Class B Girls Basketball | SDPB State Championship Coverage

Mitch Reed, the superintendent at Florence, was doing radio play-by-play for the Castlewood games on New Country KS93. His color commentator for Thursday and Saturday was Taven Sumner, a fourth grader from Florence. Not only is Taven (probably) the youngest broadcaster to ever call a state championship game, but he’s also blind.

Sioux Falls Christian gets their revenge against Hamlin in a rematch of the 2024 Class A Boys Basketball State Championships. The Chargers came out on top this time around, 61-51.

The 2025 SDHSAA state boys basketball tournaments wrapped up from Rapid City (AA), Sioux Falls (A), and Aberdeen (B) on Saturday. Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Christian, and Castlewood won state championships.

For the first time since 2001, Castlewood has won a state boys basketball championship. The Warriors defeated Viborg-Hurley 52-31on Saturday night in Aberdeen to claim the title.

There are more than 180 high schools in South Dakota. We asked the Mitchel Kernel student section at the Class AA Tournament if they could name some of those high schools and their mascots.