South Dakota Class AA State Tournament Most Valuable Player Poll

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>March 9th-11th saw a ton of great basketball games across the state. In Sioux Falls, 8 teams from Class AA vied for a chance at a state championship title that would eventually be claimed by the perennial powerhouse Sioux Falls Washington Warriors. Pierre made a great run themselves in an excellent season, falling to the Warriors in the title game. The Cavaliers from Sioux Falls Jefferson finished in third place with a win over Harrisburg. Sioux Falls O'Gorman won the consolation championship over the sixth-place finishing Mitchell Kernels, and Rapid City Stevens finished the tournament with a win to claim 7th place over Watertown. There were many high level prospects competing in the tournament who had numerous note-worthy performances. Cast your vote for the South Dakota Girls Class AA State Tournament MVP!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Watertown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Maddy Rhode - Class of 2023 - 5'7" - G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 8 points, 3 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Mitchell - 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 15 points, 3 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='246271' first='Jaida' last='Young'] - Class of 2023 - 5'8" G/F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, 3 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Mitchell - 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 22 points, 12/15 FT, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='613989' first='Emery' last='Thury'] - Class of 2025 - 5'10" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Mitchell - 2 points, 7 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Rapid City Stevens</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='324044' first='Taaliyah' last='Porter'] - Class of 2025 - 5'8" G/F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Pierre - 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 8 points, 6/7 FT, </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Watertown - 21 points, 7/8 FT, 9 rebounds, 4 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Isabell Higgins - Class of 202</strong>4 <strong>- 5'9" F/C</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Pierre - 13 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 13 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Watertown - 13 points, 5/5 Overall FG, 8 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='403106' first='Macey' last='Wathen'] - Class of 2023 - 5'9" - G/F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Pierre - 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Watertown - 9 points, 4 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Mitchell</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='241312' first='Sawyer' last='Stoebner'] - Class of 2024 - 5'9" - F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 9 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 block</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Watertown - 24 points, 8/15 Overall FG, 8/11 FT, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 14 points, 6/8 FT, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Addie Seimsen - Class of 2026 - 5'8" - G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 13 points, 7 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Watertown - 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 6 points, 2 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='613995' first='Lauren' last='Van Overschelde']- Class of 2025 - 5'5" - G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 10 points, 3 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Watertown - 7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Sioux Falls O'Gorman</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='182129' first='Mahli' last='Abdouch'] - Class of 2024 - 5'8" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Harrisburg - 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Mitchell - 17 points, 4 assists, 6 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='261381' first='Kira' last='Mentele'] - Class of 2023 - 6'1" C</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Harrisburg - 4 points, 2 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 18 points, 8/10 FT, 3 rebounds, 4 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Mitchell - 8 points</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='188217' first='Lucy' last='Moore'] - Class of 2024 - 5'7" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Harrisburg - 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 12 points, 4/4 FT, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Mitchell - 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Harrisburg</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='421631' first='Sadie' last='Mehrman'] - Class of 2026</strong> <strong>- 5'10" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 21 points, 5/6 Overall FG, 3/3 3 PT, 8/8 FT</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Pierre - 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100490' first='Kayleigh' last='Hybertson'] - Class of 2023 - 5'10" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 9 points, 3 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Pierre - 5 points, 5 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 9 points, 8 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='377314' first='Hannah' last='Eide'] - Class of 2023 - 5'10" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Sioux Falls O'Gorman - 13 points, 10 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Pierre - 2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Sioux Falls Jefferson</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100470' first='Cierra' last='Watkins']- Class of 2023 - 5'7" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Mitchell - 20 points, 7/10 FT, 9 rebounds, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Harrisburg - 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='188222' first='Jaidyn' last='Dunn'] - Class of 2024 - 6'0" F/C</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Mitchell - 4 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 4 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 17 points, 6/8 Overall FG, 16 rebounds, 6 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Harrisburg - 11 points, 7 rebounds, 8 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ashlen Johnson - Class of 2024 - 5'6" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Mitchell - 8 points, 4/4 FT, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 2 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Harrisburg - 7 points, 2 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Pierre T.F. Riggs</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100484' first='Remington' last='Price'] - Class of 2023 - 5'7" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 15 points, 4/4 FT, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Harrisburg - 7 points, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Washington- 8 points, 4 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='470686' first='Reese' last='Terwilliger'] - Class of 2024 - 5'11" F/C</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Harrisburg - 19 points, 7/9 Overall FG, 5/5 FT, 8 rebounds, 2 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 7 points, 7 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='377639' first='Lennix' last='DuPris'] - Class of 2025 - 5'6" G</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Rapid City Stevens - 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Harrisburg - 7 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Sioux Falls Washington - 5 points, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>Sioux Falls Washington</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100473' first='Brooklyn' last='Harpe']- Class of 2023 - 6'0" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Watertown - 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Pierre - 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100481' first='Hannah' last='Harpe'] - Class of 2023 - 6'0" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Watertown - 7 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 5 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Pierre - 4 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='404951' first='Grace' last='Peterson'] - Class of 2025 - 5'11" F</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 1 vs. Watertown - 9 points, 5 rebounds</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 2 vs. Sioux Falls Jefferson - 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Game 3 vs. Pierre - 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cast your vote below!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://poll.fm/11975239","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"crowdsignal","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://poll.fm/11975239 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->