Milbank, South Dakota is the birthplace of one of America's favorite pastimes, American Legion Baseball.

The state of South Dakota lost a good one last month with the passing of Denis ‘Deny’ Lather. Not only was he quick-witted, funny, and extremely sociable, but his knowledge of sports in the state and his passion for coaching – it’s obvious there can only ever be one Deny Lather.

Attorney General Marty Jackley said a court is ruling in the state’s favor over the location of a lawsuit involving a challenge against the NCAA.

Relive the best dunks from the 2025 South Dakota Boys Basketball Tournaments

Mitch Reed, the superintendent at Florence, was doing radio play-by-play for the Castlewood games on New Country KS93. His color commentator for Thursday and Saturday was Taven Sumner, a fourth grader from Florence. Not only is Taven (probably) the youngest broadcaster to ever call a state championship game, but he’s also blind.

For most people, a 12-hour span in the day looks like this – they wake up, eat breakfast, go to work, eat dinner and then prepare for bed.For Augustana University’s Bryn Greenwaldt, that’s enough time to become a Division 2 First-Team All-American in two completely different sports.

Sioux Falls Christian gets their revenge against Hamlin in a rematch of the 2024 Class A Boys Basketball State Championships. The Chargers came out on top this time around, 61-51.

The 2025 SDHSAA state boys basketball tournaments wrapped up from Rapid City (AA), Sioux Falls (A), and Aberdeen (B) on Saturday. Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Christian, and Castlewood won state championships.

For the first time since 2001, Castlewood has won a state boys basketball championship. The Warriors defeated Viborg-Hurley 52-31on Saturday night in Aberdeen to claim the title.

There are more than 180 high schools in South Dakota. We asked the Mitchel Kernel student section at the Class AA Tournament if they could name some of those high schools and their mascots.