Menno, SD

Menno saw its season come to an end in the opening round of the Region 4B Volleyball Tournament Monday night as the No. 10 Wolves fell to No. 7 Viborg-Hurley at Viborg. The Cougars won 25-12, 25-14, 25-22 and take a 16-12 record into tonight's second-round match against No. 1 Gayville-Volin. Menno finishes its season 3-26, with its only wins coming against Canistota and twice against Scotland.

Menno senior Ashlynn Fergen (8) and the Wolves will be back in action tonight, Monday, Nov. 2, as the Region 4B Volleyball Tournament gets underway. Menno (3-25) is the No. 10 seed in the 10-team region and will visit Viborg-Hurley (15-12), which goes into the match as the No. 7 seed. Action begins at 7 p.m. in Viborg. The other opening-round match scheduled for Monday is No. 8 Alcester-Hudson (6-17) against No. 9 Scotland (5-12).

Menno is the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 Viborg-Hurley when the Region 4B Volleyball Tournament opens Monday night, Nov. 2. The Wolves are 3-25 while the Cougars are 15-12.Freeman has earned the N

Freeman scored on every possession while holding Scotland/Menno to just 74 yards of total offense in a runaway 56-0 win in the opening round of the Class 9A playoffs Thursday night, Oct. 22, in Freeman.

Captains from Freeman and Scotland/Menno head toward the center of the field for instructions and the coin flip prior to Thursday night's Class 9A playoff showdown. The No. 2 seed Flyers took care of business against the No. 15 Trappers, winning 56-0 in a game that was over at halftime.

Freeman scored on every possession while holding Scotland/Menno to just 74 yards of total offense in a runaway 56-0 win in the opening round of the Class 9A playoffs Thursday night, Oct. 22, in Freeman.

The Freeman High School football field is lit up Wednesday night, October. 21 — 24 hours before the Flyers host Scotland/Menno in the opening round of the Class 9A playoffs. Tonight's game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and marks the start of a postseason for two teams with different goals.

If you feel like Zoe Schaeffer has been running distance races for the Menno Wolves forever, you’re not alone. Zoe feels that way, too. She broke onto the scene as a seventh grader who was part of Menno’s 4x800 relay team competing at the state meet, qualified for her first state cross-country meet as an eighth grader in 2022, and has been a mainstay at state meets ever since.

Menno senior Micah Goehring is introduced at the onset of Friday night's crossover game against Irene-Wakonda and is greeted by Ki Brown after running through a tunnel of teammates. It was a historic night for Scotland/Menno as the Trappers took care of business — and then some — in a 56-6 rout of the Eagles.

Scotland/Menno needed a win — and some help — to make the Class 9A playoffs, and that's exactly what happened Friday night, Oct. 16.