AUTO RACING: Keselowski wins at Iowa Speedway
NEWTON, Iowa -- Brad Keselowski had to overcome a 1,000-mile flight, a pit row violation and an overheating engine just to earn a shot at the lead. Once Keselowski got his chance, it became perfectly...
View ArticleNFL: Four inducted into Hall of Fame
CANTON, Ohio -- As relaxed as if he had no one to block, Jonathan Ogden became the first Baltimore Raven enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was followed moments later by former Packers...
View ArticleAMATEUR BASEBALL: Milbank rallies past Volga for third place:
MILBANK -- Milbank scored three runs in the fifth and an insurance run in the seventh to rally out of an early deficit, defeating Volga 6-3 Saturday in the third-place game of the District 1B amateur...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Nomad from Kansas newest sports writer
It might be one of the more intimidating things in life to write an introductory column about yourself. So here's the nutshell version: Kansas born, Kansas raised, Iowa educated, farm kid at heart and...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Mina man taps Pure Stock for pure happiness
Russ Beadle has gone from a man without a car to owning one of the top cars at Brown County Speedway this season. The 40-year-old Mina driver had all but gotten out of racing before a unique turn of...
View ArticleClark defeats Lake Norden in championship game
Zak Vinum scattered four hits and Brent Griffith and Taylor Welk hit home runs as Clark defeated Lake Norden 8-1 in the District 1B amateur baseball tournament championship game. Vinum struck out nine...
View ArticleState A Teener pairings
Harrisburg will host the VFW 15-16 Teener Baseball State A Tournament this weekend. In the first game at noon Friday, Vermillion will play Volga followed by Tyndall vs. Dell Rapids at 2:30 p.m., Groton...
View ArticleState A amateur tourney
The first round of the double-elimination South Dakota State A Amateur Baseball Tournament will take place Friday through Sunday in Rapid City. Redfield Dairy Queen and the Vermillion Red Sox play the...
View ArticleRapid City Post 22 wins State A Legion tournament
Rapid City Post 22 (55-13) won its 38th state title Sunday at the American Legion Baseball State A Tournament. Post 22, the host team, defeated Brandon Valley 14-5 in the championship. The Rapid City...
View ArticleArea golfers compete in SDGA tourney
Four area teams competed in the South Dakota Golf Association Two-Woman Championship. The 36-hole tournament was held at Rocky Run Golf Course in Dell Rapids. Kelly Erdmann and Lyla Bultema, both of...
View ArticleJackrabbits report for fall football camp
The South Dakota State University football team reported for fall camp on Sunday and will begin official workouts on Monday. The Jackrabbits were picked second in the preseason Missouri Valley...
View ArticleRedfield Dairy Queen wins district title
Redfield Dairy Queen claimed wins over Aurora and Castlewood on Saturday en route to a Class A amateur baseball district tournament championship. Redfield scored eight runs in the sixth on its way to a...
View ArticleBritton downs Groton 10-9 Saturday, both advance to State B tourney
The Britton Lumberjacks exploded for five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to chop down the Groton Tribe 10-9 on Saturday in the District 2B championship game. Both teams will now advance to the...
View ArticleMLB is set to suspend Alex Rodriguez through 2014
Major League Baseball is likely to announce Monday a suspension of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez through the end of the 2014 season for using banned performance-enhancing drugs.The discipline,...
View ArticleColumn: August will fly by fast
This is one of my favorite times of year. Things move fast in August. South Dakota youth baseball seasons start to end, amateur baseball heats up, the Brown County Fair takes over and high school and...
View ArticleGolf: Aberdeen woman gets ace
Kathy Onkka of Aberdeen recorded a hole-in-one Sunday at Moccasin Creek Country Club. Onkka used one swing of her eight-iron on the 17th hole, which measured 83 yards. Witnessing the shot were Steve...
View ArticleRedfield girl fifth at track and field nationals
Nicolette Schmidt of Redfield was fifth in the 1,600-meter run in a personal best time of 5:14.32 at the 37th annual Hershey's Track and Field North American Final Saturday in Hershey, Pa. Event winner...
View ArticleBasketball: PC men adds transfer from Iowa
Louis Cox, a transfer from Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has joined the Presentation College men's basketball team. Cox, a native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., averaged 12 points and...
View ArticlePresentation soccer adds Californian to roster
Raphael Alvarado, a native of Nuevo, Calif., will be joining the Presentation Saints men's soccer team this fall. Alvarado, a center/midfielder, is a former two-year starter and team captain at...
View ArticleNorth sweeps South at all-star doubleheader
The North won both ends of the S.D. American Legion baseball All-Star doubleheader Monday at Lake Norden. After claiming an 11-7 victory in the opening game, the North snuck past the South 3-2 in the...
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