South Dakota
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Feb. 3
South Dakota high school basketball scores for Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024:
Beresford 52, Alcester-Hudson 51
Brandon Valley 55, Rapid City Stevens 49
Custer 62, Belle Fourche 38
Flandreau 54, Elkton-Lake Benton 38
Freeman 65, Bon Homme 33
Freeman Academy/Marion 63, Flandreau Indian 14
Great Plains Lutheran 54, Arlington 45
Hanson 57, Parker 37
Huron 65, Sturgis 60
James Valley Christian 66, Estelline/Hendricks 52
Lakota Tech 92, Hill City 80
Miller 61, Platte-Geddes 59
Mitchell 59, Spearfish 45
Pine Ridge 65, Crow Creek 53
Rapid City Christian 79, Alliance (Neb.) 49
Red Cloud 78, Lead-Deadwood 66
Sioux Falls Christian 61, Sioux Falls Lincoln 53
Sioux Falls Jefferson 65, Tea Area 52
Sioux Falls O’Gorman 60, Rapid City Central 38
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 56, Marshall (Minn.) 38
Wagner 62, Irene-Wakonda 27
Waverly-South Shore 44, Warner 40
Waubay/Summit 63, Northwestern 39
Wessington Springs 65, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 53
Wilmot 58, Langford Area 28
Winner 64, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 46
Wolsey-Wessington 74, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 35
Highmore Action Club Classic
Burke 57, Herreid/Selby Area 56
Leola/Frederick Area 64, Jones County 52
North Central 57, Lyman 50 (OT)
Philip 64, Highmore-Harrold 57
Little Moreau Conference Tournament
Championship
Faith 75, Lemmon 58
Third place
Timber Lake 67, Harding County 56
Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic
Aberdeen Christian 50, McLaughlin 35
De Smet 50, Sioux Valley 44 (OT)
Lennox 55, Viborg-Hurley 39
St. Thomas More 63, Lennox 50
Sioux City East (Iowa) 77, Western Christian (Iowa) 55
Arlington 69, Great Plains Lutheran 45
Belle Fourche 54, Custer 34
Brandon Valley 51, Rapid City Stevens 38
Crow Creek 64, Pine Ridge 32
Dell Rapids St. Mary 61, Elkton-Lake Benton 47
Huron 60, Sturgis 54
James Valley Christian 49, Estelline/Hendricks 36
Marshall (Minn.) 65, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 42
Miller 51, Platte-Geddes 32
Mitchell 52, Spearfish 43
Rapid City Christian 40, Alliance (Neb.) 30
Sioux Falls O’Gorman 67, Rapid City Central 55
Red Cloud 94, Lead-Deadwood 25
Wagner 67, Irene-Wakonda 28
Wakpala 71, Oelrichs 30
Warner 58, Waverly-South Shore 15
Wilmot 47, Langford Area 45
Winner 71, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 18
White River 52, New Underwood 21
Dakota XII/Northeast Conference Clash
Canton 56, Deuel 30
Clark/Willow Lake 46, Dell Rapids 32
Dakota Valley 53, Milbank 31
Elk Point-Jefferson 44, Groton Area 23
Lennox 45, Hamlin 37
Madison 61, Tiospa Zina 49
Sioux Falls Christian 70, Sisseton 62
Tea Area 79, Parkston 60
Tri-Valley 49, Redfield 26
Vermillion 75, Aberdeen Roncalli 41
West Central 66, Webster Area 23
Highmore Action Club Classic
Highmore-Harrold 64, Lower Brule 41
Jones County 43, North Central 27
Leola/Frederick Area 49, Philip 41
Lyman 42, Herreid/Selby Area 25
Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic
St. Thomas More 48, Worthington (Minn.) 16
Spirit Lake (Iowa) 49, Moorhead (Minn.) 48
South Dakota
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.
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.
News
Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss
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.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The South Dakota Community Foundation is encouraging nonprofits to apply for funding this June.
Beth Massa and Ginger Niemann joined us live with what you need to know before applying.
Watch the full interview above.
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