
At Watertown, fifth-rated Class AA Harrisburg slipped past fourth-rated Watertown 60-55 with a 20-9 fourth-quarter surge. David Doe led the Tigers (15-5) with 17 points. Stellen Larson contributed 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Crayton Jibben 13 points. Carter Buisker scored 18 points, Jack Mack 17 and Jackson McClemans 15 for Watertown (14-5). Mack also had 13 rebouns and eight assists, McClemans six assists and four steals and Isaac Rehorst nine rebounds.
In the girls' game at Harrisburg, the host Tigers (10-10) used 10 points and 13 rebounds from Claire McCallum to win 49-26. Allison Flanagan chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds and Emersyn Geddes nine points and five assists. Jordan Remmers led Watertown (3-16) with 10 points and seven rebounds. Ellie Thury added five and seven.
The Watertown teams play Pierre on Saturday. The girls host and the boys visit Pierre. Both games are slated for 2 p.m.
Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: [email protected]
This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Area high school girls and boys basketball highlights
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