Three Jacks named preseason All-Americans
Posted: Thursday, Sep 2nd, 2010
Three seniors on the South Dakota State University football team were named preseason All-Americans by College Sporting News.
Honored on the first team was center Ryan McKnight . The 6-foot-1, 295-pound senior from Sioux Falls was a first-team all-Missouri Valley Football Conference selection in 2009 after starting all 12 games for the Jackrabbits' playoff-qualifying squad and was an integral part ...more

Kai Williams goes pro
Posted: Thursday, Sep 2nd, 2010
Recent South Dakota State graduate and men's basketball standout Kai Williams signed a contract to play professionally in France this week when he came to terms with ADA Blois Basket in the NM1 league, one of the top leagues in France.
"The club is very professional and I'm extremely excited about the season," Williams said. "The team is looking pretty ...more

Area VB: Estelline overcomes first-set loss to beat Colman-Egan
Posted: Thursday, Sep 2nd, 2010

ESTELLINE -- Estelline shook off a first-set loss in beating 10th-ranked Colman-Egan, 3-1, in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night.
The Lady Redmen won by the scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-22 and 25-22.
"I think it went very well," said Estelline head coach Karmen Powell. "They finally performed up to their ability that I always knew they had. ...more

SDSU’s Thomas O’Brien looking forward to sophomore season
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
By Ariy-El Boynton
Rapid City Journal correspondent

Last November, South Dakota State quarterback Thomas O'Brien could barely look at media members at the Jackrabbits' press conference following the game against the University of Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
In probably his last chance to defeat a team in his native state, the political science major led the ...more

Youngren named Summit League Player of the Week
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010

South Dakota State junior outside hitter Ellyce Youngren garnered the first Summit League Offensive Player of the Week award of the season after leading the Jackrabbits to the Air Force Invitational title and an undefeated opening weekend with victories over Boise State, Air Force and Long.
A Brookings native, Youngren earned tournament MVP honors after tallying 57 kills, ...more

Brookings sweeps Tri-Valley
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
Brookings picked up a doubleheader sweep in softball Sunday at Medary Fields.
The Bobcats won Game 1, 7-4, before rallying to win the second tilt by an 8-7 score.
Brookings spotted the Mustangs single runs in the first and second innings before Tri-Valley scored two in the third to lead 4-0 after three innings in the opener.
It wasn't until ...more

Jackrabbit VB off to 3-0 start
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The South Dakota State volleyball team finished off an opening weekend sweep on Saturday evening at the Air Force Invitational with a 3-1 win over 2009 NCAA Tournament qualifier Long Island.
The Jackrabbits improved to 3-0 on the young season by the set scores of 23-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 25-12. SDSU also beat Air Force ...more

Raiders defeat Bobcats, 42-14
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010


Rapid City Stevens took advantage of a pair of Brookings fumbles and also scored a key touchdown near the end of the first half in beating the Bobcats, 42-14, during the Hall of Fame game Saturday at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
The Raiders forced a fumble on the Bobcats' opening drive and turned it into seven points. A few plays ...more

Drake upends SDSU, 1-0
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
From SDSU Sports Information and Register Staff Reports

The South Dakota State women's soccer team dropped its home opener against Drake 1-0 Sunday at Fishback Soccer Park.
The lone goal of the game came from Drake sophomore Laura Moklestad in the 13th minute of the game. Jackrabbit goalkeeper Dani Pappas blocked a shot by Drake freshman Megan Fisher and ...more

Area VB roundup: Sioux Valley sweeps Howard in opener
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

VOLGA -- Sioux Valley opened its season with a convincing 3-0 volleyball win over Howard on Saturday night in Volga.
With the score tied at 3-3 in the first set, the Cossacks ran off five straight points on the strength of Krista Heylens' serving to take an 8-3 lead.
Sioux Valley built the lead to 16-8 by the end ...more

Cyclone girls, Deuel boys win team titles
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010


WHITE -- The Clark-Willow Lake girls and the Deuel boys each placed three runners in the top-10 to run away with team titles at the Deubrook Invite held at Six Mile Creek Golf Course in White on Saturday.
Tess Johnson led the Cyclones with a first-place finish in 17 minutes, 18 seconds in the girls' race, and ...more

Rough Riders take down Bobcats, 5-1
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

The Brookings girls soccer team battled Sioux Falls Roosevelt and the elements on Saturday at Fishback Soccer park and came up short.
The Bobcats lost for the first time this season as the Rough Riders took advantage of a wicked south wind to build a 3-0 halftime lead on the way to a 5-1 win.
Roosevelt scored its first ...more

Big second half lifts SFR past Brookings
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
Sioux Falls Roosevelt dominated the second half in beating Brookings, 4-0, in a boys high school soccer game on a windy Saturday at Fishback Soccer Park.
With the wind at their back in the opening half, the Rough Riders could not break through the Bobcat defense. However, Roosevelt was able to work its way into the stiff breeze, scoring four ...more

Bobcat tennis posts 0-2 record in jamboree
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010


The Bobcat girls tennis squad finished with an 0-2 record in the Brookings Jamboree on Saturday at the Hillcrest Tennis Courts.
Brookings dropped a 9-0 match to Mitchell in the morning, and fell to Aberdeen Roncalli by an 8-1 score in the afternoon.
Against the Cavaliers, Lauri Anderson picked up a win for the Bobcats in a No. ...more

R.C. Stevens sweeps Brookings in VB opener
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
By Peter Centineo
Rapid City Journal Correspondent

RAPID CITY -- After shaking off some opening night jitters Friday, the Rapid City Stevens volleyball team looked awfully good in dispatching visiting Brookings, 3-0, at Carold Heier Gym.
Stevens took the opening game 25-19 and won Game 2, 25-15, before wrapping things up in Game 3, 25-22.
Stevens coach Josh Lien ...more

DeHaven leads Brookings to victory
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
SIOUX FALLS -- The Brookings boys cross country team opened the season with a victory and the girls placed fifth at the Sioux Falls O'Gorman Invite on Friday.
Freshman Addison DeHaven won the boys' race, as the Bobcats finished with 22 team points. Brandon Valley took second with 34.
"We ran phenomenally, we had some very impressive performances," said Brookings ...more

BHS tennis goes 1-2 in quad
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

For the second straight week, the Bobcat girls tennis team finished 1-2 in a home quadrangular.
The ‘Cats dropped their first and last match of the day but in between they downed Marshall, 6-3.
Senior Amy Leiferman produced the lone victory against the Golden Eagles as she beat Hannah Brenden, 8-3, at No. 1 singles.
Leiferman kept her hot ...more

Hauge takes third in Madison
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
MADISON -- Taylor Hauge paced the Sioux Valley cross country team with a third-place finish at the John Collignon Invitational on Friday.
The junior finished the 5K run in a time of 17 minutes, 30.28 seconds.
Milbank's Jalen Snaza dominated the event, winning by nearly a minute with a time of 16:32.38. Garretson's Andrew Oveson was second at 17:25.15.
Oldham-Ramona/Rutland's ...more

Brookings places 14th at Huron Invitational
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010
HURON -- Brookings shot 359 and placed 14th at the Huron Invitational on Friday at the par-72 Broadland Creek Golf Course.
Watertown shot 315 to edge Sioux Falls O'Gorman (316) for the team title. Rapid City Stevens (331), Pierre (340) and Brandon Valley (342) took third through fifth, respectively.
Watertown's Josh Weismantel, the reigning South Dakota Golf Association Junior champion, ...more

Parkston shuts out Sioux Valley, 8-0
Posted: Tuesday, Aug 31st, 2010

VOLGA -- In a game played between the 30-yard lines, the Parkston Trojans made the one big play that they needed to spoil Sioux Valley's home opener in Volga on Friday.
Keegan Heisinger went through the middle of the line, broke a tackle at the 10-yard line and dragged two Cossack tacklers just past the goal line with 6:25 ...more