Second-ranked Sioux Falls Washington dominated the game and defeated Yankton 69-27 in girls basketball Monday afternoon at the Summit Activities Center. Junior Jordynn Salvatori led the Gazelles with six points as their record dropped to 1-5 on the season. Yankton plays at Sioux City East next Monday evening.… read more »
Yearly Archives: 2020
Bucks Host Two Top Wyoming Basketball Teams
The fourth-ranked Yankton Bucks take on two of the top high school teams in Wyoming in the next two days. Tonight the Bucks will host Thunder Basin High School at 7 p-m. KYNT Sports Director Bryce Ladwig will have the play-by-play beginning with the pre-game at 6:30 on AM 1450 / 102-1 FM KYNT, online…… read more »
Brandon Valley Senior Commits to MMU Women’s Basketball
The Mount Marty University women’s basketball team got a commitment from Brandon Valley standout Emma Jarovski yesterday. Jarovski is a 5’9” senior forward who is averaging nearly 15 points and 5 rebounds per game this season for the unbeaten Lynx. She helped lead Brandon Valley to the Class AA girls championship in 2019.… read more »
Area COVID-19 Update for 12/28
Yankton County reported 57 new positive tests of COVID-19 over the past 48 hours. There are currently 269 active cases of the virus in Yankton County, while Clay County has declined to 101 active cases. The South Dakota Department of Health says four hundred people in Yankton and Clay Counties have been administered vaccines to…… read more »
SD Civil Air Patrol Joins Search for MissingWoman
The South Dakota Civil Air Patrol joined the search over the weekend for a woman who went missing during last week’s blizzard in Day County. The CAP noted they are searching areas that people from the roads may not have been able to get to. Amy Dougherty was last seen when she left for work…… read more »
Gazelles Basketball Hosts Washington This Afternoon
The Yankton Gazelles continue their basketball season today at home, taking on Sioux Falls Washington at 1:30 pm. The Gazelles are 1-4 overall, while the second-ranked Warriors are unbeaten in two games. Our broadcast begins at 1:00 with KYNT Sports Director Bryce Ladwig on AM 1450 / FM 102-1 KYNT, Online at kynt1450-dot-com, or on…… read more »
MMU Women’s Track & Field Recruits
The Mount Marty University Women’s Track and Field squad has added two recruits for their program. Emily Johnson is a distance runner from St. Thomas More High School in Rapid City, and Ariel Waller is a sprinter in the 100 and 200 meter dashes for Tom Bean High School in Texas.… read more »
USD Wins Four SD Sportswriters Year-End Awards
The South Dakota Sportswriters have announced their annual year-end honors in 16 separate categories and the University of South Dakota earned four of those awards. The College Women’s Team of the Year was the Coyote basketball squad which had a 30-2 overall record and was unbeaten in the Summit League. Dawn Plitzuweit was named the…… read more »
Area COVID-19 Update for 12/26
Yankton County confirmed two more deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the County’s death toll up to 25 since the pandemic began. There are currently 252 active cases of the virus, which is the lowest total in Yankton County in more than two months. There have been over 24-hundred positive tests of COVID-19 in…… read more »
Yankton County Commission 2020 Wrap-Up
Tuesday morning, the Yankton County Commission will convene for their final meeting of 2020. Commission Chair Cheri Loest says Highway Superintendent Mike Sedlacek will report on the current status of funding from FEMA. Loest says all of the COVID 19 relief dollars from the CARES Act needs to be assigned before 2021. Loest says the…… read more »
