Call it déjà vu if you will. Brandon Valley’s 2018 girls’ soccer season came to a close Saturday in the same fashion as it did in 2017: in a shootout against O’Gorman. And for the second year, the shootout went the way of the Knights.
Scott Carroll was confident the Lynx boys had the talent to be in the top six mix of last week’s AA state tournament. And for the first day of the two-day affair, led by senior captain Jackson Faber, Brandon Valley was right there.
For the fourth consecutive year, Brandon Valley owns the Eastern South Dakota Conference football title. After a shaky first-half, the Lynx took control of Friday’s 34-7 road win over the Watertown Arrows.
It doesn’t get any easier in the post-season, and the Lynx boys learned that as they defeated Huron 4-2 in the opening round of the playoffs Oct. 2 and battled to a quarterfinals shootout Saturday that went the way of the Spearfish Spartans.
After staging an emotional and dominant win over Watertown, the Lady Lynx followed up with a 0-0 draw against Sioux Falls Roosevelt last Tuesday girls’ soccer action.
The Thomas Scholten-Carter Olthoff connection proved to be unstoppable in Friday’s 34-14 homecoming victory over Rapid City Stevens. The junior-senior passer-receiver connected for four of Brandon Valley’s five touchdowns.
Kate Lundberg played her last home match of her high school tennis career Sept. 27, and despite celebrating the team’s lone senior, the Mitchell Kernels spoiled the senior recognition party with a 6-3 setback.
