Category Archives: Sports
BHSU Athlete Earns RMAC Field Athlete of the Year Award
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. - Black Hills State University track and field athlete Kyla Sawvell has been named the 2019-2020 Indoor RMAC field athlete of the year. Sawvell, a sophomore from Wall, SD, won th...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2020
Abdullah Re-Signs With the Vikings
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings re-signed running back Ameer Abdullah on Friday to a one-year contract. Abdullah, their primary kickoff returner last season, rushed 23 times for 115 ya...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2020
USD Rated Number 1 in College Insider Mid Major Poll
VERMILLION, S.D. - South Dakota women's basketball finishes the 2019-20 season where they began - holding the top spot of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. The preseason favorites, South Dakota f...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2020
NIAAA Honors Deubrook AD
INDIANAPOLIS – Deubrook Area Schools Athletic Director Paul Neopodal, CAA will receive the 2019 National Interscholastic Athletic Admisnistrators Association State Award of Merit during the Sout...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2020
SDHSAA Continues to Put Spring High School Sports Seasons on Hold
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors kept the door open this morning on having the State High School Basketball Tournaments and the Spring Sports...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2020
Wilson Earns Third All American Award
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Douglas Wilson added another accolade to his 2019-20 collection this week, as CollegeInsider.com announced the Jackrabbit junior as a member of its L...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2020
Owens Steps Down as Coach of the SF Stampede
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sioux Falls Stampede Head Coach and General Manager Scott Owens announced Thursday his retirement from coaching after 28 seasons as a head coach between the United States Hockey Le...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2020
Nilsen voted USTFCCCA National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
NEW ORLEANS-South Dakota senior Chris Nilsen has been voted the National Indoor Field Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as announced on T...
Jody Heemstra Mar 26, 2020
State 4-H Shooting Sports Cancelled
PIERRE, S.D. – Spring 4-H Shooting Sports have also become victims of the COVID 19 Pandemic. John Keimig of the State Shooting Sports Committee says that based on the schools being out of sessio...
Jody Heemstra Mar 26, 2020
Mors Named South Dakota Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year
CHICAGO – Yankton Buck junior forward Matthew Mors has been named the Gatorade South Dakota Player of the Year in High School Basketball. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound junior forward led the Bucks to ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 26, 2020