South Dakota High School Basketball - Sioux Valley sneaks past Pine Ridge
January 17, 2026: Pine Ridge, SD 57770 The Sioux Valley Cossacks (Volga, SD) basketball edged the host Pine Ridge Thorpes (Pine Ridge, SD), 74-69 in Saturday's non-league bout.
The Cossacks now possess a 7-3 record. They play next when they host Chester for a non-league bout on Tuesday, January 20. Sioux Valley will play a Flyers team coming off a 66-49 league loss to Sioux Falls Lutheran (Sioux Falls, SD). The Flyers record now stands at 4-8.
With the loss, Pine Ridge falls to 7-6 on the campaign. The Thorpes travel to Little Wound (Kyle, SD) to encounter the Mustangs in a A Region 7 challenge on Saturday, January 24. The Mustangs come into the challenge with a record of 4-7.