Take a Look at the First South Dakota High School Football Poll

High School Football in our great state is just about ready to get underway for the 2023 season.

The first official SD Media poll has been released, with several familiar schools gracing the top of their respective class rankings.

One of the biggest surprises is that it is Lincoln, not Jefferson that is the top ranked program in AAA.

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Take a look at the latest poll from SD Media:

Class 11AAA

1. Lincoln (9) 66

2. Harrisburg (5) 62

3. Brandon Valley (1) 49

4. Jefferson (1) 37

5. O’Gorman 24

Receiving votes: Stevens 1, Roosevelt 1.

Class 11AA

1. Pierre (14) 78

2. Tea Area (2) 64

3. Yankton 44

4. Brookings 24

5. Aberdeen Central 20

Receiving votes: Watertown 9, Spearfish 1.

Class 11A

1. Dell Rapids (14) 78

2. West Central 46

3. Sioux Falls Christian (1) 45

4. Canton (1) 42

5. Dakota Valley 16

Receiving votes: Madison 12, Lennox 1.

Class 11B

1. Winner (14) 78

2. Elk Point-Jefferson (2) 58

3. Sioux Valley 39

4. McCook Central/Montrose 24

5. Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 23

Receiving votes: Hot Springs 13, Deuel 4, Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 1.

Class 9AA

1. Howard (12) 73

2. Wall (3) 59

3. Parkston 50

4. Hamlin (1) 39

5. Bon Homme 9

Receiving votes: Elkton-Lake Benton 5, Hanson 5.

Class 9A

1. Gregory (15) 79

2. Warner (1) 53

3. Wolsey-Wessington 46

4. Castlewood 31

5. Canistota 18

Receiving votes: Harding County/Bison 9, Philip 2, Lyman 2.

Class 9B

1. Hitchcock-Tulare (12) 70

2. De Smet (4) 54

3. Herreid/Selby Area 50

4. Dell Rapids St. Mary 24

5. Faulkton Area 22

Receiving votes: Corsica-Stickney 15, Sully Buttes 3, Kadoka Area 1, Avon 1.

Most teams in our area kickoff the season next Friday and Saturday, August 25th and 26th. Get out and enjoy the Friday Night Lights!

Flashback 1992: Inside Sioux Falls Old Washington High School

The modern marvel that is YouTube never ceases to amaze me. Sure, there's plenty of garbage there, but you can also find some gems.

Like this video from 1992. It's a sort of video time capsule of the old Washington High School in Sioux Falls. If you came to The Queen City in the last couple of decades, you may only know the building downtown as the Washington Pavilion, a center of Sioux Falls arts and culture.

Before it was the Pavilion, the corner of Main Avenue and 11th Street in Sioux Falls was home to many of the city's schools for most of the 20th century.

Built on the site of the former Central School, WHS's first class of 328 students started in 1908. It was the only high school in Sioux Falls until Lincoln High was completed in 1965.

The class of 1992 was the last class of Sioux Falls to graduate from the old Washington High. That fall the new WHS, constructed on N. Sycamore Ave on the east side of the city, took over the name and educational mission.

Check out the shots below for a flashback to 1992.