Watertown girls basketball senior Lily Mack headed to Dakota Wesleyan

Lily Mack, a senior-to-be at Watertown High School, has announced her plans to continue playing basketball at the next level.

The 5-foot-6 guard has signed to play women’s hoops at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell.

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Mack has been a regular each of the past two seasons for coach Chad Rohde’s Arrows. She finished third in scoring (5.2 points per game) last winter on a Watertown team that finished 4-16 overall and 1-8 in the Eastern South Dakota Conference. She played in all 20 games.

As a sophomore, Mack appeared in all of the team’s 21 games and averaged 3.1 points per game. Watertown went 7-14 overall and 1-8 in the ESD.

Mack’s signing was announcd recently on the Watertown Arrows girls basketball facebook page:

Here’s a list of other current area high school athletes who made previous verbal commitments to play college sports:

• North Dakota State Football — Hunter Peterson, Watertown.

• Northern State University Football — Mack Saxon, Mobridge-Pollock.

North Dakota State Football — Hunter Peterson, Watertown.

Northern State University Football — Mack Saxon, Mobridge-Pollock.

• South Dakota State Men’s Wrestling — Gage Lohr, Watertown.

• South Dakota State Women’s Basketball — Lauryn Burckhard, Aberdeen Central.

• University of South Dakota Women’s Golf — Gabi Olson, Watertown and Brynn Roehrich, Watertown.

South Dakota State Men’s Wrestling — Gage Lohr, Watertown.

South Dakota State Women’s Basketball — Lauryn Burckhard, Aberdeen Central.

University of South Dakota Women’s Golf — Gabi Olson, Watertown and Brynn Roehrich, Watertown.

This list will be updated throughout the 2026-27 school year with new signees and other recruitment details. Please email us (rmerriam@thepublicopinion.com) with information on any signings or commitments.

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