South Dakota Player of the Week Poll – December 5th-14th

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>High school girls basketball is BACK in South Dakota! The field is loaded with talented teams with top prospects looking to leave their mark on the 2024-25 season. There were some highly anticipated matchups early on including the opening night of state champions Sioux Falls O'Gorman, Vermillion, and Centerville. #1 rated Class AA O'Gorman got a 53-43 win in what most would consider the game of the week against #2 rated Class AA Brandon Valley. Vermillion, #1 in Class A picked up a tight win over Canton 61-57 in their home opener. #1 rated Class B Centerville got things started on the road with a 50-36 win over Gayville-Volin who is receiving votes in Class B. Some other top matchups included Dakota Valley downing a really talented Lennox squad in a nail-biter, 61-59, Canton going down in another close loss to a really talented Elk Point-Jefferson team 53-49, Sioux Falls Roosevelt opening up with a tight W over Sioux Falls Jefferson, 44-42, and Vermillion downing Class AA Mitchell 41-24 in the Corn Palace.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some top performances from prospects around the state! Take a look and cast your vote for the performance of the week!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='324044' first='Taaliyah' last='Porter'] - Rapid City Stevens - 18 points - 60-28 W over Douglas</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='317765' first='Brooke' last='Jensen'] - Vermillion -22 point, 9 rebounds - 61-57 W over Canton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='926343' first='Taylor' last='Reuvers'] - Vermillion - 16 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals - 61-57 W over Canton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='329046' first='Jenna' last='Vande Weerd'] - Canton - 23 points, 13 rebounds - 57-61 L to Vermillion</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='488317' first='Emmerson' last='Eppard'] - Chester - 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals - 58-23 W over Freeman Academy-Marion</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Faith Larson - Waubay-Summit - 21 points - 50-45 OT W over Webster</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='391251' first='Reagan' last='Rus'] - Mount Vernon-Plankinton - 23 points (Scored her 1000th career point), 10 rebounds - 50-36 W over McCook Central-Montrose</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='488324' first='Jaelyn' last='Huntimer'] - Arlington - 37 points - 50-39 W over Howard</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cameryn Summervold - Dakota Valley - 18 points, 10 rebounds - 61-59 W over Lennox</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='375879' first='Taryn' last='Hermansen'] - Aberdeen Central - 16 points, 6 rebounds - 39-26 W over Rapid City Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='377192' first='Ashlyn' last='Koupal'] - Wagner - 32 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks - 71-57 W over Winner</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='832308' first='Jordyn' last='Kohn'] - Lemmon - 19 points, 5 assists - 57-28 W over Timber Lake</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Payge Bakker - Sully Buttes - 26 points - 53-50 W over North Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='613986' first='Mya' last='Thuringer'] - Parkston - 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks - 51-33 W over Tri-Valley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='929560' first='Izzie' last='Eide'] - Centerville - 26 points (5 made threes), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals - 59-19 W over Canistota</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1048764' first='Lennix' last='Dupris'] - Pierre - 13 points, 7 steals - 56-38 W over Rapid City Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1048751' first='Blake' last='Thompson'] - Mobridge-Pollack - 23 points - 69-57 W over Sisseton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='388883' first='Mak' last='Scott'] - Lyman - 22 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists - 63-38 W over Potter County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mahpiya Irving - Andes Central-Dakota Christian - 22 points, 3 assists</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mya Morrison - McCook Central-Montrose - 20 points - 75-34 W over Parker</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Amree VanderVorst - North Central - 30 points, 8 rebounds, 7 steals - 54-37 W over McIntosh</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='823730' first='Bailey' last='Verhulst'] - Harding County - 21 points, 3 steals - 64-19 W over Lead-Deadwood</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='317858' first='Alexa' last='Goertz'] - Sanborn Central-Woonsocket - 17 points, 5 rebounds - 64-6 W over Sunshine Bible Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cast your vote below!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://poll.fm/14783523","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"crowdsignal"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://poll.fm/14783523 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->