It is certainly the time of year for sports’ fans. And I believe that true baseball fans really enjoy major league baseball as well. But we should mention that there is year-around NBA basketball with the women’s version during the summer and the... Full story

DEG saved this from last week after his column was X’d when it turned out the Council candidates were too long. So a few post-Easter thoughts. There is nothing tastier than leftovers, especially when they are ham dinners. Think of the many d...

The long month of March is quickly coming to a close, as it always seems to. And along with that the Easter weekend is this week! So Happy Easter everybody! Be kind to the Easter Bunny and leave him (or her) some eggs or even candy. But before that...

Ipswich attended an indoor track and field meet called the Fuller Invite on Monday, March 18 in Aberdeen. Two of the individual highlights for the boys were Kyle Hettich's 55-Meter Dash win in 6.65 and Rasmus Loken's capture of the 55-Meter Hurdles i...

The state's Class B boys basketball tournament certainly lived up to its pre-tourney hype and then some. The tournament concluded with a narrow championship win in overtime by Howard thus preventing DeSmet from obtaining its fourth straight title....

Tornadoes rolled through Rapid City last weekend. Fortunately they weren't real tornadoes, but they were a girls basketball team playing in the State B there. That's right the Centerville Tornadoes would cap their amazing weekend with an impressively...

Big surprise here, but the return of Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner. And I'm still getting used to the current time! I would imagine that would also be true for many of our readers if we took a poll. But it is between late winter...

North Central's boys basketball team was upended 51-31 by McLaughlin last Tuesday in Region 6A action. McLaughlin would jump ahead 10-8 in the opening quarter and then led 20-16 at the half. They would fuel their win with a 10-5 third-quarter edge...

There was a really great Aberdeen Concert performance in the Johnson Fine Arts Center in Aberdeen last Thursday. It was three young ladies from the Los Angeles area, singing the popular hits from the ‘50s and ‘60s. The acoustics are amazing in tha...

The North Central varsity boys played Great Plains Lutheran in Aberdeen on Monday, Feb. 19 and the results would be a 51-29 defeat for the Thunder. North Central would actually lead 10-6 in the first quarter. But GPL would forge ahead 24-19 at...

The North Central Thunder were stopped by McLaughlin 60-27 in a Region 6A encounter last Tuesday, Feb. 20 in Miller. The Thunder were only down 5-3 at the first quarter break but would then fall behind 24-9 at halftime. And they would trail 49-23...

We are quickly transitioning into post-season local sports events starting with Kadyn Weisser and Sophia Knittel going to the State B in wrestling for Ipswich-Bowdle. So good luck! Some other regional results were not available in time for this...

The Ipswich girls varsity basketball team was defeated 38-25 during a visit to Highmore-Harrold last Tuesday, Feb. 13. This confrontation evolved into somewhat of a defensive struggle with the hosts leading at respective quarter break 7-2, 22-14 and...

Playing without an injured Trevor Heinz at the Warner Classic Saturday, Feb. 17, the Ipswich boys basketball team still managed to put up a good fight in a 69-42 loss to Aberdeen Roncalli. But the Tigers would trail at each quarter break, 18-9,...

The Thunder basketball program had a fruitful excursion to Sunshine Bible last Friday. And that's because the NC girls won 45-29 and the boys came home with a 50-31 victory. How did the girls accomplish all that? Well, it's because for one thing...

The North Central Thunder girls basketball team met up with Great Plains Lutheran on Tuesday, Feb. 13 in Aberdeen and would sustain 56-35 defeat from the powerful Watertown-based team. The GPL contingent had got off to an impressive 10-4...

North Central met Leola/Frederick in a key Lake Region Conference girls varsity basketball match on Thursday, February 15 and the Thunder sustained a 60-30 setback in Leola. But the Thunder only trailed 13-9 after a quarter and were still very much i...

Aren't overtimes exciting? Just ask the Super Bowl fans. Although I should admit that this OT was just a little past my usual bedtime. Maybe one too many commercials, that's for sure! But there can be overtimes or the equivalent of an OT in just...

Ipswich journeyed to Wilmot last Thursday for a non-conference girls varsity high school basketball clash. But the hosts would end up with a 58-42 victory. That was mostly due to Addison Heinje's school record 50 points that included her 25 appearanc...