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(20-2), who are in the state tournament for the first time since 1999.
• Keely Bertram added 17 points and eight rebounds and the Huskies shot 53 percent from the field. They scored 33 points off 24 Webster Area turnovers.
• Lindsey Vogl had 11 points for the Bearcats (14-8), who shot 31 percent. Webster is in a state tournament for the first time in 33 years.

Mitchell survives upset bid at state AA

• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- Mitchell blew a 16-point lead but held on behind Macy Miller's 38 points to beat Sioux Falls Roosevelt 70-65 Thursday at the South Dakota Class AA girls' basketball tournament.
• The Kernals (22-1) led a 25-9 lead evaporate in the third quarter, but quickly retook the lead and held on. Roosevelt (13-11), the seventh seed, scored the first 11 points of the third quarter.
• Miller was 10-for-26 from the field and 18-for-19 from the line. She also grabbed 17 rebounds and dished out seven assists.
• Taylor Volesky added 16 points.
• Paige Mriden led the Rough Riders with 29 points. She had five 3-pointers and was 8-for-9 from the line. Nicole Hatcher had 19 points.

Hanson moves on a state B

• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- Hanson took charge in the second quarter and went on to beat Lyman 69-36 Thursday in a first-round game at the South Dakota Class B girls' basketball tournament.
• Kynedi Cheeseman had 22 points and nine rebounds for the Beaverettes (22-2), who finished third in last year's tournament. Sydney Dodd added 13 points.
• Hanson outscored Lyman 18-5 in the second quarter and won it going away.
• Lyman (15-9) was making its first appearance in the state tournament since 1989. It shot just 35 percent from the field.
• Brooklyn Halverson led Lyman with 14 points.

Sioux Valley moves on at state A

• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- Carley Peterson had 11 points and 12 rebounds to lead Sioux Valley over Pine Ridge 60-49 Thursday at the South Dakota Class A girls basketball tournament.
• Peterson had three of the Cossacks' 10 three-pointers. As a team, Sioux Valley (20-3) shot better from long range (42 percent) than it did overall (38 percent). It

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