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By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the [Read More…]

The South Dakota High School Activities Association has extended an offer to Kristina Sage of Freeman High School to become an Assistant Executive Director beginning in July, pending approval of the SDHSAA Board of Directors [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tanner Bibee and the Cleveland bullpen had 15 strikeouts to put the clamps on Minnesota’s bats, Steven Kwan had three hits and the Guardians spoiled the Twins’ home opener with a 4-2 [Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 28 points, Naz Reid added 23 and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the short-handed Toronto Raptors 133-85 on Wednesday night to move into a tie for first-place in the Western [Read More…]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jackson Chourio became the youngest player in six years to hit a home run but it wasn’t enough for the Milwaukee Brewers, who lost to the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Wednesday as Ryan Jeffers [Read More…]

By: Ryan Hilgemann, Augustana Athletic Communications SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Augustana national championship head coach Tom Billeter has announced his resignation from Augustana to pursue a head coaching position at another institution. Augustana Vice President for Athletics [Read More…]

CLASS B First Team Nicolas Marshall, White River, 6-1, sr., G (26.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.9 apg) Bryon Laue, Castlewood, 6-9, jr., C (15.5 ppg, 11.2 rpg) Nick Hanson, Viborg-Hurley, 6-6, jr. C (23.1 ppg, [Read More…]

CLASS A First Team Griffen Goodbary, SF Christian, 6-10, jr., F (20.2 ppg, 7 rpg, 2.7 apg) Jaxson Wingert, Dakota Valley, 6-7, sr., C (27.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg) Alec Squires, Sioux Valley, 6-10, sr., F-C [Read More…]

CLASS AA First Team Jacoby Mehrman, Harrisburg, 6-4, sr., G (17.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.7 apg, 56 steals) Markus Talley, Mitchell, 6-1, jr., G (16.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 4.1 apg) Josh Olthoff, Brandon Valley, 6-8, [Read More…]

CLASS B First Team Ava Lingemann, Ethan, 5-6, sr., G (20.2 ppg, 7.7 apg) Skyler Volmer, Lyman, 5-9, sr., G (16.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 78 steals) Paige Kjerstad, Wall, 5-11, sr. G (15.4 [Read More…]

CLASS A First Team Katie Vasecka, Tea Area, 6-1, sr., G (22.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.8 apg) Ashlyn Koupal, Wagner, 6-3, so., G-F (21.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 3.9 apg, 96 blocks) Emilee Fox, Mount-Vernon Plankinton [Read More…]

CLASS AA First Team Mahli Abdouch, O’Gorman, 5-8, sr. G (16.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.5 apg) Sawyer Stoebner, Mitchell, 5-9, sr. G (15.8 ppg, 4.3 apg, 72 steals) Alyvia Padgett, Brandon Valley, 5-7, so. G [Read More…]

SPOKANE, Wash. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team fell to No. 5 seed Utah in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday night at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. The Jackrabbits wrap the [Read More…]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tanner Sloan capped his collegiate career with a fifth-place finish at 197 pounds while redshirt freshman Bennett Berge recorded South Dakota State’s highest placing with a fourth-place finish in the 184-pound division during competition Saturday [Read More…]

Sioux City, Iowa – Dakota Wesleyan concluded their 2023-24 season with a tough back and forth loss to #3 seed and No. 15 ranked Cumberlands. Despite holding a lead in the first three quarters the Tigers [Read More…]

OMAHA, Neb. – Iowa State got off to strong starts to begin both halves and those stretches lifted the Cyclones over South Dakota State, 82-65, on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Division I [Read More…]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Led by quarterfinalists Cade DeVos and Tanner Sloan, six South Dakota State wrestlers won matches Thursday to advance to the second day of competition at the 2024 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships held at [Read More…]

Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan University head men’s basketball coach Matt Wilber announced Tuesday that he has accepted a new position with the WNBA Phoenix Mercury coaching staff and will step down from the men’s basketball head coach position effective March 31. Coach Wilber has held the head [Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team was chosen as a No. 12 seed and will take on No. 5 Utah in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on a neutral floor Saturday, [Read More…]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – South Dakota State watched its name announced as a part of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Selection Show that aired on CBS on Sunday, March 17. The Jackrabbits were chosen [Read More…]