BROOKINGS — After a six-year hiatus from the Class “A” State girls’ basketball tournament, the fourth-seeded Vermillion Tanagers ended atop the mountain Saturday night, with a 60-54 win over the No. 6 Tea Area Titans at the Dacotah Bank Center.

Top seeded Sisseton rebounded from only its second of the season to blow out second-seeded Sioux Falls Christian in the third-place contest and Flandreau, the tournament’s No. 3 seed pasted fifth-seeded Mahpiya Luta for fifth place.

Mount Vernon/Plankinton downed Hanson for 7th place in the tournament.

The All-Tournament team included Taylor Reuvers and Chandler Cleveland from Vermillion; Katie Vasecka and Mara Grant of Tea Area; Krista Langager and Chloe Langager of Sisseton, Avery Reitz of Sioux Falls Christian; Lily Klein and Lizzie Pavlis of Flandreau; Ashlan Blount of Mahpiya Luta; Emilee Fox and Reagan Rus of Mount Vernon/Plankinton. Fox was chosen as the “Spirit of “ winner and the cheerleaders from Hanson were named winners of the “Spirit of Six” award.

Vermillion 60, Tea Area 54
Led by an All-Tournament eighth-grader and with a pair of dagger threes from a recently returned junior, the Vermillion Tanagers came back from being down double digits in the final 10 minutes of play to earn the state title.

Vermillion trailed by 11 points, 48-37 with 2:37 to play in the third quarter, but cut the margin to six points by the end of the period.

They took the lead for good on the second of two consecutive three-point baskets from Kasey Hanson, who, according to coach Jon Brooks, only recently was cleared to play following an ACL injury last summer.

The first of Hanson’s nails in the Titans coffin was on an assist from Taylor Reuvers, Vermillion’s eighth-grade point guard who directed the Tanager offense and racked up 15 assists in the tournament.

Chandler Cleveland ended with 20 points for Vermillion, while Reuvers added 15 points, six assists and five rebounds and Hanson totaled 12 points.

Katie Vasecka and Mara Grant, the twin towers for Tea Area each ended their high school careers with 16 points. Vasecka also had nine rebounds and four assists and Grant had eight boards.

Vermillion ends the season 22-4 while the Titans finish 21-5.

Tea Area 22 39 50 54
Vermillion 15 35 44 60

TEA AREA (21-5): Mara Grant 7 2-4 16; Ellie Clayberg 3 2-4 10; Katie Vasecka 6 4-5 16; Jaycie Babb 4 1-1 10; Anna Binde 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 9-14 54.

VERMILLION (22-4): Taylor Reuvers 4 7-8 15; Brooklyn Voss 3 0-0 8; Jenaya Cleveland 1 0-4 2; Chandler Cleveland 8 3-4 20; Brooke Jensen 1 1-2 3; Kasey Hanson 5 0-1 12. Totals: 22 11-19 60.

FG: TA – 21-47 45%; V – 22-46 48%. 3-pt FG: TA – 3-14 (Clayberg 2, Babb); V – 5-11 (Voss 2, Hanson 2, C. Cleveland). Rebounds: TA – 30 (Vasecka 9, Grant 8); V – 27 (Reuvers 5, Jensen 5). TO: TA – 10; V – 8. Assists: TA – 12 (Haidyn West 4, Vasecka 4); V – 13 (Reuvers 6). Fouls: TA – 20 (West, Babb out); V – 12.

Third Place

Sisseton 68, Sioux Falls Christian 52
The Sisseton Redmen claimed third place at the State A, using a 7-0 run to open the fourth quarter and holding the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers to only six points in the final period to roll to the win and close the season with a mark of 22-2.

Junior post player Krista Langager scored 27 points and claimed 11 rebounds in the game, while Hannah Leverson scored 19 and passed out four assists for the Redmen.

The Chargers got 14 points from Jaxsyn Swift and 13 from Avery Reitz, who also had six rebounds in the game.

SFC ends the season 21-3.

SF Christian 18 32 46 52
Sisseton 21 33 50 68

SF CHRISTIAN (21-4): Aubrie VanBeek 2 5-7 9; Jaxsyn Swift 5 0-1 14; Avery Reitz 5 2-2 13; Maya Nelson 3 0-2 9; Emory Lems 1 0-0 2; Sydney Schaap 2 0-2 5. Totals: 28 7-16 52.

SISSETON (23-2): Hannah Leverson 6 4-4 19; Ruby Rice 1 0-0 3; Emmalee Nielsen 2 0-0 4; Chloe Langager 2 1-2 5; Krista Langager 13 1-3 27; Alexia Quinn 1 0-0 2; Elliot Hortness 1 0-0 2; Tara Nelson 2 0-0 6. Totals: 28 6-9 68.

FG: SFC – 18-57 32%; S – 28-52 54%. 3-pt FG: SFC – 9-28 (Swift 4, Nelson 3, Reitz, Schaap); S – 6-12 (Leverson 3, Nelson 2, Rice). Rebounds: SFC – 29 (Reitz 6, Schaap 6); S – 40 (K. Langager 11, C. Langager 9). TO: SFC – 9; S – 13. Assists: SFC – 13 (Swift 5); S – 15 (Leverson 4, Nielsen 4). Fouls: SFC – 13; S – 13.

Fifth Place - Consolation championship

Flandreau 56; Mahpiya Luta 41
The Flandreau Fliers outscored Mahpiya Luta 14-5 in the second quarter and held that lead throughout the second half, en route to the win in the consolation championship fifth-place game.

Lizzie Pavlis scored 21 points and had 10 rebounds for the Fliers, who also got 17 points, 15 boards and five assists from Lily Klein, as they finished 25-1 on the season.

Ashlan Blount, Jodene Hunter and Taliah Lunderman all finished with 10 points for ML and Blount added 11 rebounds, as they finished 23-2 on the year.

Flandreau 13 27 46 56
Mahpiya Luta 12 17 29 41

FLANDREAU (25-1): Lily Klein 5 6-7 17; Morgan Sheppard 0 1-4 1; Sadie Iott 2 0-0 4; Lizzie Pavlis 8 4-10 21; Claire Sheppard6 0-1 13. Totals: 21 11-22 56.

MAHPIYA LUTA (23-2): Mya Mills 1 0-0 3; Ashlan Blount 4 2-6 10; Jodene Hunter 4 2-3 10; Taliah Lunderman 5 0-0 10; Kennedy Fridia 1 0-0 3; Dorthie Mesteth 1 0-0 3; Essence Tobacco 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 4-9 41.

FG: F – 21-45 47%; ML – 17-55 31%. 3-pt FG: F – 3-11 (Klein, Pavlis, C. Sheppard); ML – 3-18 (Mills, Fridia, Mesteth). Rebounds: F – 44 (Klein 15, Pavlis 10); ML – 30 (Blount 11). TO: F – 20; ML – 15. Assists: F – 15 (Klein 5); ML – 7 (Hunter 3). Fouls: F – 10; ML – 16.

Seventh Place

Mount Vernon/Plankinton 60, Hanson 49
The Mount Vernon/Plankinton Titans opened up a double-digit lead after the first quarter and never gave it up as they down the Hanson Beaverettes for 7th place in the State A.

Reagan Rus scored 28 points and had six assists for the Titans, who also got 22 points from Emilee Fox as they finished 19-7 on the season.

Hanson, who finished 17-8, was led by Eliza Oltmanns’ 14 points and nine rebounds, while Taziah Hawins added 14 points and three assists, and Alyssa Moschell chipped in 10 points.

Mount Vernon/Plankinton 19 31 43 60
Hanson 8 19 30 49

HANSON (17-8): Eliza Oltmanns 6 0-1 14; Alyssa Moschell 3 4-6 10; Taziah Hawkins 4 2-2 13; Kylie Haiar 4 1-2 9; Dana Degen 1 0-0 3. Totals: 18 7-11 49.

MOUNT VERNON/PLANKINTON (19-7): Reagan Rus 9 9-11 28; Berkeley Engelland 1 2-2 4; Emilee Fox 9 0-0 22; Whitney Payne 1 2-2 4; Taryn Hegg 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 13-15 60.

FG: H – 18-52 35%; MVP – 21-48 44%. 3-pt FG: H – 6-20 (Hawkins 3, Oltmanns 2, Degem); MVP – 5-26 (Fox 4, Rus). Rebounds: H – 32 (Oltmanns 9); MVP – 32 (Schmidt 8). TO : H – 12; MVP – 9. Assists: H – 9 (Jarding 3, Hawkins 3); MVP – 11 (Rus 6). Foul: H – 12; MVP – 14.