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• Creighton LeBeau had 12 points and five rebounds for the Braves, who made just one of 10 3-point attempts. Jeffrie Shaving had nine points.
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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Nathan Wedel scored 34 points to lead James Valley Christian to an 85-68 win over Centerviile Thursday at the South Dakota Class B boys basketball tournament.
• Wedel made 13 of 17 shots from the field, including 4 of 5 3-pointers. He was 4-for-5 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds.
• Alex Waldner and Andrew Ulvestad tossed in 17 points apiece for the Vikings (23-1), who shot 57 percent from the field.
• Seamus O'Malley had 25 points and eight rebounds for Centerville (17-7). Rory O'Malley added 14 points and Josh DeRaad 11.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Unbeaten Madison outscored Tri-Valley 21-7 in the first quarter and coasted to a 67-38 win Thursday in the first round of the South Dakota Class A boys basketball tournament.
• Trae VandeBerg provided the offense for the Bulldogs (23-0) with 33 points. VandeBerg was 13-for-17 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line. He had three of Madison's five 3-pointers.
• VandeBerg was the only Madison player in double figures, but nine players scored points. Rush Milne had nine points and seven rebounds.
• Nick Buchmann, Brandon Boomsma and Joseph Newman had six points each for Tri-Valley (12-12).
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• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- Some communities in western South Dakota are still working to clean up and repair trees more than five months after an early fall blizzard slammed the region.
• The two-day blizzard that hit Oct. 4 dumped as much as 4 feet of snow in the Black Hills, downing or damaging thousands of trees.
• The Belle Fourche City Council this week approved bids totaling $100,000 to complete tree branch cleanup around town and in a cemetery, the Black Hills Pioneer reported. The city is eligible for federal reimbursement of up to 75 percent of

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