Articles by Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State senior forward Brooklyn Meyer earned the Summit League Women’s Basketball Kwik Star Peak Performer of the Week award, League officials announced Tuesday. Meyer garnered her eighth career weekly honor and second [Read More…]

TUESDAY SPORTS, NOVEMBER 18, 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…]

Week 13: South Dakota State vs. North Dakota Game 25 vs. North Dakota When Tuesday, November 18 at 7 p.m. Where Brookings, S.D | First Bank & Trust Arena Stream Summit League Network Live Stats Statbroadcast [Read More…]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No. 25 Dakota Wesleyan Volleyball has qualified for the 2025 NAIA National Championship Tournament, with opening-round play beginning this coming Saturday. Following a 17-10 regular season (10-6 GPAC) that was capped off [Read More…]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Great Plains Athletic Conference has released the 2025 All-Conference teams for Women’s Volleyball. Dakota Wesleyan’s selections were headlined by First Team All-Conference members Kayleigh Hybertson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Elizabeth Tyler (Mitchell, S.D.), who also [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — For the first time since 2018, the Mitchell Kernels enter the Class AA State Volleyball Tournament and their return comes with the biggest challenge the state has to offer. Eighth-seeded Mitchell (16-8) [Read More…]

MONDAY SPORTS, NOVEMBER 17, 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…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Chicago Bears have built this breakthrough season on the simplest and most effective way to win with a work-in-progress quarterback — a turnover margin that’s become the envy of the league. The Bears [Read More…]

MITCHELL, SD — Mitchell High School junior and Sioux Falls Swim Team standout Colin Pickett had an outstanding performance at the recent 2025 A3 Midwest Challenge held in Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 31 – Nov. [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. – Brandon Valley rode a punishing ground attack and a career night from senior running back Levi Veskrna to reclaim the Class 11AAA state football championship, defeating Sioux Falls Lincoln 34-27 on Saturday [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. — A 28-point first quarter avalanche carried No. 14 Illinois State past South Dakota State on Saturday afternoon, as the Redbirds stunned the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium crowd with a 35–21 Missouri Valley [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — Hastings College used a bruising ground attack and a fast start to hand Dakota Wesleyan a 24–7 loss Saturday afternoon at Joe Quintal Field, capping the Broncos’ regular season with a methodical [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — In another tense, back-and-forth showdown between familiar foes, Sioux Falls Christian stormed back from a 17-0 first-quarter deficit to defeat Lennox 28-24 in the Class 11A state championship Saturday at the DakotaDome, [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — Pierre outdueled Yankton 56–35 in the highest-scoring Class 11AA state championship game in history at the DakotaDome on Friday night. Behind a powerhouse performance from junior standout Porter Hunsley and a perfectly [Read More…]

IOWA CITY, IOWA — The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes scored a third-minute goal and did enough to keep the Jackrabbits off the scoreboard as Iowa defeated South Dakota State, 1-0, in the first round of the 2025 NCAA [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — St. Thomas More made history Friday afternoon inside the DakotaDome, outlasting Elk Point-Jefferson 48–38 in a high-scoring Class 11B State Championship to secure the Cavaliers’ first-ever state football title. Senior quarterback Noah [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — The Wall Eagles cemented their place among South Dakota’s football powerhouses Friday morning, overwhelming Howard 60-6 in the Class 9A state championship at the DakotaDome. Behind a career performance from senior star [Read More…]

FRIDAY SPORTS, NOVEMBER 14, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — The Mitchell Kernels volleyball team earned its first state tournament berth since 2018 by sweeping Spearfish 25-12, 25-15, 25-22 in the Class AA SoDak 16 on Thursday [Read More…]

MITCHELL, S.D. — With a state tournament berth on the line, the Mitchell Kernels delivered one their most complete performance of the season. Playing in front of a loud home crowd Thursday night, No. 8 [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — An offensive outburst powered Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy to the Class 9AA state football championship Thursday night, as the Phoenix stormed past Elkton-Lake Benton 46-22 inside the DakotaDome. Behind a dominant performance from senior [Read More…]