The high school basketball tournaments were memorable this year. On the girls side, O'Gorman completed the perfect season, Vermillion won their first state title since 2007, and Centerville hoisted the championship trophy for the first time.
On the boys side, Mitchell won in AA for the first time in 19-years, Hamlin celebrated for the first time since 1983, and Howard won the title for the first time in six decades.
But awards like the Spirit of Su and Spirit of Six are staples of the state basketball tournaments in South Dakota each year. Here are all of this year's Spirit of Su and Spirit of Six winners, along with the all-tournament teams from each class.
Class AA Girls
Spirit of Su: Mitchell’s Sawyer Stoebner
Spirit of Six: Rapid City Stevens
Class A Girls
Spirit of Su: Mount Vernon/Plankinton’s Emilee Fox
Spirit of Six: Hanson
Class B Girls
Spirit of Su: Ethan’s Ava Lingemann
Spirit of Six: Lyman
State AA Girls All-Tourney Team
(Sioux Falls O’Gorman- Lucy Moore, Mahli Abdouch, Brandon Valley - Madison Geiver, Alyvia Padgett, Rapid City Stevens - Taaliyah Porter, Mitchell - Sawyer Stoebner, Pierre - Reese Terwilliger, Lennix DuPris, Harrisburg - Jaylee Hofer, Abigail Flanagan, Sioux Falls Jefferson - Jaidyn Dunn, Brinley Altenburg)
State A Girls All-Tourney Team
(Vermillion - Taylor Reuvers, Chandler Cleveland, Tea Area - Katie Vasecka, Mara Grant, Sisseton - Krista Langager, Chloe Langager, Sioux Falls Christian - Avery Reitz, Flandreau - Lily Klein, Lizzie Pavlis, Maȟpíya Lúta - Ashlan Blount, Mount Vernon/Plankinton - Emilee Fox, Reagan Rus)
State B Girls All-Tourney Team
(Centerville - Althea Gust, Emma Marshall, Arlington - Jaelyn Huntimer, Harley Johnson, James Valley Christian - Kaylie Robinson, Harding County - Bailey Verhulst, Wall- Paige Kjerstad, Nora Dinger, Lyman- Skyler Volmer, Mak Scott, Ethan- Ava Lingemann, Rachel Klock)
Class AA Boys
Spirit of Su: Harrisburg’s Jacoby Mehrman
Spirit of Six: Harrisburg
Class A Boys
Spirit of Su: Groton Area’s Lane Tietz
Spirit of Six: Groton Area
Class B Boys
Spirit of Su: White River’s Nic Marshall
Spirit of Six: Howard
State AA Boys All-tourney Team
(Landon Dulaney, Brandon Valley, Josh Olthoff, Brandon Valley, Jacoby Mehrman, Harrisburg, Maddox Plack, Harrisburg, Blake Ellwein, Huron, Mason Payne, Sioux Falls Jefferson, Dawson Sechser, Sioux Falls Jefferson, Tommy Hoffman, Sioux Falls Washington, Colton Smith, Mitchell, Gavin Soukup, Mitchell, Markus Talley, Mitchell, Dylon Rawdon, Watertown)
State A Boys All-tourney Team
(Simon Kieffer, Rapid City Christian, Benson Kieffer, Rapid City Christian, Alec Squires, Sioux Valley, Luke Bruns, Dakota Valley, Jaxson Wingert, Dakota Valley, Marvin Richard III, Pine Ridge, Griffen Goodbary, Sioux Falls Christian, Brant Wassenaar, Sioux Falls Christian, Lane Tietz, Groton Area, Easton Neuendorf, Hamlin, Evan Stormo, Hamlin, Tyson Stevenson, Hamlin)
State B Boys All-tourney Team
(Nick Hanson, Viborg-Hurley, Nicolas Marshall, White River, Jordan Uhlir, White River, Luke Kopesell, Howard, Kolt Koepsell, Howard, Parker Graff, Wessington Springs, Cruz Klundt, Gregory, Kadyn Fast, De Smet, George Jensen, De Smet, Brayden Sumption, Leola/Frederick Area, Jamison Keszler, Castlewood, Bryon Laue, Castlewood)
