The Milbank Bulldogs earned two big victories in high school boys basketball action this past weekend to improve their record to 5-6 on the season. The Bulldogs defeated Hamlin 52-46 Friday, January 19, before rolling past West Central 64-48 Saturday, January 20, with both games played in front of their... Read more

Seven young hoopsters captured the top spots in the local Knights of Columbus free throw contest held Sunday, January 21, at St. Lawrence School. Earning the top spots and advancing to the district shoot are: (Back l. to r.) KC representative Tim Weber, Ivy Lewno, Isaac Schulte, Joe Schulte and... Read more

The Milbank Lady Bulldogs struggled offensively which led to a 61-28 loss to the Hamlin Chargers Thursday, January 18, on the road. The locals move to 4-5 on the season. “The girls played hard,” said head coach Brian Pauli. “Hopefully we can learn from this and keep getting better.” Milbank... Read more

The Milbank Area Bulldogs were plagued with turnovers leading to a 64-54 loss to the Britton-Hecla Braves in boys basketball action January 13, on the road. Senior Jonny Ash fired in five three-pointers in the first quarter and had 15 of the team’s 18 points, but Milbank held only a... Read more

Milbank Area evened their season record to 4-4 with a 58-44 loss to Castlewood in non-conference girls basketball action Tuesday, January 16, at the Milbank Armory. Gabbi Cummins led the Lady Bulldogs with a double-double. She scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and made four steals and two assists. Molly... Read more

Six of the eight wrestlers from Milbank who competed in the Harrisburg Invitational secured a top six finish in their respective weight classes on Saturday, January 13. Leading the way for the Bulldogs, was Eli Fischer with a first place finish. Isaac Fischer and Tanner Kettwig each earned a third... Read more

The Milbank School District Board of Education gave their approval for the position of an instructional coach which will be paid for by the Personnel Development Grant the district recently received. Approval was given during the regular meeting of the board Monday, January 8. The district was awarded the Personnel... Read more

The Grant County Public Library was voted the winner of the 26th Annual Festival of Christmas Trees in the Grant County Courthouse. Kountry Kids 4-H Club took second place, and the Milbank Kiwanis Club notched third place. This year, the judging was done by public vote. “There were 19 beautifully... Read more

Harvey Schaefer, former basketball coach at MHS, will be inducted into the South Dakota High School Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 24, in Sioux Falls. The Hall of Fame Class of 2018 includes such greats as NFL veteran Chad Greenway of Mount Vernon who spent 11 years with... Read more

The Milbank High School gymnastics team won first place at the Sisseton Invitational Meet on January 5. The Lady Bulldogs scored 127.00 points. “We rebounded nicely from last week’s low team score to finish with our second highest team score of the season,” stated Coach Amber Fraasch. “With all of... Read more