Basketball - SDPB South Dakota Championship Coverage

O’Gorman’s girls’ basketball team is celebrating a state championship this week. This past Saturday in Rapid City, the Lady Knights defeated Rapid City Stevens 48-39 to win the ‘AA’ title. But for O’Gorman sophomore point guard Mahli Abdouch, the journey of winning a state championship this year is so much more than what happened on the court.

This 2012 documentary celebrates a century of state Championships in South Dakota. Using photos and footage combined with contemporary interviews, this one-hour documentary tells the story of the cultural phenomenon that is the South Dakota State High School Boys Basketball Tournaments.

The eighth-seeded Viborg-Hurley Cougars defeated second-seeded De Smet 58-53 Saturday night at the Watertown Civic Arena to claim its first co-op State Girls Basketball Championship.

For the first time since 2018, St. Thomas More can call themselves state basketball champions. The Cavaliers defeated Wagner 52-30 on Saturday night at Frost Arena in Brookings to win the 'A' girls title.

Day two of the girls state basketball championships took place on Friday March 11th with semifinal and consolation round action.

Lakota Tech and Red Cloud, who despite being separated by eight miles, traveled to the east side of the state to play in the state tournament. On Friday, they played against each other.

The 2022 SDHSAA state girls basketball championships tipped off in South Dakota on Thursday March 10th with Rapid City (AA), Brookings (A), and Watertown (B) hosting events.

The eighth-seeded Viborg-Hurley Cougars brought in a group of eighth grade boys from their school district to help them prepare for the taller Aberdeen Roncalli Cavaliers, the top-seed in the Class B Girl’s Basketball Tournament, and it paid off.

The 2022 SDHSAA State Girls Basketball Championships tipped off on Thursday March 10th in South Dakota.

Red Cloud is at the 'A' state girls basketball tournament this year, but it's the journey that is what most of these girls will remember.