Sports Preview Fall 2020

FALL SPORTS PREVIEW September 2020

A special supplement to Mitchell Republic.

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School football team include, front, from left: Kendell Fick, tucker Vilhauer, Joe VanOverschelde, Carson Fahey, Nick rubendall, adam Fahey, Ben Ziebarth, Kole Schelske, ryley Johansen and Parker Phillips. Middle row: Wyatt Winter, Jake Helleloid, Braden Szabo, Cordell Kunkel, Scout Musick, Jacob Schumacher, Jace Larson, Josh grosdidier, Nick Lord and andrew gunnare. Back row: Joseph Haddon and Hunter Wyatt.

MITCHELL’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMS HINGE UPON CONSISTENCY Kernels eye state title in wide-open Class 11AA season should end in the DakotaDome, playing for a state championship.

Class 11AA has run through Pierre the last three seasons, but there has been significant turnover throughout the class this season and Mitchell has designs on prying the state championship trophy from the grip of the Governors.

“Our goal is to work and compete for a state championship,” MHS head coach Kent VanOverschelde said. “We graduated some critical players, but we’ve also grown and developed. Gaining that experience from a year

ago, you see a level of certainty that wasn’t apparent last year. They’ve worked hard to not only be accountable, but hold each other accountable.”

The Kernels have their own holes to fill, including the losses of quarterback Austin Kerr and all-state cornerback Peyton Nash.

Still, they have some dangerous threats on offense and defense to take aim at the upper echelon of Class 11AA. Defensively, linebacker Joe VanOverschelde is back after leading the team with 96 tackles in his first varsity season as a sophomore, while class-

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mate Tucker Vilhauer was second on the team with 77 tackles and two interceptions from his safety position.

Parker Phillips returns at running back, having 1,107 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, while 6-foot-6 wide receiver Ryley Johansen flashed late in the season with 349 yards and three touchdowns on 11 receptions.

All eyes will be on Vilhauer, though, as he steps in as Mitchell’s third different starting quarterback in as many seasons, looking to replace Kerr’s 739 passing yards and 571 rushing yards.

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After falling to Class 11A opponents Sioux Falls Christian and Dell Rapids last year, Mitchell looks to vanquish both teams — with Spearfish in between — to get off to a 4-0 start before traveling to Yankton on Sept. 25.

“We need to find that consistency,” VanOverschelde said. “As much as we worked to improve and get better, we didn’t make those advances during the season. I think there’s some good football teams out there. We look at this schedule as very competitive and we need to work to be competitive.”

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By Nick Sabato Mitchell republic Walking off the football field for the final time last November, the Mitchell High School underclassmen were sour.

A season filled with close contests had quickly gone south, as the Kernels dropped three of their last four games, including a 57-7 loss to eventual state champion Pierre in the Class 11AA semifinals.

Opponents scored at least 50 points in each of those losses, dropping Mitchell to 5-6 for the year.

The Kernels vividly remember those losses and they believe this

“We have to open things up and not get caught in a rut of not trying to squeeze that round nut into a square hole,” VanOverschelde said. “There are multiple guys that have proven to be weapons around the perimeter.

Tucker Vilhauer has the ability to open the offense up, but we have to recognize when to make those adjustments.”

Mitchell’s state championship hopes may be determined early in the season, as it hopes to pick up momentum in the early portion of the schedule.

The Kernels have not won back-to-back games since October 2017 and were not able to establish consistency the last two seasons.

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DEFENDING A STATE TITLE Kernel girls welcome target on their back as reigning state champions

By Jeremy Karll Mitchell republic All eyes will be on the Mitchell High School girls tennis team as it goes for back-to-back state championships.

It played the first South Dakota High School Activities Association sporting event of the year at Hitchcock Park, which sparked a successful start to the year for the Kernels. They expect every team’s best shot after winning last year’s Class A state championship.

“There’s going to be a target on our back, but we’re going to wear that target with pride,” Mitchell coach Pat Moller said.

“We have a lot of girls coming back from last

year and there’s a lot of talent on this team. I think they’re up for this challenge, and we’re going to expect all of our opponent’s best effort.”

The Kernels have a couple of new faces in a lineup that features one senior, but it’s still an experienced group. Kiersten Bathke will be the senior leader for a team that returns three state champions and features plenty of competitive challenge matches in practice that helped Moller settle on a lineup.

Atlanta Stahle will take over Flight 1 from the graduated Kelsey Dahme, who she won a doubles state championship with last season. Olivia Huber,

who won a singles and doubles state championship, will be Flight 2, and her doubles partner from last year, Amber Moller, will be Flight 3. Julia Platt’s first varsity season will start on Flight 4, Bathke will play on Flight 5 and seventh-grader Megan Mastel is Flight 6.

The No. 1 doubles pair is Stahle/Moller, while Huber/Bathke will play No. 2 doubles and No. 3 doubles is Platt and freshman Delaney Degen.

“These girls were beating up on each other a little bit,” Moller said.

“Some of the best competition they’re going to see all year, and some of the most pressure-packed competition they’re going

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School tennis team include, from left, Kiersten Bathke, Olivia Huber, atlanta Stahle, amber Moller and Julia Platt. to see all year are in these challenge matches because they all want to play as high as they possibly can.”

Despite some of the youth in Mitchell’s lineup, Moller knows it’s not short on talent that should help it improve in Eastern South Dakota Confer-

ence play. Whether it’s the solid offseason by Platt or the potential of Mastel, he envisions its younger players winning matches alongside its experienced and proven bunch.

When asked about the expectations for this group, it came down to

one word — Repeat.

“I think if you ask the girls that, they like that feeling,” Moller said. “...

This is a really deep team.

I think we’re going to put together solid tennis all the way around this year.

We’re just going to play one match at a time.”

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School cheer team include, front, from left: Heaven Brinker, Jannessa Stevenson, Joslin Sommerville, Chloe Holzwarth and Chelsey Mohr. Back row: Harley goldhammer, Kallie Volk, Sara Mauszycki, tabitha Sadler alyssa Hughes and Jamie Herren.

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School dance team include, front, from left: Madisyn Sheesley, Olivia Walz, tessa allen and Keenah E scobin.

Back row: grace roden, Logan Culhane, Victoria Colwell and Natasha rieger.

ATHLETIC KERNEL CHEER RAISES ROUTINE DIFFICULTY

By Jeremy Karll Mitchell republic Even after a program-high ninth-place finish at the state competitive cheer competition last year, Mitchell High School coach Alisha Lockhart believes her team is even better this year.

The Mitchell cheer team has continued to add athletes and will up the difficulty in its routines this season. Even as it has gotten a late start to practicing its routine, Lockhart believes its athleticism will help it continue its ascension up the cheer ranks.

“We are athletic. We

just keep getting more and more athletes coming to the program every year,” Lockhart said. “We got high level back-hand, back-tuck, standing tumbling from about nine out of 17 athletes right now.”

The athletic background of many of Mitchell’s cheerleaders help them transition to the sport, as the focus turns to adding pep by being “perky and bouncy and smiling at the judges.” It helps them work through a challenging stunt or tumbling pass, per Lockhart.

It’s a matter of learning the routine and not pushing themselves to learn

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new moves too fast early in the season after a late start.

“If we’re not hitting stunts, or we’re missing a tumbling pass here or there, those are all things we can work through,” Lockhart said. “The one thing we can bring — no matter how late in the game we got our routine — is our energy, our spirit and our cheerleader.”

The Kernels’ lone home competition is Oct. 10 at the Corn Palace, which Lockhart identifies as a final tune-up before the Eastern South Dakota Conference competition on Oct. 15 in Pierre. The state competi-

rience because I don’t have to take time to do the technique,” MHS coach Cassey Verhey said. “It’s big to have that experience on the team.”

It’s experience that helped Mitchell finish 13th at the state competition last season. This year, Verhey expects hip-hop to be its top dance after taking 10th at state in hipMitchell dance team hop last year. Mitchell also placed 12th in Jazz and touts experience The Mitchell dance 13th in Pom. It’ll be the first time team’s experience will play a major factor this in Verhey’s eight-year year. It has eight return- coaching career that the Kernels will have fulling letterwinners.

“It’s big to have dancers team tricks, though. come in that have expe-

tion is Oct. 24 at Rapid City Stevens High School.

“I do feel like we’ve improved our difficulty this year,” Lockhart said.

“Every year we’ve placed better and better at state.

Every year we’re adding more and more difficulty, and I think this year is going to bring truth to that, as well.”

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“Out of eight years that I’ve been here, it’s nice to see the progression that we’ve been doing through the program,” Verhey said.

As much as anything, Verhey hopes the Kernels can make it through the season safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It dances in the state competition Oct. 23-24 at Rapid City Stevens.

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MHS GIRLS SOCCER EYES THE NEXT STEP Kernels hosted first playoff match last season Mitchell republic The Mitchell High School girls soccer team has taken never-before-seen leaps for the program in the past two seasons.

Now, with a heavy senior presence, the Kernels are using that as motivation to take the next step in the postseason.

After qualifying for the state playoffs for the first time in 2018, Mitchell’s follow-up performance was even better. It went 8-5-1 and hosted its first playoff match ever, though fell 3-1 to Sioux Falls Roosevelt.

With a roster of 11 seniors, the Kernels haven’t become complacent with their recent success, rather use it as motivation.

“They really enjoyed last season with the success we had last year and previously. I think that is moti-

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School girls soccer team include, back row, from left: Caroline titze, Sam gerlach, Macy Kempf, Brooke Brewster, Lily Peterson, Janesa thiesse and Kennedy Knippling. Middle row: taylin deckert, E rin Stevens, Jamison Hildebrandt, Makenzie Peterson, grace E ndorf, Marianna Novak, Kaylee Nygaard and Maddie Kempf. Front row: ava Zilla, ayla Zilla, Haley Stevens, Lily Carpenter, Kyah E scobin and adelyn Prunty. vating to them, as well,” MHS coach Bob Lemon said. “They are finally in a position to maybe be able to beat the teams that we have traditionally struggled against. Now we’re in that position, and I think that’s a huge motivator

for them.”

For as much of Mitchell’s success will have to do with staying healthy during a 13-game slate, it also has emphasized playing faster and smarter during the offseason. That includes simply having a

better understanding of positioning on the field and their roles.

“If we can continue building each game and making ourselves better and working together as a unit, that will be the real key,” Lemon said. “If we

can do that and be able to apply the pressure to the other teams, rather than having it applied to us.”

Mitchell has the talent to put pressure on teams.

Senior goalie Caroline Titze will play at the University of Sioux Falls

next year, and has recorded 602 saves during her first three seasons. Mia Mullenmeister enters high school coming off a program-record 19 goals scored last season.

The gaudy numbers jump out, but the veteran depth is a big reason Lemon believes his team can have a competitive season. Marianna Novak and Macy Kempf provide a strong presence in the middle, and defensively, Brooke Brewster has taken charge. All three players are seniors.

“The seniors are an important part of this group,” Lemon said.

“They’re the ones that have gone through.

They’ve been through the battles as young players, so they kind of know what that’s like.”

Lemon expects his team to not be part of many one-sided matches that favor the opposition.

“We have a lot of experience coming back,” Lemon said. “So I think we have our sights on a really solid season to be competitive in each and every game.”

MITCHELL SOCCER HOPES TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE WITH YOUNG ROSTER

Kernels feature 13 underclassmen in 2020

By Nick Sabato Mitchell republic Compete to win.

That is the mantra that Mitchell High School boys soccer coach Ken Novak will relay to his team through the course of the season, and if they do, he believes they can improve upon last season’s 2-11-1 record.

The Kernels have a unique blend of youth and experience this year, with 10 players that saw game action returning, but they only have five seniors and one junior on the squad. That should set up opportunities for new talent to step into important roles.

“Winning is sometimes so difficult to achieve for many reasons,” said Novak, who is entering his sixth year as MHS coach. “If we finish the season — and even a game — and we feel like we put things together, I think we are going to get in the ‘W’ column and we’re going to have sense

that we’re building and going in the right direction.”

One of the players not returning is last year’s leading scorer Daniel Durta, a foreign exchange student that led Mitchell with six goals last season.

Durta’s firepower must be replaced and Novak believes it will happen through a variety of different players.

Jamison Wear returns at midfield and the sophomore not only has the ability to create opportunities for his teammates, but he also has the leg to finish on his own.

Senior Skylar Kurtenbach will factor in as an attacking midfielder, as will eighth-grader Easton Neuendorf. He saw time as a reserve last season and Novak spoke highly of his soccer instincts and his ability to find holes in a defense.

Sophomore Kaileb Hubbard and freshman E.J. Novak both have strong legs at midfield that

should add some striking ability for the Kernels.

“We do have that power to switch the ball,” Novak said. “We can switch that ball and cross fields pretty quickly. That’s to our advantage, especially if we can attack from the flank, so we can spread (opponents) out in the attack third.”

Mitchell must also replace Trevor Lambert in goal and will do so with a pair of players, including sophomore Logan Oehlerking, who is tabbed as the new starter between the pipes and will be backed up by freshman Caden Olegario.

An experienced back line will be helpful, with senior Levi Gebhard returning at centerback, as well as junior Wyatt Haibeck at fullback. Senior Cameron Gauger returns as a defensive midfielder.

While the Kernels are young in a variety of areas, they have a roster that features five freshmen, three eighth-graders and

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School boys soccer team inclue, front, from left: Jamison Wear, Kaileb Hubbard, Cameron gauger and E aston Neuendorf.

Back row: Wyatt Haibeck, Brenen rose, Levi gebhard, Skylar Kurtenbach, E lij ah Novak and Caden Olegario. a seventh-grader, which gives Novak optimism for the future of Mitchell soccer.

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the members of the Mitchell High School volleyball team includes, from left to right: Paige guthmiller, alyssa Magee, E lizabeth tyler, Samantha Kludt, Sarah Sebert, Kaitlyn Christensen, Mariyha turner, Kaspen alm, taylor Haring, Cameryn Logan, Kazlyn Schulz, Katy Sebert, Madeline Hegg, Claire Hegg, taylor giblin and Jurzee gregg. Manager Morgan Lambert is kneeling.

COMPETITION PUSHING KERNEL VOLLEYBALL Returners, transfers jockeying for playing time

By Ryan Deal Mitchell republic New faces abound for the Mitchell High School volleyball team.

The Kernels return just two starters, but they received two all-state transfers that will bolster the lineup. Mitchell graduated seven seniors off last season’s 4-23 team.

With a brand new roster, Mitchell coach Deb Thill said there’s plenty of learning and evaluating strengths and weaknesses of the group.

But it also means healthy competition for spots.

“The competition level is high in our gym right now because everybody obviously wants a starting role,” Thill said. “Pretty much every position is up for grabs. So that’s been why our level of play has been so high and we have some very talented kids that have developed as they are getting older.”

The two returning starters are senior setter Katy Sebert (498 assists) and junior outside hitter/defensive specialist Sarah Sebert (389 digs). Ethan’s Cameryn Logan and Wagner’s Elizabeth Tyler transferred to Mitchell in the offseason.

Logan, a senior hitter, was a second-team all-stater last season. She recorded 381 kills, 318 digs, 68 aces, 56 blocks and 32 assists for the Rustlers. Tyler, a sophomore hitter, was an allstate honorable mention selection last year. She logged 350 digs, 213 kills and 57 aces for the Red Raiders. Tyler’s mother and long-time Wagner head coach, Amy, joined the Mitchell school district in the offseason.

Elizabeth Tyler and Logan both bring versatility to Mitchell’s lineup, said Thill.

“Cameryn is the type of player that she could play any posi-

tion for us on the floor,” Thill said. “She’s really athletic and she’s bringing in that power game for us. Lizzie could play defense. She can play offense.

She’s also a versatile player for us. They’ve known people from our team for years and years.

They played club together. So it was an easy transfer for both of those two.”

As always, the Kernels will hang their hat on ball control.

In addition to Sarah Sebert’s 389 digs, Katy Sebert logged 230 digs.

“We have some very good serve-receive kids,” Thill said.

“We have some great servers and if we can keep our setter Katy in system, of course then that just tends to be successful on the offensive end.”

On the offensive end, Logan, Tyler, Kazlyn Schulz, Kaspen Alm, Kaitlyn Christensen, Taylor Haring and Mariyha Turner project to produce points.

Thill expects Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Sioux Falls Roosevelt and Sioux Falls Washington to be among the contenders in the state. Watertown, Aberdeen Central and Huron are among the Eastern South Dakota Conference favorites, said Thill.

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“They are playing junior tournaments,” Horan said. “They are taking lessons and some of them are playing in leagues. It’s fun to watch.

I think the middle school bunch has a lot of depth and talent to it.”

The Kernels will host the Mitchell Invitational on Sept. 18 at Lakeview Golf Course. The Eastern South Dakota Conference Invitational is Sept. 26 at the same course.

The Class A state tournament is Oct. 5-6 Willow Run Golf Course in Sioux Falls.

Horan anticipates the Sioux Falls schools to be among the contenders around the state. He expects Yankton, Aberdeen Central and Watertown to be the top ESD teams.

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from last year are showing tremendous improvement,” Mitchell coach Mark Horan said. “They really got much better over the summer and that’s because they were on the course a lot is one of the big reasons.”

Junior Macon Larson opted to come out this season and Horan said he’ll bolster the lineup. Senior Masen Thompson and junior Ashton Reimnitz round out the top-six golfers.

The group logged a 326 one day in practice and Horan said that’s typical of what the team shot last year.

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By Ryan Deal Mitchell republic There is no shortage of competition for the Mitchell High School boys golf team.

The Kernels graduated three seniors — Max Dailey, Max Tupper and Kade Clark — off last year’s ninth-place team at state. But they’ve returned their three next golfers in the lineup, along with a bevy of underclassmen adding depth to the roster.

Sophomores Lincoln Bates and Jackson Childs and freshman Noah Larson will headline the returners.

Bates finished 41st at state last season, while Childs took 67th and Larson placed 85th.

“Those three players leftover

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Far left: the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell boys cross- country team, includes front row, from left to right: dawson Schroeder, grayson Hetland and Kane graj kowske. Back row: Brock russell, Lucas Moller, Carter Moller, Nate McCormick and Max Hart. Left: the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell girls cross- country team, includes front row, from left to right: Mallory Fortin and I sabelle Buss. Back row: adaya Plastow, Kennedy Olsen, gabby garrels and anna driscoll. Not pictured: adelyn Prunty.

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“She plays soccer and then she runs on her own time, which is really admirable because she’s getting after both of them and she gives both sports 110 percent,” Buschbach said.

“Regardless of what’s going on, she’s always practicing and she’s super dedicated. She’s just a naturally-talented runner.”

Sophomore Kennedy Olsen, freshman Madeline Vogel and freshman Lindsay Andersen are also expected to contribute significantly for the Kernels.

The Kernels hosts the Mitchell Invitational on Saturday at Wild Oak Golf Course.

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By Ryan Deal Mitchell republic Katie Buschbach has witnessed the growth of several Kernels the past four years.

She enters her fourth season with the Mitchell High School cross-country team, including the past three years as head coach.

The Kernels bring back a mix of both young and old runners committed to the program.

“They are looking really strong,” Buschbach said.

“So it’s pretty exciting to approach the season knowing that these kids are stronger than they have been in years past.”

While the roster is loaded with underclassmen, the veteran runners set the bar for the program.

On the boys side, it starts with senior Lucas Moller.

He was Mitchell’s best finisher at state last season in

already built that bond.”

On the girls side, senior Adaya Plastow was hampered by an injury last season. But she’s project76th place at the Class AA ed to lead the girls lineup.

Plastow finished in 52th state cross-country meet.

“He’s led this team since place for Ethan/Parkston he was in the seventh-grade at the Class A state meet running varsity,” Bus- during her sophomore chbach said. “He’s just been season in 2018.

“We are really working a leader ever since. I expect big things out of Lucas this on keeping her healthy year because he’s been put- this year and injury free,” ting in the time all summer, Buschbach said. “But I lifting weights, running foresee Adaya being right and being committed. He’s up there as a top runner.”

Freshman Adelyn Prunty hungry and he wants it this placed 70th last year at year. So he’s out to get it his last year and make it the state. She’ll be splitting her time between the soccer best that he can.”

Freshman Nate McCor- and cross-country teams. mick, eighth-grader Max Hart, eighth-grader Brock Russell, freshman Dawson Schroeder, freshman Grayson Hetland and eighth-grader Kane Grajkowske return to the lineup after logging plenty of miles last season.

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell High School softball team include, front, from left, Kara Magee, Sicely allhiser, Camryn Krogman, Kathleen Nash, Brooklyn Jarding, Paige Vander Heiden and Macey Linke. Back row: ally Barlean, Jacey Linke, gabriel Sonne, E lliana Kisor, Madelynn Henglefelt, Keirstyn Krcil, ruby uithoven and Madyson thompson.

IMPROVED KERNEL SOFTBALL RAISES EXPECTATIONS Mitchell to rely on experienced pitching during 2020 campaign

By Jeremy Karll Mitchell republic The Mitchell High School softball team won’t be short on experience this season.

Mitchell finished 3-27 last season, but hopes a 10-9 upset win over Harrisburg in the state tournament can spark better results in 2020.

The Kernels also swept Sioux Falls Washington in the beginning of the year.

Kernel coach Craig Krcil has higher expectations for this group, which could show as well as anywhere in the pitching circle.

“We had a tough year last year. We won a couple of games against Sioux Falls Washington, and we did go into the state tournament last year and knock off Harrisburg, which was a surprise,” Krcil said. “The team kept getting better and better last year. If we can stay healthy and keep everybody strong, I think we’ll probably look at a .500 to plus season.”

The Kernels have flashed its speed during the first couple of weeks of practice, and while Krcil has seen improvement at the plate, he emphasized his pitching staff as the team’s backbone. It returns its

top-two pitchers, Keirstyn Krcil and Jacey Linke, who combined to pitch 117.1 of 129 possible innings last year. They combined to strike out 41 batters.

“I think we’ve got a pretty solid pitching staff,” Krcil said. “We have a couple of girls who have been pitching now for the last five years.”

The pitching staff — and Kernels as a team — will be tested out of the gate.

After opening the season at home against Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Mitchell travels to Sioux Falls Washington, Aberdeen and Rapid City in August. It won’t play at home again until Sept. 1 when it hosts Sioux Falls Lincoln.

It will give it a chance to show its speed, improved hitting and the strong defense up the middle that Krcil touts.

He points to Keirstyn Krcil, who led the team with 30 hits, Kassidy Overweg and Ally Barlean as three players who the Kernels expect to guide it at the plate. Barlean and Overweg had 15 and 14 hits, respectively, while Krcil hit all three of MItchell’s home runs. Mean-

while, Kathleen Nash (28) and Camryn Krogman (24, including a team-high seven doubles) both had at least 20 hits, as well.

With an experienced bunch back, the Kernels are taking the season game-by-game.

“All we need to do is improve every game,” Krcil said. “That’s all I expect.

Let’s get better every game.”

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the returning letterwinners for the Mitchell Christian School volleyball team include, front, from left: Keely O’ Neill and E rica thompson. Back row: Whisper en, i l n ege nd ggie reynen.

positives, including a tight-knit unit that has experience playing together.

“It’s good and bad — they all get to play and have playing time,” Van Zee said. “But if one of them is sick or something happens, we’re going to be in trouble. … It’s going to be tough, but we’ll see what we can do this season and hopefully we can get more girls in next year.”

The Golden Eagles will rely heavily on their defense this season, displaying a knack to rally to the ball and come up with timely digs, led by senior Erica Thompson and junior Keely O’Neill.

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By Nick Sabato Mitchell republic Mitchell Christian has a small roster, but it is looking for big results on the volleyball court this season.

Despite eight rostered players for the roster for the 2020 season, the Golden Eagles are looking to build on the gradual improvement from last season. Since the program’s last winning season in 2015, Mitchell Christian has increased its win total in each of the last three seasons, including a 7-13 mark last fall.

The Golden Eagles lost one starter from last year’s squad, which gives the team hope they can not only match their 2019 win total, but tack on a few more this season.

“A lot of these girls have been playing together for a long time,” Mitchell Christian head coach Cara Van Zee said.

“Just to have that trust together and team bond, that really helped them last year. I hope to continue to see that this season.”

Turning Mitchell Christian into a consistent power has been marred simply by a lack of students in the school, according to Van Zee. The school has an average daily membership of 33.79, ranking 162nd out 180 high schools in South Dakota. Even more troubling, is at least two grades in the school currently without girls.

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BON HOMME C oach : Byron Pudwill C on f er en ce: i ri lle C las s : 9aa Recor d las t y ear : 1 0- 2, Class 9aa state runner- up L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 8 T op r etur n ees : nr d, r , , , le l, r , , , D ee , r, , , D Den n, r, , , ile dl, p , , , D r n er, p , , ,D gle, r , , ,D T op n ew com er s : rd n e n ld , r , , , D e , r, , , r en , r, , , D D e , r, , , D den i e , p , , , nd n S i , p , , , D g n in ler, p , , , D e e er, p , , , D en S e er n, p , , , D C oach ’ s com m en ts : We hope to establish our running game early in e e n e e e p en i l de el p e n e gr nd i r per nnel e need d in rder e deep r n in e pl De en i el e need find ree r rg n ge er i e efi e r i r er r l year’ s defense, and they are going to have to help the new guys with r e e nd i de n er r ill e ge in r cess will be whether or not our upcoming seniors will be able to step nd le d r e re ll eel e eg re p le d ing i

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C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the gregory football team includes from left to right: Jordan Vosika, reece Odenbach, Coy determan, rhoss Oliver, Jace robertson, Zane McMillen and E li Fogel.

C oach : John King C on f er en ce: Missouri Valley C las s : 9a Recor d las t y ear : 9- 2 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Seven T op r etur n ees : Coy determan, j r., 6 - 3 , 1 7 5 , Q B/ FS; rhoss Oliver, sr., 6 - 1 , 225 , OL/ dL; Zane McMillen, sr., 6 - 0, 200, OL/ dL; Jordan Vosika, sr., 5 - 9, 1 6 0, rB/ LB T op n ew com er s : reece Odenbach, sr., 6 - 2, 1 7 0, Wr/ dL; Jace robertson, sr., 6 - 1 , 1 90, OL/ dL Hunter Stas, sr., 5 - 9, 1 6 0, LB; E li Fogel, so., 5 - 8 , 1 5 0, Wr/ LB; Kade Stukel, so., 5 - 8 , 1 5 0, Wr/ SS; Owen Hansen, so., 5 - 5 , 1 4 0, Wr/ LB; Jaden graber, so., 5 - 8 , 1 90, OL/ dL; Jerrit talsma, so., 6 - 2, 1 8 5 , OL/ dL C oach ’ s com m en ts : the key to a successful season will be staying healthy and developing the younger players. this group of young men bring a variety of individual talents and skills into our team philosophy. e ll ing i l ing r rd in rp r ing e e talents into a team format.

HANSON C oach : Jim Haskamp C on f er en ce: Cornbelt C las s : 9aa Recor d las t y ear : 4 - 5 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 9 K ey play er s : Kade Waldera, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 5 5 , Q B/ dB; Keenan Waldera, so., 5 - 6 , 1 20, rB/ dB; Jackson Jarding, so., 5 - 7 , 1 4 5 , rB/ dB; Jacob doyle, sr., 5 - 8 , 1 3 0, Q B/ dB; riley Ferry, sr., 6 - 1 , 1 95 , Og/ dL; Hayden Wallace, so., 5 - 5 , 1 1 0, E / dB; austin E aston, j r., 5 - 8 , 1 4 0, E / dL; tanner Haag, sr., 5 - 9, 1 90, OL/ dL; riley Haynes, so., 5 - 1 1 , 1 4 0, E / dL; E than Cheeseman, so., 6 - 1 , 1 7 5 , E / dL; gavin doyle, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 1 8 0, rB/ LB; Hadley Wallace, so., 5 - 1 1 , 1 7 5 , rB/ LB; Noah Price, j r., 6 - 3 , 1 4 0, E / dB; thailan Hallman, sr., 6 - 2, 1 6 0, E / dL; Carter Henglefelt, sr., 5 - 9, 205 , OL/ dL; tanner Hallman, sr., 5 - 8 - 1 5 0, rB/ LB; Jayden Kayser, j r., 5 - 7 , 1 90, OL/ LB; Lucas Nicholson, so., 6 - 2, 3 3 0, OL/ dL; Colton dillon, j r., 6 - 1 , 23 0, OL/ dL C oach ’ s com m en ts : We will need our younger kids to step up and fill in r e e l e d e gr d i n e need find re ni en n en e li e r dep e ill p i i n nd e ill need de el p l ng r en i e nd de en i e line

C oach : Shawn Flanagan C on f er en ce: Big E ast C las s : 1 1 B Recor d las t y ear : 9- 2 K ey play er s : Bobby Koepsell, sr., 5 - 8 , 1 6 0, Wr/ dB; Joe Loudenburg, j r., 5 - 8 , 1 4 5 , Wr/ dB; Jacobi Krouse, sr., 5 - 1 0, 200, rB/ LB; Jacob Wagner, sr., 6 - 7 , 28 0, OL/ dL; avery Feterl, sr., 5 - 8 , 1 8 0, Wr/ LB; E lliot Chase, j r., 6 - 0, 25 0, OL/ dL; trey Claussen, j r., 5 - 6 , 1 6 0, Wr/ LB. C oach ’ s com m en ts : We need to focus on ourselves and the fundamentals. that includes being assignment- sound on defense, great tacklers, run to the ball, super- aggressive while being smart and not ll ing e en e re n ig pl e n r en e e able to put drives together that score when we are in the red zone, limit turnovers, be physical and wear teams down in order to always be in the game, if we are behind or putting a game away in the fourth q uarter.

We have tough players that want to get better and take coaching well.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : Finding leadership from an inexp erienced group will be a key to our season. Like every season, staying healthy will also be important. But this group will have a lot of high- character kids and they have shown a willingness to learn and work.

PARKSTON C oach : Matt grave C on f er en ce: Missouri Valley C las s : 9aa Recor d las t y ear : 2- 7 K ey play er s : Cole Prunty, j r., 6 - 0, 1 5 0, Q B/ dB; Jesse Newton, so., 5 ’ 1 1 , 1 5 0, rB/ dB; Porter Neugebauer, so., 5 ’ 7 , 1 4 5 , OL/ LB; Logan Heidinger, sr., 5 - 1 0, 1 95 , OL/ dL; Carter Kalda, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 6 0, tE / LB; Kaleb Weber, so., 6 - 0, 1 5 0, Q B/ dB; E than Poore, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 4 5 , rB/ dB; Max Scott, j r., 6 - 4 , 1 95 , tE / dL; troy Norden, j r., 6 - 2, 1 7 0, tE / dL; Payton albrecht, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 1 5 0, rB/ LB; ty Fink, so., 5 - 9, 1 5 0, tE / LB; Cade thuringer, so., 5 - 9, 1 5 0, rB/ dB; aaron Baumiller, so., 5 - 1 1 , 1 5 0, tE / LB; Landon Sudbeck, sr., 5 - 7 , 1 4 5 , LB/ dL; gordon Seppala, j r., 6 - 0, 21 5 , tE / dL; Sam Benson, so., 5 - 8 , 1 4 0, rB/ dB; Bryce Neugebauer, so., 5 - 9, 1 6 0, OL/ dL; Wyatt Wuertzer, so., 5 - 1 0, 1 4 0, OL/ dL; Chase Heisinger, j r., 6 - 0, 1 90, OL/ dL; Chayse Weber, j r., 6 - 0, 23 0, OL/ dL; ryder Braun, so., 5 - 9, 1 8 5 , OL/ dL; Lane Johnson, j r., 6 - 0, 21 5 , OL/ dL; Chase Wickersham, j r., 6 - 2, 1 7 0, OL/ dL; Cael ryther, so., 5 - 1 0, 1 95 , OL/ dL; Preston Mattheis, so., 6 - 0, 26 0, OL/ dL; Jax on Koch, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 5 5 , tE / LB

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MENNO/MARION C oach : austin unruh C on f er en ce: Cornbelt C las s : 9aa Recor d las t y ear : 2- 7 K ey play er s : treyton Sayler, j r., 6 - 1 , 1 95 , rB/ LB; donte Butler, j r., 5 - 7 , 1 25 , Wr/ dB; austin Pillsbury, j r., 6 - 0, 1 8 0, Wr/ dE ; Weston Freier, sr., 6 - 0, 1 5 0, Wr/ dB; Payton arbach, sr., 6 - 2, 1 7 5 , Q B/ dB; Brandon ahalt, sr., 5 - 1 0, 1 5 5 , rB/ LB; dylan Johansen, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 220, OL/ dE ; Jayden Lemons, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 1 8 0, rB/ LB; Levi Bender, sr, 6 - 0, 1 4 0, Wr/ dB; Josh Heckenlaible, sr., 6 - 2, 21 5 , tE / dE ; Jeremy Waldner, sr., 6 - 0, 1 7 0, Wr/ LB; Chris Johansen, sr., 5 - 8 , 26 0, OL/ dL; Cameron Mccarthy, j r., OL/ dL; tyler Massey, j r., 6 - 0, 1 6 0, Wr/ LB; Connor Koppman, sr., OL/ dL; Logan Langerock, sr., 5 - 1 0, 23 5 , OL/ dL; gavyn tieszen, j r., 5 - 1 0, 21 0, OL/ dL; Lawton Langerock, sr., 5 - 1 0, 26 3 , OL/ dL

MOUNT VERNON/PLANKINTON C oach : Brent Olson C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota C las s : 1 1 B Recor d las t y ear : 7 - 3 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : E ight T op r etur n ees : Cole Pranger, j r., 5 - 1 0, OL/ dL; Charlie Prien, so., 5 - 1 1 , OL/ dL; reed rus, so., 6 - 2, Wr/ dB; rylee deinert, sr., 5 - 9, Wr/ LB; Lincoln Klooz, j r., 5 - 9, rB/ dB; tre Jones, sr., 6 - 2, LB/ rB. T op n ew com er s : thomas Stange, sr., 5 - 1 0, OL/ LB; Nathan Hohn, sr., 6 - 3 , Wr/ LB; Cole Larsch, j r., 5 - 1 1 , OL/ dL; dan Laufman, so., 6 - 0, D r nd n r , r, ,D ri n in, r , , dB; drew gerlach, so., 5 - 9, Wr/ dB.

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Platte- geddes football team, includes back row, from left to right: Lee reiser, Brevin deJong, Hudson ringling, Nate Whalen, Caden Foxl ey, el nDer er , n l en, len Se er n, n e n r n r Joey Baas, reggie ringling, royce Finney, Myles Kott, Kade Boltj es, Chase Varilek, r n n n nd D n n

C oach : Bruce Hanson C on f er en ce: Missouri Valley C las s : 9aa Recor d las t y ear : 4 - 6 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 20 T op r etur n ees : el nDer er , r , , D d n ingling, r , 6 - 3 , OL/ dt; Nate Whalen, sr., 6 - 2, Wr/ CB; Myles Kott, sr., 6 - 0, rB/ LB; Jackson Olsen, j r., 6 - 1 , tE / dL; Caden Fox ley, j r., 6 - 3 , tE / dE ; royce Finney, j r., 5 - 9, OL/ dL; grayson Hanson, j r., 5 - 1 0, rB/ LB; Jackson Neuman, j r., 6 - 1 , rB/ CB. T op n ew com er s : Jalen Severson, sr., Wr/ dB; Kade Boltj es, sr., Wr/ dB; reggie ringling, j r., OL/ dL; Chase Varilek, j r., rB/ dB; Brevin deJong, j r., OL/ dL; Lee reiser, so., OL/ dL C oach ’ s com m en ts : Our depth will be a great strength of our team. e re rn g r ed g e nd pl ed l l e r think our defense will lead us again this year, as we return a lot of ex perience on that side and can rotate several players in without much dropr igge llenge ill e de el ping e en i e line esive unit and replacing a couple good linebackers we lost to graduation.

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C oach : e d i e C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota C las s : 1 1 B Recor d las t y ear : 2- 6 K ey play er s : Nolan dvorak, j r., 6 - 0, 1 8 5 , tE - LB; dustin Honomichl, j r., 6 - 2, 1 8 5 , Q B- LB; derek drews, sr., 5 - 9, 1 5 0, OL- dB; Jaden Peters, sr., 6 - 0, 1 7 5 , Q B- dB; Nolan Carda, sr., 6 - 0, 1 8 5 , rB- LB; Malcolm Janis, sr., 6 - 0, 1 8 5 , Wr- dB; Jayden aungie, sr., 5 - 1 0, 200, OL- dL; Bradyn Lhotak, sr., 5 - 8 , 1 4 0, OL- dB; tex Langdeaux, so., 6 - 0, 25 5 , OL- dL; Calvin Wright Jr., j r., 6 - 2, 1 90, OL- dL; Brennan Leines, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 220, OL- dL; teddy Slaba, so., 6 - 1 , 1 3 0, Wr- dB

WINNER C our tes y ph oto the letterwinners for the Sanborn Central/ Woonsocket football team, includes front row, from left to right: Noah Wormstadt, Clay Olinger, Lane Olinger, Carter grohs, Brock Stevens, Luke Knipfer, Mason Moody, dylan Schimke and tyler E ddy. Back row: tryce Slykhuis, Collin Schmiedt, Philip Hines, Mason Schelske, Q uinten Christensen, toby Kneen, draven thompson and Camden Jost.

SCOTLAND C oach : ryan robb C on f er en ce: great Plains C las s : 9B Recor d las t y ear : 6 - 4 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 2 T op r etur n ees : Jordan gall, sr., 6 - 4 , 21 0, tE / dE ; turner Nicholson, j r., 6 - 0, 1 8 0, FB/ dE ; Conner Odens, j r., 6 - 0, 220, OL/ dL; Nick Harrington, j r., 6 - 3 , 1 7 0, tE / LB; Kalen Maruska, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 1 90, OL/ dL; Keenan Souhrada, sr., 6 - 4 , 1 8 0, Wr/ dB; turner Nicholson, j r., 6 - 0, 1 8 0, rB/ dE T op n ew com er s : Logan Sayler, fr., 5 - 1 0, 1 5 0, rB/ dB; dawson Bietz, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 1 6 0, Q B/ LB; Stephen Johnson, so., 6 - 2, 1 8 5 , rB/ LB; Kalob Maruska, fr., 5 - 9, 1 95 , OL/ dL; Jayce Walloch, fr., 5 - 8 , 1 5 5 , rB/ LB; Landon Sayler, fr., 5 - 1 0, 1 3 0, tE / dE ; trenten Skorepa, so., 6 - 3 , 24 5 , OL/ dL; Cole Friederich, so., 6 - 0, 1 6 0, Wr/ dB; Karson Bierle, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 6 0, rB/ dB C oach ’ s com m en ts : We have a team that works really hard and they have set some really high goals to achieve as a team. We are replacing a three- year starter at q uarterback and will be young and green p i i n, i ill e ig llenge fig ring i g ing be the guy. We think our whole schedule is tough and it will be all hands on deck every week.

TDAACDC C oach : Marshall Faulkner C on f er en ce: great Plains C las s : 9a Recor d las t y ear : 2- 6 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Seven T op r etur n ees : trey Sparks, sr., 5 - 8 , Wr/ S; Nolan Blackcloud, j r., 6 - 0, Wr/ LB; Cade Faulkner, so., 6 - 0, Q B/ S; Logan Van Pelt, sr., 6 - 0, rB/ LB; Cameron Sybesma, j r., 6 - 3 , C/ dL; dylan Vanderwerf, sr., 6 - 0,

LB; Preston Norrid, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 220, OL/ FB/ LB; Jackson Vesely, j r., 6 200, tE / dE ; adam Bohnet, j r., 6 - 1 , 1 5 0, tE / dE ; Brady Fritz, sr., 6 1 7 5 , Q B/ dB; Sam Kruger, sr., 6 - 2, 1 7 5 , rB/ LB; ashton Klein, j r., 6 200, OL/ dL; Joey Cole, j r., 6 - 3 , 1 8 0, tE / dE ; Owen Monk, j r., 6 - 0, 1 OL/ LB; Hunter Osborn, so., 6 - 0, 1 8 0, OL/ dL; Finn Bartels, j r., 5 - 9, 1 OL/ LB.

WWSSC C oach : Corey Flatten C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota C las s : 1 1 B Recor d las t y ear : 3 - 6 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 7 T op r etur n ees : Carter grohs, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 8 5 , FB/ LB; Clay Olinger, j r., 6 - 0, 1 7 0, HB/ CB; Q uinten Christensen, j r., 6 - 5 , 225 , tE / dE ; Mason Schelske, j r., 6 - 5 , 21 5 , Ot/ dE ; Noah Wormstadt, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 90, tE / LB; tyler E ddy, sr., 5 - 1 0, 1 8 0, OL/ dL; draven thompson, j r., 6 - 2, 21 0, OL/ dL; Brock Stevens, sr., 6 - 0, 220, OL/ dL; tryce Slykhuis, j r., 6 - 2, 1 5 0, Q B/ dB; Philip Hines, j r., 6 - 1 , 25 5 , OL/ dL; Mason Moody, j r., 5 - 8 , 1 4 5 , Q B/ dB; Camden Jost, so., 6 - 1 , 1 8 5 , rB/ dB. T op n ew com er s : toby Kneen, so., 6 - 3 , 23 0, OL/ dL; dylan Schmike, sr., 5 - 1 0, 1 7 0, Wr/ CB; Lane Olinger, sr., 5 - 1 0, 1 6 0, Wr/ dB; Luke Knipfer, sr., 5 - 9, 1 90, OL/ dL; Brady Larson, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 1 7 5 , FB/ LB; Collin Schmeidt, sr., 6 - 0, 27 5 , OL/ dL; Kaden Wolter, j r., 5 - 1 0, 1 7 0, tE / LB C oach ’ s com m en ts : My current j uniors and sophomores were able to play a ton of minutes last year that are going to pay dividends this e r e e i ll r er nd in egri g define you want in individual players. after back- to- back 3 - 6 seasons, we need to get our exp ectations of being winners back. Players may have to change positions, but the challenge is returning to a winning program.

MC VOLLEYBALL D an B ech told / W in n er A d v ocate the returning letterwinners for the Winner football team includes, front from left: aaron n , r n il ri , i el l n, den i , en D , ne , achilles Willuweit, Kaleb Osborn, Jack Kruger, E than Bartels. Second row: Jack Peters, E van Farner, Bosten Morehart, Jackson Hanson, Charlie Pravecek, Kaden Keiser, Jace Brazelton, riley Orel, Blake Volmer, dalton Peterson and Kaden Bennett. Back row: Landon thieman, Preston Norrid, Jackson Vesely, adam Bohnet, Brady Fritz, Sam Kruger, ashton Klein, Joey Cole, Owen Monk and Hunter Osborn. Not pictured: Finn Bartels

C oach : dan aaker C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota C las s : 1 1 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 1 - 1 , Class 1 1 B state runner- up L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 3 1 K ey play er s : aaron Monk, j r., 6 - 0, 1 4 5 , rB/ dB; aaron gilchrist, sr., 5 - 8 , 1 5 0, rB/ dB; Michael Olson, j r., 5 - 9, 1 3 5 , rB/ dB; tayden Mathis, , , , en D , r, , , D ne , sr., 5 - 1 0, 21 5 , OL/ dL; achilles Willuweit, j r., 5 - 8 , 220, OL/ dL; Kaleb Osborn, j r., 5 - 5 , 1 4 0, rB/ LB; Jack Kruger, so., 6 - 1 , 1 7 0, tE / LB; E than Bartels, so., 6 - 2, 200, tE / dE ; Jack Peters, so., 5 - 9, 1 4 0, rB/ LB; E van Farner, sr., 6 - 0, 1 7 0, rB/ dB; Bosten Morehart, sr., 5 - 1 0, 24 0, OL/ dL; Jackson Hansen, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 25 5 , OL/ dL; Charlie Pravecek, j r., 5 - 1 0, 200, OL/ dL; Kaden Keiser, j r., 5 - 9, 1 5 0, rB/ dB; Jace Brazelton, j r., 5 - 1 1 , 28 0, OL/ dL; riley Orel, so., 5 - 1 0, 1 6 0, rB/ dB; Blake Volmer, so., 6 - 1 , 1 6 0, Q B/ dB; dalton Peterson, so., 5 - 9, 1 6 5 , OL/ LB; Kaden Bennett, so., 5 - 1 0, 1 4 0, tE / dE ; Landon thieman, sr., 5 - 1 1 , 1 7 0, OL/

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Offensively, a trio of seniors — Thompson, Maggie Reynen and Kaitlyn Tgethoff — are expected to carry the load.

Thompson has played varsity since she was an eighth-grader and is beginning to become comfortable at setter.

Mitchell Christian struggled to get into its offense at times last season, according to Van Zee, but as Thompson contin-

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ANDES CENTRAL/DAKOTA CHRISTIAN C oach : tracey Hopkins C on f er en ce: great Plains Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 3 - 1 7 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Five T op r etur n ees : en ie e , r, , ide iddle i er iden ng, r , , ide i er de en i e pe i li ee eddell, r , , de en i e pe i li e ie nder l, r , , iddle i er e n D ren, r , , de en i e pe i li T op n ew com er s : lie l n, r , ide i er S n n , r, de en i e pe i li C oach ’ s com m en ts : e e gre gr p le e i er p ii e l r e e n e e e ne girl ined r e nd er e i ed p e in r i n ee e e e i gr p girl i er pe i i e gr p ill d n ing i ed e e e e pp r ni e er pe i i e e l ng e n ll e l

C oach : r rn er C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : Recor d las t y ear : , fini ed eig l e rn en L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 1 T op r etur n ees : errig n S l , r , e er li e er, r , ide i er r e er, r , li er l r S llen p, r , ide rig ide i er S r er, r , de en i e pe i li r er, r , de en i e pe i li T op n ew com er s : l eS i , r , iddle i er rg n p gr , r , iddle i er e e er, r , rig ide i er de en i e pe i li il n en , r , e er C oach ’ s com m en ts : e pe e n er er pe i i e d g in i e r e re ringing n e pl er r l e r e l e ill ring l e perien e er e i ed ee r i e ng

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C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Burke volleyball team include from left to right: i i nn, ll i , S ll in, ee n n, di n nd l nd lenn enig

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Bon Homme volleyball includes from left to right: en e l er , nn nd en ie r n

C oach : alicia dykstra C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 3 - 26 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : three T op r etur n ees : en e l er , r , , ide i er en ie n, r , , iddle i er nn , r, , ide iddle er r e e ld, r , , de en i e pe i li e i eier, , de en i e pe i li enn D e , , , e er den r , , iddle i er e er T op n ew com er s : li i re , r , , ide i er rni r , r, , iddle i er rin e in eld, r , , iddle i er

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C oach : rebecca Smith C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : Recor d las t y ear : 1 2- 1 9 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Si T op r etur n ees : en ie rin e, r , , ide i er S dne ngre , r , , iddle i er le i ie en, r , , de en i e pei li T op n ew com er s : De iree ier e, r , , de en i e pe i li rin e, r , , e er l pendi , r , , ide i er C oach ’ s com m en ts : e pe i n i e n i e re pe i i e i e er e e pl e ill depend n g ne , strong serving, ball control and scrappy defense to challenge our opp nen r r er l in eig , i e p r in le i i i gr p een r ing rd e e fir ple pr i e nd i e i ed pe e

C oach : tina Cameron C on f er en ce: great Plains Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : , lified r e l S D T op r etur n ees : ddie i , r, , ide rig ide i er lie ri , r , , ide rig ide i er li See , r , , ide i er i n el n, r , , iddle i er ie re nn, r , , li er de en i e pe i li S r deen, r , , de en i e pe i li S l ne gel, , , iddle i er l pp, r , , de en i e pe i li ee e er , r , , e er ee e e e, r , , rig ide i er T op n ew com er s : enn i , r, , e er i l , , , e er S r S ier, , , de en i e pe i li r ne See , r , , iddle ide i er

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C oach : Billie Jo I ndhal C on f er en ce: great Plains, South Central, Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : , fini ed r l e rn en L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Si T op r etur n ees : S ll in, r , , iddle ide i er ee n n, r , , ide iddle i er i i nn, r , , e er di n nd l, , , ide i er ll i , , , e er T op n ew com er s : lenn enig, r , , iddle i er ile i r, r, , iddle i er S nn e g n, , , de en i e pe i li e e rg, , , de en i e pe i li ilee r n , , , li er C oach ’ s com m en ts : i e r ill l li le di eren , el e er r ng i er r l e n e ill e l ing in eig , de en e ill e e r e e ni e re re rning e d i ree e r e rn en e perien e perien e nd le der ip ill pl ig r le in e e r e e er, we do have some younger up and coming talent that will be added to e i i e r fill in e e r le i e r defini el een di eren , e ill e d n ge e er pp r ni gi en e hope to continue to improve throughout the season and work hard to ge e e rn en

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C oach : Kathy Hrabanek Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 2- 20 K ey play er s : Landi Krumpus, so., 5 - 5 , setter/ defensive specialist; rd n ing, , , e er de en i e pe i li lie ne, r , 5 - 8 , outside hitter; Libbie Petersek, so., 5 - 9, outside/ middle hitter; Kasie Leighton, j r., 5 - 6 , outside hitter; Sophie Hofeldt, so., 5 - 6 , outside hitter; torree ringing Shield, so., 5 - 7 , outside/ middle hitter; ashlyn Hoffine, , , de en i e pe i li S dee e , r , , iddle i er Makayla Shippy, sr., 5 - 5 , setter; devan dougherty, so., 5 - 6 , setter/ outside hitter; Clarissa ringing Shield, sr., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; Katie Welker, j r., 5 - 7 , outside hitter; E lizabeth yeaman, j r., 5 - 9, middle hitter.

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C oach : Chloe Solberg Reg ion : 4 B Recor d las t y ear : , fini ed e en l e rn ment L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : three T op r etur n ees : Lexi Lingemann, sr., 5 - 7 , middle blocker; Bella Nesheim, j r., 5 - 4 , outside hitter; Hannah Bartscher, j r., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; ava Lingemann, fr., 5 - 5 , outside hitter.

T op n ew com er s : Maddie Bartscher, fr., 5 - 8 , setter; gillian Jarding, j r., 5 - 7 , right- side hitter; tayla Schmidt, j r., 5 - 1 , defensive specialist.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : the girls and I are very blessed to be back on the court this fall and have the opportunity to compete. We are taking it d d e re le ne ing nd er ll ng e , so we are exci ted to see how we progress throughout the season.

FREEMAN

C our tes y ph oto the letterwinners for the Chamberlain voleyball team, includes front row, from left to right: Jayd Chmela, E mma Powers, Kiera E ichstadt, Chynna Story and Kerigan Swenson. Back row: taryn guinn, Jayslee Petersen, Kamryn Hyland, Jenna Johnson, Mya Knippling, Scotland donovan and Caycee guinn.

C oach : amy donovan Reg ion : 6 a Recor d las t y ear : 1 7 - 1 6 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 2 T op r etur n ees : Jayslee Petersen, j r., 5 - 1 0, outside hitter; Mya Knippling, j r., 6 - 1 , middle hitter; Chynna Story, sr., 5 - 4 , defensive specialist; E mma Powers, sr., 5 - 7 , setter; Caycee guinn, sr., 5 - 1 0, outside hitter; Keira E ichstadt, sr., 5 - 4 , right- side hitter.

T op n ew com er s : Jayd Chmela, j r., 5 - 5 , outside hitter; Jenna Johnson, j r., 5 - 1 1 , middle hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : With having such an uncertain year, the girls have really been putting in a lot of time on their own to make the most of the time that they do have. the atmosphere in the practice room has been intense. We’ ve already had a few games canceled this year, but always look forward to the tough opponents on our schedule. We’ ve added a few new opponents in Parkston and West Central.

COLOME

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Corsica- Stickney volleyball team include, front, from left: Marisa deLange, Sutten E ide, Morgan Clites, Lauren Bruinsma and Camden Plooster. Back row: avery Broughton, Morgan deLange, rachel gerlach, raven Barse and Paige Wright.

C oach : Kylee Hongslo C on f er en ce: great Plains Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 21 - 8 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 0 T op r etur n ees : raven Barse, sr., 5 - 1 0, middle hitter; Morgan deLange, sr., 5 - 1 0, outside hitter; Paige Wright, sr., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; avery Broughton, so., 5 - 1 1 , middle hitter; Camden Plooster, sr., 5 - 8 , setter; rachel gerlach, j r., 5 - 1 0, outside/ right- side hitter; Marisa deLange, so., 5 - 2, setter; Morgan Clites, j r., 5 - 7 , libero.

T op n ew com er s : Sutten E ide, so., 5 - 5 , setter; Casey tolsma, j r., 5 - 7 , outside/ right- side hitter; Payton deLange, so., 5 - 7 , outside/ rightside hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : We have high exp ectations for this group of girls. We have a lot of exp erienced players on our team and a big group of strong hitters.

ETHAN

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Freeman volleyball team include, front, from left, Odalite Pankratz, Mesa Mehlhaf, ava ammann and Cara Maske. Back row: Kate Miller, rachel goossen, taylor Fransen, Lily Wipf and rij j y Peterson. Not pictured: E rin uecker.

C oach : Kendra arens C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : 5 B Recor d las t y ear : , lified r e l S D L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 0 T op r etur n ees : rij j y Peterson, sr., 5 - 8 , middle hitter; Odalite Pankratz, sr., 5 - 7 , right- side hitter, setter; Cara Maske, sr., 5 - 4 , setter; Kate Miller, so., 5 - 1 0, middle blocker; E rin uecker, so., 5 - 1 1 , middle blocker; rachel goossen, sr., 5 - 1 1 , middle blocker/ outside hitter; Mesa Mehlhaf, sr., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; taylor Fransen, sr., 5 - 1 1 , outside hitter; Paige auch, j r., 5 - 8 , right- side hitter; Lily Wipf, j r., 5 - 9, libero/ outside hitter; ava amman, j r., 5 - 7 , setter; alyssa dent, so., 5 - 5 , libero/ outside hitter.

T op n ew com er s : ashlin Jacobsen, fr., 5 - 7 ; Cami Fransen, fr., 5 - 5 ; riley Knittel, fr., 5 - 4 ; E mily Knodel, fr., 5 - 5 ; Kaitlin Pankratz, fr., 4 - 1 1 ; ava anderson, fr., 5 - 5 .

C oach ’ s com m en ts : We have 1 0 returning letterwinners from the 201 9 season and we’ re exp ecting to have a successful year and push in e S ee g e in ld le d e fir rip in l i tory to the state tournament.

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D an B ech told / W the letterwinners for the Colome volleyball team, includes front row, Jordyn ring, Landi Krumpus and Makayla Shippy. Back row: Libbie ne, l ri inging S ield, ie el er nd li e e Saydee Heath.

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C our tes y ph oto the letterwinners for the E than volleyball team includes from left to right: Lexi Lingemann, Hannah Bartscher and ava Lingemann.

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FREEMAN ACADEMY/MARION C oach : E rin Kaufman C on f er en ce: great Plains Reg ion : 5 B Recor d las t y ear : 0- 27 K ey play er s : alexa gortmaker, fr.; Samuella Ndongosieme, j r.; Stefany Cortes, fr.; alivea Weber, so.; Sarah Cremer, fr.; Zeonvia Butler, fr.; Leah goodwin, so.; Maria Cortes, j r. gregory C oach : teresa Webster C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 5 - 1 3 K ey play er s : anna dargatz, j r., 5 ’ 9, outside hitter; Brynn Hylla, sr., 5 ’ 3 , right- side hitter; gracie Kenzy, j r., 5 ’ 9, setter; Sapphire Kenzy, so., 5 ’ 4 , libero/ outside hitter; Brooklynn Kenzy, j r., 5 ’ 1 1 , middle hitter; Madison Mccarthy, sr., 5 ’ 7 , middle hitter; Vy Nguyen, so., 5 ’ 2, outside hitter; Samantha reinartz, so., 5 ’ 7 , outside hitter; Samantha timanus, sr., 6 ’ 0, middle hitter; dakota timanus, j r., 5 ’ 9, outside hitter; Jessy Jo Vander er , , , ide i er n ldner, , , iddle i er

C oach : S r De en g Reg ion : 6 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 5 - 1 3 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Five T op r etur n ees : Kennedy Leiferman, sr., 5 - 1 1 , middle hitter; alison Sin l ir, r , , ide i er D ni De en g , , , iddle i er di n e , , , li er nn iel en, r , , e er T op n ew com er s : Mercedes Hillman, j r., outside hitter; E mily Konechne, j r., defensive specialist; Brook Nolz, j r., middle hitter; Cami Comfert, so., outside hitter/ setter; Harley Namanny, fr., outside hitter; Madison Meier, fr., defensive specialist/ setter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : We are coming into this season with high ex pectations. With only two seniors, we are a relatively young team, but e e er e perien ed d r l e n e re rn fi e r er e ll p in e i e i e n e ill rel n seniors Kennedy Leiferman and alison Sinclair to lead the team. Kennedy is our all- around go- to player who has both power and control and e ill pl ig r le n nl n e en i e ide, in e row. alison will also be a consistent go- to player on the outside for us. dd p re D ni De en g in e i nd e ill e l depth at the net for freshman setter ryann Nielsen. Madison Heath looks to have a breakout season at libero after getting a year of varsity exp erience last season. With a competitive schedule, we will need to have some younger players step up to the challenge, if we want to be contenders come postseason.

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C oach : yolanda Price C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : 4 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 0- 1 9 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : E ight T op r etur n ees : grace Weber, sr., 5 - 1 0, middle hitter; Vanessa doyle, j r., 5 - 3 , defensive specialist; abby Kortan, sr., 5 - 7 , setter/ outside i er ilee er, r , , i er l n p , , , e er ndre elen, r , , rig ide i er S el ern nde , r , , ide i er elin er, r , , i er T op n ew com er s : Skyler Haiar, j r., 5 - 4 , defensive specialist; annale e er, , , i er e i r, , , ide i er S l r Holm, so., 5 - 1 , defensive specialist; E rin dewald, so., 5 - 7 , hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : With the inability to work out some kinks this summer and the lack of time to get in the gym as a team, it is really hard to predict what the season will look like. We are going to have to rely on our exp erience to guide us, and our attitude and enthusiasm to get us through sets. We aren’ t tall, so we are going to have to make up for it eing r pp nd ge ing e er ing p e gr nd

HOWARD

C oach : le erfield C on f er en ce: Western great Plains Reg ion : 7 B Recor d las t y ear : 9- 1 9 K ey play er s : No information reported, no roster on SdHSaa website at deadline.

McCook Central/ Montrose C oach : Kim Vander Woude C on f er en ce: Big E ast Reg ion : 5 a Recor d las t y ear : , fini ed r l e rn en L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : three T op r etur n ees : riley Morrison, sr., libero; Maggie Miles, sr., setter; ashtyn Wobig, j r., middle hitter.

T op n ew com er s : Madisen Koepsell, sr., middle hitter; Katelyn Lueth, j r., outside hitter; abby roling, j r., defensive specialist; Brianna E ven, so., setter; Michaela McCormick, so., outside hitter; tayah Mcgregor, so., outside hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : although we don’ t have many returning players, we have some strong talent. We will be competitive.

MCCOOK CENTRAL/MONTROSE

C oach : darcy deinert C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 5 a Recor d las t y ear : 1 5 - 1 2 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : three T op r etur n ees : Maria Baker, j r., middle hitter; Jocelyn Manzaro, j r., libero; Shyla tobin, j r., setter.

T op n ew com er s : Haley Pickart, sr., outside hitter; Kennedy Mayclin, sr., middle hitter; Jaya Koch, sr., outside hitter; tessa Pickart, j r., outside hitter.

PARKSTON C oach : abbie Hobbick C on f er en ce: Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 5 a Recor d las t y ear : 1 6 - 1 6 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : E ight T op r etur n ees : Maggie Baumgart, sr., 5 - 1 0, middle hitter; tiah Holzbauer, sr., 5 - 4 , outside hitter/ defensive specialist; CC Neugebauer, sr., 5 - 4 , setter; E lizabeth Kinneberg, sr., 5 - 4 , defensive specialist/ hitter; allison Ziebart, j r., 5 - 7 , outside hitter; Brielle Bruening, j r., 5 - 9, right- side/ middle hitter; E mma yost, so., 5 - 1 1 , outside hitter; Faith Oakley, so., , e er T op n ew com er s : Mya Nuebel, fr., outside hitter/ defensive specialist; abby Hohn, so., middle/ right- side hitter; Baylee Schoenfelder, j r., defensive specialist; Kianna Hargens, so., hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : We return six starters from last year’ s sq uad and hope to use that exp erience and leadership to propel us to a higher fini in r g egi n

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C oach : Sarah Feldhaus C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : 4 B Recor d las t y ear : 7 - 1 3 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : E ight T op r etur n ees : el n eld , r, , iddle i er rudebusch, j r., 5 - 4 , setter; Mia glanzer, j r., 5 - 1 , setter; aleya Kizer, j r., 5 - 6 , outside hitter; Kaitlyn Schlim, j r., 5 - 0, libero; Kate Conner, so., 6 - 1 , middle hitter; Piper thompson, so., 5 - 6 , outside hitter; rylee rudebusch, so., 5 - 6 , setter/ right- side hitter.

T op n ew com er s : Canyon Kidd, so., 5 - 2, defensive specialist; Ciann S der, r , , rig ide i er ie S er n, r , , ide hitter; abby aslesen, fr., 5 - 9, middle hitter.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : Our No. 1 season goal is to have a season.

We are very blessed to be able to show up and practice everyday. We have a tough 1 1 - team region with teams that ended their season well along with competing in the state tournament. the team has goals of doing well in regions and moving on to the Sodak 1 6 . the team hopes to improve their season record from last year. We are looking to begin our season with a few good wins.

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Mount Vernon/ Plankinton volleyball team includes, from left to right: Haley Pickart, Maria Baker, Jocelyn Manzano and Shyla tobin.

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C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the McCook Central/ Montrose volleyball team includes from left to right: Maggie Miles, ashtyn Wobig and riley Morrison.

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Howard volleyball team includes, front row, from left to right: rylee rudebusch, E mma rudebusch, Mia glanzer and Katlin Schlim. Back row: aleya Kizer, Piper thompson, Kate Connor, Kate Feldhaus and Canyon Kidd.

MOUNT VERNON/PLANKINTON

C oach : rachel Stokes C on f er en ce: Cornbelt Reg ion : 5 B Recor d las t y ear : 7 - 1 6 T op r etur n ees : Jesse Munkvold, sr., middle hitter; Kaylie Schempp, sr., libero; Kylie Harriman, sr., setter; Carly Herrboldt, sr., outside hitter; Madelyn Heckenlaible, sr., middle hitter; adrian Nusz, sr., outside hitter; Paige dyk, sr., right- side hitter; Victoria Lehr, senior, defensive specialist; Bridget Vaith, j r., middle hitter; Paityn Huber, j r., setter; grace Nusz, j r., setter; Kaelea McCoy, j r., middle hitter.

T op n ew com er s : Julia Buechler, so., outside hitter; Josephine Stokes, so., middle hitter; Halle VanHove, so., outside hitter; Morgan Freier, so., outside hitter; Layne Schmidt, so., middle hitter; Maggie Miller, fr., setter; alana Fergen, so., setter; Madelyn Kludt, so., libero; allison Lehr, so., outside hitter; abby Bender, so., setter; ashton Massey, fr., middle hitter.

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C oach : erine n Reg ion : 5 B Recor d las t y ear : 1 9- 1 2 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : 1 0 T op r etur n ees : grace Fryda, sr., right- side hitter; rylee Conrad, j r., setter; McKensie Sedlacek, sr., outside hitter; audrey Sayler, j r., outside hitter; Kennedy Bietz, sr., outside hitter; Makayla Friederich, sr., ide rig ide i er Del nie nDriel, r , iddle i er T op n ew com er s : r in De er, , iddle i er lle i e , r , setter; Claire Janish, so., setter.

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CUBS RETURN EXPERIENCED YOUTH, EYE CLASS A GIRLS STATE TITLE CHAMBERLAIN — The Chamberlain girls cross country team has hovered near the top of Class A standings in recent years at the state meet and it is not likely to change this season.

The Cubs placed third last season and they return each member that competed in the state meet this year. In fact, none of those runners will be a senior this season, including sophomore Ally Hough and freshman Kinsey Evans, both of whom placed in the top15 a year ago.

Armed with a plethora of young runners that are continuing to mature, Chamberlain is not only eyeing another top-three finish at the state meet, but to push West River powers Custer and Hill City for a state championship.

“We’d like to believe that, it’s our girls’ goal (to win a state title),” Chamberlain first-year coach Holly Evans said. “... We changed our schedule a little bit, so we’ll see Custer and Hill City in the middle of September. It’ll be nice to see a month before state if that’s a realistic goal.”

Hough has posted back-to-back top10 finishes, including a fifth-place finish a year

ago in 19 minutes, 30.35 seconds and is aiming to contend for an individual state championship this season, although the top three finishers — Lennox’s Ali Bainbridge, Custer’s Abby Cutler and Lead-Deadwood’s Sara Jones — all return.

Evans, meanwhile, took 13th in 20:05.21 and is looking to move into the top-10 this season. But it will be up to the remaining runners to push the Cubs over the top. Sophomore Ella Phillips is coming off a 40th-place finish, while freshman Angelina Lopez took 80th and junior Samanth Peppel is looking to improve upon placing 97th.

“Ella Phillips moved up quite a bit from her eighth grade year to her freshman year, so I’m hoping to see that again,” Evans said. “... Depth is what we need. We need those fourth and fifth runners to step it up.”

Ethan/Parkston’s Lindsey Roth finished eighth in the Class A meet last year as a sophomore, running to a time of 19 minutes, 39 seconds.

Winner Area’s Sidda Schuyler placed fourth in 2018, but an injury kept her from competing last season.

On the boys side,

Other area boys to watch include Canistota’s Josiah Schreoder and Wessington Springs’ A.J. Neely, both of whom medaled last season.

Burke also took third on the girls side and brings back three of its top four runners, including Hallie Person, who took third individually as a seventh-grader.

The Cougars will be challenged by Hanson, who took fourth last season and brings back a wealth of talent. Alyssa Moschell (15th) and Eliza Oltmanns (26th) are freshmen and Cadence Burke defends Class Jarding (30th) is an eighth-grader to help B boys crown The Burke boys squad guide the Beavers.

Andes Central/Dakowas a surprise state champion last season in ta Christian’s Isabella Class B, but lost two of Brouwer was the Class B its top three runners to runner-up in 2018 and took fourth last season graduation.

Jackson Bauld returns as a freshman and should after placing 24th as a be a contender for a topsophomore in 18:21.09, five finish yet again. but the Cougars will need Gayville-Volin’s Madisome younger runners to son Fairley returns as the continue to improve if favorite after winning they want to defend their last year’s state champistate championship this onship by more than 45 seconds. year.

Howard’s Emma NeisBon Homme’s Nate Hall returns after placing es (11th), Platte-Geddes’ ninth as a sophomore, Kelly Sondgeroth (12th), while Freeman Academy/ Gregory’s Emma ThomMarion’s Titus Roesler is as (16th) and Freeman back for his senior sea- Academy/Marion’s Jada son to improve upon his Koerner (20th) all return after medaling in 2019.

10th-place finish.

Chamberlain’s Dominic Santiago had a disappointing ending to his sophomore season. He was shooting for a topfive finish at state, but an injury during practice was aggravated during the race and he finished 68th and is not looking to rectify that this season.

Santiago’s teammate Declan Tveit took 36th as a freshman last season.

Winner’s Kade Watson was seventh last season in 16:52.53, while Ethan/ Parkston’s Riley Endres was 35th.

AREA GOLF PREVIEW:

CHAMBERLAIN, PARKSTON RETURN TOP GOLFERS

By Mitchell Republic Area golf teams — Chamberlain and Parkston — project to be in the Class A state golf hunt this season. The Cubs and Trojans both return their top golfers after each teams earned top-10 finishes last season.

Parkston posted a fourth-place finish last season, finishing just behind third-place Madison by five strokes. Sioux Falls Christian and Tea Area took first and sec-

ond, respectively.

Quinn Borman headlines Parkston’s returners. The junior tied for 10th place last season with a twoday total of 168, including a 78 on the opening day.

Payton Koehn, who finished 16th last season as an eighth-grader, returns after shooting a 171 at state last season. Junior Matt Ehler took 59th last season.

Chamberlain captured ninth place last season and returns two

golfers that finished in the top20. Senior Drayton Priebe carded 171 and tied for 16th place. Senior Cameron Caldwell shot an 86 on both days for a 172 and finished in 20th place.

Freshmen Dakota Munger (56th place) and Sandler Wiekamp (75th) also return from Chamberlain’s ninth-place team.

This year’s Class A state golf tournament is Oct. 5-6 in Hot Springs.

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WAGNER

C our tes y ph oto the returning letterwinners for the Wagner volleyball team include, front row, from left to right: Paige Petry and abby Brunsing. Back row: Olivia Breen, Shona Kocer, Kya Kj eldgaard, Macy Koupal, Madi Knebel, Sydney Cournoyer and avari Bruguier.

C oach : Stacey Knebel C on f er en ce: Little Missouri Valley and Southeast South dakota Reg ion : 5 a Recor d las t y ear : 21 - 9 L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Five T op r etur n ees : abby Brunsing, sr., 5 - 1 0, outside hitter; Paige Petry, sr., 5 - 6 , setter.

T op n ew com er s : avari Bruguier, so., outside hitter; Olivia Breen, j r., libero; Macy Koupal, fr., setter; Madi Knebel, fr., defensive specialist; Kya Kj eldgaard, fr., middle blocker; Shona Kocer, fr., middle blocker.

C oach ’ s com m en ts : We are going to be super young but we have some great leaders on our team. We will lack in exp erience but we will make up for that in athleticism and work ethic. these girls have been working hard all summer and are ready to compete

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C oach : Lynette Neely C on f er en ce: 28 1 Reg ion : 3 B Recor d las t y ear : 7 - 20 K ey play er s : Maddie Privett, sr., 5 - 2, defensive specialist; grace gran, sr., 5 - 7 , middle hitter; trinity Flowers, sr., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; Cheyenne Burg, j r., 5 - 4 , defensive specialist; alyssa grohs, fr., 5 - 3 , setter; raylee Fagerhaug, fr., 5 - 3 , defensive specialist; angie Paulson, sr., 5 - 7 , opposite hitter; Kindra Wolter, j r., 5 - 5 , outside hitter; avery Orth, fr., 6 - 2, middle hitter; Sarah Poncelow, so., 5 - 9, middle hitter..

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D an B ech told / W in n er A d v ocate the letterwinners for the Winner volleyball team include from left to right: Skyler Hansen, E llie Brozik, Marlie Schuyler and Maggie LaCompte. Back row: rylee root, Jenna Hammerbeck, Shannon Calhoon, Kalla Bertram and Mackenzie Levi..

C oach : Jaime Keiser C on f er en ce: Big dakota Reg ion : 7 a Recor d las t y ear : , fini ed i l e rn en L etter w in n er s r etur n in g : Nine T op r etur n ees : Skyler Hansen, j r., 5 - 8 , right- side hitter; E llie Brozik, j r., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; Marlie Schuyler, 5 - 7 , sr., middle hitter; Maggie LaCompte, sr., 5 - 7 , defensive specialist; rylee root, so., 5 - 3 , defensive specialist; Jenna Hammerbeck, j r., 5 - 9, middle hitter; Shannon Calhoon, sr., 6 - 0, middle hitter; Kalla Bertram, sr., 5 - 8 , outside hitter; Mackenzie Levi, sr., 5 - 7 , setter.

T op n ew com er s : Kelbi Meiners, so., 5 - 7 , outside hitter; Marissa Meiners, j r., 5 - 4 , middle hitter; alexi s Klein, fr., 5 - 6 , setter; Hattie Hespe, j r., 5 - 7 , middle hitter; Madaline Watzel, j r., 6 - 0, middle hitter

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It’s a balance of excitement and caution for the Dakota Wesleyan University football team.

It feels the urgency of a Sept. 12 season opener at Hastings (Neb.) approaching but knows it has to change how it prepares during an already unconventional season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tigers didn’t have any players opt-out of the season, which saw their practices start on Aug. 15.

DWU is trying to limit exposure at much as possible to start practices. It changed its meeting schedule, allowing one group to go to the field to stretch while another group finishes a meeting.

“Hopefully if we don’t have any symptoms or positive cases, then we can kind of assume that our guys are pretty good,” DWU coach Ross Cimpl said. “If we can do that, then we can gradually increase what we’re doing in practice, in terms of running plays.”

Cimpl acknowledged the sense of urgency built from a lack of fall camp and shorter offseason, especially considering new offensive coordinator Steve Schneider has been with the team for three practices. Schneider last was the head coach at Peru State (Neb.) in 2019, but will take over play-calling duties for the Tigers this season.

He and quarterbacks coach/pass-game coordinator Lance Burrell will work together in developing a new passing attack centered around base concepts. It’s not a complete overhaul from when DWU ranked fifth in the Great Plains Athletic Conference in passing yards per game (191.6) and passing touch-

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dakota Wesleyan university’ s Kiel Nelson carries the ball through the doane College defense during a great Plains athletic Conference game last season at Joe Q uintal Field. downs (12) last season, rather simplifies its game plan during a shortened offseason.

“Last year, I think we had a lot of different options. A lot of different things we can do, and there’s a lot of positives to that,” Cimpl said. “But we just felt like with the time frame and turnaround we’re going to have, we’re going to have to narrow that focus a little bit and really just vary maybe those base concepts that we’re doing so guys can learn it a little bit quicker, be able to execute it a little bit quicker.”

It’s one of the many adjustments Cimpl has needed to make. The coaching staff is figuring out how many modifications need to be made to the playbook.

Still, it’s much easier to make adjustments on the field, rather than trying to explain something over a summer Zoom meeting.

“Having some Zoom meetings with players throughout the summer trying to introduce them to things that are going to happen, but you never really understand it until you get here,” Cimpl said. “We’re in it now, and that’s good. That’s a positive

that we’re actually seeing how it’s going, but we also have to be available to make adjustments and changes.”

On the field, the Tigers are allowed three hours of physical activity per day, but with the hope of avoiding injuries and gradually improving their conditioning level after an extended time off, they’re only practicing for half of the allowed time. The shorter practice times have Cimpl preaching to his players about playing with the right level of intensity, and the desire to have fewer mistakes on assignments prior to Week 1.

But being able to practice and prepare for a scheduled season isn’t something every football player — at any level — can say. And DWU knows that.

“There’s always energy the first practice, but obviously everything is different right now,” Cimpl said.

“For our guys to be able to No. 1 still have opportunity to play games, I think our guys understood that. From a physical standpoint, we’re taking things a little slower than we probably normally would.”

Saturday, auguSt 29, 2020

DWU hopes athleticism outweighs youth in bid for GPAC volleyball tourney

By Nick Sabato Mitchell republic New faces will not slow down the progression of the Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team this fall.

That is how head coach Lindsay Wilber feels after reaching the 20-win plateau in 2019, but losing six key contributors from the squad, including All-American outside hitter Rebecca Frick. She also feels the Tigers are in position to qualify for the Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament after narrowly missing out two years in a row.

Armed with what Wilber calls the most athletic team she has assembled during her time at DWU, the GPAC tournament is once again the goal when it opens the season in a triangular against Valley City State and Mayville State on Sept. 5 in Valley City, North Dakota. “(The GPAC tournament) is always right there,” Wilber said. “... That’s always our next step and the girls know that. This year is going to be odd with who is playing this week and next because of COVID. It’s going to be interesting.”

DWU had four players play in all 117 sets a season ago, but only defensive specialist Danielle Burns returns this season. Burns finished third on the team with 360 digs as a freshman, behind seniors Rebecca Frick and Mallory Cooper.

Of course, replacing Frick is the big challenge after she finished her college career second on the school’s all-time list in kills (1,750) and digs (1,465). Mariah Gloe, who appeared in 98 sets last season as a freshman, will step into the starting lineup fulltime after notching 90 kills last year.

Jadie DeLange is in her second year with the program after transferring from Division II Black Hills State University, and posted 224 kills in 99 sets last season, while Chaydon Metzger tallied and Mitchell native Mackenzie Miller will battle for the starting job at right-side hitter.

Setter Bridgett Knobbe, who placed

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dakota Wesleyan’ s Madeline E lise sets a ball during a great Plains athletic Conference match against Hastings on Oct. 25 , 201 9 at Christen Family athletic Center.

third on the DWU all-time list in assists (3,289), must also be replaced and that will be tasked to sophomore Madeline Else. Northern State transfer Hanna Reiff is also expected to play a significant role as a defensive specialist.

A pair of 6-foot freshmen step into the starting lineup at middle blocker in Ady Dwight and McKenzie Buisker. Dwight, a Langford native, was praised by Wilber as the most athletic player she has ever coached.

“I’ve been really pleasantly surprised how they’ve meshed together already,” Wilber said. “It’s so fun to watch. We only have two seniors on the team and one junior, so we’re super young, but super athletic. It’s going to be fun to watch their progression, because they’ll get better every match.”

If the Tigers are hoping to reach the GPAC tournament for the first time in school history, they will have to avoid skids like the three-game losing streak to end 2019 and grab wins in five-set matches. DWU dropped three five-set matches last season, which Wilber pointed to as a contributing factor for missing the postseason.

“We should have been in the tournament last year,” Wilber said. “It’s very realistic.”

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