Articles by Travis Kriens

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Sioux Falls Lincoln had to withstand every punch Mitchell threw its way, but the fourth-seeded Patriots delivered in the decisive moments, outlasting the Kernels 26-24, 23-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-9 in a [Read More…]

Class AA State Volleyball Tournament – Friday, November 21 in Rapid City No. 4 Sioux Falls Lincoln 3, No. 8 Mitchell 2, (26-24, 23-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-9) Lincoln (20-6) leaned on a balanced attack, finishing [Read More…]

Class A State Volleyball Tournament – Friday, November 21 in Rapid City No. 4 Clark/Willow Lake 3, No. 8 Wagner 0, (25-23, 28-26, 25-16) The Cyclones (26-2) finished with 40 kills, led by Shelby Begeman’s [Read More…]

Class B State Volleyball Tournament – Friday, November 21 in Rapid City No. 4 Parkston 3, No. 8 Herried/Selby Area 0, (25-22, 25-13, 25-21) The Trojans (31-7) were powered by Keeara Oakley, who delivered a [Read More…]

Class 11AAA OFFENSE Quarterbacks — Brody Schafer, SF Lincoln. Tight Ends-Fullbacks-HBacks — Eddie Whiting, SF Jefferson; Austin Dowd, Brandon Valley and Weiland Benbo, RC Central. Running Backs — Daevion Simonsen, SF Jefferson; Levi Veskrna, Brandon Valley; and Josiah [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota State women’s basketball built a decisive first-half surge and held off multiple Gonzaga pushes down the stretch, defeating the Bulldogs 72–63 on Thursday night at the Pentagon in Sioux [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State outside hitter Sylvie Zgonc and South Dakota defensive specialist Kamryn Farris were named the final Summit League Kwik Star Volleyball Peak Performers of the Week, league officials announced Thursday. Zgonc [Read More…]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Top-seeded Harrisburg moved into the Class AA semifinals with a straight-set win (25-8, 25-9, 25-18) over Mitchell on Thursday at the Monument, controlling the match start to finish behind a dominant [Read More…]

Class AA State Volleyball Tournament – Thursday, November 20 in Rapid City No. 1 Harrisburg 3, No. 8 Mitchell 0 (25-8, 25-9, 25-18) Top-seeded Harrisburg moved into the Class AA semifinals with a straight-set win [Read More…]

Class A State Volleyball Tournament – Thursday, November 20 in Rapid City No. 1 Dakota Valley 3, No. 8 Wagner 0 (25-8, 25-11, 25-18) Dakota Valley opened the Class A State Volleyball Tournament with a [Read More…]

Class B State Volleyball Tournament – Thursday, November 20 in Rapid City No. 1 Chester 3, No. 8 Herreid/Selby Area 0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-13) Chester advanced to the Class B state semifinals with a dominant [Read More…]

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, NOVEMBER 19, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — The Mitchell Kernels volleyball will face top-seeded Harrisburg on Thursday at Noon CST in the quarterfinals of the Class AA State Tournament in Rapids City. The KORNer [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State volleyball team completed an unbeaten Summit League season Tuesday night with a 3-0 sweep of North Dakota at First Bank & Trust Arena. At 16-0 against conference opponents, SDSU [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — The Coyotes hit a season-best .394 in a 3-0 sweep of North Dakota State Tuesday night to close out the regular season in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. With the win, South Dakota [Read More…]

Parkston (30-6) and Bennett County (36-5) face off in the Class B state volleyball quarterfinals Thursday afternoon in Rapid City. Parkston’s leading attackers—Finley Bogenreif, Kendall Herrmann, and Berkley Ziebart—have all played 110 sets this season [Read More…]