Mount Marty University sophomore infielder Emma Burns of Rapid City has been named the GPAC Softball Player of the Week. Burns batted .563 last weekend with two home runs, two triples and two doubles along with five RBI’s as the Lancers took three of four games to start the conference schedule. Mount Marty has a…… read more »
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YHS Track & Field and Boys Tennis Seasons to Begin
Spring Sports competition for a pair of Yankton High School teams will begin in the next few days. The Bucks and Gazelles track and field athletes will compete in a high school indoor meet this Friday hosted by Mount Marty University. Due to COVID protocols, there will be no spectators allowed at Friday’s meet at…… read more »
USD and SDSU Football Updates
The University of South Dakota hosts the national powerhouse North Dakota State Bison in a Missouri Valley Football Conference matchup on Saturday. The Coyotes are 1-3 this season, while the Bison are rated second in the STATS national poll. Saturday’s game kicks off at 1:00 in the DakotaDome. South Dakota State is ranked fourth in…… read more »
Cold First Half Leads to a USD Women Loss in NCAA
The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team misfired on 25 consecutive shots in the first half and sixth-seed Oregon rolled past the Coyotes 67-47 last night in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in San Antonio. After scoring just nine points in the first 20 minutes, USD scored 38 in the second half…… read more »
Morningside Women Lose Close Game in NAIA Semis
The Morningside College women’s basketball season ended with a 65-62 loss against top-seed Thomas More of Kentucky in the NAIA Women’s Semifinals at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City. The Mustangs ended up at 29 and 3 on the season and were the G-PAC regular season and tournament champions. The Concordia women and Jamestown…… read more »
Mount Marty JV Baseball Splits With DWU
The Mount Marty junior varsity baseball team split a doubleheader with Dakota Wesleyan at Riverside Field yesterday. The Tigers won the opener 3-2, and the Lancers came back with a 6-0 shutout victory in the nightcap. The Lancer J-V team is 6 and 4 on the season. The Mount Marty varsity baseball squad has four…… read more »
Yankton Bucks Finish Third at AA State Tournament
The Yankton Bucks used a 22-point first quarter Saturday night and beat top-seed Sioux Falls Washington 62-55 to claim third-place in Class AA basketball. Matthew Mors led the Bucks with 19 points. 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Trevor Fitzgerald added 16 points and Rugby Ryken scored 13 points. Mors and Ryken each made the Class…… read more »
Vermillion 7th at A, Viborg-Hurley 4th in B State Tourneys
After losing two games by a total of four points, top-seed Vermillion routed Winner 78-49 to finish seventh Saturday at the Class A state tournament. Fourth-seed Viborg-Hurley took fourth place at the Class B state tourney as Dell Rapids St. Mary defeated the Cougars 76-58 in the third place game on Saturday. All of the…… read more »
MMU Baseball and Softball Weekend Action
The Mount Marty baseball team downed Morningside 8-5 last night to salvage one game out of four in the opening weekend of G-PAC baseball. The Lancer softball squad swept Briar Cliff on Saturday and split with Jamestown Sunday, winning three of four total, to start the G-PAC schedule.… read more »
USD and SDSU Weekend Sports Results
Eighth-seed Syracuse defeated South Dakota State 72-55 in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tourney as the Jacks ended up 21-4 this season. The USD women are an 11th seed in the NCAA Tournament and will take on sixth-seed Oregon tonight at 9:00 in first round action. Two nights in a row, Kansas…… read more »
