The Weekend Menu – DWU/Culver’s Classic is Saturday!
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The weekend headliner is the annual DWU/Culver’s Classic from the Corn Palace in Mitchell headlined by five games matching top ten teams! We preview that and more in the Weekend Menu! Tasty Appetizer. 4pm Tip-Off! Sixth ranked Class A squad…
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Continue ReadingThe weekend headliner is the annual DWU/Culver’s Classic from the Corn Palace in Mitchell headlined by five games matching top ten teams! We preview that and more in the Weekend Menu!
Tasty Appetizer. 4pm Tip-Off! Sixth ranked Class A squad Winner faces Class AA Pierre who started slow this year but has won five of their last nine. The Governors sophomores Lincoln Kienholz Lincoln Kienholz 6'3" | PG Pierre | 2023 State SD (6-foot-2 guard) and Jackson Edman Jackson Edman 6'7" | SF Pierre | 2023 State SD (6-foot-5 forward) are getting better with every game. The young talents will have to be at their best if they want to lead their team past Brady Fritz Brady Fritz 6'2" | SG Winner | 2021 State SD and his squad. Fritz is the top unsigned/uncommitted player in the state of South Dakota.
Specials. It’s 4th ranked Mitchell heading to 2nd ranked Harrisburg for what is truly a Class AA showdown of interest. The big man battles will be outstanding with Zane Alm Zane Alm 6'11" | C Mitchell | 2021 State SD and Caden Hinker Caden Hinker 6'6" | PF Mitchell | 2022 State SD going against Brayden Phipps Brayden Phipps 6'5" | PF Harrisburg | 2021 State SD , Hayden Muirhead Hayden Muirhead 6'7" | PF SF O'Gorman | 2021 State SD , and Nick Tschudy Nick Tschudy 6'4" | PF Harrisburg | 2021 State SD . That’s a must see group right there. The edge Harrisburg has is guard play. Blaze Lubbers Blaze Lubbers 6'4" | SG Harrisburg | 2021 State SD and Connor Geddes should be the ex-factors – as well as the home court advantage – in this game of the weekend candidate.
Main Course. The DWU/Culver’s Classic at the Corn Palace is Saturday! Here are your match-ups.
Freeman Academy-Marion vs. Corsica-Stickney (10am)
Lyman vs. Bridgewater-Emery (11:30am)
#7A Chamberlain vs. Hanson (1pm)
#8A Dell Rapids vs. #5A St. Thomas More (2:30pm)
#2B Viborg-Hurley vs. #9B Aberdeen Christian (4:30pm)
#5B Dell Rapids St. Mary’s vs. #4B Canistota (6pm)
#7B White River vs. #1B De Smet (7:30pm)
#3B Howard vs. #8B Platte-Geddes (9pm)
Top 15 Prospects to Watch at the DWU/Culver’s Classic
- Joe Sayler Joe Sayler 6'4" | SG White River | 2023 State #295 Nation SD of White River (6’3 SG Soph)
- Kalen Garry Kalen Garry 6'3" | SG De Smet | 2022 State SD of De Smet (6’3 SG Jr)
- Sam Aslesen Sam Aslesen 6'7" | SF Howard | 2021 State SD of Howard (6’7 PF Sr)
- Colin Rentz Colin Rentz 6'0" | PG Dell Rapids | 2021 State SD of Dell Rapids (6’0 PG Sr)
- Connor Libis Connor Libis 5'9" | PG Dell Rapids-St. Mary | 2021 State SD of Dell Rapids-St Mary (5’9 PG Sr)
- Rett Osthus Rett Osthus 6'0" | PG DeSmet | 2022 State SD of De Smet (PG Jr)
- Carter Nelson Carter Nelson 6'8" | PF Dell Rapids | 2021 State SD of Dell Rapids (6’8 PF Sr)
- Caleb Hollenbeck Caleb Hollenbeck 6'3" | PG St. Thomas More | 2023 State SD of St. Thomas More (6’1 Guard Soph)
- Tisyn Spader Tisyn Spader 6'4" | SF Howard | 2021 State SD of Howard (6’4 SF Sr)
- Toby Estes Toby Estes 6'6" | PF Lyman | 2022 State SD of Lyman (6’6 PF Sr)
- Tyce Ortman Tyce Ortman 5'11" | PG Canistota | 2021 State SD of Canistota (5’11 PG Sr)
- Gradee Sherman Gradee Sherman 6'5" | PF Viborg-Hurley | 2021 State SD of Viborg-Hurley (6’5 PF Sr)
- Drayton Priebe Drayton Priebe 6'1" | PG Chamberlain | 2021 State SD of Chamberlain (6’1 PG Sr)
- Jackson Isackson of Aberdeen Christian (6’3 SF Soph)
- Ryan Wojcik Ryan Wojcik 6'2" | SF St. Thomas More | 2021 State SD of St. Thomas More (6’2 Forward Sr)
Dessert. Looking to see the team’s number one ranked undefeated Class A squad? Vermillion takes on Beresford (in Beresford) in an 8pm Saturday night tip-off. Should Big Shot Dob ( Jakob Dobney Jakob Dobney 6'0" | PG Vermillion | 2021 State SD ) be considered the Class A Player of the Year favorite right now? Is Dillon Gestring Dillon Gestring 6'4" | SF Vermillion | 2021 State SD the ultimate mismatch at the four spot right now in Class A? Does Noah Gilbertson Noah Gilbertson 6'3" | PF State SD take the best charge in the state? Is Jake Jensen Jake Jensen 6'1" | SG Vermillion | 2022 State SD , Next Up? Lots to look at as the Tanager traveling road show heads to 5-8 Beresford. Beresford junior forward Ashton Tjaden Ashton Tjaden 6'4" | SF Beresford | 2022 State SD will try and lead the upset bid.