Lady Bulldog Gymnasts Take Third at Sisseton
The Milbank Area gymnastics team was so happy to start their 2023-2024 season they did cartwheels! The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Sisseton on Tuesday, November 28, for a triangular. Sisseton captured first place with 114.55 points. Breckenridge-Wahpeton came in second with 114.1 points. Milbank was close behind in third... Read more
Bulldogs Selected as All-Conference Players
Senior Garrett Mertens and Junior Emmett Hanson were selected as NEC All-Conference players for 2023. Senior Jayden Johnson and Junior Jesse Schneck each received an honorable mention. The awards are voted on by the head coaches in the conference. Brian Allmendinger, head coach for the Bulldogs, included his comments... Read more
Coach Townsend Presents End-of-Season Cross Country Awards
Eric Townsend, head coach of the MHS cross country teams, announced the 2023 End-of-the-Season awards for the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs on November 3 at the high school : MOST VALUABLE RUNNER BOYS—Payton Brown GIRLS—Ashlynn Batchelor MOST IMPROVED RUNNER BOYS—Isaac Graham GIRLS—Bree Townsend ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BOYS—Bennett Graham GIRLS—Ella Koplin PRIDE... Read more
Rachel Schulte Reaches Volleyball Milestone – 1000 Kills and 1000 Digs
Rachel Schulte’s motto might be: If one is good; two is better! Maybe that’s a natural theory for her because she’s a twin. Maybe she just tries harder. Rachel, a senior at MHS, not only notched the milestone of 1000 career kills for the Lady Bulldogs’ offense, she supersized... Read more
MHS Volleyball Team Ends Season with Best Record in Seven Years
The Lady Bulldogs volleyball team ended their year in Region 1A postseason action against Roncalli on Thursday November 2.  Six seniors — Kaitlyn Huber, Abigail Pillatzki, Shaylee Schuchard, Rachel Schulte, Skyler Skoog, and Hailey Zinter — played the last game of their high school careers. They were assisted by... Read more
MHS Volleyball Team Wins in First Round of Region 1A Tourney
The MHS volleyball team opened their post season by defeating Webster 3-1 last night, Tuesday, October 31. Set scores were 25-16,18-25, 25-22, and 25-14. The rematch came one week after Milbank had downed the Lady Bearcats 3-0 in their final game of the regular season. Also in Region 1A... Read more
Bulldogs Begin West Central Football Game With a Bang
In the Bulldogs’ last game of the season on October 19 in Hartford, the first minute of the game was the best minute of the game. West Central (7-1) won the toss and deferred to Milbank. Owen Tesch fielded the return and got it out to the Bulldogs’ own... Read more
Bulldogs Add to MHS Records at State Cross Country Meet
Both Bulldog teams raced in South Dakota’s 2023 State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 21, in Sioux Falls. The boys team brought home fourth place, and the girls took ninth. They competed in what Coach Eric Townsend said he considers “possibly the most talented Class A field ever.”... Read more
Milbank 7th-Grade Volleyball Team Wins First in Silver at Morris Tourney
The Lady Bulldogs seventh-grade volleyball team competed in the Morris Tournament in Morris, Minnesota, on Saturday, October 14. Milbank won first place in the Silver Division. Coach Jena Schulte said, “We played five matches with two games per match.  It was a long day, but we played a lot... Read more
Rain Affects Outcome Of Bulldog Football Game
“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents…” Although Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote this about London in 1830, he could have been describing A.B Campbell Stadium in Milbank during the Bulldogs-Cubs football game on Friday, October 13 in 2023.  Despite the foul weather, Joe Schulte presented... Read more