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.

Charlie Ziminga shares some memories of his playing and coaching career at Pine Ridge with Craig Mattick. He also looks back at some memories of one of the all-time South Dakota greats SuAnne Big Crow.

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.