Every Wednesday and Friday at 5:45 p.m., there is a group of individuals who get together to work up a sweat during spin class at the Madison Community Center. They call themselves the Cobra Kai Spinning Do Jo.
Madison’s Dillon Bickett picked up his first career A-Feature win on Friday night during the IMCA Racesaver Sprint Car Freedom Classic at I-90 Speedway near Hartford.
Huset’s Speedway played host to the World of Outlaws Sprint cars for four straight nights last week. The first night was just a World of Outlaws race; Thursday and Friday had the High Bank Nationals with the Nordstrom’s Late Model Street Stock cars doing battle also.
BRANDON — Sheldon Haudenschild duplicated a feat that his father Jac earned many years ago at Huset’s Speedway near here. There was a big difference, however.
GERRY LANGE of Madison returns a serve during pickleball competition at the Interlakes Senior Games held on Friday and Saturday.
Eddy Ullom, a self-described sports lover, had never heard of the Madison Senior Games until Bernie Schuurmans, the director of the local event, approached Ullom’s wife Paula about competing in the event last year.
The Madison Senior Games will be held Friday and Saturday for men and women over the age of 50.
Madison’s Nick and Nate Barger dueled it out for the top two spots in the IMCA Racesaver 305 Sprint car A-Feature at I-90 Speedway near Hartford on Saturday night. Nick Barger came out on top as he recorded the win, and brother Nate was runner-up.
Madison’s Travis Christensen won the USRA Hobby Stock A-Feature at I-90 Speedway near Hartford on Saturday night. Earlier in the evening, Christensen also claimed a heat race win.
Madison’s Nate and Nick Barger placed in the Top 10 in the Wyffel Hybrids Racesaver Sprint Car A-Feature on Sunday night at Huset’s Speedway. Nate drove to a fourth-place finish while Nick finished seventh.
Madison’s Nate Barger had a good night at I-90 Speedway near Hartford on Saturday night. The young IMCA Race Saver sprint car driver placed fourth in the A-Feature. Earlier in the night, he placed third in his heat race.
Two area race tracks dropped the green flag over the weekend with several area drivers in the infield vying for the checkered flag.
Dakota State University’s North Star Athletic Association home softball doubleheader on Thursday vs. Bellevue (Neb.) has been postponed due to a poor weather forecast.
The Madison 18’s club volleyball team played in the Sanford Pentagon March Meltdown II tournament on Sunday. The club had just three practices under their belt as they competed against top teams from Minnesota, North Dakota and Sioux Falls.
The Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders celebrated the National Girls & women in Sports Day by honoring seven senior student athletes.
Photo by Michael Black
FOURTEEN Madison Wrestlers will be wrestling on Saturday in the Region 1A tournament at Sioux Falls O'Gorman High School at 10 a.m. They are (front, left) statisticians Kiana Whitethorn, Bryn Johnson, Chloe Schneider, (middle) Blake Johnson, Carson Wolf, Caleb Hodges, Carter Downs, Henry Me…
Activities Director Michael Ricke recommended on Monday night that Madison Central add softball to the roster of sports offered through the school district.
The Dakota State University Athletic Department will be honoring Karen Giles as this year’s recipient to the Terry Ryan Distinguished Service Award on Saturday afternoon.
The Madison Bulldogs are headed back to the state tournament in gymnastics. The Bulldogs placed first at the Region 1A Gymnastics meet on Thursday to punch their ticket to the state tournament on Friday at the Corn Palace in Mitchell.
MADISON'S BEN BROOKS goes airborne on this scoring attempt against Redfield on Saturday. The Bulldogs will travel to Beresford on Friday night for another boys basketball contest. Photo by Michael Black
You could say that Jim Ronning grew up in a bowling alley.
DYLAN SIEVERS pinned his opponent in Middle School wrestling action in Volga Monday night. Sievers is a Rutland student wrestling for Madison under a co-op agreement. Photo by Michael Black
Thanks to local Madison businessman Brian Kern, another $5 million has been donated to Dakota State University for the new athletics facility.
MADISON WRESTLERS Layne Hess (left) and Sutton Bern are preparing on Thursday for Madison Square Garden Night, which will be held under the lights in the Madison High School gym on Tuesday vs. Dell Rapids at 6:30 p.m.
The girls basketball game in Howard on Monday was billed as a battle between two of the top teams in Class B.
It was all Howard all the time on Monday, when the Tigers hosted the Colman-Egan Hawks. The Tigers never trailed in the boys basketball contest and came away with a decisive 80-32 victory.
An end of an era will be coming to a close in May at Dakota State University, when triplets Jenni, Jessi and Josh Giles will be walking down the aisle together during the spring graduation ceremony.
The Big East Conference has announced All-Conference awards.
DES MOINES, Iowa – No. 18-ranked Grand View (Iowa) pulled away for a 3-1 NAIA women’s volleyball National Tournament opening-round win on Saturday. Despite the setback, the Trojans racked up a season-high 18 blocks in the match.
The 19th nationally ranked Dakota State University women’s basketball team used a 21-11 second-quarter outburst to defeat Grand View (Iowa) 76-63 in a non-conference contest on Tuesday at the DSU Fieldhouse.
THE MADISON HIGH SCHOOL boys golf team held their awards banquet on Nov. 8. Coach Joey Liesinger (left) presented the letterwinners for the 2021 season: Oliver Husher, Lucas Mork, Jack Olson, Kaden Guischer and Eli Oaks. He also announced the season's individual awards. Guischer was the …
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Dakota State University represented the North Star Athletic Association for the fourth consecutive year at the 66th annual NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships on Friday at Fort Vancouver Historical Site. The Trojans finished 34th overall as a team after tallyin…
END-OF-SEASON fastpitch softball awards were held on Tuesday night for Madison High School. Pictured are (left) All-State Honorable mention recipients Keara Wagner and Karley Lurz; Academic All-Stater Ali Vacanti; and All-State First Team honorees Amanda Vacanti and Evie Lurz.
The All-State team for South Dakota Class 11A high school football has been announced.
ABERDEEN – Dakota State University and Presentation faced weather challenges with sleet early in the game and windy conditions in the North Star Athletic Association regular-season finale Saturday. The Trojans jumped to a 14-0 lead and held off the Saints 16-14 to secure their first winning …
SIOUX FALLS – Dakota State University played an exhibition men’s basketball game with the Stewart Center. The Trojans held a lead with less than 7 1/2 to go, but the Cougars pulled away late to earn a 71-61 victory.
The Madison Bulldogs capped their perfect season with a 31-0 win over Milbank in the Class 11A football championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion on Friday.
The Madison Bulldogs won the Class 11A state football championship, blanking Milbank 31-0 on Friday at the DakotaDome in Vermillion.
The Madison Bulldogs will face the Milbank Bulldogs in the Class 11A football championship Friday at 2 p.m. at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. The two teams are among the best defensive teams in South Dakota high school football.
VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Dakota State University faced Valley City State for the second time this season in the North Star Athletic Association. Holding a 14-7 lead after three quarters, the Vikings used a 19-0 fourth-quarter outburst to defeat the Trojans 33-7 to earn a season series split.
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — No. 13 Dakota State University led 50-45 after three quarters against Dordt College, but the Trojans could not overcome the Defenders’ fourth-quarter surge, losing an 80-73 women’s basketball contest on Tuesday.
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – It was a tale of two halves between Dakota State University and Dordt College on Tuesday. DSU’s Trojans grabbed a 39-28 halftime lead, but Dordt’s Defenders outscored the Trojans 49-37 in the second half to earn a 77-76 victory.
The Madison Lady Bulldogs slipped past the Dell Rapids Quarriers in a 3-2 thriller (25-21, 25-14, 14-25, 16-25 and 15-2) in the first round of the Region 3A Volleyball Tournament at the Madison High School Gym on Tuesday night.
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Nationally ranked Dakota State University forced William Penn (Iowa) to 33 turnovers on Saturday and notched a 97-52 victory on the second day of the Holiday Inn Express Tip-off Classic.
Dakota State University hit 59.3% from the field and poured in 98 points to earn its first men’s basketball victory of the season, defeating Mount Marty 98-86 on Sunday at the DSU Fieldhouse.
The Madison Bulldogs soundly defeated the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers for the second week in a row, 35-14, to win their quarterfinal game in the Class 11A football playoffs Thursday night.
Over the past week, the Madison Lady Bulldogs volleyball team came out victorious against two Dak. 12 conference rivals, the Dell Rapids Quarriers and the Elk-Point Jefferson Huskies. Both matches on the road were big wins for the Bulldogs, each game’s respectfully going into four sets.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Dakota State University Trojan women’s basketball team kicked off the season on the road, taking on Briar Cliff (Iowa). The Trojans shot a blazing 55.4% from the field and held off the Chargers in an 81-79 thriller on Saturday.
Two former Trojans will be inducted into the inaugural South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Basketball Hall of Fame Wednesday afternoon in Mitchell.
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