Sports

The Britton-Hecla junior high track squad competed in a pair of recent meets at Milbank and Britton.

After a couple of delays due to Mother Nature, the Britton-Hecla golf squad was able to tee off its’ spring season at Leola in gusty conditions on Monday.

At Groton Tuesday

Team competition in Humbolt County proved favorable for the Marshall County Sharpshooters. The tournament held Saturday at Tri-Valley High School was the last of the regular season competitions. Twenty-three kids made the trek south to shoot in a contest of 180 total shooters.

Langford Area’s thinclads hit the track for the second time this season at the Orville Pfitzer Relays in Britton on Monday, and LA coach Charles Hosford was pleased with the progress he saw from his squad.

The Marshall County region was well represented when winners were recently announced for the South Dakota Junior Duck Stamp Contest.

8-9-Year-Olds Claim Another Title

Trey Biel

Britton-Hecla basketball cheerleaders this past season were in front left to right Maddie Biel

The South Dakota State University women’s basketball team has established one of the top programs in the country, winning 21 straight games this season before falling in the first round of the NCAA tournament, and a Langford Area graduate played a role in this year’s success.

The weather outside may have been wintry, but the MarshallCountySharpshooters brought hot competition with them to Madison Saturday for the season’s third in-person tournament.