The Warrior Baseball team dropped their season opener to Gregory on Friday, April 5, losing the game 2-1. Coming back onto the field this year is another very young team comprised of mostly of underclassmen.

By Tim Huether The Bennett County Warriors boys basketball team faced a tall task last Tuesday in Pine Ridge, taking on the state’s number three rated Pine Ridge Thorpes in the first round of Region 7A playoffs. Pine Ridge lived up to their rating with an 87-36 win, improving to 19-1 on the season.

Bennett County youth wrestlers competed in the District 2 meet held in Hill City on Saturday, March 2. The top 8 wrestlers from each bracket advanced to the region meet which will be held on Saturday, March 9 in Spearfish. The top three qualify for the state meet, region 1 will take the top four in the midget division this year. State will be held March 16-17, in Rapid City.

Congratulations to the Bennett County junior high boys basketball team on a phenomenal season..

Won Lost Bros Inc. 20 8 Whispering Pines 19 9 Big Shorts 16 12 Ground and Pound 12 16 Bowls with Wolves 6 22 Team High Series: Big Shorts 2521; Ground and Pound 2318 Team High Game: Big Shorts 876 & 864; Ground and Pound 844 Individual High Series: David Red Bear 588; Tony Jensen 574 Individual High Game: Tony Jensen 213; David Red Bear 212 Split pickups: Tony Jensen 3-10; Brad Hahn 3-10; Charlie Cummings Jr.

PreK-K Boys 42-43 Kage Cook placed 2nd and scored 11.0 team points. Round 1 - Kaden Kesterson (American Outlaws) won by fall over Kage Cook (BC) (Fall 0:46) Round 2 - Kage Cook (BC) won by fall over Rooke Moss (Winner) (Fall 0:26) Round 3 - Kage Cook (BC) won by fall over Heston Buechle (Valentine) (Fall 0:19) PreK-K Boys 44-47 Jimmie O’Neill placed 3rd and scored 6.0 team points.

By Tim Huether Zack Soderlin, wrestling for Rapid City Central, won the South Dakota High School Class A 157 lb. weight class last weekend in Sioux Falls.

By Coach Brent Ireland The State Wrestling Tournament was held this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Sioux Falls at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. For 7 of our 10 qualifiers, this was their first time experiencing a high school state tournament as a competitor.

By Tim Huether Fifth seeded Lakota Tech traveled to Martin Feb. 20, for a first round playoff matchup in girls high school basketball against the fourth seeded Bennett County Warriors and the visitors pulled away for a 69-42 win.

By Tim Huether The Bennett County Warriors put together a furious rally in the fourth quarter at Red Cloud, turning a 20 point deficit in the third quarter to a four point gap in the fourth. Red Cloud took an 11-3 lead, forcing a Warrior time out.