Wrestling - SDPB State Championship Coverage

Another year of champions, memories, and moments. High school sports is what makes South Dakota special, and in 2024, it didn't disappoint.

The worlds of wrestling and rodeo come together each summer during the Rumble at the Rodeo in Burke, South Dakota.

One of the best prep wrestlers in state history walked off the mat for the final time on Saturday in Sioux Falls. Navarro Schunke of Brandon Valley finishes his high school career as a five-time state champion – the first in Class A to achieve such a feat.

For the first time in nearly fifteen years, the Sturgis Brown Scoopers are celebrating an overall team state wrestling championship.

State tournaments are the perfect spot for historical moments, and for Giada Scherich, she rose to the occasion on the biggest stage. The Lakota Tech junior not only won her first ever state wrestling title for herself, but she’s also the first wrestler from her school to do it.

Today's guest spent 34 years as an educator and athletic director at Sioux Falls Christian. Jim Groen joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.