SIOUX FALLS — Two more former Jackrabbits have been added to South Dakota’s NFL roll call over the last two weeks.

Quarterback Chris Oladokun was added to the Chiefs’ practice squad, while former Jackrabbit tackle Garret Greenfield signed to the Giants practice squad.

Oladokun spent the previous two seasons in that same role with Kansas City, earning a pair of Super Bowl rings, but was released after preseason this year. Now he’s back with the Chiefs, behind perennial MVP-candidate Patrick Mahomes and North Dakota State alum Carson Wentz.

Greenfield, an All-American tackle at SDSU, signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seahawks, joined their practice squad, but was later released. He’s now getting a chance with the Giants.

Meanwhile among the active former Jacks in the NFL, linebacker Christian Rozeboom continues to have a productive fourth season in the league. Rozeboom notched 11 tackles in Sunday’s overtime win over the Seahawks, the third time this season he’s reached double digits. He leads the Rams with 65 tackles on the season, which is good for 21st in the league overall.

Here’s how the rest of the NFL’s South Dakotans did in Week 9.

Jack Cochrane, LB, Kansas City, USD
Had one tackle in the Chiefs Monday night overtime win over Tampa Bay.

Isaiah Davis, RB, New York Jets, SDSU
Saw the field for 17 special teams plays in the Jets’ loss to the Texans on Thursday night.

Dallas Goedert, TE, Philadelphia, SDSU/Britton-Hecla
Did not play due to injury.

CJ Ham, FB, Minnesota, Augustana
Played 13 offensive snaps and 12 on special teams in the Vikings’ Sunday night win over the Colts.

Tucker Kraft, TE, Green Bay, SDSU/Timber Lake
Had four catches for 34 yards in the Packers’ loss to the Lions.

Mason McCormick, G, Pittsburgh, SDSU/SF Roosevelt
The Steelers were idle.

Trey Pipkins, G, LA Chargers, USF
Started and played all 57 offensive snaps for the Chargers in their win over the Browns.

Tip Reiman, TE, Arizona, SF O’Gorman
Started and played 29 snaps but did not record any stats in the Cardinals’ win over the Bears.

Christian Rozeboom, LB, LA Rams, SDSU
Had 11 tackles in the Rams’ win over the Seahawks.

Pierre Strong, RB, Cleveland, SDSU
Had two carries for eight yards and two kickoff returns for 47 yards in the Browns’ loss to the Chargers.

On injured reserve
Dennis Gardeck, LB, Arizona, USF
Myles Harden, CB, Cleveland, USD

On practice squads
Kameron Cline, DL, Buffalo, USD
Garret Greenfield, OL, NY Giants, SDSU
Blake Larson, OL, LA Rams, Augsutana/Brandon Valley
Brock Mogensen, LB, Dallas, USD
Chris Oladokun, QB, KC Chiefs, SDSU
Isaiah Stalbird, LB, New Orleans, SDSU

Matt Zimmer is a Sioux Falls native and longtime sports writer. He graduated from Washington High School where he played football, legion baseball and developed his lifelong love of the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, he returned to Sioux Falls, and began a long career in amateur baseball and sports reporting. Email Matt at mzimmer@siouxfallslive.com.

VERMILLION – In a thrilling season-opener, South Dakota Women’s Basketball narrowly lost to Saint Louis 85-83 in overtime on Monday night.

The Coyotes trailed by double-digits in the second half, but a furious comeback kept the two teams tight to end the game. Grace Larkins hit a game-tying shot near the end of regulation to send the game to overtime, however, Saint Louis prevailed with a go-ahead basket with 6 seconds left in overtime. It ended up being the difference as USD couldn’t find the game-tying or winning shot.

The offense for both teams stalled to begin the second quarter. Neither team scored for over three minutes until the Billikens broke that streak with a field goal with 6:44 left to go in the first half. The shooting continued for the Coyotes for most of the second quarter, but a few late shots improved the shooting percentage to 23.5 percent.

The overall first-half shooting percentage was worse as the Coyotes finished the half with a 22.6 shooting percentage on 7-for-31 attempts and the Billikens went into the locker room with a 36-25 lead. The 3-point shooting was a huge struggle in the first half with only a 1-for-13 mark from behind the arc. Olivia Kieffer led USD with 10 points at the half.

Out of the half, Saint Louis extended its lead with an immediate 7-0 run to go up 42-25 within the opening two minutes. Despite the early run, USD responded with a 12-2 run to bring the lead back down to single digits at 44-37 with four minutes left in the third quarter. The Coyote comeback continued as the lead continued to shrink and suddenly the lead was down to only three points at 50-47, but Saint Louis held a 52-47 lead at the end of the quarter.

The Coyotes stuck around in the fourth quarter and reduced the Billiken lead to one possession multiple times in the fourth quarter and were only down 60-59 with five minutes left in the game. Just a bit later, USD took a 62-60 lead with four minutes to go.

The two went back and forth in the final four minutes, but it was Saint Louis who held a 70-69 lead with under 30 seconds to go. Kieffer missed a potential go-ahead jumper with 19 seconds to go, but USD was able to get the ball back with 17 seconds left. However, a missed shot led to a Saint Louis free throw on the other end to make it 71-69. But Larkins came up clutch with a game-tying layup right before time expired.

Saint Louis raced out to a 79-73 lead in the overtime period, but USD wouldn’t go away with multiple 3s to make it 81-79 with a minute and a half to go. With 24 seconds left, the Coyotes trailed 83-81. Larkins did here thing once again with a game-tying basket with 18 seconds to go. However, the Billikens scored with six seconds left to make it 85-83 and the Coyotes were unable to find the tying shot.

For USD, Larkins finished the day with a team-high 27 points and also nabbed 13 rebounds for the double-double. Carley Duffney has a big night as well with 18 points and seven rebounds. For Saint Louis, Peyton Kennedy scored a team-high 25 points while Kennedy Calhoun scored 21 points.

USD (0-1) will hit the road to play at Air Force on Friday, Nov. 8, while Saint Louis (1-0) will also be on the road at Drake on Thursday, Nov. 7.

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NEW LONDON, CT (WFSB) – A man from South Dakota was identified as the victim who died in a crash in New London on Sunday.

Police said 45-year-old Curtis Barkdull of Sturgis, SD, was on a motorcycle that was involved in a crash with two cars.

It happened in the area of Colman and Vauxhall streets, near the entrance to a shopping center, around 4:45 p.m.

Police said everyone involved appeared to have suffered injuries. Four people in all were transported to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.

The motorcyclist, Barkdull, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

There’s no word on what led up to the crash.

Anyone with information was asked to contact New London detectives at 860-447-1481.

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