The Bishop Heelan girls basketball team made it to the Iowa State basketball tournament in Des Moines, IA for Class 4A. Thye qualified for state by being the Region 3 champion. The Crusaders defeated Lewis Central, from Council Bluffs, in the 1st round of state by a score of 70-40. They fell 3741 to Waverly-Shell Rock in the next round.

Esports has taken the state of South Dakota by storm and leading the charge is Dakota Valley with a program that sees many Panthers making an appearance in the postseason. Fenworks, a North Dakota based company that specializes in Esports and drone racing programs, will host the 2024 South Dakota Esports State Tournament. The event is to be held at Club 71, Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium at South Dakota State University in Brookings on March 22-23.

Much success was observed by the Panther wrestlers at state on Feb. 22, 23 and 24 in Sioux Falls. Dakota Valley represented their school and the wrestling program well in front of large crowds at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

Four Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies traveled up I-29 to Sioux Falls to participate in the 2023-24 State Wrestling Tournament Feb. 22-24.

It was a long road trip on President’s Day for the Panther boys basketball team as they traveled to Groton despite no school being in session on Monday, Feb. 19th. It was a tight 1st half with the score tied at 29 after the 2nd quarter. However, Groton pulled away on their home court and DV took the loss 54-71.

It was the last regular season game for the Elk Point-Jefferson boys and they dominated the court against West Central. The Huskies won the game 71 to 56 with five players hitting double-digit scores.

The Huskies went into the first round of region play on Feb. 20 with the jitters.

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Twenty-eight wins and four losses of regular season play secured not only the League Champion Title for the Sioux City Metros, but a spot in the National Tournament held in Pennsylvania March 20-24. First the Metros set their sites on defending the title of State Tournament Champions earned in the 22-23 tournament. As number one seed, the Varsity team will join seven other teams from the MHSHL (Midwest High School Hockey League) at the West Des Moines MidAmerican Company RecPlex the weekend of March 1. The league features teams from Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

The first game of Class A regional play for the Panther girls basketball team was at Lennox on Tuesday, Feb. 20. It was a barn burner contest with Dakota Valley as the underdog at the #5 seed in Region 4. Lennox hosted and was seeded 4th.