Monthly Archives: May 1999

Madison falls to Tanagers By Jim Prosser At Madison on April 30, the Tanager�s winning season dual record was improved to 5-3 with a lop-sided victory by a 7 -2 margin. Singles results: #1 Chris Finck (M) defeated Jon Spader 6/4, 6/3; #2 Troy Rickord (V) defeated Luke Youmans 7/6 … Read Article →

VHS golfers improve at Mitchell tourney By Jim Prosser The Tanager girls golfers finished 11th in a 14 team tournament Friday, April 30 at Mitchell. The 18 hole team score was 34 strokes lower than the previous 18 hole tournament score and raised Coach Hogen�s hopes that the girls have … Read Article →

Spring game action USD senior tailback Jamel White was largely responsible for the Red Team's 63-7 victory over the White Team Saturday afternoon at the Spring Game held in the DakotaDome. The game, a conclusion of the football squad's 1999 spring practice session, attracted a small enthusiastic audience of football … Read Article →

VMS Tanagers compete By Jim Prosser No total team points were reported but eight middle schools from Alcester-Hudson, Canton, Elk Point-Jefferson, Harrisburg, Lennox, Tri-Valley, Vermillion and West Central brought a combined total of nearly 500 seventh- and eighth- grade boys and girls for an entertaining Canton Middle School Relays meet … Read Article →

Vermillion youth compete at Siouxland Youth meet The Vermillion Youth Track Club competed at the final Siouxland Youth Athletic meet, Sunday, May 2 at Roberts Stadium in Sioux City, IA. Third grade: Matt Nelson, first � 4×100 Coed (1:07.16 _ meet record), second � high jump (3'8") and third � … Read Article →

Track athletes battle cold, wind at VHS Booster Club Earlybird by Jim Prosser Generally in the spring, when the date of a track meet is posted, it is followed by the notice �postponed due to weather!� That�s what happened with the VHS Booster Club �Earlybird� scheduled for April 10. It … Read Article →

Boys tennis team wins again by Jim Prosser The return match against Sioux City West was intended to be a little "kinder" to the Wolverines as coach Von Fischer "brought up" the numbers eight through 13 on his roster for the competition experience they could gain � and give the … Read Article →

The Bluffs Senior men's golf May 5 was a bad day for birdies, even the ones that can fly! Even pars were hard to find on a cool, cloudy, breezy sky with intermittent showers, for the 20 seniors who came for lunch and waited around to make the 12:30 p.m. … Read Article →

USD baseball season ends with doubleheader sweep South Dakota finished the 1999 baseball season with a doubleheader sweep over St. Cloud State May 1 in St. Cloud, MN by the scores of 3-0 and 3-2. The Coyotes set a school record for wins in a season with their 27-23 slate … Read Article →

USD was the school to watch at relays South Dakota proved to be the school to watch at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays April 30-May 1 in Sioux Falls. The Coyotes came away with 18 first-place performances. The Coyote women captured 10 events led by Sara Deckert, who claimed the … Read Article →