It was a surreal 2 days of competition for the Dakota Valley esports program as they traveled to Aberdeen for the 1st state tournament sanctioned by South Dakota High School Activities Association. A Panther send-off occurred for the state qualifiers on Thursday, February 13, 2025 in the high school. Junior Owen Norby and senior Owen Oberg gave remarks to the crowd on behalf of the DV esports team.

It was a low scoring affair to start the 1st quarter of the Dakota Valley’s boys basketball game, at Vermillion, on February 11, 2025. The score was 0-3 after almost 4 minutes of play.

The Panthers hosted a big crowd on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 for the wrestling team’s home dual versus Elk Point-Jefferson. In addition to the high school roster, the Panther youth wrestling club also joined in on some competition versus the younger Huskies.

An intense week was on-hand for the Panther girls team which made for exciting basketball. It began with Cameryn Sommervold making a hook shot from the lane to take the score to 2-3 against Vermillion on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The Panthers were in Tanager territory for a tough regional match-up.

Close to 300 young wrestlers met at Dakota Valley on Saturday, February 15, 2025 for the annual youth tournament hosted by the Panther Wrestling Club. There were approximately 30 DV wrestlers who hit the mats in hopes of securing a 1st place chain. Medals were also awarded to wrestlers who placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in their brackets.

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Many Huskies flooded Dakota Valley on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 for the wrestling team’s high school dual. It was the last regular season meet for Elk Point-Jefferson and they brought along their youth club program so plenty of grapplers saw mat time.

The Watchdogs of Beresford came to town on Friday, February 14, 2025 for a boys home basketball contest with the Huskies. It was a game where Elk Point-Jefferson took care of the ball on offense and played good defense throughout each quarter to get the win. The final score was 56-46 with the Huskies on top.

The Huskies continued to play strong basketball as the girls varsity team took on a dynamic Nebraska team from Crofton on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. Crofton was the Nebraska C2 state runner-up for the 2023/24 season.