Potter County, SD

FLANDREAU – Three area high school track and field coaches have been named area coaches of the year by the South Dakota Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Association. Head Coach Jamie Cronin of Potter County was named as one of the Area 1 Class B Head Coaches...

COVID-19 is again spreading throughout much of South Dakota. Codington and Brown counties are seeing an increase in positive cases, according to the most recent data available from the South Dakota Department of Health. Most other South Dakota counties are as well. With one outlier, all of northeastern South Dakota,...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Xcel Energy says 55,000 customers lost service when a long line of severe thunderstorms rolled across South Dakota. By Wednesday morning (July 6, 2022), 90% of power lost on Tuesday has been restored by more than 600 employees and contractors working in the field. The Sioux Falls National Weather Service office says the damaging winds, hail and flash flooding that moved through the region is know as a derecho. The storms toppled trees and power lines, blocked roads and caused structural damage in Potter, Sully, and Hyde counties. There was no confirmation of a tornado.

Curtis Hamburger has won the republican primary sheriff’s race in Potter County. He took 91% of the votes with 743. Shiann Haupert received 40 votes, David Mogard got 25 votes and Matthew Risetter received 5 votes.

With just over 55% of the registered voters in Potter County casting ballots in the June 7 primary election, a local primary election for the county sheriff drew a big win for incumbent Sheriff Curt Hamburger. He will face independent challenger Josh Zweber in the November general election. There were...

Local athletes were in action over the weekend at the Dakota Relays, which are highlighted by Aberdeen Central's Sam Rohlfs and Potter County's relay teams. Here's a look at some top performers from the area:. Rohlfs has short weekend, places second in long jump. Rohlfs was unable to match his...

Six local players have been named to the South Dakota All-State boys basketball teams. In Class B, both Grant Luikens of Potter County and Malek Wieker of Aberdeen Christian were chosen for the first team. Last season, Wieker was a member of the second team and Luikens the third team.

Despite playing a game that went into three overtimes just 24 hours earlier, No. 3 White River found its footing, downing No. 4 Potter County 83-74. It was the Joe Sayler show once again in the Barnett Center on Saturday afternoon. Sayler, an SDSU commit, scored a game-high 37 points,...

ABERDEEN – Joe Sayler shook off the disappointment of a tough semifinal loss the day before and scored 37 points Saturday to help White River defeat Potter County 83-74 to take third place in the SDHSAA Class B Boys Tournament at the Barnett Center. Sayler was 10-of-20 shooting, hit...

Potter County was able to get revenge after losing to Aberdeen Christian in the regular season, downing the Knights 63-48 in the first round of the Class B State state boys basketball tournament on Thursday afternoon. Earlier this season, the two teams met in Aberdeen and it was the Knights...

ABERDEEN – Potter County found out that De Smet is more than just Gatorade Player of the Year Kalen Garry. Damon Wilkinson, Tory Holland and Garry combined for 55 points Friday as De Smet advanced to its second consecutive championship game with a 67-45 win over Potter County in a semifinal of the SDHSAA Class B Boys State Tournament at the Barnett Center.

ABERDEEN – Potter County was determined to reverse their only 2021-22 loss in the first round of the state tournament. Thanks to timely scoring, they did. Three Battlers were in double figures as Potter County defeated Aberdeen Christian Thursday 63-48 in a first-round game of the SDHSAA Class B Boys State Tournament at the Barnett Center.

The Potter County Battlers are headed to the show! After a trip to Redfield as the neutral site of the SoDak 16 game on Tuesday night, the Battlers brought home a 78-47 win over the Ethan Rustlers and a spot in the State B tournament. The games will be played at the Barnett Center on the Northern State University campus starting on St. Patrick’s day next week. In case you missed the big game, you can watch it here http://battlers.live/index.php?page=boys-basketball-game&id=25519.

REDFIELD – In 2021, Potter County fell one game short of its first state tournament appearance since 2016. This time, there was no doubt. Potter County routed Ethan 78-47 Tuesday at Redfield Junior-Senior High School to advance to next week’s Class B state tournament. Cooper Logan, continuing a...

Jackson Isakson and Ethan Russell combined for 39 points as Aberdeen Christian downed Langford 60-47 in Webster Friday to move on to the Cass B SoDak 16. The Knights led 26-25 at halftime before pulling away in the Region 1B semifinal. They outscored Langford 17-11 in both the third and fourth quarters. Isakson led the way with...

Herreid-Selby Area advanced to the Region 2B finals with a solid 58-41 win over Potter County. The Lady Battlers struggled against an aggressive Lady Wolverines press and would commit 27 turnovers that resulted in 27 Herreid-Selby Area points. Kayden Cronin notched two paint points to give Potter County the first lead, but Caitlyn Anderson got things started for the Lady […]