Harrisburg Tigers

In what has become one of the most impressive runs in high school volleyball history for South Dakota, Harrisburg’s rein continues. The Tigers defeated O’Gorman 3-0 in Saturday’s championship match to win their fourth straight ‘AA’ title.

At the high school volleyball tournaments this week, you’ll see plenty of sisters playing along side each other on the court. But the sister’s connection also extends to the benches when you look at Ronette (Metz) Costain of Harrisburg and Stacey (Metz) Knebel of Wagner. Both are head coaches with their teams at state, but for different schools.

For the past four seasons, one thing has remained consistent – Harrisburg winning a state girls soccer championship. The Tigers defeated O’Gorman 3-1 on Saturday night from Sioux Park Stadium in Rapid City.

For the first time in a little more than decade, there’s a new champion in ‘AA’ boys tennis, and that team is the Harrisburg Tigers.

Over $600,000 has been designated for South Dakota schools for career and technical education investments.

Two team scoring records were broken at the state gymnastics meet in Watertown this past weekend. Estelline/Hendricks broke the mark in Class A, while Harrisburg, who also won their first ever state gymnastics team title, broke the record in Class AA.

Harrisburg defeated Rapid City Stevens 5-0 on Saturday afternoon in Yankton for the ‘AA’ girls state soccer championship. This is the third straight year the Tigers have won it.

Harrisburg's Beau Karst is the top boys pole vaulter in South Dakota prep history. Karst reached a height of 16'4" at the 2024 state meet, breaking his state record (16'3").

The state boys high school pole vault record has been broken. On Monday at a meet in Brandon, Beau Karst of Harrisburg achieved a jump of 16’3” to take over the top spot. The previous mark of 16’1.5” was set by Wagner’s Jaden Peters in 2021.

Who wins the Crossbar Challenge between Sioux Falls Lincoln and Harrisburg?