SPEARFISH — Eric Lappe returns for his seventh season as the Lady Spartans’ head basketball coach.

SPEARFISH — The Spearfish High School wrestling team enjoyed success during the 2018-19 wrestling season.

SPEARFISH — The Black Hills State women’s basketball team travels to Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday night to face Westminster College in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference action. The Yellow Jackets are 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University took control in the first half Monday night and downed Dakota State 91-53 in a nonconference men’s basketball game at the Young Center, in Spearfish.

SPEARFISH — Spearfish’s Taylor Fierbach continues to bolster the wrestling reputation she is generating on a national scale.

SPEARFISH — The Spearfish Gymnastics Academy Level 3 team captured the team title held Nov. 23 and 24, in Rapid City. Pictured are, front row left: Devyn Ainsworth, Aaliyah Tryell, Lily Glines, Molly Albrecht, Kimber Smoot, and Annika Britton. Back row, left: Sydney Mosset and Avalon Gray.

On this Thanksgiving eve, I want to give out three special shout outs.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University rallied to edge South Dakota School of Mines & Technology 55-47 Tuesday evening in a women’s basketball game at the Young Center, in Spearfish. The contest launched the Yellow Jackets’ Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule. 

BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche’s varsity volleyball players gained a lot of experience during a season that ended with a 9-19 record.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University dropped an 84-74 nonconference women’s basketball decision to Wayne State, Saturday afternoon, at the Young Center in Spearfish.

SPEARFISH — Powerlifters do not simply show up at an event to perform bench presses, squats, and deadlifts. It is an all-encompassing endeavor in many respects.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University’s triathlon team recently completed a 2019 season that ended with a third-place finish at the national championships.

SPEARFISH — Spearfish’s volleyball team displayed great amounts of growth during the recently completed season.

DENVER, Colo. — Black Hills State University dropped a three-games-to-zero decision to Metro State, Tuesday, as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference volleyball tournament began. Scores were 25-19, 25-22, 25-21.

SPEARFISH — In June, Brett Lamb’s life was turned upside down.

SPEARFISH — Payten Gilmore’s three touchdowns lifted Black Hills State University to a 19-7 nonconference football victory over Azusa Pacific, Saturday afternoon, at Lyle Hare Stadium in Spearfish.

LEAD — Six seniors guided the Lead-Deadwood varsity volleyball team to an 18-12 record this season.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University enjoyed the most successful women’s soccer season in the program’s four-year history this fall.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University defeated Montana State University-Billings (MSU-Billings) 60-42 in a nonconference women’s basketball game played Wednesday evening at the Young Center, in Spearfish.

SPEARFISH — Spearfish’s football team endured a lot of growing pains during a 0-10 season that head coach Chad McCarty called trying.

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University allowed only one point in the fourth quarter and defeated Texas A&M International 78-56 in a women’s basketball game played Saturday at the Young Center, in Spearfish.

The talk the past week has been about how Pierre defeated Spearfish 103-0 last Thursday, in the Class AA football playoffs.

HILL CITY — Lead-Deadwood dropped a three-games-to-zero decision to Hill City as the Region 8A volleyball tournament held its second round of matches Thursday night. Scores were 25-16, 25-7, and 25-13 as the Golddiggers’ season came to an end.

By Chris Summers

LEAD —  Lead-Deadwood defeated Custer three sets to one Tuesday night at the Lead-Deadwood High School gym, and reached the second round of the Region 8A volleyball tournament.

KAPALUA, Maui — Sturgis native Mary Storgaard’s first experience at the X-terra World Championship was in Oct. of 2017 was as a spectator. 

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University ended the home portion of its regular-season volleyball schedule by edging Colorado Christian three games to two Saturday evening at the Young Center, in Spearfish.

SPEARFISH — “Every time you start getting strikes, all you can think about is, ‘Oh, I have a chance.”

Spearfish lost to Pierre 103-0 Thursday night in the Class AA playoffs in Pierre. After the game Spartan coach Chad McCarty would only say Pierre has a good team, but he did say all classes need a running clock and mercy rule. “You can still bring only so many guys on the bus when they come …