DWU looking for men's coach
Shane Murphy has resigned as the Dakota Wesleyan University men's basketball coach to take a job in medical sales in Sioux Falls. In three seasons under Murphy, the Mitchell school went 53-41. From...
View ArticlePC lands Wyoming guard
Catherine Clonch of Moorcroft, Wyo., will play basketball for Presentation College this fall. The 5-foot-4 guard averaged 13.5 points for her team last season. PC coach Alaina Benson said Clonch will...
View ArticlePresentation Sisters' tournament set June 17
The 18th annual Presentation Sisters' Golf Tournament will be June 17 at Moccasin Creek Country Club in Aberdeen. This 18-hole, four-woman scramble tournament will begin with registration at 8:30...
View ArticleHuron man honored Saturday
Jim Entwisle of Huron will be inducted into the South Dakota Golf Association Hall of Fame at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Huron Country Club. The Hall of Fame ceremony is free and open to the public. Here...
View ArticleWomen's golf tourney at Britton
A golf tourney for women will be July 31 at the Britton Country Club. The $45 fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart and dinner. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to the time of the shotgun start, 12:30...
View ArticleSchool board approves wrestling co-op
The Aberdeen Public Board of Education voted Monday night to go ahead with a cooperative agreement for wrestling with Aberdeen Roncalli High School. An application cooperative agreement between...
View ArticleColumn: Snowblower put away as track continues to consume me
I put my snowblower away Monday. A friend called me optimistic. I didn't get it until noon Tuesday. I had a case of the giggles all afternoon. That is what happens when you cover hours and hours of...
View ArticleSmittys lose doubleheader
The Aberdeen Smittys continued a challenging schedule to open the American Legion baseball season. Sioux Falls Post 15 West topped the Aberdeen squad 11-0 and 18-1 in a doubleheader played on Tuesday...
View ArticleScoreboard: May 30
TODAYBASEBALLAberdeen 15-16 JV Legion Aberdeen 15-16 JV Legion at Sioux Falls West, 1 p.m. doubleheaderSOFTBALLMen's 12-Inch Slow Pitchat South Complex 6:30 p.m. - Great Plains/AFCU/Sanford Health vs....
View ArticleYouth archery classes begin
The Aberdeen Family YMCA is offering archery instruction to youth ages 8 to 18. Registration is underway but only a limited number of openings remain. Registration can be completed at the Family Y or...
View ArticleGolf tournament to benefit Redfield hospital, clinic
A golf tournament, with a shotgun start at 5:30 p.m., will be June 7 at Fishers Grove Country Club in Redfield. The Community Memorial Hospital and Clinic Foundation are sponsoring the tournament. It...
View ArticleHannah Kastigar, Aberdeen Central, Track and Field
PersonalFamily: Parents: Joe and Elyce Kastigar (swam for the University of Minnesota, current Northern State and Aberdeen Swim Club coach); brother, Adam, 19, (finished freshman year at Grand Canyon...
View ArticlePrep Plus: Wrapping up high school season
Here are some final notes from the state track and field meet as we wrap up our coverage of the high school season: Domination: Aberdeen-area teams won three of the six state titles: Aberdeen Central...
View ArticleState track and field predictions by John Papendick (based on school color)
I made 120 predictions of who the winners would be at the South Dakota high school state track and field meet. Like normal, most of those picks were based on school color. I don't go in for these...
View ArticleState track and field predictions by Dave Vilhauer (based on track leaders)
Each year, the American News does track leaders. We track and publish the top eight times/distances in each of the 19 events in each of the six classes. Based on those track leaders, I make...
View ArticleKyle Busch aiming for triple; wins Truck Series race at Dover
DOVER, Del. -- Kyle Busch broke out the broom in Victory Lane the first time he swept a NASCAR weekend. He might want to keep one handy at Dover, Del. Busch pulled away in the final laps to win the...
View ArticleFather of former UCLA star charged in mortgage scam
LAS VEGAS -- A federal magistrate in Las Vegas has ordered the father of former UCLA basketball star Shabazz Muhammad held under house arrest and GPS monitoring pending trial on charges that he ran a...
View ArticleDetroit hosting back-to-back IndyCar races this weekend
DETROIT -- Roger Penske is looking forward to showing the world what Detroit has to offer this weekend. The famed motorsports owner has put his time, money and passion into making the Detroit Grand...
View ArticleTwins swing, miss against Mariners
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Pelfrey has heard it all before. He knows coming back from Tommy John surgery takes time and that pitchers often struggle in their first season back from the ligament replacement...
View ArticleCOLUMN: Mankato baseball coach having season to remember
It has been a good year for Matt Magers, the baseball coach at Minnesota State Mankato. On Wednesday, he became the first Mavericks coach to be named coach of the year by the National Collegiate...
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