South Dakota
Hawks snap 14-game losing streak to South Dakota
GRAND FORKS – On Nov. 17, 2013, UND hosted South Dakota in a girls’s basketball recreation at The Betty. That date in all probability doesn’t resonate a lot with UND gamers. Most of them in all probability have been in center faculty on the time. The date, nevertheless, has a big that means to UND coach Mallory Bernhard.
UND’s win that day practically a decade in the past could be the Hawks’ final over South Dakota – till Saturday.
UND positioned six gamers in double figures, held off two South Dakota rallies and at last defeated the Coyotes after 14 straight losses in an 83-66 win at The Betty earlier than 1,527 followers.
“That’s a whole lot of video games,” mentioned Bernhard of the streak. “Too many.”
UND broke the streak by taking part in with tempo towards an injury-riddled South Dakota staff, which has performed with eight wholesome gamers since mid-January.
“We knew they’d eight gamers; we knew they performed an time beyond regulation recreation on Thursday so we simply needed to make them work for all the pieces,” mentioned Bernhard. “We knew they have been going to hit pictures and we all know they’re superb however we simply needed to put on them down.
“We talked about how which may not present up within the first or second quarters, but it surely would possibly present up within the third and fourth quarters.”
UND took management late within the third quarter. The Coyotes, who rank twenty fourth nationally in three-point share, lower UND’s result in 57-54 late within the third earlier than UND’s Maggie Manson hit a three-pointer within the ultimate minute to place the Hawks up by 5 getting into the fourth quarter.
Three minutes into the fourth quarter, UND led 69-56 after a Claire Orth free throw capped a 10-2 run.
The spotlight of UND’s ultimate surge got here from freshman Rakiyah Beal, whose acrobatic coast-to-coast layup drew a giant roar.
“I type of picked my dribble up early so I needed to end on the rim or flip the ball over,” mentioned Beal.
Beal hasn’t performed a whole lot of minutes this season however she is seeing extra courtroom time currently.
“She will be able to elevate and get to the rim,” mentioned Bernhard. “She’s received particular issues coming.”
It was a recreation of runs. UND led by 10 factors within the second quarter earlier than the Coyotes took the lead on a Grace Larkins basket with 1:40 left. UND then had its 10-point run within the third earlier than the Coyotes responded with a 10-0 run,
UND, nevertheless, slowly pulled away within the fourth quarter. UND’s balanced scoring was the distinction. Juliet Gordon led the Hawks with 15 factors and 11 rebounds. Sammiyah Hoskin added 12. Jolene Daninger and Claire Orth each completed with 11 and Kacie Borowicz and Manson ended with 10 every.
“Once we’re balanced, we’re actually efficient,” mentioned Gordon, who was sporting a lower to the nostril and a black eye after taking part in two bodily video games over the weekend. “Kacie did a terrific job of distributing the ball and everybody simply stepped up. And Tara (Bieniewicz) stepped up and knocked down a giant three that we knew she might make.”
That basket got here instantly after USD hit three 3-pointers in roughly a minute to take a 36-35 lead late within the second quarter.
The Coyotes had extra followers than ordinary for a visiting staff. Former Grafton standout Walker Demers began at middle for the Yotes and completed with seven factors and 7 rebounds. She had a fan membership of roughly 50 folks readily available.
UND improved to 6-6 within the Summit and 13-9 general whereas the Yotes dropped to 7-6 and 11-13.
The truth that UND broke a 14-game shedding streak towards South Dakota might assist the Hawks as they now hit the highway subsequent week for video games at Denver and Omaha.
“We hadn’t crushed USD in a decade in order that meant one thing after we stepped on the ground at present,” mentioned Gordon.
South Dakota
Celebrating South Dakota History with Native American Hoop Dancing
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Native American history is the backbone of South Dakota, as April 26 is National South Dakota Day, Native American Hoop Dancing brings culture and history together.
Native American Hoop Dancing is a dance style, and dancer Delacina Chief Eagle tells us how important it is to Native American History. Through the dance, you can tell a life story, the first hoop representing the beginning of life, and as the dance goes on, performers collect more hoops- symbolizing oneself getting older and wiser, as well as respecting those who came before them.
Native American Hoop Dance is an individual dance, and it is performed as a show dance in many Native American tribes. It features a solo dancer dancing with a dozen or more hoops and using them to form a variety of static and dynamic shapes, poses, and moves. Most of the hoop dances in tribes across North America belong to modern hoop dance, which was invented in 1930.
Delacina Chief Eagle is a hoop dancer, she did Indian relay racing for 15 years and participated in spiritual horse rides from just 3 years old. She has also done a little bit of modeling and was featured in the documentary Women of the White Buffalo which focused on Lakota women. Horses play a very important role in her life so in the last 3 years she has been working on professional thoroughbred horse racing tracks across America. She also teaches Hoop Dancing to kids across the state.
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South Dakota
‘We can’t exist without child care’: Rural towns use state funding to open local centers • South Dakota Searchlight
It’s been over six months since two in-home child care providers closed in Highmore. The town of over 600 in central South Dakota has a few other in-home providers, but all are full and have waitlists months out.
If a family wanted to move to the town — about an hour’s drive east of Pierre — there wouldn’t be any child care for them, said Beth Simonson, a board member of Hyde County Child Development.
Parents are driving their children up to 50 miles away to towns including Miller, Onida or Pierre to find child care, Simonson said. Some families have to split their children between child care in Highmore and another town.
Hyde County, where Highmore is located, has the fastest declining population in the state, according to census data.
“Why would young people want to move here if there isn’t quality child care?” Simonson said. “It’s one of the key elements of keeping people and growing our community, which we’ve been struggling with thriving. We need to attract those young families. We can’t exist without child care.”
The city of Highmore is one of 13 communities awarded a child care grant from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development last month. In total, the grants, using federal funds, are infusing over $3.7 million into helping communities find collaborative, innovative solutions to address child care needs across South Dakota.
The initiatives range from improving the child care workforce, to creating after school programs, to supporting existing providers with continued education. In Highmore, the community plans to use the $300,000 awarded by the state to create a community child care center.
“I don’t know what other solution there was,” Simonson said. “It’s been six months and nobody has really stepped up otherwise.”
The Hyde County Child Development board’s plan is to lease and renovate a vacant building — most recently a flower shop — as a child care center to serve up to 39 infants and toddlers. Highmore plans to eventually build a new child care center on vacant land owned by Venture Communications. That piece of land will house the center’s playground until then.
The state’s focus for the grants was fostering community collaboration between local governments, child care providers, businesses and schools, according to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Simonson expected a handful of people to help in the planning and implementation of the grant, but nearly 50 people came out to support the effort.
Based on a survey of over 100 Highmore residents, nearly 30% expect they’ll need child care in the next three years. Another 45% currently need child care during the summer months when school is out, since there isn’t an afterschool program for school-aged children in Highmore.
“They want this for their families and for Highmore’s future,” Simonson said. “That’s what this is really about. We need this for the future of our community.”
In Redfield, the economic development group Grow Spink (a reference to Spink County) plans a similar community child care center using the $245,000 it was awarded from the state. It will be open to the entire county, and will serve as an “umbrella organization” for other child care providers in the county. There are 12 in-home providers in Spink County and one community child care center in Doland — all are full with waitlists.
Having a central child care agency or office will help the county organize, award smaller grants for other child care providers to make renovations and improvements, and set up a substitute teacher system. In applying for the state grants, the economic development group realized one of the major challenges for providers is staffing.
“My own kids go to a provider in Redfield that has a waitlist out to 2026,” said Grow Spink Executive Director Gianna Schieffer. “I know of three or four providers who want to retire but don’t have the heart to close because their families have nowhere to go. They’re hoping there’ll be a solution sooner rather than later.”
Schieffer added she’s starting to see families move out of Redfield or pass up “good paying jobs” because of a lack of child care options. With 30% of the county population nearing or within child bearing age, it’s important for the growth of the county, she added.
Both Redfield and Highmore plan to fundraise more to reach their goals beyond the awarded grants.
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South Dakota
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