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• CORY GINSBACH - The Jimmy V of South Dakota

  CORY GINSBACH MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT JUNE 1st, 2013 AT ROCKY KNOLLS GOLF COURSE in CUSTER ...   

• 1st Day of Practice!

  You won't see me write very many blogs during basketball season as I am busy doing other things and I personally feel like it is a conflict of intrest.  Yet, I had this going through my head this morning.  In Hill City we are fortunate to have 2 full size gyms, one of which is almost like a small college gymnasium.  We spend the first week practicing twice a day.  The first ...   

• Ranger Football Renaissance

  Seven years seems like a long time, but not an eternity for adults.  I am 30 and can remember vividly things from when I was 23.  “Remember When’s” are relevant to ones age.  When my 6 year old nephew Jackson asks me if I “remember when” it is quite different than when my 27 year old brother asks “remember when”.  For the Hill C...   

• T-Buss: RC Stevens

  It should be a South Dakota holiday as the sea of Orange invades rural towns around South Dakota.  The economy is boosted, the sound of shotguns echo around the country side, and even the dogs seem to be happier during this time of year (except mine).  The third weekend in October is a sportsman’s Christmas as it is the opening weekend of the pheasant season.  I have often ...   

• Shane Hansen - Roll Bison

       In my quest to prepare for basketball season I always spend some time reading motivational quotes and inspirational sayings that I can share with our athletes, post on our bulletin board, have them write in their notebooks, and give them as handouts.  Just this morning I came across a Nick Saban quote:  &nbs...   

• Daniel Chapman - FIGHT OF THE CARDINALS

  FIGHT OF THE CARDINALS I made a rare appearance in the Rapid City Rushmore Mall to visit my old college roommate and close friend as he is now the general manager at MYPILLOWS in the mall.  I dodged the kiosk people on my way to the store.  My friend Cliff greeted me with ...   

• HEARTBEAT OF A WARRIOR - Ben Connot

  HEARTBEAT OF A WARRIOR   Last week I blogged about a purple and gold team (in the last few years I have jumped on their bandwagon.)  This week I am going to blog about a purple and gold team that runs in my blood.   This is a very hard blog for me to write because I want it to be just right.  I have known these kids since they were elementary students and I am very...   

• RANCHER TRADITION - Ckyler Floyd

                   I started to drink the Harding County kool-aide a couple years ago when the Ranchers made the state title game in Vermillion.  I...   

• Cody Trainor - The Athlete Oasis

  The Athlete Oasis Faith (pop 421) is a town located on HWY 212 known as the Oasis on the Praire because its the only thing for miles.   Many locals claim that Faith got its name because it takes Faith to survive on the prairie.  Often times in farming/ran...   

• SUPERIOR Spartan - Brandon Kemp

    I love this time of year!  Football is on the horizon and school is approaching.  As I began working in my office, I got an email from the patriarch of the Buzzardship in regards to writing some more blogs this football season.  I rolled my eyes and deleted the email. As a middle school principal and middle school athletic director, August/Septemb...   

• SD HEAT ROSTER

  SOUTH DAKOTA HEAT RUSHMORE 17U – Coach Jim Martin   Ben Connot Winner High School ...   

• Hoops Truths 101

  Welcome to some HOOPS TRUTHS…I wrote the information below as a framework for things that all kids can improve upon.  Remember, I was writing this as we trekked back from Red Cloud after an opening round loss in the district.  I don’t consider myself a basketball expert by any means, but I have been proud to live my dream of coaching basketball and proud of my accomplishm...   

• THE GOOD--THE BAD--THE UNFAIR

  THE GOOD:             Harding County senior Ryne Baier is back in school and feeling better.  Baier spent a couple weeks in the Mayo Clinic battling illness and missed the last couple of football games for the Harding County Ranchers football team.          &nb...   

• Basketball Eulogy - NEAL SIEGER - CUSTER

  NEAL SIEGER: 1952-2011 As coaches and educators; we all hope when our time on Earth ends that we have left an imprint on the future.  We have influenced a younger generation for the better.  We hope that they will carry on our legacy; not necessarily by the stories the...   

• HEART OF A LION - JULIAN DUNN - RCC

  There is something very final about playing your last football game.  I think almost all of us can sympathize with the kids that played the final snap of their high school careers.  It ends so abruptly, so quickly.  One can plan for it, but when it happens the emptiness is indescribable.  I can still remember my final game in West Central, as one of the few times in my adult...   

• 1 SPECIAL KAT- TIA CARLSON - KADOKA

  I stopped in Kadoka last weekend on my way back from the Pheasant Belt.  It was a sad trip back to the Hills as it marked the end to my favorite weekend of the year…The end of the opening of Pheasant season.  In an attempt to cheer myself up, I stopped at the Discount Fuel gas station to sample a quarter pound of gizzards.  Eating the world famous (ok maybe State famous) g...   

• Have You Dug CHAVIS SHULL - WALL

  It was a beautiful autumn morning as I asked my girlfriend if she wanted to be a tourist for the day.  As she hesitantly agreed, she asked me where I wanted to go…WALL DRUG!  My plan was working perfectly; I had already prearranged to meet the WALL EAGLE football extraordinaire CHAVIS SHULL. We fought some traffic and I circled the main street parking lo...   

• BATTLE OF BIG D- Derek Skillingstad - Hill City

  I have been accused of writing blogs that are too “Sappy”. They are too “Cheesy”.  In my defense,  I enjoy highlighting the great student-athletes that we have in our area.  Yet, to listen to my critics; today I will write a blog without an abundance of positive superlatives.  I am going to write about something that is “Stupid”, it is &ld...   

• It is all about football (& a big bon fire) - HOMECOMING

  Many South Dakota schools have already hosted their homecoming weeks.  Homecoming has many different identities in various districts around the state.  Typically homecoming has coronation, dress up days, parades, carnivals, bonfires, pep rallies; but lets not forget the most important part of homecoming…The FOOTBALL GAME. Last week, while riding my 10 year reunion homeco...   

• Cool, Calm, and CODY BENNE - RC STEVENS

  I sat in Buffalo Wild Wings in Rapid with some old college buddies nostalgically remembering our intramural days at BHSU.  I believe somewhere between the softball championship story or the 9 foot dunk league tale, I looked up to see a stocky kid walk in the back door.  I noticed him wearing a Rapid City Stevens hoodie as he socialized with everyone in the kitchen area.  I ask my...   

• Fun With Chad Bryant - Custer

  Chad Bryant is a 6’2, 170 pound wide receiver for the 3-0 Custer Wildcats.  He has 4 receiving touchdowns and over 200 yards recieving on the season.  He is a very skilled football player but we have become acquaintances because he played on the South Dakota Heat AAU basketball...   

• REMEMBER 9-11

  “A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of Ameri...   

• The Legend of Ryne Baier - Harding County

  I traveled north dodging antelope and deer on my way to take in some Harding County Labor day festivities.  While eating a cheeseburger at the #3, a local yells at me, “We need another golfer for the Buffalo Labor Day golf tournament.”  Luckily I had my clubs, asked my girlfriend if I could go, and then took off.  As we drove to the golf course the driver said, “It’s an old cow pastu...   

• Warrior Pride - Nathan Naasz

  The No. 3-ranked Winner Warriors dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball Friday night at Leahy Field. The Class 11B squad got two fourth-down touchdown runs from quarterback Nathan Naasz in a physical 12-0 win that left no debate regarding the superior team. – Rapid City Journal; September 2nd, 2011