Last week the Sanborn Central/Woonsocket Blackhawks met two strong competitors on the court, and the boys’ and girls’ junior varsity and varsity teams all won their matches, completing a clean sweep of the Wagner Red Raiders and the Highmore-Harrold Pirates.

On Tuesday, Feb. 11, the Blackhawks traveled on a snowy evening to Wagner to meet the Class A Red Raiders. The trip proved worth it for the SCW teams. The junior varsity Lady Blackhawks came away with the win, with a final score of 37-24.  

Concurrently playing in Wagner’s main gym, the Blackhawk junior varsity boys also found victory as they beat the Red Raiders, 58-20.

Following the JV games, the Lady Blackhawks took the court for a much-anticipated varsity match up. The Lady Blackhawks hit their stride early and didn’t look back, defeating the Lady Red Raiders, 61-44.

To wrap up the evening in Wagner, the varsity Blackhawks played a high energy game with lead changes throughout the match, but when the dust cleared, the Blackhawks defeated the Red Raiders with a score of 45-42.

On Friday, Feb. 14, the Blackhawks hosted the Pirates of Highmore-Harrold at Woonsocket in what was the last regular season home game and Senior Night for the Lady Blackhawks. Prior to the varsity game, the Lady Blackhawks recognized their four seniors, Makenzie Schley, Emilie Lindgren, Kaylee Robinson and Alexa Goertz with plaques and gratitude.

The SCW junior varsity girls kicked off the night of ball with a close win, 35-33, over the younger Lady Pirates.

The Blackhawk JV boys defeated the Pirates quite easily with a final score, 54-18. There were no other stats available.

For Senior Night and a rematch of the 281 Conference championship game, the Lady Blackhawks didn’t disappoint, wrapping up their final regular season home schedule with a victory. They led the scoring against the Lady Pirates in all four quarters, and the final tally was 60-36, SCW.

In the final game of the evening, the Blackhawks accomplished the week’s clean sweep when they defeated the Pirates, 53-45.

The Blackhawks traveled to Huron to take on the James Valley Christian Vikings on Tuesday, Feb. 18, and then head to Lake Preston Thursday (tonight) to play the Iroquois/Lake Preston Sharks for the Lady Blackhawks’ final game of the regular season. Next week, the Lady Blackhawks kick off postseason region play. The SCW boys host the Wessington Springs Spartans on Friday, Feb. 28, for their final game of the regular season and their Senior Night.

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The SCW basketball teams had a very busy week last week, fitting three doubleheaders into five days. They started with a home game in Forestburg on Tuesday, Feb. 4, against Ethan. It was a great night of some good basketball with the Blackhawks winning all the games except the first one where the JV Lady Blackhawks had to take a 23-31 loss.

The JV Blackhawk boys added another win to their record with a 42-31 victory over the Ethan JV Rustlers in the second game that night.

The varsity games against Ethan were incredible challenges for both the boys’ and the girls’ teams, but both SCW teams worked hard to get the end results they wanted. The Lady Blackhawks were led by another double-double from Liz Boschee for their 45-27 win over the third-ranked Rustlers.

The varsity boys game ended a fun night of basketball with a 60-54 win over the Rustlers.

On the second of three nights of basketball last week, the Blackhawks traveled to Parkston on Thursday, Feb. 6, for a doubleheader where the junior varsity teams fared better than the varsity squads.

The night started, business as usual, with the JV Lady Blackhawks playing the first game. They were led by L. Goertz’s 16 points and eight steals for a 30-29 win over the JV Parkston girls.

The JV boys were up next, and the Blackhawks brought home a 59-42 win over the JV Parkston boys.

The varsity ladies had another fight on their hands as they had to face the Parkston Lady Trojans, who were ranked second in the most recent polls, on their home court. The Lady Blackhawks worked hard until the end, but just couldn’t take over the lead, and they had to take only their third loss for the season with a 47-49 final score.

The SCW Blackhawk varsity boys ended the night with a 40-68 loss. The Blackhawks struggled from the beginning with a ten-point deficit at the end of the first quarter, and things just went downhill from there.

The final day of basketball for the week was on Saturday, Feb. 8, when the Blackhawks welcomed Wolsey-Wessington to a doubleheader in Woonsocket for a full day of ball games. The JV girls started the day with a nice win with a final score of 48-19.

The SCW junior varsity boys lost a close game with a final score of 34-38, but no additional stats were available for their game.

The varsity Lady Blackhawks handled the Lady Warbirds quite easily with a 63-33 win.

The varsity Blackhawks had their work cut out for them to beat the long-time rival in Wolsey-Wessington. They gave it a valiant effort but just couldn’t finish, and the game ended 50-54, Warbirds.

The Lady Blackhawks are now 13-3 for the season, and the Blackhawks are 9-6. They both headed to Wagner for a doubleheader on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and they have their next games in a doubleheader on Friday night, Feb. 14 in Woonsocket against Highmore-Harrold. Then their next games are in Huron at James Valley Christian, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, for a doubleheader there. The games against Highmore-Harrold are the last home games for the Lady Blackhawks before post season play starts. 

…See pictures and individual stats in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!