Articles by Travis Kriens

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Dakota Wesleyan Volleyball squared off against familiar GPAC foe Concordia in their first matchup of pool play in the 2025 NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship. Earlier in the year, the Tigers had [Read More…]

Coyotes Pick Up Road Win at Portland State

PORTLAND, Ore. – Coming off its first loss of the season, South Dakota women’s basketball responded by making the trip to the Pacific Northwest and picked up a 75-51 win over Portland State Wednesday night [Read More…]

SDSU Earns Road Win at Northern Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – South Dakota State finished with four double-digit scorers, led by a season-high 20 points from sophomore Joe Sayler, as the Jackrabbits defeated Northern Arizona 75-62 in the Rolle Activity Center on Wednesday. Both teams [Read More…]

Bruns Scores Career High 28 in 77-71 Loss to Portland State

VERMILLION, S.D. — For the second time in as many games, Isaac Bruns set a new career high with 28 points, but South Dakota basketball would fall 77-71 to Portland State Wednesday night in its first game of [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Blow Out Weber State

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team took control early and beat Weber State 87-56 Wednesday night at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Jackrabbits jumped out to an 11-2 lead early on [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Football Sign 33 Prep Standouts

South Dakota State head football coach Dan Jackson announced Wednesday the signings of 27 high school standouts. “I’m fired up about this group. I think we really hit a home run at all positions by adding some [Read More…]

New corrections leader says SD’s synthetic drug troubles ‘not any different’ from other states

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight In some of his first public remarks since taking the helm of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, Secretary Nick Lamb told an oversight commission Wednesday that the state “has [Read More…]

North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds carbon storage law unconstitutional

Amy Dalrymple/Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional. The ruling from Northeast [Read More…]

Ole Miss loses coach, but moves up a spot in College Football Playoff rankings; Ohio St still No. 1

Ole Miss lost a coach and moved up a spot anyway. Notre Dame didn’t lose a thing but the Irish fell. The release Tuesday of the latest College Football Playoff rankings produced its fair share of eye-openers [Read More…]

Kalani Sitake agrees to long-term contract extension with BYU after drawing interest from Penn State

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kalani Sitake will remain BYU’s head football coach after agreeing to a new long-term contract extension on Monday. Sitake is 83-44 since taking over at BYU in 2016. The Cougars have [Read More…]

Wednesday Sports: December 3, 2025

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 3, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels gymnastics opened its 2025–26 season with a triangular win on Tuesday night in Yankton, scoring 143.3 points, well ahead of Parkston/Ethan/Hanson/Mount Vernon (134.95) and Yankton [Read More…]

Dakota Wesleyan Face Late Scoring Runs From Dakota State in Road Loss

MADISON, S.D. — Dakota Wesleyan Men’s Basketball squared off against the Dakota State Trojans in the second contest of the 2025 Battle of the Blues doubleheader as a part of the out-of-conference rivalry. The contest started [Read More…]

No. 14 Dakota Wesleyan Outpaced by No. 4 Dakota State in Battle of the Blues

MADISON, S.D. — No. 14 Dakota Wesleyan Women’s Basketball faced the in-state, out-of-conference rival Dakota State Trojans, who entered the contest ranked fourth in the NAIA. The top-15 matchup saw both squads find points early, with Dakota [Read More…]

Rosenquist and Broughton Earn Weekly GPAC Women’s Basketball Awards

Sioux City, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports are proud to announce the following women’s basketball players-of-the-week for contests played November 24-30, 2025. Hauff Mid-America Sports is the presenting [Read More…]

Cabinet secretary: $3 million for state Capitol repairs only a start for building’s needs

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Repairs to water-damaged, cracking plaster at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre will be complete by the time lawmakers convene in the building for the 2026 legislative session in January. [Read More…]

California Man Fatally Injured in a Two-Vehicle Crash in Watertown

Codington County, S.D.- A California man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning, December 2, in Watertown, SD. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family [Read More…]

Four-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects

Robbie Sequeira, Stateline Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many [Read More…]

Drake Maye passes for 2 TDs, Patriots become 1st team to 11 wins, defeating Giants 33-15

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Led by Drake Maye and Marcus Jones, the New England Patriots became the first NFL team to reach 11 wins this season. They also left no doubt about the gulf between [Read More…]

Tuesday Sports: December 2, 2025

TUESDAY SPORTS, DECMEBER 2, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels gymnastics starts its season on Tuesday with a triangular in Yankton at 5:30 pm. Mitchell takes on Parkston/Ethan/Hanson/Mt. Vernon and Yankton. Seniors Olivia Prunty and [Read More…]

South Dakota State to Host Special Olympics Night