WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22:

BHS BBB…Brookings virtually locked up second-seed, and home court advantage, to open next week’s District 1AA boys’ basketball tournament, with a 53-48 win over Sioux Falls Roosevelt Tuesday night.
    Alex Irvine had 14 points and seven boards to lead the Bobcats.  Tanner Odegaard added 14 points and Conner Doherty 13 points and eight boards.  Irvine says the Bobcats were angry after last week’s losses to Brandon Valley and Sioux Falls Lincoln:
97621   :15   “it worked out”.
    Tyler Howard had 13 points, and Lucas Wilber eight rebounds for Roosevelt.  Brookings coach Travis Engebretson says the key stretch was Doherty’s six-point run early in the third that pulled the Bobcats into a 30-all tie.  97622   :28   “anywhere in March”.
    Brookings hosts Pierre Thursday – the Governors are without the injured Zach Hanson, but Engebretson says it’ll still be a tough game.  97623   :24   “on Thursday night”.
    Engebretson says a home game next week will be the first time in his 14 years in the program the Bobcats have hosted a district game.

TUESDAY BBB SCORES…
Brandon Valley 61, Watertown 48
Huron 54, Yankton 44
Mitchell 67, Aberdeen Central 54
Plankinton 62, Iroquois 36
Sioux Falls Washington 54, Sioux Falls O'Gorman 51

BHS GBB…Brookings overcame a double-digit deficit in the third quarter to take the lead into the fourth, but Kaitlyn Severyn led a Pierre rally that resulted in a 36-31 Lady Govs win over the Bobcats Tuesday night in the regular season closer.
    Severyn led Pierre with nine points, 12 rebounds and three steals.  Molly Tschetter also scored nine.
    Emily Johnson led Brookings with 11 points.  Lauren Coughlin scored nine and Katelynn Runge eight points and five rebounds.
    Brookings will open District 1AA play Monday night at Sioux Falls Roosevelt.

TUESDAY GBB SCORES…
Mitchell 67, Aberdeen Central 40
Rapid City Stevens 47, Rapid City Central 46
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 47, Sioux Falls Washington 43
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 52, Sioux Falls Lincoln 51
Yankton 66, Huron 48

District 1A
     Britton-Hecla 45, Groton Area 36
District 2A
     Milbank 62, Tiospa Zina Tribal 56
     Sisseton 65, Webster 35
District 3A
     Redfield/Doland 40, Florence/Henry 30
District 4A
     Deubrook 42, Hamlin 32
     Deuel 31, Sioux Valley 29
District 5A
     Elkton-Lake Benton 74, Madison 54
     Flandreau 68, Flandreau Indian 53
District 6A
     Baltic 59, Garretson 28
     Sioux Falls Christian 44, Dell Rapids 40
District 7A
     Lennox 61, Canton 53
     Harrisburg 54, Tea Area 42
District 8A
     Beresford 56, Dakota Valley 32
     Vermillion 56, Elk Point-Jefferson 31
District 10A
     Parkston 61, Bon Homme 50
     Wagner 68, Platte-Geddes 33
District 11A
     Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 66, McLaughlin 52
     Mobridge-Pollock 52, Stanley County 25
District 12A
     Crow Creek 68, Chamberlain 56
District 13A
     Todd County 77, St. Francis Indian 35
     Winner 38, Gregory 37
District 14A
     Bennett County 50, Little Wound 29

District 1B
     Summit 83, Rosholt 44
     Wilmot 46, Waverly-South Shore 37
District 2B
     Northwestern Area 45, Langford 22
     Warner 54, Hitchcock-Tulare 38
District 3B
     Arlington 66, Lake Preston 46
     DeSmet 81, Great Plains Lutheran 26
District 4B
     Howard 67, Colman-Egan 58, OT
District 5B
     Highmore-Harrold 58, Lower Brule 37
     Sully Buttes 53, Sunshine Bible Academy 21
District 6B
     Eureka/Bowdle 59, Gettysburg 45
     Herreid/Selby Area 46, Ipswich 23
District 7B
     Canistota 53, Freeman 46
     Parker 70, Bridgewater-Emery 42
District 8B
     Alcester-Hudson 88, Centerville 81
     Viborg/Hurley 62, Irene-Wakonda 43
District 9B
     James Valley Christian 64, Wessington Springs 51
District 10B
     Plankinton 58, Mt. Vernon 33
District 11B
     Hanson 45, Avon 42
District 13B
     Jones County 41, Lyman 34
     Kadoka Area 61, White River 41
District 14B
     Edgemont 37, New Underwood 29
     Wall 40, Rapid City Christian 33
District 16B
     Faith 65, Harding County 37
     Newell 51, Lemmon 47

NORTHERN AD… Joshua Moon will be the next Athletic Director at Northern State University. Moon will fill the position of Bob Olson, who retires in May.
     Moon, 32, comes to Northern State from Western Illinois University (Macomb, Ill.) where he serves as the senior associate director of athletics. The athletic department at Western Illinois hosts 20 Division I sports teams, 450 student athletes, 50 coaches and 30 administrative staff members and has an annual operating budget of $10.8 million. Moon has previously served as the assistant athletic director for compliance and sports administration at Central Michigan University.
    Moon has a Bachelor of Science in business administration and a Bachelor of Science in exercise and sport science from the University of Wisconsin (La Crosse, Wis.) in 2003. He graduated with a master of science in administration from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) in 2006.