The Weekend Menu – DWU/Culver’s Classic is Saturday!

<p>The weekend headliner is the annual DWU/Culver’s Classic from the Corn Palace in Mitchell headlined by five games matching top ten teams!  We preview that and more in the Weekend Menu!</p> <p><strong>Tasty Appetizer</strong>. 4pm Tip-Off!  Sixth ranked Class A squad Winner faces Class AA Pierre who started slow this year but has won five of their last nine. The Governors sophomores [player_tooltip player_id="963751" first="Lincoln" last="Kienholz"] (6-foot-2 guard) and [player_tooltip player_id="963775" first="Jackson" last="Edman"] (6-foot-5 forward) are getting better with every game.  The young talents will have to be at their best if they want to lead their team past [player_tooltip player_id="975500" first="Brady" last="Fritz"] and his squad.  Fritz is the top unsigned/uncommitted player in the state of South Dakota.  </p> <p><strong>Specials.  </strong>It’s 4th ranked Mitchell heading to 2nd ranked Harrisburg for what is truly a Class AA showdown of interest.  The big man battles will be outstanding with [player_tooltip player_id="975543" first="Zane" last="Alm"] and [player_tooltip player_id="812199" first="Caden" last="Hinker"] going against [player_tooltip player_id="975538" first="Brayden" last="Phipps"], [player_tooltip player_id="975537" first="Hayden" last="Muirhead"], and [player_tooltip player_id="975536" first="Nick" last="Tschudy"]. That’s a must see group right there.  The edge Harrisburg has is guard play.  [player_tooltip player_id="975581" first="Blaze" last="Lubbers"] and Connor Geddes should be the ex-factors - as well as the home court advantage - in this game of the weekend candidate. </p> <p><strong>Main Course</strong>. The DWU/Culver’s Classic at the Corn Palace is Saturday!  Here are your match-ups.</p> <p>Freeman Academy-Marion vs. Corsica-Stickney (10am)</p> <p>Lyman vs. Bridgewater-Emery (11:30am)</p> <p>#7A Chamberlain vs. Hanson (1pm)</p> <p>#8A Dell Rapids vs. #5A St. Thomas More (2:30pm)</p> <p>#2B Viborg-Hurley vs. #9B Aberdeen Christian (4:30pm)</p> <p>#5B Dell Rapids St. Mary’s vs. #4B Canistota (6pm)</p> <p>#7B White River vs. #1B De Smet (7:30pm)</p> <p>#3B Howard vs.  #8B Platte-Geddes (9pm)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top 15 Prospects to Watch at the DWU/Culver’s Classic</span></p> <ol> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="963747" first="Joe" last="Sayler"] of White River (6’3 SG Soph)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="812196" first="Kalen" last="Garry"] of De Smet (6’3 SG Jr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975518" first="Sam" last="Aslesen"] of Howard (6’7 PF Sr) </li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="732203" first="Colin" last="Rentz"] of Dell Rapids (6’0 PG Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="757827" first="Connor" last="Libis"] of Dell Rapids-St Mary (5’9 PG Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="812211" first="Rett" last="Osthus"] of De Smet (PG Jr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975501" first="Carter" last="Nelson"] of Dell Rapids (6’8 PF Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="963754" first="Caleb" last="Hollenbeck"] of St. Thomas More (6’1 Guard Soph)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975531" first="Tisyn" last="Spader"] of Howard (6’4 SF Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="968159" first="Toby" last="Estes"] of Lyman (6’6 PF Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975508" first="Tyce" last="Ortman"] of Canistota (5’11 PG Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975502" first="Gradee" last="Sherman"] of Viborg-Hurley (6’5 PF Sr)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="757863" first="Drayton" last="Priebe"] of Chamberlain (6’1 PG Sr)</li> <li>Jackson Isackson of Aberdeen Christian (6’3 SF Soph)</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="975503" first="Ryan" last="Wojcik"] of St. Thomas More (6’2 Forward Sr)</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Dessert</strong>.  Looking to see the team’s number one ranked undefeated Class A squad?  Vermillion takes on Beresford (in Beresford) in an 8pm Saturday night tip-off.  Should Big Shot Dob ([player_tooltip player_id="975516" first="Jakob" last="Dobney"]) be considered the Class A Player of the Year favorite right now?  Is [player_tooltip player_id="757844" first="Dillon" last="Gestring"] the ultimate mismatch at the four spot right now in Class A?  Does [player_tooltip player_id="1130564" first="Noah" last="Gilbertson"] take the best charge in the state?  Is [player_tooltip player_id="968197" first="Jake" last="Jensen"], Next Up?  Lots to look at as the Tanager traveling road show heads to 5-8 Beresford.  Beresford junior forward [player_tooltip player_id="812215" first="Ashton" last="Tjaden"] will try and lead the upset bid.</p>