Belle Pauli and Avery Schuneman Named All-Conference Players
Milbank Area Girls Basketball March 18, 2026 0
Belle Pauli and Avery Schuneman, both sophomores at MHS, have been named to the Northeast Conference All-Conference list of girls basketball players for the 2025-26 season. Pauli, a 5’ 10 forward, was named to the first team. Schuneman, a 5’6” guard, made the second team. Tony Howard, head coach for... Read more
Seven Milbank members of the Watertown Swim Club competed in South Dakota’s four-day State A championship races for 13-and-over swimmers. The meet was held from February 26 through March 1 at the Mitchell Recreation Center. Watertown swimmers as a team were the runners-up in both the boys and the... Read more
MHS junior Sam Rick and sophomore Lincoln Holscher were named to the 2025-26 All-Northeast South Dakota Conference Basketball Teams. Both were selected as the third-team honorees by the league’s coaches. Jackson Wadsworth of Hamlin was chosen as the NEC Player of the Year. Rick, a 6-foot guard, averaged 12.9... Read more
Team and individual accomplishments were featured at the end of the season awards banquet hosted by the Milbank gymnastics team on Tuesday, March 3. Kelly Wollschlager, head coach for Milbank, commented, “Varsity had a great season with many accomplishments and lessons learned. Wollschlager went on to say, “Although it... Read more
The Bulldogs basketball team’s postseason run came to a close in the semifinals on the road against Groton on Friday, March 6. Milbank put up 12 wins in the 2025-2026 season. The Bulldogs will say good-bye to five senior players: Braylen Bowsher, Jack Howard, Ryan Keeton, Ethan Owen, and... Read more
The Bulldogs won their Region 1A quarterfinal game in a barnburner that ended 48-45 in the Ben Reifel gym at Sisseton High on Tuesday, March 3. Like fireworks, it started slow and blew up at the end. “Playoff basketball is a special and fun time! Our boys did a... Read more
Bulldog C Team Named Champions at Froshman Futures Tourney
Milbank Area Boys Basketball March 4, 2026 0
The Bulldogs C team won the Froshmore Futures Tournament by defeating Waybay-Summit and Sisseton on Saturday, February 28. The championship was held in Sisseton and marked the end of the team’s 2025-26 basketball season. Milbank 54 vs. Waubay-Summit 38Milbank: Milbank 52 vs. Sisseton 42Milbank: Read more
Four MHS wrestlers spent the weekend grappling with top-notch competition at South Dakota’s 2026 SDSHAA Class A Individual State Wrestling Tournament. The three-day event that concluded on Saturday, February 28, was held at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls. Milbank sophomore Lawson Novy finished sixth in the... Read more
Bulldogs Finish Regular Season With Victory Over Wambdi
Milbank Area Boys Basketball March 2, 2026 0
The Bulldogs basketball team defeated Tiospa Zina at the Milbank Armory on Friday February 27. Logan Diede, head coach for the Dawgs, commented, “I was very pleased with how our boys approached this game. We played a clean game taking care of the ball, and we really rebounded the... Read more
Coach Tony Howard Earns 100th Career Win
Milbank Area Girls Basketball February 26, 2026 0
Tony Howard, head coach of the Lady Bulldogs, clinched his 100th career win with Milbank’s play-off victory over Redfield on Tuesday, February 24 ,in front of a packed house at the Milbank Armory. Fans, friends, and family helped celebrate the milestone and Coach Howard’s own players were some of... Read more
