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Bakker Signs with Northern State Track and Field

Bakker Signs with Northern State Track and Field

Payge Bakker, a senior at Sully Buttes, would sign her National Letter of Intent on Tuesday morning with Northern State Track and Field to continue her athletic career. Bakker has thrown discus and shot put since her freshman year for the Sully Buttes Chargers which included a top ten finish at the Region 6B track…read more »

Kafka, Hand Selected for Big Dakota All-Conference Volleyball

Kafka, Hand Selected for Big Dakota All-Conference Volleyball

Brylee Kafka and Reese Hand, seniors for the Stanley County Volleyball team are selected for the Big Dakota All-Conference team with Hand being an honorable mention. Kafka, led the team in kills finishing just shy of 200 with 194 in total. Kafka also had 132 digs as she played all the way round in the…read more »

South Dakota Faces Creighton in First Round of NCAA Volleyball Tournament

South Dakota Faces Creighton in First Round of NCAA Volleyball Tournament

VERMILLION, S.D. — After earning an automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament as the Summit League Tournament Champions, the South Dakota volleyball team will travel to Omaha, Nebraska to face off against No. 2 seed Creighton Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. in D.J. Sokol Arena.  Matching up on the other side of the Omaha…read more »

South Dakota State Gets At-Large Bid to NCAA Volleyball Tournament

South Dakota State Gets At-Large Bid to NCAA Volleyball Tournament

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota State volleyball team will play in the NCAA Tournament this week. The Jackrabbits earned an at-large big to the tournament and will take on No. 8 seed Miami Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Central at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 64-team field was announced Sunday evening by the…read more »

Capitals Pepper Rushmore in Weekend Sweep

Capitals Pepper Rushmore in Weekend Sweep

The Oahe Capitals girls varsity team would once again get over 50 shots on goal on Sunday and finish off a weekend sweep with a 7-2 win over the Rushmore Thunder. Seven different players would score on Sunday. Rushmore would score first just a minute and 17 seconds into the game, but Emily Nemec would…read more »

Rushmore Shuts Out Capitals in Route

Rushmore Shuts Out Capitals in Route

The Rushmore Thunder boys varsity would get six goals in the first period and win 13-0 over the Oahe Capitals on Saturday night as the Thunder improve to 4-0 while the Caps fall to 0-3. Rushmore had 55 shots in the game against the Caps with both goalies for Oahe getting action. Jaxon Jungwirth made…read more »

Capitals Shutout Rushmore to Open up Season

Capitals Shutout Rushmore to Open up Season

The Oahe Capitals Girls Varsity would dominate the Rushmore Thunder in the first game of the season on Saturday afternoon in Rapid City with a 6-0 shutout. Sophia Peschong would make nine saves on nine shots to open the season with a shutout as the Capitals would pepper 52 shots on Rushmore goalie Bristol Simmons.…read more »

Capital Girls Begin Season in Rapid City

Capital Girls Begin Season in Rapid City

The Oahe Capital girls varsity team will begin the season this Saturday and Sunday with a trip out to Rapid City to face the Rushmore Thunder. The Thunder have already played three games, all in Sioux Falls over the past weekend, but dropped all three games to the Flyers. The Thunder lost 7-3 on Friday,…read more »

Capitals Get another Big Test with Trip to Rapid City

Capitals Get another Big Test with Trip to Rapid City

The Oahe Capitals will be looking for its first win of the season on Saturday with a trip out west to face the 3-0 Rushmore Thunder. The Capitals were shutout 6-0 on Saturday and lost 5-2 on Sunday both to Yankton. While Yankton will be a good team this year, the competition gets stiffer with…read more »

Winner’s Hammerbeck Takes All-American in 11B All-State Team

Winner’s Hammerbeck Takes All-American in 11B All-State Team

The 11B state champions, Winner Warriors enjoyed the success of having the second most players on the All-State team with four, but also had the All-American with Shawn Hammerbeck. Hammerbeck dealt with injuries and illness over the year as he wasn’t in the lineup as consistently compared to other years, but the senior has committed…read more »