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South Dakota high school basketball scores from January 14
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Aberdeen Central 67, Watertown 63 Aberdeen Christian 62, Wolsey-Wessington 45 Bridgewater-Emery 59, Ethan 58 Britton-Hecla 50, Wilmot 44 Castlewood 50, Clark-Willow Lake 38 Centerville 64, Scotland/Menno 37 Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 77, Crow Creek [Read More…]
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Sam Darnold’s career-best season ends with a thud as he takes 9 sacks in playoff loss
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold did nearly everything right in a renaissance season, resurrecting his career as a starter while pushing Minnesota to one of the NFL’s best [Read More…]
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Rams overwhelm Vikings 27-9 in wild-card playoff game moved to Arizona because of LA wildfires
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold tried to step up in the pocket to find a receiver but there was nowhere to go. The blue and yellow wall that was the Los Angeles Rams’ defense [Read More…]
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South Dakota Prep Media Basketball polls for the week of Jan. 13
The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball polls for the week of Jan. 13 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
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Larkins earns third Summit League Peak Performer of the season
By: Bailey Zubke, Assistant Director of Communications VERMILLION, S.D. — After putting up two all-time performances, including setting the single game scoring record, South Dakota senior Grace Larkins has won her second consecutive Summit League [Read More…]
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Two more players from South Dakota baseball plead guilty to lesser charge in rape case
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Three of six South Dakota players from a baseball team made up of high school-aged players who were charged as adults last summer with rape have pleaded guilty to a [Read More…]
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DWU’s Caleb Meyers named conference player of the week
Caleb Meyers of Dakota Wesleyan University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports player-of-the-week. Meyers, a sophomore from Farmington, Minnesota, had a big week going 14-for-25 (.560) in the Tigers seven games over the week. Meyers [Read More…]
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Local Sports for July 29th
Landon Waddell allowed two hits and struck out six batters propelling third-seeded Mitchell Post 18 past seconded-seeded Rapid City Post 22, 8-2, in a winner’s bracket semifinal on Thursday night at Fitzgerald Stadium. Mitchell loaded [Read More…]
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Local Sports July 28th, 2022
Jake Helleloid allowed three hits, one earned run, one walk and struck out four in 6.2-innings in Mitchell Post 18’s 4 to 1 win over Rapid City Post 320 in the Class A Legion baseball [Read More…]
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Local Sports July 1st
Mitchell Post 18 travels to Yankton for a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m. on Friday. Mitchell will have the weekend off followed by a trip to Pierre for two games on Tuesday, July 5th. The [Read More…]
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Trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner begins in Russian court
MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner has gone on trial at a Moscow-area court on charges of possessing cannabis oil. Griner was arrested in February at Moscow’s international airport while traveling to play [Read More…]
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US qualifier Jack Sock into 3rd round
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Qualifier Jack Sock became the eighth American man to reach the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over compatriot Maxime Cressy. Those eight account for [Read More…]
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Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024
The Big Ten voted unanimously to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN [Read More…]
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Towns agrees with Timberwolves on $224 million extension
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns is under contract for six more years, after agreeing to an extension Friday to remain with the Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s a huge commitment from the Timberwolves, and one they made [Read More…]
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Twins open 3-game series against the Guardians
Cleveland Guardians (34-28, second in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (38-30, first in the AL Central) Minneapolis; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Aaron Civale (0-0); Twins: Joe Ryan (5-3, 2.81 ERA, 1.02 [Read More…]
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Jovic, Dieng highlight international prospects in NBA draft
LONDON (AP) — Nikola Jovic of Serbia and Ousmane Dieng of France are among the top international prospects in Thursday night’s NBA draft. Both are 6-foot-10 and only recently turned 19 years old. They each [Read More…]
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Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag
TOKYO (AP) — The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics has been put at $13 billion (1.4 trillion Japanese yen). The Tokyo organizing committee announced the final cost before the body is [Read More…]
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DWU Cheer and Dance team signs two student-athletes for first-ever competitive team
Dakota Wesleyan head cheer and dance coach Anne Huber signed her first two student-athletes, Sarah Sebert and Olivia Huber, both of Mitchell, to National Letters of Intent (NLI) over the Thanksgiving break, officially kicking off [Read More…]
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Sunisa Lee takes gold in women’s gymnastics final
TOKYO (AP) — An American finished atop the podium in the women’s Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca [Read More…]
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‘OK not to be OK’: Mental health takes top role at Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — For decades, they were told to shake it off or toughen up — to set aside the doubt, or the demons, and focus on the task at hand: winning. Dominating. Getting it [Read More…]
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