It will be top seeded Highmore-Harrold versus No. 3 seed Hitchcock-Tulare for the girls’ 281 Conference Tournament title Thursday night, as both ball clubs survived overtime battles in their respective semifinal matchups.

Highmore-Harrold 55, Wolsey-Wessington 48
HURON — The Wolsey-Wessington Lady Warbirds staged a furious comeback in the final minutes of regulation to force overtime, but in the extra period, it was the Highmore-Harrold Pirates who got hot at the right time Tuesday afternoon. The top-seeded Pirates escaped with a 55-48 overtime win over the Lady Warbirds and a berth in Thursday’s finals of the 281 Conference Tournament.
The Warbirds found themselves down eight points with just over three minutes to play, but forced some turnovers which they turned into easy baskets and got a driving layup from Cortney Sprecher as time expired to force the extra four-minute period.
The Lady Warbirds led briefly in overtime, but three-pointers from Kassie Hale, Oakley Jandreau and Grace Knox gave the Pirates a lead that they made hold up.
The Lady Warbirds got 13 points and four rebounds from freshman Mya Boomsma, while Sprecher notched 10 and six , as Wolsey-Wessington falls to 3-5 with the loss. Chantel Haider added nine points and Lizzi Brand had four rebounds as well.
For the Pirates, now 7-2, Jandreau had 14 points and seven boards in the game, while Letha Jessen added 12 points and Hale had nine counters. Knox had seven rebounds in the game.
H-H will play for the title against Hitchcock-Tulare Thursday night, around 6 p.m., while Wolsey-Wessington will battle Sanborn Central-Woonsocket for third place in a game scheduled to tip at 3 p.m.

Wolsey-Wessington    10 19 30 45 48
Highmore-Harrold       12 21 32 45 55
Wolsey-Wessington (3-5): Chantel Haider 3 3-3 9; Mya Boomsma 5 0-0 13; Brynn Haider 1 0-0 2; Cortney Sprecher 4 1-1 10; Lizzi Brandt 2 0-0 4; Leah Williams 2 1-4 5; Macie Luce 1 0-0 3; Hailey Clark 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 5-8 48.
Highmore-Harrold (7-2): Haley Husted 2 0-2 4; Kassie Hale 3 1-4 9; Oakley Jandreau 4 3-7 14; Grace Knox 3 1-2 8; Letha Jessen 5 2-4 12; Courtney Moser 2 2-4 8. Totals: 19 9-23 55.
FG: WW - 19-51 39%; HH - 19-51 39%. 3-pt FG: WW - 5-13 (Boomsma 3, Sprecher and Luce); HH - 8-12 (Jandreau 3, Hale 2, Moser 2, Knox 1). Rebounds: WW - 19 (Sprecher 6, Boomsma 4, Brandt 4); HH - 27 (Jandreau 7, Knox 7). Turnovers: WW - 16; HH - 10. Fouls: WW - 19; HH - 10 (Jessen out)

Hitchcock-Tulare 60, Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 56
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket’s Trista White hit a pair of free throws with two seconds left on the clock to push the game to overtime, but in the extra period it was the Hitchcock-Tulare Lady Patriots who made the shots they needed, as the Lady Pats moved into Thursday night’s title game with a 60-56 win over the Blackhawks in overtime Tuesday night.
Dannyn Peterson scored 22 points - 12 of them from the charity stripe - and had 10 rebounds to earn her double-double on the evening for Hitchcock-Tulare. Kenidee Enander added 17 points and Ashley Masat led all rebounders with 13 caroms on the night.
For Sanborn Central-Woonsocket, Trista White scored 17 points and Brooke Doering had eight rebounds.
The Blackhawks, who fall to 4-7 with the loss, will play Wolsey-Wessington in the third-place game, at 3 p.m. Thursday, while the Lady Patriots will put their 7-3 mark on the line for all the marbles in the 281 Conference Tournament, when they take on Highmore-Harrold at approximately 6 p.m.

Hitchcock-Tulare 17 33 39 49 60

Sanborn Central-Woonsocket 17 29 36 49 56
Hitchcock-Tulare (7-3): Elizabeth Salmen 3 1-5 7; Kenidee Enander 5 2-4 17; Madison Hofer 2 2-2 7; Ashley Masat 1 3-4 5; Dannyn Peterson 5 12-19 22; Kaitlyn Rathjen 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 20-34 60.
Sanborn Central-Woonsocket (4-7): Trista White 5 5-6 17; Taryn Ziebart 2 0-0 5; Trinity Boschee 2 5-9 9; Kaylee White 3 3-5 9; Mariah Jost 1 2-4 4; Teya Moody 2 2-2 8; Brooke Doering 1 2-6 4. Totals: 16 19-32 56.
FG: HT - 17-35 49%; SCW - 16-43 37%. 3-pt FG - HT - 6-17 (Enander 5, Hofer); SCW - 5-14 (White 2, Moody 2, Ziebart). Rebounds: HT - 35 (Masat 13, Petersen 10); SCW - 28 (Doering 8). Turnovers: HT - 16; SCW - 17. Fouls: HT - 17 (Masat, Salmen out); SCW - 23.

Consolation semifinals
James Valley Christian 47, Sunshine Bible Academy 18
The James Valley Christian Lady Vikings held the Sunshine Bible Academy Crusaders scoreless in the second quarter, en route to a 47-18 win in a consolation semifinal game Tuesday, during the 281 Conference Tournament, at the JVC Gym.
Brenna Held scored 20 points and had four rebounds to pace the Lady Vikings to the win. Karilyn Wieting had 10 points for JVC, which will go into the fifth-place game against Wessington Springs on Thursday afternoon at Huron Arena with a mark of 4-6.
SBA got 10 points and seven rebounds from Beth Konechne, while Ruthe Lopez also had seven rebounds.
The Crusaders will face Iroquois-Doland Thursday morning at 9 a.m. in the 7th place game, also at Huron Arena.

Sunshine Bible Academy   4   4  8 18
James Valley Christian      19 27 41 47
James Valley Christian (4-6): Summer Gross 0 1-2 1; Brenna Held 10 0-0 20; Karilyn Wieting 4 0-0 10; Kerstyn Fast 2 0-0 4; Alanna Hood 1 0-0 2; Lily Hofer 2 0-0 4; Joselyn Wipf 1 0-0 2; Colleen Wipf 1 0-0 2; Jolie Dowling 0 2-2 2. Totals: 21 3-4 47.
Sunshine Bible Academy (0-9): Bethany Konechne 3 4-4 10; Ruthe Lopez 2 0-0 4; Jakki Burma 0 2-2 2; Becca Hofmen 1 0-0 2. Totals: 6 6-6 18.
FG: JVC - 21-59 33%; SBA - 6-21 29%. 3-pt FG: JVC 2-7 (Wieting 2); SBA 0-4. Rebounds: JVC - 22 (Held 4); SBA - 28 (Konechne 7, Lopez 7). Turnovers: JVC - 10; SBA - 35. Fouls: JVC - 7; SBA 7.

Wessington Springs 43, Iroquois-Doland 28
The Wessington Springs Lady Spartans earned a spot in the 281 Conference Tournament’s consolation championship Tuesday evening, with a dominant 43-28 win over the Iroquois-Doland Lady Chiefs.
The Lady Spartans were led by Grace Gran’s 14 points, while Avery Orth added 13 points and had 11 rebounds for Wessington Springs.
The Lady Chiefs got 10 points and six rebounds from Katie Dubro, with Jorja Huls adding six boards as well.
Springs will play James Valley Christian for fifth place in the tournament on Thursday afternoon, while Iroquois-Doland will look to win the seventh-place contest with Sunshine Bible Academy, at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Iroquois-Doland     4 11 6 28
Wessington Springs     4 24 30 43

Iroquois-Doland (1-9): Harley Nelson 0 1-2 1; Jorja Huls 1 0-0 2; Anna Decker 1 1-6 4; Kaitlyn Maas 2 2-2 6; Katie Dubro 3 2-2 10; Kere Dubro 1 0-0 2; Becca Bich 1 0-0 3. Totals: 9 6-12 28.
Wessington Springs (3-8): Piper Jones 1 0-2 2; Avery Orth 5 3-7 13; Grace Gran 6 2-3 14; MaKayla Dornbusch 2 0-0 4; Kirstie Munsen 3 1-2 7; Madison Privett 1 0-0 2; Alyssa Grohs 0 1-2 1; Angie Paulson 0 0-2 0. Totals: 18 7-18 43.
FG: ID - 9-34 23%; WS - 18-63 26%. 3-pt FG: ID - 4-18 (Katie Dubro 2, Decker and Bich); WS 0-4. Rebounds: WS - 39 (Orth 11, Dornbusch 8); ID - 22 (Huls and Katie Dubro, 7 each). Turnovers: WS - 17; ID - 20. Fouls: WS - 13; ID - 16.