Better weather was finally sticking around for high school track and Dakota Valley was taking advantage of Mother Nature’s generosity. Personal records, season best times and top marks were garnered by the Panthers in the 1st full week of May.

Freshman Katie Betsworth shot an outstanding round of golf to take 1st place, at the Dell Rapids Invite, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Betsworth secured a score of 77 to be just +5 over par. Her Dakota Valley teammates also had great games for the roster to finish high on the podium.

Dakota Valley took on the #1 West Central Trojans in softball on May 5, 2025 in a home game for the Panthers. With a nice crowd in the stands, DV came back in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs and 2 runners on base. Junior catcher Mia Riibe hit a walk-off homerun to give the Panthers the lead, and the victory, by a score of 6-4. It was an incredible night of competition and the 1st time that DV has beat top ranked WC since high school softball was sanctioned in South Dakota.

The DAK 12 conference tournament started off Dakota Valley’s week of softball on Monday, April 28, 2025. The Panthers were a #3 seed in the tourney and had games at the Sanford Diamond versus #9 Vermillion and #4 Madison.

A team finish of 4th plus strong individual play was the outcome for the Dakota Valley girls varsity golf roster on Monday, April 28, 2025 at their home meet. Two Rivers Golf Course, in Dakota Dunes, is the home course for the Panthers and was the host site for this invitational of 18 rounds. Other schools in attendance included: Elk Point-Jefferson, Vermillion, Madison, West Central, Tea, Canton and Lennox.

A beautiful night was finally in the books for Dakota Valley track and field as they hosted their home invite on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. A full crowd was on-hand to celebrate the Panther seniors as they competed at home for the very last time.

The Panther high school spring baseball team was certainly busy as April ended and May began. They played 5 ball games from April 25-May 4, 2025 against strong competition. Dakota Valley won 4 of the 5 contests to have strong momentum as they look to the home stretch of their regular season which ends in mid-May.

It was a come from behind win to kickstart Dakota Valley’s softball season on April 4, 2025. The Panthers were at Elk Point-Jefferson in an away contest. The weather was cold and damp, but the fans were loud.

The high school basketball season has concluded in South Dakota, however honors are still being announced. A few senior Panther boys picked up nods from the DAK XII. All-conference recognition for their great play throughout the 2024/25 season was awarded to: -2024/25 All-Conference 1st Team: Luke Bruns.

DV Results at MMU Indoor Meet 3/27/25 Boys 60m - Prelims: 5th Jackson Shoulders 7.29q; 15th Ethan Seaton 7.48, 35th Tate Bernard 7.68; 69th Gunner Montagne 7.94; 106th Preston Konopasek 8.17. Girls 60m - Prelims: 7th Emma Honner 8.43q, 134th Tommy Anderson 11.05. Boys 60m: 6th Jackson Shoulders 7.30. Girls 60m: 6th Emma Honner 8.40. Boys 60m Hurdles - Prelims: 16th Asher Pfeifer 9.78; 27th Matthew Bryan 10.58. Girls 60m Hurdles Prelims: 16th AddyWubbena 11.10; 58th Teagan Meyer 13.63. Boys 200m: 3rd Jackson Shoulders 23.85; 61st Eston Monical 26.43; 93rd Izaya Denzberger 27.29. Girls 200m: 3rd Emma Honner 27.59. Girls 400m: 16th Mia Riibe 1:08.02. Boys 800m: 4th Jamison Gould 2:13.68. Girls 800m: 8th Maylee Rose 2:47.64; 44th Annie Bourne 3:22.83. Boys 1600m: 1st Jack Brown 4:38.36; 50th Garrett Hanson 6:38.44. Girls 1600m: 1st Sophia Redler 5:23.33; 16th Jaycie Rush 6:15.81; 35th Annie Bourne 7:17.62. Boys 3200m: 3rd Cole Brown 10:59.25. Girls 3200m: 5th Jaycie Rush 13:53.71. Girls High Jump: 3rd Claire Munch 4-09.00/1.45m. Boys Long Jump: 17th Tate Bernard 1806.00/5.64m; 49th Cameron Colt 16-08.50/5.09m. Girls Long Jump: 6th Julia Bernard 15-02.00/4.62m; 7th Claire Munch 15-01.50/4.61m; 29th Alli Martindale 1306.50/4.13m; 67th Teagan Meyer 10-11.50/3.34m. Boys Shot Put: 9th Seth Reinhardt 44-07.00/13.59m; 29 Vincent Hoffman 40-01.00/12.22m; 38th Cooper Bernard 3803.00/11.66m. Boys Triple Jump: 11th Tate Bernard 37-00.25/11.28m. Girls Triple Jump: 1 Claire Munch 35-01.50/10.71m; 4th Julia Bernard 32-10.50/10.02m; 8th Alli Martindale 3102.50/9.51m RELAYS: 1st Girls 4x800m Relay (S. Redler, M. Riibe, M. Rose, A. McCullough) 10:12.34. 1st Boys Distance Medley (C. Brown, G. Nelson, J. Gould, J. Brown) 11:58.98. 1st Girls Distance Medley (A. McCullough, M. Riibe, M. Rose, S. Redler) 13:07.58.