South Dakota
S.D. High School Activities Association releases the state’s 2024 football schedules
PIERRE — South Dakota’s 2024 high school football schedules have been released by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.
Official dates and times have not been finalized but each team knows who it will face, what week and whether it’s at home or away.
Class 11B and nine-man (9AA, 9A and 9B) can begin play in Week 0 (Thursday through Friday, Aug. 22-24) and conclude their regular season by Oct. 18. Playoffs are set for Oct. 24, Oct. 31 and Nov. 8.
Class 11AAA, AA and AA can begin play on Week 1 (Aug. 29-31) and conclude their regular season on Oct. 25. Playoffs are set for Oct. 31 and No. 8.
State championships in all classes are slated for Nov. 14-16 in the DakotaDome at Vermillion.
Here are the schedules for each of the Watertown and Aberdeen area schools. Links to the complete 11-man and nine-man schedules are posted online at www.thepublicopinion.com.
Most games will be scheduled on Fridays, but Thursdays and Saturdays are options. Here is the schedule key: Week 0 (Aug. 22-24), Week 1 (Aug. 29-31), Week 2 (Sept. 5-7), Week 3 (Sept. 12-14), Week 4 (Sept. 19-21), Week 5 (Sept. 26-28), Week 6 (Oct. 3-5), Week 7 (Oct. 10-12), Week 8 (Oct. 17-19) and Week 9 (Oct. 24).
Class 11AA
Aberdeen Central — Week 1 (Pierre), Week 2 (at Tea Area), Week 3 (Sioux Falls Lincoln), Week 4 (Spearfish), Week 5 (at Sturgis), Week 6 (Mitchell), Week 7 (Huron), Week 8 (at Brookings) and Week 9 (at Watertown).
Watertown — Week 1 (at Sioux Falls Jefferson), Week 2 (Spearfish), Week 3 (at Sturgis), Week 4 (Pierre), Week 5 (at Douglas), Week 6 (at Yankton), Week 7 (Tea Area), Week 8 (at Mitchell) and Week 9 (Aberdeen Central).
Class 11A
Milbank — Week 1 (Lakota Tech), Week 2 (at Tri-Valley), Week 3 (Groton Area), Week 4 (Dell Rapids), Week 5 (at Vermillion), Week 6 (Sisseton), Week 7 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 8 (West Central) and Week 9 (at Madison).
2024 11-Man Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24549785-2024-11-man-schedule-final?responsive=1&title=1
Class 11B
Aberdeen Roncalli — Week 0 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (Deuel), Week 3 (Mobridge-Pollock), Week 4 (at Miller/Highmore-Harrold), Week 5 (Webster Area), Week 6 (at Groton Area), Week 7 (Milbank) and Week 8 (at Sisseton).
Clark-Willow Lake — Week 0 (Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (at Sisseton), Week 3 (Sioux Valley), Week 4 (at Parker), Week 5 (Groton Area), Week 6 (Deuel), Week 7 (at Mobridge-Pollock) and Week 8 (at Webster Area).
Deuel — Week 0 (Flandreau), Week 1 (Sisseton), Week 2 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 3 (Winner), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Groton Area), Week 6 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 7 (at Webster Area) and Week 8 (Mobridge-Pollock).
Groton Area — Week 1 (Mobridge-Pollock), Week 2 (at Webster Area), Week 3 (at Milbank), Week 4 (Deuel), Week 5 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 6 (Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 7 (at Sisseton) and Week 8 (Baltic).
Mobridge-Pollock — Week 0 (Lead-Deadwood), Week 1 (at Groton Area), Week 2 (at Miller/Highmore-Harrold), Week 3 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Belle Fourche), Week 7 (Webster Area), Week 8 (Clark-Willow Lake) and Week 9 (at Deuel).
Sioux Valley — Week 0 (St. Thomas More), Week 1 (Bye), Week 2 (Baltic), Week 3 (at Clark-Willow Lake), Week 4 (Sisseton), Week 5 (at Deuel), Week 6 (at Flandreau), Week 7 (at Beresford) and Week 8 (Elk Point-Jefferson).
Sisseton — Week 0 (Webster Area), Week 1 (at Deuel), Week 2 (Clark-Willow Lake), Week 3 (at Flandreau), Week 4 (at Sioux Valley), Week 5 (Bye); Week 6 (at Milbank), Week 7 (Groton Area) and Week 8 (Aberdeen Roncalli).
Webster Area — Week 0 (at Sisseton), Week 1 (McCook Central-Montrose), Week 2 (Groton Area), Week 3 (Woonsocket-Wessington Springs-Sanborn Central), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Aberdeen Roncalli), Week 6 (at Mobridge-Pollock), Week 7 (Deuel) and Week 8 (Clark-Willow Lake).
2024 Class 9AA Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550322-2024-class-9aa-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Class 9AA
Britton-Hecla — Week 0 (at Hamlin), Week 1 (Leola-Frederick Area), Week 2 (at Redfield), Week 3 (Florence-Henry), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 6 (Waubay-Summit), Week 7 (at Wilmot) and Week 8 (Waverly-South Shore).
De Smet — Week 0 (at Kimball-White Lake), Week 1 (Garretson), Week 2 (at Hanson), Week 3 (Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Florence-Henry), Week 6 (Hamlin), Week 7 (Great Plains Lutheran) and Week 8 (at Estelline-Hendricks).
Elkton-Lake Benton — Week 0 (Waubay-Summit), Week 1 (at Viborg-Hurley), Week 2 (Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy), Week 3 (at De Smet), Week 4 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Garretson), Week 7 (at Deubrook Area) and Week 8 (Hamlin).
Florence-Henry — Week 1 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 2 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 3 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 4 (at Hamlin), Week 5 (De Smet), Week 6 (at Wilmot), Week 7 (at Redfield) and Week 8 (Waubay-Summit).
Great Plains Lutheran — Week 0 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 1 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 2 (at Florence-Henry), Week 3 (Hamlin), Week 4 (at Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 5 (Britton-Hecla), Week 6 (Bye), Week 7 (at De Smet) and Week 8 (Wilmot).
Hamlin — Week 0 (Britton-Hecla), Week 1 (Hanson), Week 2 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 3 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 4 (Florence-Henry), Week 5 (Redfield), Week 6 (at De Smet), Week 7 (Bye), Week 8 (at Elkton-Lake Benton).
Leola-Frederick Area — Week 0 (Redfield), Week 1 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 2 (Stanley County), Week 3 (at North Central), Week 4 (Faulkton Area), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Northwestern), Week 7 (at Ipswich) and Week 8 (at Warner).
Redfield — Week 0 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 1 (Kimball-White Lake), Week 2 (Britton-Hecla), Week 3 (Stanley County), Week 4 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 5 (at Hamlin), Week 6 (at Warner), Week 7 (Florence-Henry) and Week 8 (Bye).
Waubay-Summit — Week 0 (at Elkton-Lake Benton), Week 1 (Great Plains Lutheran), Week 2 (Hamlin), Week 3 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 4 (Redfield), Week 5 (Wilmot), Week 6 (at Britton-Hecla), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Florence-Henry).
Class 9A
Castlewood — Week 0 (Warner), Week 1 (at Chester), Week 2 (at Wolsey-Wessington), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (Wilmot), Week 5 (Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 6 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 7 (Estelline-Hendricks) and Week 8 (at Deubrook Area).
Deubrook Area — Week 0 (at Centerville), Week 1 (Wolsey-Wessington), Week 2 (at Howard), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Chester), Week 5 (Waverly-South Shore), Week 6 (at Estelline-Hendricks), Week 7 (at Elkton-Lake Benton) and Week 8 (Castlewood).
Estelline-Hendricks — Week 0 (at Wolsey-Wessington), Week 1 (Howard), Week 2 (Chester), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 5 (at Colman-Egan), Week 6 (Deubrook Area), Week 7 (at Castlewood) and Week 8 (De Smet).
2024 Class 9A Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550321-2024-class-9a-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Ipswich — Week 0 (Timber Lake), Week 1 (at Faulkton Area), Week 2 (at Warner), Week 3 (Northwestern), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 6 (at Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 7 (Leola-Frederick Area) and Week 8 (North Central).
North Central — Week 0 (Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 1 (Dupree), Week 2 (at Timber Lake), Week 3 (Leola-Frederick Area), Week 4 (at Northwestern), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Faulkton Area), Week 7 (Warner) and Week 8 (at Ipswich).
Potter County — Week 0 (Harding County-Bison), Week 1 (Warner), Week 2 (at Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 3 (at Dupree), Week 4 (Sully Buttes), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 7 (Timber Lake) and Week 8 (at Stanley County).
Warner — Week 0 (at Castlewood), Week 1 (at Potter County), Week 2 (Ipswich), Week 3 (Faulkton Area), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (at Northwestern), Week 6 (Redfield), Week 7 (at North Central) and Week 8 (Leola-Federick Area).
Waverly-South Shore — Week 0 (at Great Plains Lutheran), Week 1 (at Florence-Henry), Week 2 (Wilmot), Week 3 (Waubay-Summit), Week 4 (Estelline-Hendricks), Week 5 (at Deubrook Area), Week 6 (Castlewood), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Britton-Hecla).
Class 9B
Arlington — Week 0 (at Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 1 (at Wilmot), Week 2 (Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 3 (at Sioux Falls Lutheran), Week 4 (Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 5 (Bye), Week 6 (Iroquois-Lake Prerston), Week 7 (at Colman-Egan) and Week 8 (Hitchcock-Tulare).
Faulkton Area — Week 1 (Ipswich), Week 2 (Herreid-Selby Area), Week 3 (at Warner), Week 4 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 5 (at Sully Buttes), Week 6 (North Central), Week 7 (at Hitchcock-Tulare) and Week 8 (Northwestern).
Herreid-Selby Area — Week 0 (Faith), Week 1 (Northwestern), Week 2 (at Faulkton Area), Week 3 (at Lemmon-McIntosh), Week 4 (at Timber Lake), Week 5 (Ipswich), Week 6 (Potter County), Week 7 (at Sully Buttes) and Week 8 (Bye).
Hitchcock-Tulare — Week 0 (Corsica-Stickney), Week 1 (at Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 2 (at Northwestern), Week 3 (at Sully Buttes), Week 4 (Bye), Week 5 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 6 (Ipswich), Week 7 (Faulkton Area) and Week 8 (at Arlington).
Iroquois-Lake Preston — Week 0 (at Wilmot), Week 1 (Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 2 (at Canistota), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 5 (Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 6 (at Arlington), Week 7 (at Oldham-Ramona-Rutland) and Week 8 (Colman-Egan).
2024 Class 9B Football Schedules: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24550320-2024-class-9b-schedule?responsive=1&title=1
Northwestern — Week 0 (Sully Buttes), Week 1 (at Herreid-Selby Area), Week 2 (Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 3 (at Ipswich), Week 4 (North Central), Week 5 (Warner), Week 6 (at Leola-Frederick Area), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (at Faulkton Area).
Oldham-Ramona-Rutland — Week 0 (at Dell Rapids St. Mary), Week 1 (Sunshine Bible Academy), Week 2 (Sioux Falls Lutheran), Week 3 (at Irene-Wakonda), Week 4 (at Arlington), Week 5 (at Castlewood), Week 6 (Colman-Egan), Week 7 (Iroquois-Lake Preston) and Week 8 (Bye).
Sunshine Bible Academy — Week 0 (Arlington), Week 1 (at Oldham-Ramona-Rutland), Week 2 (at Colome), Week 3 (Burke), Week 4 (at Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 5 (at Hitchcock-Tulare), Week 6 (Corsica-Stickney), Week 7 (Bye) and Week 8 (Sully Buttes).
Wilmot — Week 0 (Iroquois-Lake Preston), Week 1 (Arlington), Week 2 (at Waverly-South Shore), Week 3 (Bye), Week 4 (at Castlewood), Week 5 (at Waubay-Summit), Week 6 (Florence-Henry), Week 7 (Britton-Hecla) and Week 8 (at Great Plains Lutheran)
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Students at South Dakota Mines heard Wednesday from retired four-star general Maryanne Miller about her journey to the highest ranks of the U.S. military.
Miller is a retired four-star U.S. Air Force general. She is the only member of the Air Force Reserve ever to be promoted to this level.
She spoke about finding greatness and living a life of fulfillment. Her stories came from her time in the Air Force and as a volunteer for Saint Teresa of Calcutta’s Missionaries of Charity.
“We so much get focused on what is our next step in life, what’s the next career move, how do we make ourselves better in our career, and we forget about how do we make ourselves better as a human being,” Miller said. “Because they have to go tandem. If it’s not tandem, you’re going to get off track.”
Miller was commissioned in 1981 and rose through the ranks before becoming a four-star general in 2018. She was the only woman serving as a four-star officer in the military at the time. She retired in 2020 after serving for almost 40 years.
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South Dakota
USDA to offer distaster assistance to South Dakota agriculture producers impacted by winter storms
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering financial and technical assistance to South Dakota farmers and livestock producers who may have been impacted by the recent winter storms.
“I encourage impacted producers to contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure, and livestock losses and damages.” said Richard Fordyce, Production and Conservation Under Secretary.
FSA’s Emergency Conservation Program and Emergency Forest Restoration Program can assist landowners with financial assistance to restore damaged land and conservation structures or forests.
“Our staff will work one-on-one with landowners to make assessments of the damages and develop methods that focus on effective recovery of the land.” said Jessica Michalski, Acting NRCS State Conservationist in South Dakota.
For more information about the disaster assistance program, click here.
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South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, left, and Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen unveil a plaque for retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams in the Hall of Honor at the Capitol in Pierre on March 25, 2026. (Photo by Meghan O’Brien/South Dakota Searchlight)
PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) — There’s a new name in the South Dakota Hall of Honor at the state Capitol building.
One-hundred-year-old South Dakota native and retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams was celebrated at a Wednesday ceremony where a plaque honoring him was unveiled, although Williams did not attend.
“In spite of being outnumbered and facing incredible danger, Captain Williams engaged the enemy with courage and skill,” said Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. “Our state has always had a strong tradition of service, and Captain Williams is the very best of that tradition.”
President Donald Trump awarded Williams the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military honor, at the State of the Union address earlier this year. The medal honors actions by Williams that had been classified for decades.
“His story was secret for over 50 years, he didn’t even want to tell his wife, but the legend grew and grew,” Trump said during the speech in February. “But tonight, at 100 years old, this brave Navy captain is finally getting the recognition he deserves.”
On Nov. 18, 1952, over Korean coastal waters during the Korean War, then-Lt. Williams, from Wilmot, South Dakota, led three F9F Panthers against seven Soviet MiG-15s. He disabled three enemy jets and damaged a fourth.
The Soviet jets, according to the U.S. Naval Institute, were “superior to the F9F in almost every fashion.” The mission was the only direct overwater combat between U.S. Navy fighters and Soviet fighters during the Cold War.
Williams, one of 11 Medal of Honor recipients from South Dakota, now lives in California. The Hall of Honor at the South Dakota Capitol is located in the hallway that visitors enter immediately after going through security.
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