Monthly Archives: December 2006

VHS gymnasts place third at Wagner Invitational The Tanager gymnastics team placed third in the Wagner Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 9, scoring 113.2 points. The tournament consisted of eight schools from diverse locations in South Dakota with team total scores determined by the sum of four individual scores in each … Read Article →

Boots joins exclusive club The University of South Dakota men's basketball head coach Dave Boots joined the exclusive 500 career victory club thanks to the Coyotes scoring first and never trailing in a 75-59 win over South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in the DakotaDome. USD improved to 7-4 … Read Article →

Tanager girls stay perfect, quarantine Quarriers This girls' varsity matchup pitted two teams against each other with two very impressive overall season records. The Vermillion Tanagers at 2-0 and the Dell Rapids Quarriers at 3-1 were involved in a close contest throughout. After the first quarter, however, the Quarriers led … Read Article →

Tanager boys fall behind, come back, fall behind The Vermillion Tanagers boys' varsity basketball team has had a tough time getting going in this very young 2006-07 season. This theme for the season has also been present as a microcosm in the actual individual games. For the Tanager boys, early … Read Article →

Vermillion JV falls to Harrisburg 36-31 The Vermillion Tanagers were defeated by the Harrisburg 36-31 in junior varsity boys' basketball Dec. 8 at Harrisburg in a matchup that was close throughout. The season-opening loss gave Vermillion JV a record of 0-1 while Harrisburg moved to 1-0. Kyle Nemec pulled in … Read Article →

Tanager freshman team topped by Harrisburg Tigers The Vermillion Tanagers were topped by Harrisburg 49-40 in freshman boy' basketball Dec. 8 at Harrisburg after falling prey to a 27-12 second-quarter blitz. The season-opening loss gave Vermillion freshmen a record of 0-1 while Harrisburg moved to 1-0. "Jordan Robinson scored 8 … Read Article →

Tanager varsity beaten by Orioles 74-52 The Vermillion Tanagers boys' varsity were shot down by the Lennox Orioles 74-52 in basketball Dec. 12 at Lennox after being buried by a disasterous first half. The Orioles came out and played very well," said Vermillion coach Jason Huska. "They shot well and … Read Article →

South Dakota football team members selected to AP team For the second straight year, two members of the nationally-ranked South Dakota Football Team have been selected to the Associated Press Little All-American team. The AP team was announced on Dec. 15 and includes Division II, Division III and NAIA student-athletes. … Read Article →

Tanager junior varsity defeats Wagner 33-23 The Vermillion Tanagers junior varsity fell short in a fourth-quarter comeback and lost a tough one to the Lennox Orioles 46-45 in boys basketball Dec. 12 at Lennox. Vermillion had trailed by 7 after three periods. "We played very hard," said Vermillion JV coach … Read Article →