WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9:
    No Events Scheduled

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10:
Men’s Basketball: Oakland @ South Dakota State (Live on Ranch AM910 @ 6:30)

Women’s Basketball: South Dakota State @ Oakland (Live on B93.7 @ 5:00)

Boys’ Basketball: Huron @ Pierre
   Deuel @ Webster
   Marty @ FIS
   DeSmet @ Wolsey-Wessington
   Wilmot @ Great Plains Lutheran
   Baltic @ Chester

Girls’ Basketball: Watertown @ Yankton
   Brandon Valley @ Sioux Falls Roosevelt
   Pierre @ Huron
   Clark/Willow Lake @ Sisseton
   Elkton-Lake Benton @ Deubrook
   Webster @ Deuel
   Sioux Valley @ McCook Central/Montrose
   Flandreau @ Madison
   Marty @ FIS
   Arlington @ Dells St. Mary’s
   Oldham-Ramona/Rutland @ Estelline
   Colman-Egan @ Lake Preston
   Baltic @ Chester
   Howard @ Canistota
   Big Sioux Conference Tournament @ Beresford

Wrestling:  Brookings @ Aberdeen Central
Clark/Willow Lake Triangular
   Deuel, Britton-Hecla @ Redfield-Doland
   Garretson, Alcester-Hudson, Beresford @ Lennox

BHS GBB…Top-ranked Sioux Falls Washington broke away in the second quarter and went on to a 50-29 win over Brookings Tuesday night in non-conference girls’ basketball.
   Michaela Mayer led the 9-0 Warriors with ten points.  Sydney Arrington added nine and Ellie Benson eight points.  Amelia Miller led Brookings with ten points, with Emily Johnson chipping in six.
   Bobcat head coach Lynn Frederick was ecstatic with some of his team’s play.  97629   :27   “that’s their strength”.
   Brookings had 17 turnovers – Frederick says some of those were unforced.  97630   :24   “come into play”.
   Brookings hosts Aberdeen Central Friday night.
   The freshman team lost to Washington by four – the Warrior sophomores scored the first 11 points of the game and won by over 20.

TUESDAY BB SCORES…
Boys Basketball
Castlewood 72, Colman-Egan 37
Centerville 53, Chester 40
Clark/Willow Lake 60, Deubrook 45
DeSmet 51, Howard 43
Deuel 62, Arlington 59
Grant-Deuel 55, Florence/Henry 49
Milbank 55, Groton Area 42
Mitchell 46, Brandon Valley 44
Rosholt 59, Waverly-South Shore 36
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 60, Kimball/White Lake 53
Sioux Falls Christian 50, Dell Rapids 38
Sioux Falls Washington 42, Sioux Falls O'Gorman 35
Sioux Valley 66, Hamlin 50
Tea Area 56, Tri-Valley 47
Watertown 56, Yankton 41
Wolsey-Wessington 35, Iroquois 28
Girls Basketball
Aberdeen Central 56, Huron 45
Clark/Willow Lake 54, Deubrook 38
DeSmet 75, Howard 41
Flandreau 34, Garretson 31
Florence/Henry 60, Grant-Deuel 28
Hanson 46, McCook Central/Montrose 40
Madison 49, Vermillion 41
Mitchell 84, Brandon Valley 33
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 47, Sioux Falls Lincoln 45
Sioux Valley 61, Hamlin 45
Sisseton 66, Northwestern 42
Wilmot 57, Great Plains Lutheran 32
Wolsey-Wessington 35, Iroquois 28

TUESDAY WR SCORES…
Beresford Quadrangular
Beresford 51, Elk Point-Jefferson 21
Beresford 55, Tri-Valley 21
Beresford 70, Tea Area 9
Elk Point-Jefferson 49, Tea Area 27
Tri-Valley 42, Elk Point-Jefferson 27
Tri-Valley 50, Tea Area 30
Sunshine Bible Academy Triangular
Redfield/Doland JV 48, Sunshine Bible Academy 36
Warner/Northwestern 45, Redfield/Doland JV 36
Warner/Northwestern 48, Sunshine Bible Academy 34

RANGERS RECAP… The Brookings Ranger Bantam A Team took their undefeated record on the road to compete in the I-94 Classic in Sauk Centre, Minnesota this past weekend. The Rangers would go on to win all three games and come home with the championship.  They defeated Spring Lake Park 11-1…defeated Chisholm 5-1…and got by Grand Forks 5-4.
   The Brookings Rangers Bantam B team traveled to Owatonna for the Owatonna Bantam C Tournament.  Brookings lost to White Bear Lake 6-3…fell to Moundsview 3-2…but came back to defeat Woodbury 6-3.
   The Pee Wee 1 team was 0-4 this past weekend hosting exhibition games at Larson Ice Center. Friday night, Brookings fell 7-3 to the Rushmore Thunder…Sioux Center got by Brookings 3-1…Pierre defeated Brookings 11-9…and the Rushmores came back for a 8-3 win.
   The Pee Wee 2 team beat Watertown 5-3 and 8-0, then scored a 4-3 win over Sioux Falls in a pick-up game.
   The Squirt 2 team split a double-header against the Sioux Falls Flyers losing 9-3 in the first game and winning 6-2 in the second.
   The Girls U12 team lost to Lake of the Woods 11-0…fell to South Winnipeg 1-0…defeated Watertown 4-0 and lost to Southdale 4-0.  All the games were in a tournament at Fargo.

ABERDEEN HOCKEY… The Aberdeen Hockey Association has made some changes in its boys’ varsity program.
   Steve Salwei is still coach-in-chief within the organization, but is no longer the head coach of the boys’ team. Assistant Jon Murdy has been promoted to head coach.
   The Aberdeen Hockey Association and the varsity coaching staff mutually decided that the program needed to move in a different direction. The promotion of Murdy to head coach was made effective on Jan. 3.

NSIC TOURNEYS… The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference will hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at a new Sioux Falls complex beginning in 2014.
   Commissioner Butch Raymond announced a three-year agreement to move the NSIC/Sanford Health Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments to the Pentagon by Sanford Health.

NSSA AWARDS… Cousins Tyler Merriam of Brookings and Roger Merriam of Watertown have been honored by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
   Tyler is the South Dakota sportscaster of the year and Roger is the state sportswriter of the year. Tyler is coordinator of broadcast services at South Dakota State University and the voice of the Jackrabbits and Roger is the sports editor of the Watertown Public Opinion.