SPEARFISH — Black Hills State athletics has announced Andrew Conniff as its new head women’s soccer coach.

SPEARFISH — Joe Osborn hit a three run home run in the top of the seventh to lead the Badlands Big Sticks to an 8-3 win over the Spearfish Sasquatch Tuesday night, in Spearfish.

SPEARFISH — Spearfish High School held a Spartan Youth Basketball and Football Camp June 21-22 in Spearfish, the camp was for Spartans going into first through sixth-grade in the 2021-2022 school year. The camp started at 8 a.m. each day with football camp at the practice fields until 9:45 a…

SPEARFISH — For the first time in 16 years, Black Hills State University athletics has a new athletic director.

BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche’s track squads continued to make strides in depth during the 2021 campaign.

FORT PIERRE — Area riders won a total of four state titles as the South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals ended Saturday in Fort Pierre.

STURGIS — The Sturgis Titans’ varsity Legion baseball team split its first two games at the Sturgis Baseball Rally that ended Sunday at Strong Field.

STURGIS — Spearfish Post 164’s American Legion baseball team defeated the Miles City Outlaws 9-6, before losing to the Billings Expos 5-4 in the Sturgis Tourney, Sunday, in Sturgis.

NEWELL — Newell’s Kassidy Weeldreyer, right, received this year’s Brian Hallock Memorial Scholarship. Diane Hallock, left, presented the $500 scholarship to Weeldreyer.

SPEARFISH — The Spearfish High School girls’ and boys’ track and field team has a record number of athletes out for the 2021 spring season.

PIERRE — The reaction of some golf coaches to a change approved in a first reading by the board of directors of the South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) led to a lengthy discussion about communication when the board met on Thursday, June 10.

OPINION — I had the pleasure last week to run into Jim Phillips.

SPEARFISH — The 20th annual Mark Larscheid Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at noon, Saturday, July 3, at the Spearfish Canyon Golf Club.

LEAD — Two numbers in particular demonstrate the improvement Lead-Deadwood High School track teams demonstrated during the 2021 season.

CASPER, Wyo. — The College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., is one day closer to the finish line.

BUTTE, Mont. — The Spearfish Sasquatch scored in each of the first seven innings and defeated the Mining City Tommyknockers 19-4 in Expedition League play Thursday night.

FORT PIERRE — The South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals completed its first go-round Thursday evening.

CASPER, Wyo. — The Black Hills State University rodeo team had some good showings at the College National Rodeo Finals Tuesday in Casper, Wyo.

FORT PIERRE — Cutting and Reigned Cow Horse were spotlighted on Day 2 of the South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals, Wednesday, in Pierre.

SPEARFISH — The Gold Rush Gravel Grinder returned Sunday to Spearfish after a two-year absence in 2020 with 410 riders competing.

BUTTE, Mont. — The Spearfish Sasquatch began a six-game Expedition League road trip Tuesday night by dropping a 12-10 decision to the Mining City Tommyknockers.

CASPER, Wyo. — Black Hills State University’s Collin Palmer vaulted to the tie down roping average lead following Tuesday night’s performance at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.

FORT PIERRE — The 2021 South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals got underway Tuesday in Fort Pierre.

FORT PIERRE — Numerous area athletes have qualified for the South Dakota High School Rodeo Finals that begin today in Fort Pierre.

CASPER, Wyo. — Black Hills State University rodeo team members have completed the first two days of the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo.

BELLE FOURCHE — Top-five area results from the Sturgis Regional high school rodeo follow. Events were held at the Black Hills Roundup Grounds in Belle Fourche, Friday through Sunday.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A college baseball player from South Dakota whose prosthetic arm was stolen was fitted with a new replacement limb Friday at a Minneapolis-area hospital.

DUPREE — Top-five area results from the Dupree Regional high school rodeo follow.

SPEARFISH — Charlie McAdoo homered twice and drove in four runs Sunday as the Spearfish Sasquatch defeated Canyon County 10-6 in an Expedition League game played at Black Hills Energy Stadium.

BELLE FOURCHE — “Never Give Up.” “East Cowgirls Tuff Company.”