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Northern State's Ava Nilsson sets the outside during the Wolves match against St. Cloud Saturday, Sept. 27 at Wachs Arena. Nilsson is averaging a Division II best 12.3 assists per set. Aberdeen Insider photo by Robb Garofalo.

Sports roundup: No. 22 Northern State volleyball team wins seventh-straight match

By Robb Garofalo and Scott Waltman 10/20/2025

The Northern State volleyball team swept three conference foes in the past week to move 16-4 overall and maintain the No…….

Aberdeen Central's Linus Johnson celebrates his first-half goal during Central's 3-0 Class AA playoff win over Brookings Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Brownell Activities Complex. Aberdeen Insider photo by Robb Garofalo.

Aberdeen Central boys, girls advance in state soccer playoffs

By Robb Garofalo 10/08/2025

The Aberdeen Central boys and girls high school soccer teams began 2025 postseason play with home victories Tuesday, Oct. 7……

Aberdeen Wings forward Jack McDonough beats Watertown's Justin Bartley, left, Owen Chartier and Justin Obrochta to the puck during the first period of their game Friday, Sept. 19 at the Odde Ice Center. McDonough gathered the puck and scored to tie the game at one. Trailing the play is Wings forward Matthew Martin. The Wings won 6-1. Aberdeen Insider photo by Robb Garofalo.

Sports roundup: Aberdeen puts up a dozen goals in weekend sweep of Shamrocks

By Robb Garofalo 09/23/2025

The Aberdeen Wings opened their 2025-26 North American Hockey League season by sweeping a home-and-home series against in-state rival Watertown…….

Warner's Jaycee Jung powers the ball over the net on an attack attempt Thursday, Sept. 4 against Leola/Frederick. The Monarchs are 7-1 after losing to Miller in five sets on Tuesday, Sept. 9. They are ranked second in the Class B high school volleyball poll. Aberdeen Insider photo by Allie Hoekman.

Sports roundup: No. 2 Warner volleyball team falls to Class A Miller in five sets

By Robb Garofalo and Scott Waltman 09/10/2025

After opening the season with seven straight wins, Warner fell to Class A Miller 25-22, 18-25, 16-25, 25-23, 15-8 in…

Groton Area's Jerica Locke beats Garretson's Taylor Schmidt to the ball during the first half of their game Thursday, Aug. 28 in Groton. Locke scored her 10th goal of the year in a 4-1 win. Aberdeen Insider photo by Robb Garofalo.

High school soccer recap: Groton girls drop heartbreaker to Mitchell, down Garretson

By Robb Garofalo 09/01/2025

Mitchell’s Taryn Thomas scored on a penalty kick with about 50 seconds remaining in the game to boost the Kernels……

Aberdeen Roncalli's Reese Heinrich tries to hit over the block attempt of Northwestern's Lila Johnson (7) and Ashley Haven during the third set Tuesday, Aug. 26 in Mellette. Aberdeen Insider photo by Allie Hoekman.

Sports roundup: Northwestern opens volleyball season with four-set win against Roncalli

By Robb Garofalo 08/27/2025

MELLETTE — Both coaches saw plenty of errors on both sides of the net. In the end, Northwestern cleaned up……

Groton Area's Taryn Traphagen, right, battles Sioux Falls Christian's Oaklee Hadler for the ball during the Class A girls soccer final Saturday, Oct. 19 in Yankton. Christian won the state title game 1-0. Photo courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Groton girls fall to Sioux Falls Christian in Class A soccer final

By Robb Garofalo 10/20/2024

Groton Area came up just short in the Class A girls state soccer championship, falling 1-0 to Sioux Falls Christian……

Groton girls to play for Class A soccer title; Central teams fall in semis

By Robb Garofalo 10/16/2024

Down 1-0 at halftime, No. 2 seed Groton Area scored twice in the second half Saturday, Oct. 12 to advance……

Aberdeen Central's Gavin Yost soars over the Tea Area defense and heads home a second-half goal Tuesday, Oct. 8 in the Class AA playoffs at the Brownell Activities Complex. Aberdeen Insider photo by Robb Garofalo.

Central boys, girls advance in AA state soccer tourney; Groton girls to A semis

By Robb Garofalo 10/08/2024

Aberdeen Central scored three first-half goals to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class AA boys state high school soccer……

The Aberdeen Roncalli boys golf team won the Region 1A Golf Tournament Monday, Sept. 30 in Milbank. Team members include, from left, Matthew Gerlach, Jesse Hernandez, Finn Anderson, Gannon May, Lucas Daggett, and coach Jon Murdy. Courtesy photo.

High school sports roundup: Roncalli wins Region 1A golf title; Eagles nab ESD soccer crown

By Robb Garofalo and Scott Waltman 10/01/2024

Aberdeen Roncalli placed three golfers in the top 11 and won the Region 1A Tournament Monday, Sept. 30 in Milbank…….