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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.

Lily Mack (front), who will be a senior at Watertown High School during the 2026-27 school year, recently signed to play women's college basketball at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. She is pictured with her family in back, from left, sister Peyton, father Jason, mother Anne and brother Johnny.

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:

Other area commits/signees

  • 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.

College Recruits

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.

Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: rmerriam@thepublicopinion.com

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