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JACKS CONTINUE ROADTRIP TO DENVER – South Dakota State University Athletics

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3 months ago

February 20, 2026

JACKS CONTINUE ROADTRIP TO DENVER – South Dakota State University Athletics

South Dakota State continues its two-game roadtrip to Denver for a Saturday afternoon matchup against the Pioneers at Hamilton Gymnasium.

The Jackrabbits are 21-6 overall and 11-2 in Summit League action. They are coming off a 95-93 win at Oral Roberts Thursday night, during which Brooklyn Meyer scored a career-record 44 points and Madison Mathiowetz added 23 and the winning layup at the buzzer.

Denver is 10-17 overall and 4-10 in conference play. The Pioneers beat Kansas City 79-63 Wednesday night in KC.

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The Jacks have reached 20 wins for the 15th consecutive season. SDSU is one of only a handful of programs with an active streak that long (Baylor, UConn, Louisville, South Carolina).

HC Aaron Johnston needs one win to reach 650 for his career. He ranks 12th among active DI coaches for career wins and career win percentage (.763).

Senior Brooklyn Meyer is coming off a program-record 44 points at Oral Roberts Thursday night. That mark is the highest by a Summit League player this year and third highest in the NCAA this season.

SDSU is on a four-game win streak and has been on a tear in that stretch, scoring more than 84 points in each of those games and holding opponents to less than 51 in three of four contests. The Jacks are shooting .558 from the floor as a team and allowing only .395 shooting by opponents over the last four games.

Brooklyn Meyer scores 21.9 points per game (10th in NCAA) and is .639 from the floor this year (5th in NCAA). She is one of three players in the country averaging 20+ points and shooting better than 60% this year (Audi Crooks at Iowa State, Jaliya Davis at Kansas, Joyce Edwards at South Carolina).

Maddie Mathiowetz averages 13.0 PPG overall and 14.2 PPG in conference contests. She is coming off 23 points at ORU Thursday night and has scored at least 15 in seven of the last nine games.

Emilee Fox also contributes double figures in conference action – 10.2 PPG in Summit League action. She leads the Summit in 3-point percentage (.526) and is second in 3-pointers per game (2.7).

Hadley Thul has started three straight games for the Jacks. In that stretch, Thul has contributed 1.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

-GoJacks.com-

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Republican businessman Toby Doeden advances to primary runoff in South Dakota governor’s race

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5 hours ago

June 3, 2026

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Republican businessman Toby Doeden advances to primary runoff in South Dakota governor’s race

Republican businessman Toby Doeden has advanced to a runoff in South Dakota governor’s race, NBC News projects.

Gov. Larry Rhoden, who replaced Kristi Noem last year when President Donald Trump nominated her to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was battling with Rep. Dusty Johnson and former state House Speaker Jon Hansen for a second spot in the July 28 runoff. The primary will go to a runoff because no candidate eclipsed 35% of the vote.

Trump did not issue an endorsement in the race. Doeden branded himself on his campaign website as “a total political outsider who’s tired of the government’s failure to deliver on its promises” and one of Trump’s “fiercest supporters.”

Rhoden, a former lieutenant governor, agriculture secretary and lawmaker, campaigned on property tax cuts and lowering crime in his bid for a four-year term.

Syndication: Argus Leader — Candidate signs outside a polling location in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Tuesday.Samantha Laurey / Argus Leader

Johnson is the state’s lone representative in the House, where he previously was chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Hansen, who was elected to the South Dakota House in 2010, held several leadership positions before he became speaker.

The Republican nominee will be the favorite to win the general election in the solidly red state this fall. A Democrat has not served as governor in South Dakota since the 1970s, and Trump carried the state by 29 points in 2024.

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Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss – Brownfield Ag News

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June 2, 2026

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Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss

June 2, 2026 By Carah Hart Filed Under: Crops, News, South Dakota

Photo taken by Carah Hart, Brownfield

An agronomist in eastern South Dakota says corn and soybeans are hit and miss as the growing season begins.

Steven Zemlicka with AgTegra Cooperative tells Brownfield, “We’ve got corn anywhere from V1 all the way up to V4. Biggest stuff’s maybe touching V5. Corn’s coming right along, looks pretty good. A little bit of hail here too, but I don’t think it’s going to be much of an issue. Stands for the most part are pretty good, pretty solid.”

Zemlicka says soybean emergence has been slow due to the wet, cool conditions, and there are a few fields that still need planted.

“People were still working on planting soybeans when we got the recent rain.”

He says recent rain totals ranged from a half inch to as much as four inches in the northeast part of South Dakota; the southern part of the state has been drier.

South Dakota’s corn is rated 61 percent good to excellent, with soybean conditions rated 57 percent good to excellent, according to USDA’s first condition ratings of the season.

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