MHS Winter Sports Season Starts This Week
Milbank High School kicks off the 2020-2021 winter athletic season this week. The first to begin practice are the seventh grade to senior gymnastics team and the middle school girls basketball squad. Gymnastics starts practice on Monday, November 2, with Amber Fraasch as their head coach. The first basketball practice... Read more
Nick Batchelor, a junior at MHS, is The Valley Express Most Valuable Player for the week of October 19-24.  Nick earned his fourth state Class A medal at the 2020 South Dakota State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 24.  He took fourth place in the boys’ 5K race. ... Read more
Who’s That Bulldog? It’s Mason Riley
Senior Mason Riley is a six-foot- two, 200-pound wide receiver and linebacker on the Bulldogs football team.  He is the son of Mike and Holly Riley. Mason started playing tackle football with the Whetstone Valley Youth Football program when he was in third grade.  When he was a freshman, he... Read more
Lady Bulldogs Defeated by Cossacks
The Milbank Lady Bulldogs traveled to Volga Saturday, October 24, and battled the Sioux Valley Cossacks in high school volleyball action. Milbank fell 3-0 and dropped to 1-13 on the season. Milbank trailed 8-13 and 10-18, but the Lady Bulldogs came stomping back to pull to within two points at 20-22.... Read more
Bulldogs Ready to Face Canton In Playoffs
The Milbank Bulldogs take on Canton in the opening round of the Class 11A high school football playoffs on Thursday, October 29, on the road.  No. 7 Milbank and No. 2 Canton kick off at 7 p.m. “Canton is big and physical,” said the Bulldogs’ head coach, Brian Allmendinger. “They... Read more
Both Bulldog Cross Country Teams Make MHS History at State
Both Bulldog cross country teams brought home hardware from the 2020 South Dakota State Class A meet in Rapid City on Saturday, October 24. The girls’ team captured fourth place with 87 points. The boys finished in sixth place with 125 points.  According to Coach Eric Townsend, this is the first time since... Read more
Lower Level Scores/Results for 10-19 to 10-24
Junior Varsity Volleyball Team Members – Jenna Dexter, Joci McFarland, Tatum Berry, Autumn Fox, Madison Mathews, Peyton Gengler, Emily Wollschlager, Camryn Wiese, Rachel Schulte, Skyler Skoog, Taryn Dusky10-24-2020 – Milbank at Sioux Valley – Milbank fell 2-0 (24-26, 18-25) C Team Volleyball Team Members – Abby Pillatzki, Rylie Overby,... Read more
Who’s That Bulldog? – It’s Allison Leddy
MHS senior Allison Leddy says she is a farm girl who loves to run. “I’ve lived on a farm all my life and have been running since I was little.” Her ah-ha moment came when she was in sixth grade and ran in a 5K race with her aunt. “When I... Read more
Bulldogs Qualify for Class 11A Football Playoffs
The Milbank Bulldogs have made the Class 11A football playoffs for the 2020 season. Milbank is seeded No. 7 and will travel to No. 2 Canton for first-round play on Thursday, October 29. Other first-round games include:  No. 8 Lennox at No. 1 Tea Area; No. 5 Madison at No.... Read more
Nick and Ashlynn Batchelor Place at State Cross Country
Nick and Ashlynn Batchelor led the Bulldogs cross country teams to medalist honors at the 2020 South Dakota State Class A Cross Country Meet in Rapid City today, Saturday, October 24.  Nick finished fourth for the boys’ team with a time of 17:00.97. Ashlynn placed fifth for the girls’... Read more