Potter County’s Cooper Logan (30) and Alex Tanner (24) meet in mid-air during pre game introductions for Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County and Dell Rapids St. Mary players watch the coin flip before Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Colt Wieseler, right, tries to block the punt of Dell Rapids St. Mary’s C.J. Smith, left, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Ryder Falkenhagen runs with the ball after catching a pass during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game against Dell Rapid St. Mary at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Drake Bassett, center, tries to catch a pass as Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Ty Brown, left and C.J. Smith, right, look on during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Grant Luikens, right, runs with the ball as Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Ty Brown, front left, gives chase during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Cooper Logan, left, tries to out run the reach of Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Noah Olund, right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Drake Bassett, left, runs away from Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Noah Olund, right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Bassett scored a touchdown on the pass play. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Alex Tanner, far right, tries to tackle Dell Rapid St. Mary’s John Pica as Pica runs into the end zone after intercepting a pass during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Drake Bassett, left, is pulled down from behind by Dell Rapids St. Mary’s Noah Olund, center, as Tate Bunkers (5) closes in during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Colt Wieseler (11) celebrates a tackle for loss on Dell Rapid St. Mary’s C.J. Smith, on the ground left, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County head football coach Vern Smith, right, talks to his team during a time out in Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Dell Rapids St. Mary’s Nic Gaspar, left, runs past the diving tackle attempt of Potter County’s Drake Basett, bottom right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County fans cheer during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Drake Bassett, left, gets forced out of bounds by Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Noah Olund and Ty Brown, right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Dell Rapid St. Mary’s C.J. Smith, left tries to throw a pass as he is hit by Potter County’s Colin Arbach, center, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County fans cheer during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Ryder Falkenhagen, looks back as he runs into the end zone on a pass play during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game against Dell Rapid St. Mary at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County cheerleaders get excited as the Battlers’ Drake Bassett, right, tries to outrun the tackle attempt of Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Ty Brown during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Alex Tanner, left and Cooper Logan, center, push Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Luca Flemmer, right, backwards during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Carter Luikens (14) dives into the end zone to score a two-point conversion past Dell Rapid St. Mary’s C.J. Smith (8) and Tate Bunkers (5). during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Dell Rapid St. Mary’s Nic Gaspar, center, runs for the end zone as Potter County’s Grant Luikens, right, closes in on defense during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Gaspar scored on the play which took place during overtime. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Players from Dell Rapids St. Mary, left and Potter County, right, react after the Cardinals scored on a two-point conversion to win the Class 9B championship in double overtime Thursday at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Grant Luikens, center, tries to run between the reach of Dell Rapids St. Mary’s John Pica, left and Gabriel Lindeman, right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. In on the play for the Battlers are Cooper Logan, far left and Ashton Larson, far right. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Ryder Falkenhagen, center, gets tackled short of the goal line by Dell Rapids St. Mary’s Ty Brown, right and C.J. Smith, left, on the last play of regulation during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. In the background for the Cardinals is Tate Bunkers (5). Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Colin Arbach, center, reaches for a pass beyond his reach as Dell Rapids St. Mary’s C.J. Smith, left, defends during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County’s Drake Bassett, left, runs past the reach of Dell Rapids St. Mary’s Camden Gilbert, right, during Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Bassett went on to score a touchdown on the play. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Potter County football coach Vern Smith, center, and some of his players collect the runner-up trophy after Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021 
Members of the Dell Rapids St. Mary football team hoist the championship trophy after Thursday’s Class 9B Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021
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State B Notebooks
Raasch adding to coaching career victory total
Boys Basketball
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Track and Field
Area athletes excel in multiple events at Donat Classic
