South Dakota Player of the Week Poll – Week 3

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Week 3, December 12th-17th saw a lot of games postponed due to blizzard conditions statewide. There were still some games being held though including those at the Lakota National Invitational (LNI) at the Monument in Rapid City. The LNI was packed full of fun basketball and saw the Red Cloud Crusaders, led by a stellar performance from Ashlan Blount, down the Lakota Tech Tatanka 45-38 to take home the championship. The number 1 in Class B Viborg/Hurley Cougars took home a victory over Irene-Wakonda 66-33 behind [player_tooltip player_id='166689' first='Coral' last='Mason']'s 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals, and 3 blocks. Number 4 in Class B, the Centerville Tornadoes got another W over Freeman Academy/Marion with several players in double figures including [player_tooltip player_id='329047' first='Thea' last='Gust'] who dropped in 11 points, grabbed 5 rebounds, dished out 5 assists, and snagged 3 steals. The University of South Dakota commit, [player_tooltip player_id='100478' first='Olivia' last='Kieffer'] from Rapid City Christian had yet another stellar performance with an unorthodox double-double of 27 points and 10 steals! Below is a summary of some of the top performances of the week. Cast your vote for the South Dakota Girls Basketball Player of the Week!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='329047' first='Thea' last='Gust'] - Centerville</strong> - 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 47-21 W over Freeman Academy/Marion</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bailey Vitek - Scotland</strong> - 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals, 47-33 W over Menno</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Courtney Traversie</strong> <strong>- Lower Brule</strong> - 12 points, 15 rebounds, 42-44 L to Pine Ridge</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Maleena Brave - White River</strong> - 17 points, 5 rebounds, 46-44 W over Custer</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='473064' first='Bailey' last='Cass'] - Custer</strong> - 10 points, 10 rebounds, 44-46 L to White River</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='178918' first='Melina' last='Shangreaux'] - Lakota Tech</strong> - 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, 48-43 W over Wall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='403792' first='Paige' last='Kjerstad'] - Wall </strong>- 20 points, 14 rebounds, 43-48 L to Lakota Tech</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='363192' first='Rhea' last='Tucker'] - Wall </strong>- 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 69-50 W over Todd County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='100478' first='Olivia' last='Kieffer'] - Rapid City Christian</strong> - 27 points (5 threes), 10 steals, 68-39 W over LIttle Wound&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Julissa Shaw - Todd County</strong> - 24 points, 7 rebounds, 58-56 W over Marty</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hawk Blair - Marty</strong> - 29 points, 56-58 L to Todd County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kannadee Bissonette - Tiospa Zina</strong> - 22 points, 18 rebounds, 50-48 W over Santee, NE</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Leilani Bowker - Tiospaye Topa</strong> - 22 points, 14 rebounds, 50-30 W over Crazy Horse</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='360364' first='Rylin' last='Rousseau'] - Dupree</strong> - 23 points, 9 rebounds, 63-52 W over Crow Creek</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ashlan Blount - Red Cloud</strong> - 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 11 steals, 72-36 W over McLaughlin</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='166689' first='Coral' last='Mason'] - Viborg/Hurley</strong> - 23 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 66-33 W over Irene-Wakonda</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='182475' first='Courtney' last='Sees'] - Avon</strong> - 19 points, 3 assists, 3 steals, 53-39 W over Corsica-Stickney</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='188213' first='Ava' last='Lingemann'] - Ethan</strong> - 28 points, 63-41 W over Freeman Academy/Marion</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jurni Vavruska - Bon Homme</strong> - 21 points, 43-30 W over Tripp-Delmont/Armour</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='443684' first='Josie' last='Brouwer'] - Andes Central/Dakota Christian</strong> - 16 points, 7 rebounds, 46-41 W over Scotland</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cast your vote below!</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://poll.fm/11270393","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/11270393 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->