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• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- Bailie Beer had 18 points and Jenna Van Beek added 14 points and 14 rebounds as Lemmon beat Gayville-Volin 55-41 in a consolation game at the South Dakota Class B girls basketball tournament.
• Beer was 8-for-10 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds for the Cowgirls (23-2). Lemmon was 16 of 26 from the line and hit five of 18 3-pointers.
• Katie Sackmann chipped in 20 points and nine rebounds.
• Kelia Barta led the Raifders (15-9) with 10 points and Megan Hirch had 17 rebounds.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Two 13-year-old boys in western South Dakota are safe after firefighters rescued them from a mud hole in a construction area.
• Multiple news outlets report the Rapid City children were cutting through a construction area to get to Wal-Mart when an embankment on the edge of a drainage system gave way. The boys fell down and got stuck in a muddy pond.
• The fire department says one of the boys was trapped up to his waist during the Thursday night incident, while the second had mud up to his knees.
• Firefighters rescued one boy using a rope. It took them about an hour to get the second boy out of the mud. Rescuers had to inject air into the mud to be able to pull him out little by little.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Members of the American Indian community in Sioux Falls scheduled a Friday evening memorial service to remember two people who drowned trying to save a child a year ago
• Sixteen-year-old Madison Wallace and 28-year-old Lyle Eagle Tail drowned in the icy Big Sioux River on March 14, 2013, while trying to help Wallace's brother after he fell in the water. The 6-year-old boy escaped unharmed.
• The city later installed more warning signs at Falls Park in response to the drowning deaths.
• Organizers of the memorial service also wanted to honor emergency officials and volunteers who helped recover the bodies.
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