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The Preseason South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll has been released. Teams are ranked by points received and first-place votes are in parentheses.   Boys  Class AA 1. Mitchell (13) 69 2. Washington 49 3. Lincoln 24 4. [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold threw for 347 yards and five touchdowns, both career highs, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons 42-21 on Sunday for their sixth straight victory. Darnold added [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Three Jackrabbits scored in double figures as the South Dakota State men’s basketball team defeated Eastern Washington, 74-53, in First Bank & Trust Arena on Saturday. The Eagles got out to a 5-0 [Read More…]

MISSOULA, Mont. – A 32-point performance from Brooklyn Meyer lifted South Dakota State basketball to a 78-70 win over Montana Saturday afternoon at Dahlberg Arena. SDSU improves to 7-2 on the year and has won four straight games [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — Three interceptions and 28 points in the second half lifted the No. 4-seed University of South Dakota (10-2, 7-1 MVFC) to their tenth win and sends them into the Quarterfinals of the NCAA [Read More…]

Mark Gronowski accounted for four touchdowns — two passing and two rushing — as two-time defending champion South Dakota State opened its Football Championship Subdivision playoff push with a 35-18 victory over Montana Saturday afternoon at [Read More…]

OMAHA, Neb. — The South Dakota volleyball season came to a close Thursday night in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament as the Yotes fell in straight sets to No. 2 seed Creighton. In her [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The plan for the Minnesota Vikings was to bring in Sam Darnold as the bridge between Kirk Cousins and J.J. McCarthy, confident his strong arm and starting experience would sufficiently run a high-caliber offense until the rookie was [Read More…]

 GAME 13: #14 Montana (9-4) at #3 South Dakota State (10-2) — FCS PLAYOFFS ROUND 2  When  Saturday, Dec. 7 | 1 p.m. | ORDER TICKETS  Where  Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium | Brookings, South Dakota  TV  ESPN+ (subscription [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — The No. 4-seeded University of South Dakota football team (9-2, 7-1 MVFC) are set to host an NCAA FCS Second Round Playoff game for the second consecutive year when they welcome the No. [Read More…]

MISSOULA, Mont. – SDSU rallied from a double-digit deficit to tie the score in the second half, but Montana was able to fend off the Jackrabbits late and come away with a 71-67 victory on Wednesday [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota basketball improved to 6-0 at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Wednesday night with a 94-80 win over Idaho State in its first game of the Big Sky – Summit Challenge. Chase [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State women’s basketball rolled past Eastern Washington 81-58 Wednesday night at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Jackrabbits (6-2) used a 28-point third quarter to pull away from the Eagles (2-6) [Read More…]

VERMILLION, S.D. — South Dakota volleyball travels to Omaha, Neb. Thursday for a meeting with the No. 2 seeded Creighton Bluejays at D.J. Sokol Arena in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament. ABOUT [Read More…]

NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VS. NO. 8 MIAMI  When Friday, December 6 at 4:30 p.m.  Where Lincoln, Neb. | Devaney Center  Live Stream  ESPN+  Live Stats  NCAA.com  Match Notes  South Dakota State [Read More…]

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State shot over 57% from the field en route to a 78-62 non-conference victory over Dakota Wesleyan on Monday, Dec. 2, inside First Bank & Trust Arena. The Tigers came out [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State center Oscar Cluff claimed his second Summit League Men’s Basketball Peak Performer of the Week honor of the season, League officials announced Monday. Cluff closed out the final two [Read More…]

ST. LOUIS — Sixteen players from league co-champion South Dakota State were honored Monday on the all-Missouri Valley Football Conference Team, highlighted by four-time selection Mark Gronowski at quarterback. Nine of the Jackrabbits’ selections earned first-team recognition [Read More…]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After a pair of 30-point games at the Music City Classic in Nashville over Thanksgiving Week, Grace Larkins has earned her first Summit League Peak Performer of the Week for the 2024-25 season. [Read More…]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — After a 9-2 (7-1 MVFC) regular season with a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) title, the South Dakota football team garnered two major awards and seven First Team honorees, [Read More…]