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WATERTOWN — Watertown and Deubrook Area's boys basketball teams each made statements with victories on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026.
Both teams dropped out of the South Dakota Prep Media Basketball rankings on Feb. 9 and responded with victories the following day in Watertown.
Class AA Watertown (12-3) snapped a two-game losing skid with a 92-73 drubbing of Sioux Falls Jefferson in the Watertown Civic Arena.
Across town at Great Plains Lutheran High School, Class B Deubrook Area (12-4) rolled to a 69-42 win over the Class A Panthers.
Watetown led only 39-38 at halftime before pulling away in the second half. Carter Buisker tallied 23 points, Jackson McClemans 20, Isaac Rehorst 18 and Jack Mack 13. Kaden Decker contributed nine and Dane Stark seven. Mack dished out seven assists and Rehorst six.
Colby Nuttbrock finished with 33 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Jefferson, which also got 15 points from Kuai Mayen.
Joshua Moberg poured in 21 points and North Dakota State University recruit Chance Schoenfeld, a 6-foot-9 senior, 19 to lead Deubrook Area's boys. Braxton Bednarek added 14.
Isaac Kjenstad had 13 points and Jarret Bauer nine for GPL. Holden Karli grabbed five rebounds.
SIOUX FALLS — A big first half and strong play from Brinley Altenburg led Jefferson to a 59-26 over Watertown on Feb. 10.
The Cavaliers led 10-3 after one quarter and 18-6 at halftime. Altenburg made 12 of 18 field-goal attempts and finished with 27 points and seven rebounds. Abby Horner added eight points.
Watertown (3-12 on the season) was led by Jordan Remmers' eight points. Ellie Thury added six rebounds and Lily Mack four assists.
Watertown's boys and girls each host Sioux Falls Roosevelt in a doubleheader on Friday, Feb. 13. The girls are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the boys for 8 p.m.
Fifth-rated Aberdeen Central handed Mitchell its first Eastern South Dakota Conference loss with a 57-52 girls basketball win on Dec. 10 at Aberdeen.
At Mitchell, the host Kernels topped Aberdeen Central 54-34 in boys basketball.
A balanced attack led the Golden Eagle girls. Lauryn Burckhard produced 17 points, Taryn Hermansen 12, Kamdyn Borge 11 and Kenadi Withers eight.
Addie Siemsen (20 points), Cece Morgan (19 points) and Nia Talley (11 points) paced Mitchell.
Colton Smith's 28 points and 10 rebounds, Owen Raml's 12 points and Collin Weier's 10 rebounds led Mitchell's boys.
Luke Swanson recorded 10 points, four rebounds and four steals for AC (1-14). Bryson Burgard added seven points and Jack Bertsch seven rebounds.
Here are other area hoops highlights from Feb. 9-10. All statistics are points unless otherwise indicated:
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Both teams dropped out of the South Dakota Prep Media Basketball rankings on Feb. 9 and responded with victories the following day in Watertown.
Class AA Watertown (12-3) snapped a two-game losing skid with a 92-73 drubbing of Sioux Falls Jefferson in the Watertown Civic Arena.
Across town at Great Plains Lutheran High School, Class B Deubrook Area (12-4) rolled to a 69-42 win over the Class A Panthers.
Watetown led only 39-38 at halftime before pulling away in the second half. Carter Buisker tallied 23 points, Jackson McClemans 20, Isaac Rehorst 18 and Jack Mack 13. Kaden Decker contributed nine and Dane Stark seven. Mack dished out seven assists and Rehorst six.
Colby Nuttbrock finished with 33 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Jefferson, which also got 15 points from Kuai Mayen.
Joshua Moberg poured in 21 points and North Dakota State University recruit Chance Schoenfeld, a 6-foot-9 senior, 19 to lead Deubrook Area's boys. Braxton Bednarek added 14.
Isaac Kjenstad had 13 points and Jarret Bauer nine for GPL. Holden Karli grabbed five rebounds.
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Jefferson tops Watertown girls
SIOUX FALLS — A big first half and strong play from Brinley Altenburg led Jefferson to a 59-26 over Watertown on Feb. 10.
The Cavaliers led 10-3 after one quarter and 18-6 at halftime. Altenburg made 12 of 18 field-goal attempts and finished with 27 points and seven rebounds. Abby Horner added eight points.
Watertown (3-12 on the season) was led by Jordan Remmers' eight points. Ellie Thury added six rebounds and Lily Mack four assists.
Watertown's boys and girls each host Sioux Falls Roosevelt in a doubleheader on Friday, Feb. 13. The girls are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and the boys for 8 p.m.
Aberdeen Central teams split with Mitchell
Fifth-rated Aberdeen Central handed Mitchell its first Eastern South Dakota Conference loss with a 57-52 girls basketball win on Dec. 10 at Aberdeen.
At Mitchell, the host Kernels topped Aberdeen Central 54-34 in boys basketball.
A balanced attack led the Golden Eagle girls. Lauryn Burckhard produced 17 points, Taryn Hermansen 12, Kamdyn Borge 11 and Kenadi Withers eight.
Addie Siemsen (20 points), Cece Morgan (19 points) and Nia Talley (11 points) paced Mitchell.
Colton Smith's 28 points and 10 rebounds, Owen Raml's 12 points and Collin Weier's 10 rebounds led Mitchell's boys.
Luke Swanson recorded 10 points, four rebounds and four steals for AC (1-14). Bryson Burgard added seven points and Jack Bertsch seven rebounds.
Here are other area hoops highlights from Feb. 9-10. All statistics are points unless otherwise indicated:
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Other Area Boys Basketball
- Monday, Feb. 9 — Sioux Falls Lutheran 61, Great Plains Lutheran 54 (Kjenstad 19, Bauer 14, Karli 11, Lucas Johnson 7 rebounds) ... Canby, MN 81 (Owen Peterson 27 plus 14 rebounds, Jace Rangaard 21, Hunter Kack 16, Will Abrahamson 8 rebounds), Minneota 69 (Ian Myhre 20 plus 8 rebounds, Evan Jerzak 13 plus 8 rebounds) ... Webster Area 59 (Seth Lesnar 20, Matt Mount 14, Jack Shoemaker 12), Sisseton 48 (Levi Nelson 10, Derrick Flute 10, Brett Hansen 8) ... Hankinson, ND 78 (RaeShaun Earl 28, Gunnar Illg 14, Parker Falk 10), Wilmot 64 (Maddux Foss 15, Ethan Schwenn 13 plus 9 assists, Tyler Heinje 8 plus 7 rebounds).
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- Tuesday, Feb. 10 — No. 4 Class A Hamlin 72 (Jackson Wadsworth 29, trig Heinrich 12, Boden Stevenson 11, Aiden Abraham and Jack Stormo 7 each), Aberdeen Roncalli 40 (Jesse Hernandez, Austin and Creighton Fisher 11 each) ... No. 3 Class B De Smet 72 (Carter Wilkinson 17 plus 5 assists, Coy Van Regenmorter 16 plus 5 assists, Noah Luethmers 15, Grant Wilkinson 12 plus 14 rebounds), Flandreau 38 (Xavier Bien 9, Alexavier Poitra 8) ... No. 1 Class B Castlewood 59 (Kamden Keszler 28, Will Aderhold 8 plus 13 rebounds, Leonard Wernke 8, Tyson Manley 5 assists), Florence-Henry 28 (Carson Kelly 9) ... No. 9 Class A Groton Area 75 (Ryder Johnson 15, Karson Zak 14, Keegen Tracy 10, Becker Bosma 9), Leola-Frederick Area 29 (Quinn Huettl 10, Winston Clark 8) ... Baltic 71 (Trevor Cuperus 23, Cooper Garry and Kellen Artz 13 each), Elkton-Lake Benton 43 (Myles Poindexter 14, Eliot Erickson 10) ... No. 3 Class A Clark-Willow Lake 64 (Sully Felberg 32 plus 16 rebounds, Bo Begeman 11 plus 7 rebounds), Britton-Hecla 29 (Will Richter 10) ... Milbank 67 (Sam Rick 22, Lincoln Holscher 13, Jeter Scoular 9 plus 6 rebounds, Jack Howard 6 rebounds), Sisseton 43 (Derrick Flute 12 plus 6 rebounds, Josh Donnell 11) ... Sioux Valley 69 (Carter Sapp 19, Conner Relf 13, Brady Hiltunen 11, Braden Danzeisen 8), Deuel 40 (Kyle Finnesand 11 plus 9 rebounds, Troy Jenson 9, Braxtin Winter 8) ... No. 6 Class B Aberdeen Christian 53 (Jett Johnson 14, Brooks Jett 12 plus 8 rebounds, Grady Jett 8 plus 7 rebounds, Dylan Hofer 7 plus 8 rebounds and 6 assists), Ipswich 26 (Kyle Hettich and Shay Knust 7 each, Josh Rausch 6 rebounds) ... Renville County West, MN 78 (Jon Driggs 20, Humberto Ramirez 19, Grant Novotny 18), Canby (Raangard 16, Peterson 11, Kack 10, Abrahamson 7 rebounds) ... No. 10 Class B Estelline-Hendricks 55 (Drayden Cokens 16, Cade Hexem 12 plus 10 rebounds, Larkin Schultz 6 plus 13 rebounds), Waubay-Summit 38 (Hogan Hlavacek 12).
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Other Area Girls Basketball
- Monday, Feb. 9 — Arlington 57 (Jaelyn Huntimer 37 plus 12 rebounds, Sony Johnson 8 rebounds, Emarie Vincent 6 plus 5 rebounds), Dell Rapids St. Mary 51 (Maddyn LeBrun 16, Stephenie Geraets 13) ... Groton Area 51 (Taryn Traphagen 15, Jaedyn Penning 9, Talli Wright 8, Rylee Dunker 10 rebounds and 6 assists), Great Plains Lutheran 28 (Katherine Prahl 12, Julia Prahl 10).
- Tuesday, Feb. 10 — No. 2 Class A Hamlin 50 (Addie Neuendorf 22, Issie Steffensen 19), No. 9 Class A Aberdeen Roncalli 36 (Clarie Crawford 10, Elyana Roach 8) ... Milbank 49 (Susie Schuneman 15, Anna Neugebauer 14 plus 11 rebounds, Belle Pauli 14 plus 9 rebounds), Sisseton 41 (Elliot Hortness 11, Saylor Langager 9 plus 7 rebounds, Maylee Bravebull 8) ... No. 7 Class A Clark-Willow Lake 64 (Shelby Begeman 12 plus 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Brynn Roehrich 12, Jenny Bevers 11 plus 9 rebounds, Johanna Vandersnick 11), Britton-Hecla 24 (Paityn Erickson 6, Chellon Pruit 5 plus 9 rebounds) ... Northwestern 55 (Breelyn Satter 13, Ashley Haven and Sophia Troske 11 each), Webster Area 35 (Chloe Mammenga 11, Georgia Vergeldt 9, Bailee Ninke 7) ... No. 6 Class A Sioux Valley 52 (Liberty Trygstad 19 plus 6 rebounds and 6 steals, Talya Vincent 11, Kailey Cradduck 8), Deuel 19 (Camdyn Peterreins 7 plus 7 rebounds, Graclyn Nielsen 6) ... Castlewood 42 (Bryn Schooley 12 plus 10 rebounds, Ava Ruml 9 plus 12 rebounds, Sophia Kudrna 7), Florence-Henry 32 (Ashlynn Vavruska 17 plus 7 rebounds) ... North Central 45 (Amree Vander Vorst 21 plus 7 rebounds, Alaina Dosch 9, Ella Batie 9 plus 11 rebounds), Stanley County 30 (Austyn Norman 11) ... No. 10 Class B Waubay-Summit 63 (Addison Heinje 30, Brynlee Amdahl and Caley Boik 9 each), Estelline-Hendricks 46 (Halle IntVeld 14, Cambry Bury 9) ... Aberdeen Christian 39 (Arianna Johnson 14 plus 7 rebounds, Jolie Fogarty 11 plus 13 rebounds, Sophia Eichler 15 rebounds), Ipswich 38 (Brianna Geditz 7, Marley Guthmiller 16 rebounds, Tristan Geditz 7 rebounds plus 5 assists) ... Wolsey-Wessington 48 (Maria Nelson and Kendal Uttecht each 15, Shae Uttecht 10), Iroquois-Lake Preston 33 (Bentlee Holt 14, Brityn Davies 10) ... Faulkton Area 46 (Anika Mueller 25, Brooklyn Mueller 9 plus 10 rebounds and 5 steals, Presleigh Martinmaas 10 plus 9 rebounds, Austina Sorensen 7 rebounds), Gettysburg 37 (Emma Schlachter 14 plus 11 rebounds, Finlee Hein 11 rebounds).
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