SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Bragging rights & buzzer-beaters — a century of high school hoops in South Dakota

SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Bragging rights & buzzer-beaters — a century of high school hoops in South Dakota

1915 South Dakota boys high school basketball champions Elkton High School.State basketball tourneys might not be happening in Sioux Falls for the first time in decades this year, but South Dakota’s hardwood traditions remain on display across the map this weekend. And with the high school hoopsters competing to make history again this weekend, The Dakota Scout’s Scouting Yesterday is taking a look back at how South Dakotans have been battling f…

High school hoops heaven: Remembering and relishing 50 years of South Dakota state basketball tourneys

Fifty years ago this month, thousands of kids were let loose in Sioux Falls, ostensibly to watch basketball.That’s why I was there, anyway.The 1976 State B Basketball Tournament was held at the Sioux Falls Arena, and it was packed with fans from the eight schools that qualified, as well as hoops fanatics from across South Dakota. Back then, “The Big B” was one of the biggest events in the state — maybe the biggest.I grew up watching the B and A …