The Huskies have been playing great ball this spring with many exciting games happening to close out April and start the month of May. A close battle ensued on Friday, April 25, 2025 when Elk Point-Jefferson hosted Freeman/ Canistota/Marion (FCM).

It was a gorgeous night in North Sioux City for the Huskies as they competed in track and field at the Dakota Valley Invite on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. A lot of medals came home with EPJ as multiple individuals and relay teams secured high finishes.

It was a windy day of golf for the Elk Point-Jefferson girls roster on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the Dakota Valley Invite. The golf meet took place at Two Rivers Golf Course, in Dakota Dunes, which is the home course for the DV Panthers. The competition involved play of 18 holes and in addition to EPJ and DV also included schools from: Vermillion, Madison, West Central, Tea, Canton and Lennox.

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.

An away game, at Parkston, marked Elk Point-Jefferson’s 1st spring baseball game of the season. The Trojans of Parkston had hot bats early versus the Huskies. This ultimately had EPJ falling 1-6 after 7 innings of play.

Opening week of South Dakota high school softball had the Huskies very busy. They played multiple games and garnered some great wins. Elk Point-Jefferson’s 1st softball contest of the season was in Vermillion on Monday, March 31, 2025.

Elk Point-Jefferson youth wrestlers descended on West River on March 28-30, 2025. Ten Husky grapplers hit the mats for the 2025 state tournament in Rapid City. The event took place in Summit Arena at The Monument. There were thousands of wrestlers from across the state in attendance and it was noted to be the largest SD state youth tournament to date.

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.

The Panther wrestling club sent several youth grapplers to Rapid City, on March 28-30, 2025, for the South Dakota state tournament. Epic matches were observed as all of Dakota Valley represented well on the mats of Summit Arena at The Monument.

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.