Boyd Sussex Receives SDHSAA Distinguished Service Award
Local News March 24, 2021 0
Boyd Sussex — former Milbank High School teacher, coach, and athletic director —was presented with the South Dakota High School Activities Association Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to high school basketball. Sussex received his award during the 2021 South Dakota Class A State Basketball Tournament in Sioux Falls on March 19.... Read more
Want to get your kids outside more this spring. They’ll have a ball with the Grant County Soccer Association. Online registration is open, but ends March 31. Sign up today at www.grant county soccer.com. Registration fees are $25 per child, but larger families pay a family maximum of just... Read more
Who’s That Bulldog? — It’s Logan Meyer!
Milbank Area Wrestling March 18, 2021 0
Logan Meyer, a Bulldog wrestler and MHS senior, doesn’t always take the direct road to where he’s going, but his detours have taken him to some interesting places. Take wrestling, for example, kids typically begin wrestling in the youth wrestling program at a young age. Not Logan. Logan started wrestling... Read more
Cummins and Schwenn Named to All-Conference Basketball Team
Milbank Area Boys Basketball March 17, 2021 0
Will Cummins, a senior at MHS, and Bennett Schwenn, a junior, were named to the Northeast Conference All-Conference boys basketball team for the 2020-2021 season. Schwenn, who was named to the first team, averaged 15.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game this season. He also earned a field... Read more
Bulldog Grapplers Receive Season-End Awards
Milbank Area Wrestling March 17, 2021 0
The Milbank Bulldog wrestling team wrapped up its season with an awards ceremony March 11 at the high school. Awards were given to individuals based on voting by the team and the coaches selections. The Most Valuable Junior Varsity Wrestler Award was given to junior Maddox Hanson, who completed his first... Read more
The Milbank High School gymnastics team celebrated an outstanding 2020-2021 season with an awards ceremony on Monday, March 1. The 2020-2021 team now holds five of the top seven team scores in school history, including the second (133.000), fourth (132.050), fifth (131.750), sixth (131.600), and seventh (131.475) high scores. The team record of 134.325 points... Read more
Bulldog Seniors Play Last Game in Corn Palace at SoDak16
Milbank Area Boys Basketball March 14, 2021 0
The Milbank Bulldogs trailed by just three points at half time, but in the end they could not keep up with the undefeated Vermillion Tanagers. The game, part of the SoDak 16 round of high school boys basketball, was played on Tuesday, March 9, at the Mitchell Corn Palace. “We did... Read more
Milbank youth wrestlers who placed in the top eight in their divisions in the South Dakota Wrestling Coaches Association District 7 Tournament earned their way to the regional tournament. The district tournament was held in Webster on Saturday, March 6. Wrestlers who led the way for Milbank with first-place finishes... Read more
Three Milbank Sealion swimmers qualified to swim at the 2021 Short Course State Championship Meet held at Midco Aquatic Center in Sioux Falls. The meet brought together 18 teams of 13-and-over swimmers from across the state. Sioux Falls captured the championship title. MHS senior Amaya Street compiled 102.5 points for... Read more
The Milbank Bulldogs basketball team is headed to the SoDak 16 for the second consecutive season. Milbank upset the No.1 seed in Region 1A, Groton Area, with a 51-42 victory on Friday, March 5, in Groton. Milbank’s head coach, Logan Diede, said, “We executed our game plan exactly how we wanted to... Read more
