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WATERTOWN — Watertown's fifth-rated Class AA boys basketball team tuned up for one of its biggest matchups in many years by sweeping Rapid City Stevens and Central in games on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30-31, in the Watertown Civic Arena.
The Arrows handled Stevens 69-52 on Jan. 30 and Central 74-48 in games that were originally scheduled for Jan. 23-24 before being postponed by weather.
Watertown improved to 11-1, it's best start to a season since the Arrows opened the 2007-2008 season with a 12-1 record. The Arrows won the state Class AA championship that year, the last state title for Watertown.
The Arrows do have some big games remaining in the regular season and one of those is Tuesday, Feb. 3, when Watertown hosts top-rated Sioux Falls Lincoln (12-0). Lincoln has posted double-digit wins or higher against most of their foes but did only edge Tea Area 62-60 on Jan. 31. Tea Area beat Watertown 65-61 in December.
Carter Buisker scored 19 points, Jack Mack 16, Jackson McClemans 12 and Dane Stark 11 for Watertown against RCC. Stark added nine rebounds, Mack eight rebounds and seven assists and McClemans seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. Julius Duran's 18 points and Preston Yellow's 15 paced RCC.
Isaac Rehorst led the way for the Arrows against RCS with 18 points and seven rebounds. McLemans added 13, Buisker 12 and Mack and Stark nine apiece. McClemans added eight assists and four steals and Mack six assists.
Watertown's girls also faced Stevens and Central over the weekend, falling 62-32 to No. 5 Stevens on Jan. 30 and 53-40 to Central on Jan. 31. Central is coached by WHS Hall of Famer Tia (Hemiller) Young.
Andi Olson scored eight points and Emma Olson seven to lead Watertown (2-10 overall) against RCS. Lily Mack contributed four assists. Mackenzie Schreiber notched 17 points and Finley Love 10 for Stevens.
Kynsee Russell (11 points and five steals), Jordan Remmers (eight points) and Mack (seven points) topped Watertown against Central. Chloe Shreve had 13 points and Leah Landry 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for RCC.
MADISON — The state's top-four rated Class A boys basketball teams, including area schools Clark-Willow Lake and Hamlin, squared off in the DAK-XII/Northeast Conference Class on Saturday, Jan. 31.
No. 1 West Central topped No. 4 Hamlin 69-48 and No. 2 Sioux Falls Christian defeated No. 3 CWL 72-61.
Connor Mebius poured in 29 points and Will Kuhl 17 for West Central (15-0). Jackson Wadworth tallied 21 and Jack Stormo eight for Hamlin (10-2), which had a 10-game winning streak snapped.
Brant Wassenaar's triple-double (22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) led the way for SFC, which improved to 11-1. Carson Nickles added 18 and Canyon Prins 17. Chris Bevers led CWL, now 13-2, with 17 points and six rebounds. Bo Begeman added 12 points, Emmerson Larson 11 and Sully Felberg 10. Felberg also grabbed six rebounds.
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VOLGA — Sioux Valley's 65-54 win over Beresford on Jan. 29 provided Cossack head coach Bill Vincent with his 500th career win.
Vincent, a De Smet native, is now 500-157 in 29 seasons as SV's head coach. He is now among the top-15 winningest coaches in South Dakota boys basketball history.
Carter Sapp tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Cossacks. Brady Hiltunen added 15 points and Connor Relf and Braden Danzeisen 11 each.
Tiegen Nyhaug notched 17 points and Hayden Homadeng 16 for Beresford.
Here are other area hoops highlights from Jan. 29-31. All statistics are points unless otherwise indicated:
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The Arrows handled Stevens 69-52 on Jan. 30 and Central 74-48 in games that were originally scheduled for Jan. 23-24 before being postponed by weather.
Watertown improved to 11-1, it's best start to a season since the Arrows opened the 2007-2008 season with a 12-1 record. The Arrows won the state Class AA championship that year, the last state title for Watertown.
The Arrows do have some big games remaining in the regular season and one of those is Tuesday, Feb. 3, when Watertown hosts top-rated Sioux Falls Lincoln (12-0). Lincoln has posted double-digit wins or higher against most of their foes but did only edge Tea Area 62-60 on Jan. 31. Tea Area beat Watertown 65-61 in December.
Carter Buisker scored 19 points, Jack Mack 16, Jackson McClemans 12 and Dane Stark 11 for Watertown against RCC. Stark added nine rebounds, Mack eight rebounds and seven assists and McClemans seven rebounds, five assists and four steals. Julius Duran's 18 points and Preston Yellow's 15 paced RCC.
Isaac Rehorst led the way for the Arrows against RCS with 18 points and seven rebounds. McLemans added 13, Buisker 12 and Mack and Stark nine apiece. McClemans added eight assists and four steals and Mack six assists.
Watertown's girls also faced Stevens and Central over the weekend, falling 62-32 to No. 5 Stevens on Jan. 30 and 53-40 to Central on Jan. 31. Central is coached by WHS Hall of Famer Tia (Hemiller) Young.
Andi Olson scored eight points and Emma Olson seven to lead Watertown (2-10 overall) against RCS. Lily Mack contributed four assists. Mackenzie Schreiber notched 17 points and Finley Love 10 for Stevens.
Kynsee Russell (11 points and five steals), Jordan Remmers (eight points) and Mack (seven points) topped Watertown against Central. Chloe Shreve had 13 points and Leah Landry 10 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for RCC.
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Battle of Class A boys powerhouses
MADISON — The state's top-four rated Class A boys basketball teams, including area schools Clark-Willow Lake and Hamlin, squared off in the DAK-XII/Northeast Conference Class on Saturday, Jan. 31.
No. 1 West Central topped No. 4 Hamlin 69-48 and No. 2 Sioux Falls Christian defeated No. 3 CWL 72-61.
Connor Mebius poured in 29 points and Will Kuhl 17 for West Central (15-0). Jackson Wadworth tallied 21 and Jack Stormo eight for Hamlin (10-2), which had a 10-game winning streak snapped.
Brant Wassenaar's triple-double (22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) led the way for SFC, which improved to 11-1. Carson Nickles added 18 and Canyon Prins 17. Chris Bevers led CWL, now 13-2, with 17 points and six rebounds. Bo Begeman added 12 points, Emmerson Larson 11 and Sully Felberg 10. Felberg also grabbed six rebounds.
PREP BASKETBALL: Watertown area high school boys & girls basketball, Jan. 26-27, 2026
Major milestone for Sioux Valley coach Bill Vincent
VOLGA — Sioux Valley's 65-54 win over Beresford on Jan. 29 provided Cossack head coach Bill Vincent with his 500th career win.
Vincent, a De Smet native, is now 500-157 in 29 seasons as SV's head coach. He is now among the top-15 winningest coaches in South Dakota boys basketball history.
Carter Sapp tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Cossacks. Brady Hiltunen added 15 points and Connor Relf and Braden Danzeisen 11 each.
Tiegen Nyhaug notched 17 points and Hayden Homadeng 16 for Beresford.
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Here are other area hoops highlights from Jan. 29-31. All statistics are points unless otherwise indicated:
Other Area Boys Basketball
- Thursday, Jan. 29 — Sioux Falls Washington 77 (David Kutey 17, Benjamin Sprecher 15), Aberdeen Central 59 (Luke Swanson 22, Quinn Rayman 8, Bryson Burgard 7, Jack Bertsch 6 plus 4 rebounds and 3 assists) ... No. 4 Class A Hamlin 63 (Jackson Wadsworth 18, Boden Stevenson 15, Trig Heinrich 10, Aiden Abraham 8), Sisseton 21 (Derrick Flute 5) ... Elkton-Lake Benton 62 (Myles Poindexter 12, Ethan Wiskur 11), Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 46 (Brodie Albertson 17) ... Milbank 46 (Lincoln Holscher 11 plus 7 rebounds, Sam Rick 11, Jeter Scoular 10, Jack Howard 8 rebounds), Deuel 39 (Sutton Benck 10, Troy Jenson 8 plus 8 rebounds and 5 steals, Kyle Finnesand 8) ... Aberdeen Roncalli 59 (Jesse Hernandez 20, Creighton Fisher 16 plus 6 rebounds, Austin Fisher 9, Bryson Olson 8 plus 6 rebounds), Britton-Hecla 53 (Will Richter 20, Chaz Vietor 9 plus 7 rebounds, Mitch Burger 9) ... Ipswich 52 (Hayden Schlosser 19 plus 8 rebounds, Shay Knust 15), Herreid-Selby Area 51 (Jared Weisbeck and Adonnais Mills 11 each ) ... Leola-Frederick Area 64 (Milo Sumption 14, Winston Clark 12, Erik Losure 11, Brayden Heuer 10), Faulkton Area 45 (Korbin Stark 15, Weston Senn 11) ... No. 3 Class B Castlewood 54 (Will Aderhold 13 plus 10 rebounds, Leonard Wernke 10 plus 10 rebounds, Kamden Keszler 10), Iroquois-Lake Preston 33 (Lucas Peskey 12, Brycen Blue 10) ... Warner 61 (Brennan Wolf-Donat 32, Easton Bruns 10, Alec Mikkelsen 9), Waverly-South Shore 48 (Kyle Kneeland 24, Spencer Ries 16) ... Florence-Henry 55 (Carson Kelly 16 plus 8 rebounds, Dawson Hlavacek 12 plus 9 rebounds, Tucker Keller 11, Karson Rossow 8), Great Plains Lutheran 51 (Jarret Bauer 21, Holden Karli 9, Aiden Cameron 8) ... No. 6 Class B Aberdeen Christian 71 (Brooks Jett 23, and Jett Johnson, Dylan Hofer and Raymond Rodriguez-Martin 11 each), James Valley Christian 48.
- Friday, Jan. 30 — No. 3 Class A Clark-Wllow Lake (Chris Bevers 19 plus 6 rebounds, Emerson Larson 15, Sully Felberg 10, Bo Begeman and Joey Ries 8), Redfield 28 (Eloi Carnicero 11) ... Chamberlain 52 (D.J. DeSloover game-winning shot at buzzer, Traevin Rouideaux 12, Blaze Knippling 12), Mobridge-Pollock 50 (Kale Knduson 18, Shooter Frederick and Jesse Schneider 9) ... No. 2 Class B De Smet 63 (Grant Wilkinson 19 plus 25 rebounds, Carter Wilkinson 14, Slayten Wilkinson 12 plus 7 rebounds, Noah Luethmers 10), Colman-Egan 27 (Caden Zwart 20 plus 6 rebounds) ... Northwestern 44 (Ty Boekelheide 21 plus 7 rebounds, Carson Ewalt 13 rebounds, William Clemens and Talon Miller 8 rebounds each), Langford Area 36 (Kassen Keough 13 plus 7 rebounds, Eli Samson 10, Ethen Olson 11 rebounds) ... North Central 49 (Kobe Wherry 10, Donovan Nelson 7), Strasburg-Zeeland, ND 20 (Sebastian Bravebull 7) ... Estelline-Hendricks 96 (Kyler Carlson 22, Cade Hexem 21 plus 7 rebounds, Drayden Cokens 20, August Dagel 12), Arlington 41 (Paxton Rheault 15, Miles Antonen 14 plus 9 rebounds).
- Saturday, Jan. 31 — Northwestern 61 (Miller 18, Boekelheide 14, Clemens 14 plus 10 rebounds, Ewald 12, Jarren Haren 8 assists), Aberdeen Roncalli 54 (Hernandez 12 plus 7 rebounds, Olson 10, A. Fisher 8 plus 7 rebounds) ... Elkton-Lake Benton 54 (Eliot Erickson 15, Wiskur and Joseph Nibbe 11 each), Great Plains Lutheran 17 (Jarret Bauer 7, Holden Karli 5 rebounds) ... Timber Lake 52 (Treyden Beer game-winning shot at buzzer, Kayton Hunt 15, Braden Lawrence 13), North Central 50 (Wherry 18, Nelson 13 plus 10 rebounds) ... Ipswich 49 (Jaxon Holt 15, Schlosser 14 plus 6 rebounds, Knust 10 plus 5 assists), Highmore-Harrold 21 (Jayden Erfman 9, Jordan Erfman 10 rebounds) ... Warner 66 (Noah Bakeberg 21, Wolf-Donat 15, Braydon Kroll 12, Jesiah Baum 11), No. 9 Class B Sully Buttes 60 (Wesley Witter 23, Gavin Colson and Jett Yackley 17 each) ... Waubay-Summit 71 (Tripp Gaikowski 17, Hogan Hlavacek 15, Jace Wohlleber 10, Teegan Gaikowski 8), Wilmot 42 (Maddux Foss 15, Ethan Schwenn 11) ... Leola-Frederick Area 65 (Sumption 9, Clark 8), South Border 30 (Cam Kennett 9, Noah Bader 8) ... No. 9 Class A Vermillion 71 (Trey Hansen 28, Luke Jensen 14), No. 8 Class A Groton Area 50 (Karson Zak 25, Gage Sippel 10 plus 12 rebounds) ... Tri-Valley 58 (Brady Jewett 27), Milbank 50 (Holscher 15 plus 8 rebounds, Rick 12, Howard 8 plus 8 rebounds) ... Redfield 82 (Carnicero 29 plus 7 assists and 5 steals, Grady Hulscher 19, Micah Zastrow 10 plus 6 rebounds, Canton 64 (Alex Rhead 21) ... No. 6 Class A Lennox 66 (Aiden Hanssen 15), Britton-Hecla 18 (Will Richter 7) ... Deuel 58 (Braxtin Winter 15, Jenson 14, Finnesand 11, Benck and Nolan Gubrud 9 each), Elk Point-Jefferson 48 (Aiden Hammitt 14, Luke Schmitz 12) ... Dakota Valley 60 (Tatum Sorensen 30), Sisseton 50 (Flute 23, Carter Stickland 13).
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Other Area Girls Basketball
- Thursday, Jan. 29 — No. 3 Class AA Sioux Falls Washington 55 (Dana Harpe 18, Josie Biteler 14), No. 4 Class AA Aberdeen Central 42 (Taryn Hermansen 17, Lauryn Burckhard 10) ... Milbank (Anna Neugebauer 20 plus 9 rebounds, Avery Schuneman 10 plus 8 assists, Belle Pauli 8 plus 7 rebounds), Deuel 22 (Graclyn Nielsen 10, Camdyn Peterreins 6 rebounds) ... Flandreau 41 (Morgan Sheppard 18 plus 10 rebounds and 7 blocks, Rhegan Sheppard 11), Deubrook Area 27 (Peyton Trooien 13) ... Great Plains Lutheran 66 (Katherine Prahl 22, Julia Prahl 19, Fiona Poor 12), Florence-Henry 56 (Ana Byer 15, Ashlynn Vavruska 11, Addison Byer 10) ... No. 5 Class A Sioux Valley 70 (Kailey Cradduck 19 plus 14 rebounds, Talya Vincent 17 plus 5 assists, Liberty Trygstad 14 plus 9 assists), Beresford 43 (Ella Merriman 26 plus 8 rebounds, Haley Koth 9 plus 10 rebounds) ... Groton Area 58 (Jerica Locke 16, Rylee Dunker 14, Jaedyn Penning 10 plus 5 rebounds, McKenna Tietz 5 assits), Webster Area 28 (Georgia Vergeldt 7) ... No. 7 Class A Clark-Willow Lake 57 (Jenny Bevers 17, Shelby Begeman 12 plus 5 steals, Kamryn Nesheim 8 plus 5 assists), Redfield 18 (Charli Jungwirth 6, Brynn Giblin 5 rebounds) ... No. 3 Class A Hamlin 69 (Addie Neuendorf 22, Issie Steffensen 20, Addie Jensen 11, Sarita Stevenson 10), Sisseton 39 (Piper Langager 20) ... Castlewood 48 (Clarie Horn 11, Kayla Goens and Bryn Schooley 8 each, Ava Ruml 10 rebounds, Sophia Kudrna 7 rebounds), Iroquois-Lake Preston 22 (Hadlee Holt 8 plus 6 rebounds, Bentlee Holt 6 plus 7 rebounds) ... Hitchcock-Tulare 63 (Gracyn Bixler 18, Cambree Hoekman 16, Emmerie Arthurs 15), Sully Buttes 39 (Ellie Nelson 10) ... Aberdeen Christian 45 (Jolie Fogarty 19, Jacie Fogarty 9), James Valley Christian 32 ... Warner 61 (Kaydee Mackner 20, Miah Leidholt 11, Jayce Jung 10), Waverly-South Shore 41 (Jolene Krantz 14, Jaina Johnson 10) ... Faulkton Area 43 (Brooklyn Mueller 20 plus 8 rebounds, Presleigh Martinmaas 10, Anika Mueller 8 rebounds and 5 steals), Leola-Frederick Area 34 (Arabella Clark 12 plus 7 rebounds, Kaitlyn Mueller 11) ... Arlington 68 (Jaelyn Huntimer breaks her own school record with 40 points plus 13 rebounds and 8 steals, Lauryn Mutziger 12, Sony Johnson 8 rebounds and 6 steals), Estelline-Hendricks 40 (Halle Intveld 9 plus 7 rebounds, Leandra Harms 6 plus 7 rebounds).
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- Friday, Jan. 30 — No. 9 Class A Aberdeen Roncalli 58 (Rylee Voeller 11, Elyana Roach and Morgan Helms 9, Claire Crawford and Kadine Glynn 8 each), Britton-Hecla 15 (Chellon Pruitt 5 plus 6 rebounds and 6 steals, Karlie Zuehlke 6 rebounds) ... Rapid City Christian 56 (Sadie Marshall 13, Brynn Casey 12), Deubrook Area 54 (Kylee Johnson 19, Matte Bauman 12, Mataya Gouws and Trooien 9 each) ... Mobridge-Pollock 64 (Blake Thompson 20, Tegan Konold 12, Brooke Bain 10), Chamberlain 20 (Amelia LaPointe 6) ... No. 5 Class A Sioux Valley 66 (Miley Keating 21, Cradduck 14 plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Trygstad 15 plus 9 rebounds, Vincent 6 assists), No. 10 Class A Lakota Tech 63 (Lizzie Robinson 20 plus 12 rebounds, Amelia Shangreaux 15, Kate Robinson 14 plus 8 rebounds) ... North Central 43 (Amree Vander Vorst 12 plus 7 rebounds, Ella Batie 9), Strasburg-Zeeland, ND 13 ... Northwestern 45 (Ashley Haven 15, Tara Blachford 10, Breelyn Satter 9), Langford Area 36 (Paytyn Marlow 17, Lizzie Gustafson 10) ... Aberdeen Christian 32 (Jolie Fogarty 14, Sophia Eichler 10), Sunshine Bible Academy 12 (Ciera Mickelson 12).
- Saturday, Jan. 31 — Elkton-Lake Benton 49 (Gella Jones 12, Jocelyn Prosch and Charlie Thooft 9 each, Sydney DeVries and Payton Kuehl 8 each), Great Plains Lutheran 40 (K. Prahl 15, J. Prahl 13) ... Warner 49 (Kaydee Mackner 19, MaKenna Leidholt 8), Sully Buttes 21 (Scotlynn Kinney 12) ... No. 6 Class A Sioux Falls Christian 55 (Lezlei Setzer 22 plus 12 rebounds, Emory Lems 13), No. 5 Class A Sioux Valley 46 (Keating 13 plus 6 rebounds, Trygstad 13, Amari Ward 10 plus 6 rebounds) ... Milbank 50 (A. Schuneman 19, Susie Schuneman 18, Neugebauer 8 plus 13 rebounds, Pauli 11 rebounds), Gayville-Volin 36 (Maia Achen 17 plus 10 rebounds) ... Arlington 66 (Huntimer 27 plus 13 rebounds, Mutziger 18 plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Emarie Vincent 11), Lakeview 51 (Addyson Jorgenson 20) ... North Central 50 (A. Vander Vorst 20, Ella Batie 16 plus 8 rebounds), Sully Buttes 33 (Kate Biegler 10).
Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: [email protected]
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