Sports

Snow Puts Early Schedule In Jeopardy

Five Britton youth wrestlers placed at the state meet held in Aberdeen last weekend.

Britton played host to 84 youth from across South Dakota and Minnesota for the 14th annual South Dakota American Legion BB Gun Tournament on Saturday.

Stephanie Symens has always been a sports nut, and she loves kids, so becoming the athletic director at Britton-Hecla was kind of a natural for her.

Sidelined By ACL Injury

Ten Britton youth wrestlers finished among the top three in regional competition last weekend to advance to the state meet set for Aberdeen on March 24-26.

The Langford Area boys basketball team took a big body blow in the opening period, hung tough with a strong Northwestern ballclub in the second quarter, but then was overpowered in the second half as the Wildcats posted a 78-38 win in a Region 1B quarterfinal game last week Tuesday.

Top-seeded Aberdeen Christian jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 5517 win over Britton-Hecla in Region 1B boys’ basketball tournament action last week Tuesday at the Aberdeen Civic Arena.

The Britton-Hecla boys basketball squad earned a postseason victory on Monday, ousting Wilmot 44-32 in the Region 1B play-in game on its home floor.

Hitchcock-Tulare rallied from a four-point deficit after three quarters to end Britton-Hecla’s season 41-40 in quarterfinal play of the Region 1B girls basketball tournament on Saturday.

Played 1B Opener Tuesday

Fall To Warner In Region 1B Quarterfinal