State-qualifying Class A, B SoDak 16 boys basketball games slated for March 10
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Seven Watertown and Aberdeen area boys basketball teams clinched Class A and B SoDak 16 berths with region semifinal victories and Aberdeen Central's girls advanced to state with postseason wins on Friday, March 6, 2026.
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Regional semifinal boys basketball games were held with the winners advancing to SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday, March 10.
Region 2B semifinal games at the Huron Arena (De Smet vs. Deubrook Area and Castlewood vs. Wessington Springs) were postponed to Saturday, March 7 at 1:30 and 3 p.m. The SoDak 16 Class B pairings will not be finalized until those games are completed.
Class AA SoDak 16 state-qualifying girls basektball games were also played on March 6 and fifth-seeded Aberdeen Central advanced with a 55-38 home-court win over 12th-seeded Rapid City Central.
Class AA Girls Basketball
Aberdeen Central advanced by getting 14 points from Lauryn Burckhard, 13 each from Emma Dohrer and Taryn Hermansen and nine from Kenadi Withers in the win over RCC. Leah Landry scored 16 points and Olivia Pierce nine for the Cobblers (9-12).
- Other Class AA SoDak 16 Games — No. 1 seed BrandoN Valley 52, No. 16 Surgis 24; No. 2 O'Gorman 77, No. 15 Pierre 44; No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington 53, No. 14 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 42; No. 4 Rapid City Stevens 67, No. 13 Yankton 42; No. 6 Sioux Falls Jefferson 64, No. 11 Huron 52; No. 7 Mitchell 52, No. 10 Spearfish 42; and No. 8 Tea Area 66, No. 9 Harrisburg 60.
- State Class AA Pairings — March 12-14 in the Summit Area at The Monument at Rapid City. March 12 first-round games include No. 1 Brandon Valley (21-0) vs. No. 8 Tea Area (12-9) at noon, No. 5 Aberdeen Central (15-6) vs. No. 4 RC Stevens (17-4) at 1:45 p.m., No. 2 O'Gorman (20-1) vs. No. 7 Mitchell (13-8) at 6 p.m. and No. 3 SF Washington (17-4) vs. No. 6 SF Jefferson (14-7) at 7:45 p.m. All times are Central.
Class A & BBoys Basketball
SoDak 16 Pairings
- Class A (Tuesday, March 10) — No. 1 West Central (21-0) vs. No. 16 Webster Area (14-8), No. 2 Sioux Falls Christian (19-1) vs. No. 15 Wagner (16-6), No. 3 Clark-Willow Lake (19-2) vs. No. 14 McCook Central-Montrose (15-6), No. 4 Hamlin (19-3) vs. No. 13 Rapid City Christian (14-8), No. 5 Groton Area (17-4) vs. No. 12 Pine Ridge (14-8), No. 6 Stanley County (19-2) vs. No. 11 Flandreau (15-7), No. 7 Lennox (17-5) vs. No. 10 St. Thomas More (16-5) and No. 8 Mahpiya Luta (18-3) vs. No. 9 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte (19-3). Times and locations yet to be finalized.
Region 1A
Top-seeeded Groton Area (17-4) and second-seeded Webster Area (14-8) both advanced by winning on their home courts. Groton Area handled fifth-seeded Milbank 61-35 and Webster Area qualified for the SoDak 16 for the first time with a 78-57 win over third-seeded Britton-Hecla (13-9).
Keegan Tracy tallied 15 points, Karson Zak 13, Gage Sippel 12 and Becker Bosma eight for Groton Area. Ryan Keeton had 12 points and Jeter Scoular seven for Milbank (12-10).
Matthew Mount scored 21 points, Jack Shoemaker and Seth Lesnar 19 each and Jeron McCreary 13 to lead Webster Area.
Region 2A
No. 1 seed Clark-Willow Lake and No. 2 Hamlin each rolled to semifinal wins on their home courts. At Clark, CWL handled fourth-seeded Elkton-Lake Benton 93-35 and Hamlin pulled away in the second half to defeat third-seeded Sioux Valley 67-44 at the Hamlin Education Center.
The CWL-ELB game was pushed back because ELB's bus got stuck behind a jacknifed semi on the way to the game and the host Cyclones rolled.
Sully Felberg scored 30 points, Bo Begeman 22, Chris Bevers 19, Will Hovde 11 and Jakob Steen 10 for CWL. Begeman added 11 rebounds and Felberg and Larson six apiece. Felberg also had seven assists and Begeman and Steen five each. Joseph Nibbe had 16 points and Colt Beck nine for ELB (13-9).
Jackson Wadsworth poured in 24 points and Boden Stevenson 23 for Hamlin (19-3). Aiden Abraham contributed seven. The Chargers led only 26-21 at the half before taking over with a 29-11 scoring surge in the third quarter.
Carter Sapp finished with 15 points and Brady Hiltunen eight for Sioux Valley (15-7).
Region 1B
Top-seeded Aberdeen Christian used a 7-0 run in the final minute to rally past fourth-seeded Warner 61-56 in the Aberdeen Civic Arena and second-seeded Leola-Frederick Area rallied in the second half to down No. 3 Waubay-Summit in Frederick.
Warner led 56-54 before AC's Brooks Jett converted on a conventional three-point play with 46.6 seconds rfemaining. Luke Kaiser and Jett each added two free throws in the final 18 seconds to secure the win for the Knights (19-3). Jett finished with 26 points, Kaiser 11 and Dylan Hofer nine.
Warner (15-7) received 18 points from Brennan Wolf-Donat, 10 from Jesiah Baum and nine from Lincoln Kroll.
LFA erased a 31-26 halftime deficit with the help of 20 points from Winston Clark, 18 from Westyn Thorpe, 15 from Milo Sumption and eight from Lucas Gulbranson. Jace Wohlleber notched 21 points, McCoy Pereboom 12 and Hogan Hlavacek seven for Waubay-Summit (16-6).
Region 6A
Stanley County and Cheyenne-Eagle Butte lived up to their billings as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds with home-court wins. Stanley County (19-2) topped No. 4 Chamberlain 69-52 and No. 2 CEB (19-3) beat No. 3 Mobridge-Pollock 46-30.
Eddie Duffy scored 29 points, including the 1,000th of his career, to lead Sully Buttes. Paxton Deal added 13, Teegyn Breitag nine and Trevor Caldwell eight. Tommy Knippling scored 12 for Chamberlain (12-10).
CEB moved on with the help of 14 points from Damien Clown and eight each from Nehemiah Veaux and Nicholas Woods II. Kale Knudson led MP (13-9) with nine points.
Region 6B
Top-seeded Sully Buttes (17-5) and second-seeded Ipswich (14-8) posted wins on their home courts. Sully Buttes posted a 56-44 win over No. 4 Faulkton Area and Ipswich edged third-seeded Gettysburg 61-59 when Joshua Rausch grabbed an offensive rebound and scored at the buzzer.
Wesley Wittler (29 points and 13 rebounds), Jett Yackley (10 points) and Easton Moore (eight points) led Sully Buttes. Weston Senn recorded 18 points and Korbin Stark nine for Faulkton Area, which ended its season at 11-11.
Joseph Stanley's field goal with 1:04 remaining gave Gettysburg a 59-56 lead before Ipswich's Hayden Schlosser drained a game-tying 3-pointer with 43 seconds left, setting the stage for Rausch.
Schlosser canned seven 3-pointers and paced Ipswich with 23 points. Shay Knust chipped in with 14 and Rausch 10. Jaxon Holt collected eight rebounds and Rausch seven.
Jensen Zweber's 17 points and Jerand Chase's nine led the way for Gettysburg (10-12). Stanley added nine.
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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Postseason boys and girls basketball weekend roundup