By Parker Knox Sportswriter Give ‘em a decent day and they will perform! That applied to the Vermillion track team and thinclads from every other area school who at the end of last week were finally the benefactors of spring weather conducive to running, jumping and throwing. In the Tanagers’ … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter With the state tournament suddenly only two weeks away, the Vermillion High boys tennis team faces three more regular-season calendar dates, needing desperately to avoid any more bad weather. The Tanagers, after playing at Yankton last night (Thursday), are home this afternoon in a 4 p.m. dual against … Read Article
BY JEREMY HOECK jeremy.hoeck@yankton.net VERMILLION — David Herbster had the interim athletic director tag removed from his title at the University of South Dakota on Thursday during an athletic department meeting with president Jim Abbott. Herbster, in his sixth year with the department, was named interim A.D. last December after … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net Kayaks are streamlined and quiet, propelled only by a light stroke of a paddle or a current as they glide on the water’s surface. They can also be bit tough to get back into should you accidently capsize and fall out of one. That’s why a … Read Article
By James D. Cimburek james.cimburek@yankton.net With winds howling through Yankton’s Williams Field throughout the brisk April Saturday, April 6, the University of South Dakota men’s and women’s track and field team was not looking as much for high marks as it was high effort. And USD saw just that, … Read Article
By Chris Riley sports@yankton.net South Dakota completed the season sweep over rival South Dakota State on a windy but sunny Saturday afternoon at Nygaard Field thanks to some early runs and an excellent pitching performance by the Coyotes’ senior standout, Erica Denney. Denney allowed just three hits and one run … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter A doubleheader sweep over Elk Point-Jefferson at Prentis Park Sunday sent Vermillion High’s baseball team to a 4-1 record and set the stage for a torrid schedule of four games within a seven-day span in the coming week, weather permitting. The Tanagers enjoyed a six-inning … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter The Vermillion High track teams, facing challenges from the weather man this week, got in two meets in the first week of the season – one in cold weather and one on a relatively nice day – and already there is a Tanager athlete qualified for … Read Article
Vermillion senior Austin Krier earned recognition among the best 15 players in Class “A” boys basketball on the All-State team chosen by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association and the South Dakota Sportswriters Association. Krier, a 6’2” senior guard, was named to the third team. Bound for Northwestern College in … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter Vermillion’s girls golf team split a pair of duals in the first week of the season, dominating Madison and losing by four strokes to Canton. The Tanagers bettered Madison by 24 strokes, 373-397, in a dual played at The Bluffs. Brooke Schwasinger and Allison Heine … Read Article
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By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Al Neuharth is remembered around the world as a legend in the field of journalism … Read Article
VERMILLION – Prominent officials, journalists, colleagues, friends, and others inspired by his vision and legacy will celebrate the life of … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net The Vermillion School Board approved the contracts of two individuals who will replace two long-time coaches … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Although “motorcycle” isn’t the thing that comes to mind when most people think of the National … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net One week after her title was revoked, an area 6-year-old was again named winner of the … Read Article
By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net South Dakota’s attorney general has some advice for the recent graduates of the University of South … Read Article
