Monthly Archives: December 1999

Junior varsity volleyball team wins Yankton Invite The Vermillion Tanagers junior varsity volleyball team won its division at the Yankton Optimist Invitational Volleyball Tournament last Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Summit Center in Yankton. The young Tanagers defeated Sioux Falls Washington for the championship 15-4, 15-6. In pool play earlier … Read Article →

'C' team places fifth at Yankton The Vermillion Tanagers "C" volleyball team placed fifth in the sophomore division at the Yankton Optimist Invitational Volleyball Tournament last Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Summit Center in Yankton. The young Tanagers defeated Lennox (3-15, 15-3, 16-14) for fifth place in the tournament. In … Read Article →

Coyote men run record to 8-0 South Dakota, ranked No. 10 in the NABC Division II poll, improved its men's basketball record to 8-0 with a 77-46 win over Mount Marty last Monday. The Coyotes are idle until Dec. 28 when USD entertains Midland Lutheran at 7:30 p.m. The Coyotes, … Read Article →

Tanager volleyball team opens season The Vermillion Tanager varsity volleyball team opened its season with a 15-10, 12-15, 15-10 win over the Harrisburg Tigers at home on Monday, Dec. 13. Carey Engstrom led the Tanagers with 11 points and two service aces, four kills and six digs. Elly Kjose added … Read Article →

South Sioux City defeats Vermillion by Jim Prosser The Vermillion Tanagers were defeated by the South Sioux City Cardinals 67-44 in boys basketball Dec. 17 at South Sioux City, NE after getting off to a slow start. �South Sioux City, as expected, was an extremely quick team that shot very … Read Article →

VHS Tanager's Ruminations By Jim Prosser The first year for the South Dakota Football Championship play-offs, 1981, found Vermillion losing to the Winner Warriors twice, 6-0 during the regular season and 31-21 in the championship final. The only other victory since 1959 was a 10-3 regular season game in 1980. … Read Article →

USD women win another entering NCC schedule The South Dakota women's basketball team enters the North Central Conference season with a 7-2 record following three wins last week. The Coyotes, who have won four in a row, posted wins over Mount Marty on Monday (79-47), Sioux Falls on Wednesday (58-35) … Read Article →

Vermillion Tanager JV outpaced by SSC 61-39 by Jim Prosser In a game that was much closer than the final score indicated, the Vermillion JV Tanagers were shot down by the South Sioux City Cardinals 61-39 in boys basketball Dec. 17 at South Sioux City, NE. VHS was down just … Read Article →

Gymnasts face 11AA teams at Mitchell Invite Saturday After a long (100 mile) drive on a cold wintery Saturday, the Tanager gymnasts met a contingent of nine 11AA schools (and Madison) for participation in the Mitchell Kernels Invitational on Dec. 18. Amber Reisdorph was entered in All Around competition and … Read Article →