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At the 2022 Class B State Golf Meet, the Chester Flyer girls placed second overall. They entered the current season with one goal in mind: Finish the season atop the leaderboard at the 2023 state meet.

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For the second consecutive week, Madison’s Nate Barger claimed the win at I-90 Speedway in the IMCA Racesaver Sprint Car class on Saturday. Barger started from the seventh spot and drove his No. 98 to the front to win the A-Feature.

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The Madison Broncos dropped a pair of games against Dell Rapids on Sunday. The Broncos were blanked in game one of the doubleheader 16-0 and lost game two 11-1.

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At the first Class A State Softball State Tournament, the Madison Bulldogs placed fifth overall. After getting edged by Tea Area Titans in the opening round, the Bulldogs closed out the state tournament with two wins to place fifth overall.

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The Chester girls golf team have qualified for the Class B State Championships by winning the Region 2B Golf Meet in Dell Rapids. The team of Ayla McDonald, Jadyn McDonald, Cadence Olivier and Lauren Roberts shot a 267 to place first.

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The Ramona Express lost their amateur baseball home opener to Milbank 8-6 on Wednesday. The Express jumped out to a 6-2 lead after two innings, but failed to push across the runs the rest of the way, as they fell to the Firechiefs 8-6.

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Defending Football Championship Subdivision national champion South Dakota State University placed four players on the 2023 Athlon Sports Preseason All-America Team, which was announced Wednesday.

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Dakota State University set goals during fall 2009 to win the first Dakota Athletic Conference men’s cross country team title as they returned a nucleus group from the 2008 season. With senior leadership in Anthony Drealan, Tyler Van Peursem and Devon Berkness, the Trojans won their fifth co…

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The members of the 2009 Dakota State University men’s cross country team will join seven individuals in the 27th annual Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Dakota Prairie Playhouse. The social starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner at 6:15 p.m. The ceremony takes place at 7 p.m. and is open t…

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Madison’s Nate Barger picked up his first IMCA Racesaver Sprint car A-Feature win of the season on Saturday night at I-90 Speedway near Hartford. Barger, who placed second in the points battle last season, led the entire race to pick up the win.

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Kristie (Vanden Hoek) Ogle was one of the top 400-meter runners in Dakota State University track & field history. She qualified for four straight NAIA national indoor and outdoor meets from 2001-03 and broke 400-meter school records numerous times. She is the only 400-meter NAIA Indoor A…

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Anthony Drealan started his career at Dakota State University as a cross country and mid-distance runner in the late 2000’s. From Fulda, Minn., he is now a head coach at DSU, where he has built up the cross country and track and field programs.

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History was made on the second day of the 2023 NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championships on Thursday. Dakota State University had the second male individual athlete to win a national champion (Andy Coy in 2012 NAIA Indoor 1000-meter run) and the first male athlete to win a …

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Dakota State University men’s basketball head coach Darren Tighe announced the hiring of Dalton Kleinschmidt as assistant coach. He began his duties earlier this month.

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The last time Madison High School had an individual win a state title in the pole vault at the Class A State Track and Field meet was in 2007, when Tanner Schuurmans took home first place while setting a program record in the event with a mark of 14-03.

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The Madison Bulldogs made quick work of Mobridge-Pollock on Tuesday, defeating the visiting Tigers 15-0 in three innings to punch their ticket to the State Class A Softball Tournament.

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Three area drivers all placed second in their respective A-Features over the weekend. Wentworth’s Ron Howe, Madison’s Matt Steuerwald and Howard’s Justin Karlen claimed runner-up honors at I-90 Speedway, Huset’s Speedway and Miller Central Speedway, respectively.

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The Class A and Class B State Javelin Competition was held in Canton on Monday. The Madison Bulldogs had two athletes compete in the Class A competition, while Chester, Colman-Egan and Oldham-Ramona/Rutland all had athletes compete in the Class B competition.

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The weather was the champion this past weekend as several area race tracks called off races due to the rain the area experienced. One track that had races over the weekend was Off Road Speedway at Norfolk, Neb.

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The Madison Bulldogs competed in the Dak XII Conference Meet at Vermillion on Thursday. The Madison boys placed fifth with a team score of 57, while the girls placed eighth with a point total of 47.

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A pair of Dakota State athletes, Caleb Roberts and Caden Gortmaker competed in the men’s decathlon Wednesday late afternoon, kicking off the first day of the three-day North Star Athletic Association Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Dickinson State (N.D.) at Biesiot Activiti…

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After having their nine-game win streak snapped on Monday, the Madison Bulldogs softball team started a new streak on Tuesday with a doubleheader sweep of the Colman-Egan Hawks.

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The area racing season started on Saturday night with the first race held at I-90 Speedway just outside of Hartford. Several Madison area drivers were on hand for the first race of season.