Category Archives: Sports

Wrestlers host meet The Vermillion Tanager Wrestlers opened their 1998-99 season Tuesday by hosting a triangular meet with Lennox and Brandon Valley. Results of the triangular are: BRANDON VALLEY 53, VERMILLION 12 103 — Tyler Carda BV pin. Tyler Zimmerman :17. 112 — Carl Lear BV pin. Eric Dehner 1:05. … Read Article →

Grappling with opponent Vermillion Tanager 135 pound wrestler Justin Griffith surveys his opponent, Jeremy Roe of Lennox, during Tuesday's triangular competition in Vermillion that also featured Brandon Valley. Tuesday's action marked the beginning of this year's season for Vermillion's grapplers. Griffith was pinned at the 44 second mark of the … Read Article →

Three athletes on All-State soccer team Seventeen boys and 17 girls have been chosen by nomination and vote of the state's varsity coaches and referees as members of the first-ever South Dakota high school All-State soccer teams. Nine schools are represented on the boys' All-State first team, including state champion … Read Article →

Rankin removed from coaching position at The University of SD The University of South Dakota will make a change in its football program and will not renew the contract of head football coach Ron Rankin, according to an announcement Nov. 24, by USD Athletic Director Kelly Higgins. A replacement will … Read Article →

Boxers compete The Vermillion Boxing Team (VBT) under Coach Marc Zimiga held its first boxing match Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Vermillion National Guard Armory. Three of Vermillion's boxers, Thomas Barnes, Terry Barnes and Oliver Hope, got matches. Although only one took home a medal, all were winners in the … Read Article →

Sixth-grade girls team places second in tourney The Vermillion sixth-grade girls brought home second place medals in their first action of the year. Playing in the Parkston Athletic Booster Club tournament, Saturday, Nov. 14, Vermillion first saw action against Mitchell. Despite first game jitters the girls led at half 10-4. … Read Article →

Vermillion swimmers compete in Brookings On Nov. 14 and 15, swimmers from Vermillion competed in the 25th Annual Brookings Invitational swim meet. Over 250 swimmers from across South Dakota competed. Awards were given through eighth place. Individual place winners for Vermillion were: 8 and U boys: Tony Jensen, first in … Read Article →

Freshmen end season with win by David Lias The VHS freshmen Tanagers topped Yankton 38-34 in girls basketball Nov. 2 at Vermillion in a matchup that was close throughout. This was the Tanager freshmen team's last game of the season. Vermillion improved its season mark to 12-4. Corey Engstrom led … Read Article →

Freshmen Tanagers beat Dakota Valley by David Lias The VHS freshmen Tanagers rallied in the second half and then pulled away to beat Dakota Valley 34-24 in girls basketball Oct. 24 at Vermillion. Vermillion had trailed by three at halftime. Vermillion's Alison Obr dropped in 10 points and grabbed 11 … Read Article →

VHS varsity girls end 1998 season by Vicky Lio VHS's varsity girls basketball team finished its season Nov. 5 in the district championships against Elk Point. Vermillion beat Brandon Valley 51-49 Nov. 3 to advance to the championships. Leading scorers for Vermillion were Amanda Iverson with 23 points, Jackie Powell … Read Article →