MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23:
No Events Scheduled
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24:
Men’s Basketball:
South Dakota State vs. Houston Baptist @ Cancun Challenge (Ranch AM 910 @ 1:30)
Gymnastics:
Brookings High School Intrasquad, 6:00
SDSU FB PLAYOFF…South Dakota State will open the FCS playoffs Saturday at Montana – with the winner to visit third-seed North Dakota State December fifth.
The NCAA announced the pairings Sunday morning.
The Jackrabbits double-overtime loss at Western Illinois Saturday may have cost them a top-eight seed, and first-round bye.
It’s SDSU’s fourth consecutive post-season appearance – head coach John Stiegelmeier says they have to be good stewards of the opportunity.
Five Missouri Valley teams made the field – NDSU and Illinois State are seeded, with SDSU, Northern Iowa and Western Illinois in the field. All five are in the same half-bracket.
Senior tight end Cam Jones says the team was shooting for a top-eight spot, but will be ready to play.
Jones says the Jacks can still play better.
The complete FCS bracket:
Fordham @ Chattanooga (Winner @ #1 Jacksonville)
The Citadel @ Coastal Carolina (Winner @ #8 Charleston Southern)
Colgate @ New Hampshire (Winner @ #5 James Madison)
Southern Utah @ Sam Houston State (Winner @ #4 McNeese State)
South Dakota State @ Montana (Winner @ #3 North Dakota State)
Eastern Illinois @ Northern Iowa (Winner @ #6 Portland State)
Duquesne @ William & Mary (Winner @ #7 Richmond)
Western Illinois @ Dayton (Winner @ #2 Illinois State)
SDSU FB… Sean McGuire ran for a touchdown in the second overtime to give Western Illinois a 30-24 win over South Dakota State on Saturday.
McGuire finished with 19-of-40 passing for 282 yards and a score for the Leathernecks (6-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Nikko Watson ran for 178 yards and a touchdown. Devon Moore also ran for a score.
But it was McGuire’s touchdown run in the second overtime that made the difference against the fifth-ranked Jackrabbits (8-3, 5-3).
With the score tied 24-24 in the second overtime, South Dakota State’s Jay Carlson missed a 35-yard field goal, setting up McGuire’s 7-yard keeper four plays later for the win.
Western Illinois trailed 10-3 at the break but Moore ran for a score late in the third quarter and McGuire threw for another early in the fourth to give the Leathernecks a 17-10 lead.
Jacks’ head coach John Stiegelmeier says SDSU never had control of the game.
Zach Lujan was 21-for-37 for 246 yards for the Jackrabbits.
SATURDAY FB SCORES…
Illinois State 46, South Dakota 0
Indiana State 27, Youngstown State 24
North Dakota State 55, Missouri State 0
Northern Iowa 49, Southern Illinois 28
Division II Playoffs
Henderson State 23, Sioux Falls 16
Humboldt State 45, Augustana 31
Emporia State 51, Minnesota State-Mankato 49
NAIA Playoffs
Montana Tech 44, Dickinson State 10
Morningside 75, St. Xavier 69, 4OT
LALLY HONORED…SDSU linebacker T-J Lally was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
Lally recorded a season-high 17 tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, and added a fumble recovery and two pass breakups for the Jackrabbits in a 30-24, double-overtime loss at Western Illinois. Lally, who started his 52nd consecutive game, registered double figures in tackles for the 12th time in his career as he moved into second place on the all-time SDSU tackles chart with 401.
GLENN TO RETIRE…University of South Dakota Athletic Director David Herbster will hold a press conference Monday to announce the retirement of head football coach Joe Glenn.
Glenn, 66, compiled a 200-134-1 record in 28 seasons as a head coach. He was 12-34 in four seasons at South Dakota, his alma mater. He is one of 76 coaches in NCAA history to win 200 games.
CHESTER VB…Chester outlasted Warner 22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25 and 15-10 to win the state “B” volleyball title – ending the Monarchs’ three-year run as state champs.
Head coach Jean Benson says the Flyers’ defense came up big in the deciding game.
Josie Wolf had a match high 46 assists and team high 19 digs with six kills. Jenna Reiff collected 26 kills and nine digs. Sam Ordahl added 11 kills, Karissa Campbell 10 and Sarah Benson nine. Molly Heyn posted 18 digs and Hanna Reiff 13.
Ordahl, Wolf and Jenna Reiff were selected for the all tournament team – Benson says any player in her line up could have been chosen.
Chester finished the season on a ten-match winning streak to earn a 30-2 record.
SV VOLLEYBALL…Sioux Valley ended its volleyball season with a win – beating Mobridge-Pollock 25-18, 25-22 and 25-18 in the state “A” consolation championship match.
The Cossacks finish with a 26-8 record – coach Jill Vincent says the team was determined to end the year on a positive note.
Sioux Valley lost to Spearfish in the opening round then defeated Red Cloud in day two. Vincent says her team played some of its best volleyball of the year.
Against Mobridge-Pollock, Sioux Valley had two players in double figures with kills, Nikole Ziegler with 14 and Carley Peterson with ten. Rachel Miller tallied 19 assists with Kaylee Granum collecting 18. Tiffany Bjorklund had 23 digs; Ellen Jensen had 13 and Brooklin VanderWal 12.
Vincent says the appearance was a great experience for the returning players.
The Cossacks last made the tournament in 2013, placing eighth.
SDSU MBB… Deondre Parks scored 21 points and Mike Daum had 17 as South Dakota State held on for a 76-67 victory over TCU on Saturday as part of the Cancun Challenge.
South Dakota State (3-0) led by 22 with 15:13 remaining before a 17-1 TCU run over the next six minutes cut the lead to 6. The Jackrabbits had 10 turnovers and went 0 for 8 from the field over that time.
Brandon Parrish, who finished with 17 points for the Horned Frogs (2-0), made it a one-possession game at 63-60 with 3:30 remaining on a 3-pointer from the right wing.
However, the Jackrabbits countered with a 7-2 run, capped by George Marshall’s 3-pointer from the left baseline for an 8-point lead with 1:35 remaining.
Marshall had 12 points, while Reed Tellinghuisen had 11 points and seven boards for South Dakota State.
SDSU WBB… Briana Turner scored 20 points, Madison Cable added 16 and No. 3 Notre Dame held off pesky South Dakota State 75-64 on Saturday.
The Irish (3-0) stopped the Jackrabbits’ 12-game home winning streak at Frost Arena.
South Dakota State (2-1) closed within eight points with just over three minutes left on a 3-pointer by Kerri Young. She missed her next shot and the Irish stayed in control.
Macy Miller led the Jackrabbits with 23 points and Young had 14.
The Irish beat South Dakota State 94-51 in their first meeting on Jan. 2, 2014, in South Bend, Indiana.
NCAA XC… Oregon’s Edward Cheserek won the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Saturday, and Notre Dame’s Molly Seidel took the women’s title.
Syracuse won the men team championship, and New Mexico topped the women’s field.
Cheserek completed the 10-kilometer course at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park in 28 minutes, 45.8 seconds in cold, rainy conditions. Seidel ran six kilometers 19:28.6.
Justyn Knight finished fourth in 29:46.1 to lead three Syracuse runners in the top 10 and help the Orange win their first title in 64 years. Syracuse had 82. Colorado was second with 91, and Stanford third with 151.
Both South Dakota State runners earned All-American honors. Trent Lusignan was 24th in 30:15.16, and Joel Reichow was 36th in 30:22.8.
New Mexico placed all five scorers in the top 25 and finished with 49 points, the best team score since 1982. Courtney Frerichs was fourth in 19:48.0, and Alice Wright fifth in 19.53.1 en route to the Lobos’ first national title. Colorado was second with 80 points, and Oregon third at 214.
NAIA XC…Mount Marty College freshman Mikayla Prouty finished 119th at Saturday’s NAIA Cross Country Championships in Charlotte. She finished the 5,000-meter course in a time of 19:08.6.
SDSU WRESTLING…Sixth-ranked Virginia Tech defeated South Dakota State 20-16 Saturday at Frost Arena.
Alex Kocer had a technical fall to lead the Jacks, with David Kocer and Cody Pack had major decisions for the Jacks, with Brance Simms getting a decision.
-DASH-
Four SDSU freshmen won titles Saturday at the Finn Grinaker Open hosted by Concordia-Moorhead.
Henry Pohlmeyer at 133, Lucas Eastman at 157, Brett Bye at 165 and Zac Carlson at 174 finished first. Kasey Klapprodt placed second, as did Caleb Ward. Collin Holler earned a fourth-place finish.
SDSU SWIMMING…Olivia Olesiak set new school marks in both diving events, but North Dakota defeated SDSU 194-106 Friday in a non-conference swimming dual.
Olesiak’s new records are 275.85 in one-meter diving, and 305.71 points in three meter. Her three-meter score qualifies her for the national meet.
Katya Vakshetyn won the 200 freestyle, and Kayce Smith won the 200 breaststroke.
The Jackrabbit men set two records in a 161-139 win over UND.
Joey Weber swept the diving events, and Wyatt Rumrill won the breaststroke events. Ben Bolinske set a pool record in the 100 freestyle (:46.43) and won the 50 free. The 200 freestyle relay set a new school mark (1:23.89) and the 400 medley relay took first.
Garth Wadsworth won the 200 freestyle.
BLIZZARD…Nick Ford scored less than two minutes into overtime as the Brookings Blizzard captured a 2-1 win over visiting Aberdeen Saturday.. Aberdeen took a 1-0 lead on their lone goal of the night from Christopher Murphy with assists from Jackson Graalum and Carter Roo. Ford would set up the game-tying goal in the third, which came off the stick of Martan Yelle. Ford then added the game-winner 1:55 into the extra period. Josh Kuehmichel made 22 saves in the win.
The Minnesota Magicians scored three goals in the third to send the game to a shootout where they would defeat the Blizzard 6-5. Five different players scored for the Magicians, including Kevin Dineen in the first, Jordan Fralich in the second and Kyle Wagner, Casey Jerry and Alex Lambacher in the third. The Blizzard got two first period goals from Mikael Hakkarainen and another from Ford. Connor Hutchins scored in the second and Griff Jeszka tallied in the third. Both Mitch Slattery and Casey Jerry scored in the shootout for the Magicians.
PEE WEE ONE…The Brookings Pee Wee 1 hockey team defeated Sioux Falls 12-9 Sunday. No statstics were immediately available.
MN HOCKEY… Richfield High School has canceled its boy’s varsity hockey program for this season because of a low number of players.
Spartans’ coach Dave Shute had said earlier his 11 skaters and two goalies were planning to play. Then two players were suspended for two games and another quit.
On Wednesday, Shute told players and parents the season was canceled. He says it was “a sad, sad day.”
Richfield made six state tournament appearances from 1962 to 1991. But the program struggled to stay competitive in recent years. The Spartans went 2-22 last season.
Richfield will look to form a co-op with another program next season.