Softball - SDPB State Championship Coverage

Mackenzie Everson has qualified for five state tournaments this year. Yes, that's right - FIVE.

The state tournaments for the inaugural season of high school softball in South Dakota will take place this week on June 1-3 in Aberdeen.

Teams have punched their tickets to the inaugural state sanctioned softball tournaments in South Dakota. All three classes held their SoDak16 playoff round on Tuesday night.

The SoDak 16 is set for all three classes of high school softball in South Dakota. This year marks the first sanctioned season with the sport in the Mt. Rushmore State.

Andrea Miller put together one of the best batting performances of the season on Monday where she hit four home runs, yes, four, to help lift the Raiders to a 26-15 win over Viborg-Hurley. She went 4 for 5 in six plate appearances. All four of her hits went over the fence.

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 and had a conversation about the changes happening in Brookings including the hiring of head coach Dan Jackson.