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In the largest class in South Dakota you could take the top six or seven teams and shake them up in a blender and spew out rankings that someone could justify as being right on the target. Basically there's no perfect ranking for these teams that have beaten up on each other so far. Washington is the only team that has yet to lose to a South...
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For the second consecutive year, the "World's Only Corn Palace" is set to host some of the top prep basketball talent in the country.
The 2nd annual Mike Miller Classic will be played Dec. 29-30 in Mitchell, S.D.
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.), La Lumiere (LaPorte, Ind.), Briarcrest Christian (Memphis, Tenn.), Central (Memphis, Tenn.),...
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The way last weekend started out for Mitchell you would have doubted that they would be my number one team this week in girls hoops. They were stretched to overtime against Rapid City Central and eeked another win on Saturday against Rapid City Stevens. But a convincing win on Tuesday night cemented Mitchell as my new number one after Brandon...
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In my line of work, cool things happen. And, often times, I have a front row seat.
The latest instance came last Friday night (Dec. 16) in Chamberlain, S.D., where longtime Parkston coach Rob Van Laecken recorded his 552nd career victory over the hometown Cubs. With that win, Van Laecken supplanted the late/great Fred Tibbetts as the winningest...
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Augustana plays Minnesota-Crookston on Midco Sports Network on Saturday... women at 4:00, men at 5:57 or so unless the women go to OT which is a good possiblity. Crookston's women are good... they lead the NSIC in scoring at 73+ PPG and are led by Brittani Wiese who leads the NSIC in scoring at just over 20 PPG. The Lady Eagles are 2-1 in the...
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Augustana University