Girls AA District Championships

Let's take a closer look at the four district championships that happen Thursday, Feb 28th. The winners will get their ticket to the state tournament next week in Rapid City.

District 1 

#1 SF Roosevelt (15-5) hosting #2 SF O'Gorman (13-8)

Season Review: Riders 2-0

December 13th:  Roosevelt 39 @ SF O'Gorman 37
January 18th: O'Gorman 34 @ SF Roosevelt 54

Matchup to watch: 6'3 Tagyn Larson (Riders) vs 6'2 Jessica Mieras (O'Gorman)

Riders wins if: they play solid defense and knock down some shots from the outside

OG wins if: They execute in the half court and rebound the basketball
 

District 2  

# 1 SF Washington (19-2) hosting #2 SF Lincoln  (13-7)

Season Review : 1-1

December 20th SF Lincoln 33 @ SF Washington 51
January 22nd SF Washington 39 SF Lincoln 44

Matchup to watch: 6'1 Emma Hanson (Warriors) vs 6'0 Cera Ledbetter (Patriots)

Washington wins if: They get out in transition and rebound the basketball.

Lincoln wins if: They knock down shots from the perimeter and keep the Warriors off the freethow line.

District 3 

 #1 Aberdeen Central (19-1) hosting #2 Mitchell (19-2)

Season Review: 1-1

January 5th Mitchell 55 @ Aberdeen Central 63
February 8th Aberdeen Central 35 @ Mitchell 57

Matchup to watch: 5'7 Brynn Flakus (Aberdeen Central) vs 6'0 Macy Miller (Kernels)

Mitchell wins if: They get out in transition and score easy baskets.

Aberdeen wins if: They get the crowd into the game early by getting off to a good start. They also take care of the basketball by cutting down on turnovers.

Mitchell wins if: They play solid defense and rebound the basketball.

District 4 

#1 RC Central (13-7) hosting #3 Sturgis (8-12)

Season Review: RC Central 2-0

January 10th RC Central 56 @ Sturgis 54
February 12th Sturgis 47 @ RC Central 52

Matchup to watch: 6'1 Tori Holt (RC Central) vs 5'7 Lynsey Prosser (Sturgis)

Central wins if: They can take advantage of their size inside with 6'1 Holt and 6'3 post player Grace Weeks.

Sturgis wins if: They win the rebounding battle. The Scoopers won the rebounding battle 35-30 vs Stevens in the first round and will need to continue that if they have a shot to win the basketball game. 

State Tournament March 7th-9th Rushmore Plaza Civic Center

Girls AA District Tournament

It's playoff time! Time to see who goes to the 2012-13 State Tournament in Rapid City. Can Mitchell repeat? The last time it was done was the 2005-06 SF Roosevelt Rough Riders. Here is a look at the first round playoff pairings. Winners will meet on Thursday for the District Championship and the losers will also meet on Thursday to qualify for regions on Saturday. All games 7pm.


District 1

#1 SF Roosevelt (14-6) vs #4 Brookings (5-15)

Last Meeting

Feb 1st: Riders 56 Bobcats 49

#2 SF O'Gorman (12-8) vs #3 Watertown (6-14)

Last Meeting

Jan 26th: OG 41 Watertown 38


District 2

#1 SF Washington (18-2) vs #4 Brandon Valley (4-16)

Last Meeting

Dec 21st: Washington 60 BV 20

#2 SF Lincoln (12-7) vs #3 Yanton (4-14)

Last Meeting

Jan 12th: Lincoln 50 Yankton 39

District 3

#1 Aberdeen Central (18-1) vs #4 Huron (4-16)

Last Meetings
Jan 8th: Aberdeen 56 Huron 45
Jan 29th Aberdeen 65 Huron 49

#2 Mitchell (18-2) vs #3 Pierre (10-10)

Last Meetings
Jan 15th: Mitchell 65 Pierre 27
Jan 29th: Mitchell 61 Pierre 32


District 4

#1 RC Central (12-7) vs #4 Douglas (8-12)

Last Meeting:
Dec 18th: Central 76 Douglas 23

#2 RC Stevens (7-13) vs #3 Sturgis (7-13)

Last Meetings:
Jan 11th: Stevens 54 Sturgis 45
Feb 21st Stevens 44 Sturgis 39

Looking forward to the tournament! Catch all the action with Brad Peterson on espn 99.1 and espn991.com

Who's back on top this week?

We have one week to go in the girls AA regular season before districts start next Monday night February 25th, 2013. The Mitchell Kernels come into the week as the hottest team winning their 12th in a row on Saturday, Feb 16th. Kerri Young had 25 points and Macy Miller had 23 for the SDSU recruits but it was also Kristen Sabers 17 points that helped them to the victory 80-52 over the Huron Tigers.

Aberdeen Central bounced back in a big way this week after their loss to Mitchell by beating SF Roosevelt 62-54 on the road and beating BV at home behind 21 pts and 9 rebounds from Sami Knecht 66-37.

SF Washington was coming off a sweep of the Rapid City schools and looking forward to playing city rivals SF Roosevelt on Friday. The Riders jump out to an 8 point lead after the 1st quarter and hung on to win 70-63. Lauren Kunz had 17pts for the Riders. The Riders travel to SF Lincoln on Tuesday before closing out the regular season at home on Thursday hosting Marshall, Mn. The Warriors also travel to cross town rival SF O'Gorman to end the regular season.


District Standings as of 2/17/13

District 1

SF Roosevelt  14-4
SF OGorman  12-7
Watertown      5-13
Brookings       3-15


District 2

SF Washington  17-2
SF Lincoln         11-7
Yankton             4-13
BV                    4-15

District 3

Aberdeen Central 17-1
Mitchell                17-2
Pierre                   10-9
Huron                   4-15

District 4

RC Central  11-7
RC Stevens  6-12
Sturgis         7-12
Douglas        8-12

If the state tournament started today this would be the first round match-ups based on power points and head to head match-ups:

# 1 Aberdeen Central (47.22) vs #8 Pierre (26.32)
#2 SF Washington (44.74) vs #7 RC Central (29.41)
#3 Mitchell (44.44) vs #6 SF Lincoln (29.41)
#4 SF Roosevelt (40.63) vs #5 SF O'Gorman (31.57)

Week Ahead

2/19/13

SF Roosevelt (14-4) @ SF Lincoln (11-7) 7:30 pm (ESPN 99.1 with Brad Peterson)
SF Washington (17-2) @ SF O'Gorman (12-7) 7:30pm
Huron @ Watertown 7:30pm
Brandon Valley @ Brookings 7:30pm
Mitchell @ Yankton 7:30pm
Aberdeen Central @ Pierre 7:30pm
RC Stevens @ RC Central 7:30pm (6:30pm mt)

District 6A 

#1 SF Christian vs #4 Garretson 
#2 Baltic vs #3 Dell Rapids

2/21/13
Marshall, Mn @ SF Roosevelt

District 6A Championship

Les Schroeder
ESPN 99.1 FM

 

No more undefeated teams

With only two weeks to go in the regular season for AA girls the last undefeated team (Aberdeen Central) lost on the road to the Mitchell Kernels on Friday night. (2/8/13) Kerri Young and Macy Miller lead the way again for the Kernels like they have all season. Young had 24 points and Miller had 20 points for the SDSU recruits. Mitchell hasn't lost since back to back losses to Washington and Aberdeen at the beginning of January. The Kernels have SF Lincoln, Huron and Yankton to close out the regular season.

The Washington Warriors (17-1) are coming off a sweep of the Rapid City schools this past weekend and look poised to make another run. Syd Koel had 17 points in their win on Friday night vs RC Stevens. They close out the regular season with road games at SF Roosevelt and SF OGorman.

SF Roosevelt sits in first place in district 1 with 13 wins. They last played on Feb 1st at Brookings and have a tough schedule to finish out the regular season. Three of their next four games will be at home with a road game at SF Lincoln. They host Aberdeen Central on Tuesday, (2/12/13) and SF Washington on Friday, (2/15/13)

Here are the District standings as of 2/10/13

District 1

SF Roosevelt  13-3
SF OGorman  11-7
Watertown      4-13
Brookings       2-15

District 2

SF Washington 17-1
SF Lincoln       11-5
Yankton            4-11
Brandon Valley  4-14

District 3

Aberdeen Central 15-1
Mitchell                 14-2
Pierre                      9-8
Huron                    4-14

District 4

RC Central    9-7
RC Stevens   6-12
Sturgis          6-11
Douglas       7-11

 I also had some fun if the season were to end today as some of the possible match-ups at the state tournament in Rapid City.

#1 SF Washington (47.22) power points vs #8 Pierre (26.47)
#2 Aberdeen Central (46.88) vs #7 RC Central (28.13)
#3 Mitchell (43.33) vs #6 O'Gorman (29.41)
#4 SF Roosevelt (42.86) vs #5 SF Lincoln (34.38)

Some games of interest this week:

2/12/13

Aberdeen Central (15-1) @ SF Roosevelt (13-3)

2/14/13

SF Christian (12-7) @ Beresford (14-5)

2/15/13

SF Washington (17-1) @ SF Roosevelt (13-3)
SF Lincoln (11-5) @ Mitchell (14-2)

2/16/13

SF Lincoln (11-5) @ SF O'Gorman (11-7)