Softball - SDPB State Championship Coverage

The West Central Trojans caped off their perfect season with a 4-0 win over the Tea Area Titans to capture their first ever 'sanctioned' state softball title.

The state softball tournaments wrapped up their action in Aberdeen on Saturday as three inaugural state champions were crowned.

The semifinals and consolation semifinals for all three classes of high school softball took place from Aberdeen on Friday. Here are the results from day two of the event and the schedule for championship Saturday.

Larae 'Tootie' Podoll, Jo Auch, and Deb Finnesand were chosen to usher in the start of the inaugural state softball tournaments by throwing out the first pitches.

The 2023 SDHSAA state softball championships took to the mound on Thursday in the Hub City with quarterfinal round action.

He was once the all-time winningest boy's basketball coach in South Dakota. He spent 34 years coaching at Parker High School. Gayle Hoover joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.

SDPB’s Jackson Dircks sat down with SDPB Sports and Rec Reporter Nate Wek to talk about the Burckhard sisters - two very well-known women in the South Dakota women's basketball sphere currently coaching and playing for Aberdeen Central.