South Dakota
State Class AA, A and B tournament scheduled for May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen
Forty-eight South Dakota high school softball teams competed in SoDak 16 state-qualifying games on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Most of the games were on Wednesday after being postponed by rain on Tuesday.
The pairings have now been finalized for the state Class AA, A and B tournaments May 30-June 1 at Aberdeen.
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Class AA
SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln 15, No. 16 Spearfish 0; No. 9 Watertown 18, No. 8 Brookings 13 (8 innings); No. 2 Harrisburg 16, No. 15 Pierre 1; and No. 7 O’Gorman 8, No. 10 Mitchell 5.
No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson 11, No. 13 Yankton 0; No. 5 Brandon Valley 12, No. 12 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 0; No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington 15, No. 14 Aberdeen Central 0; and No. 6 Rapid City Stevens 14, No. 2 Sturgis 0.
State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Koehler Hall of Fame Field)
No. 1 Sioux Falls Lincoln (19-0) vs. No. 9 Watertown (11-9), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Sioux Falls Jefferson (15-5) vs. No. 5 Brandon Valley (13-5), 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 Harrisburg (18-2) vs. No. 7 O’Gorman (11-8, 3 p.m.
No. 3 Sioux Falls Washington (15-3) vs. No. 6 Rapid City Stevens (13-5), 5:30 p.m.
Class A
SoDak 16 Results — No. 1 West Central 11, No. 16 Winner Area 0; No. 2 Dell Rapids 16, No. 15 Lennox 1; No. 3 Tea Area 11, No. 14 Flandreau 1; and No. 4 Madison 15, No. 13 Parkston 0.
No. 5 Tri-Valley 15, No. 12 Sisseton; 0; No. 6 Beresford 6, No. 11 Mobridge-Pollock 2; No. 10 Elk Point-Jefferson 11, No. 7 Sioux Valley 7; and No. 8 Dakota Valley 8, No. 9 Vermillion 6.
State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field 3)
No. 1 West Central (20-0) vs. No. 8 Elk Point-Jefferson (9-9), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Madison (15-4) vs. No. 5 Tri-Valley (13-7), 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 Dell Rapids (12-2) vs. No. 7 Dakota Valley (10-10), 3 p.m.
No. 3 Tea Area (13-4) vs. No. 6 Beresford (15-9), 5:30 p.m.
Class B
SoDak 16 Results — No. 16 Elkton-Lake Benton 8, No. 1 Bon Homme 7; No. 2 Castlewood 14, No. 15 McCook Central-Montrose 4; No. 3 Alcester-Hudson 8, No. 14 Arlington 4; and No. 4 Chester 17, No. 13 Baltic 5.
No. 5 Gayville-Volin 11, No. 12 Mount Vernon-Plankinton 1; No. 6 Scotland-Menno 14, No. 11 Freeman-Marion/Freeman Academy 1; No. 7 Deuel 6, No. 10 Redfield 4; and No. 8 Florence-Henry 5, No. 9 Hanson 2.
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State Pairings (Thursday, May 30 at Players Softball Complex Field A)
No. 1 Castlewood (15-4) vs. No. 8 Elkton-Lake Benton (7-10), 10 a.m.
No. 4 Gayville-Volin (14-5) vs. No. 5 Scotland-Menno (12-4), 12:30 p;.m.
No. 2 Alcester-Hudson (18-6) vs. No. 7 Florence-Henry (11-2), 3 p.m.
No. 3 Chester (17-1) vs. No. 6 Deuel (14-5), 5:30 p.m.
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The South Dakota Highway Patrol is planning a series of sobriety checkpoints across the state throughout June.
Authorities say these checkpoints are designed to discourage drunk driving. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement.
Troopers are conducting the checkpoints in 14 counties total, including Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Butte, Codington, Day, Hanson, Hughes, Jackson, Jerauld, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pennington and Union counties.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The issue of potential Medicaid cuts has been at the forefront of many protests and discussions across the country and in Sioux Falls. Now, a newly formed coalition is looking to carry on that fight.
The coalition is called “Hands Off Medicaid” and they are looking to rally support to encourage senators in South Dakota and around the country to oppose the cuts in the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
The group estimates that if the cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill are passed then almost 27,000 South Dakotans could lose out on coverage entirely.
“This is a sharp reversal of an eighty-year trend to try and get families the health care that they need,” Earl Pomeroy, a former North Dakota congressman said.
Dr. Thomas Dean, a doctor with over 30 years of practice in family medicine, said it will hurt many mothers in the state.
“Medicaid is a major payer for prenatal and delivery and post-partum care and that’s a major concern, especially in rural areas but across the country,” Dr. Dean said.
Without Medicaid, Dr. Dean said medical care for the pregnancy journey is tough to support.
“OB care typically is a money loser for hospitals, especially for small rural hospitals that are already financially stressed and if we lose Medicaid coverage it will make that problem worse,” Dr. Dean explained.
Nearly 150,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in Medicaid with 42% of enrollments being pregnant and postpartum women.
“Often those adults aren’t eligible for Medicaid until they have a dependent which makes their dependent eligible. When babies are born, that is often the first time people are able to receive Medicaid and we’re grateful that kids born into Medicaid have the access to the services that they need,” Dr. Dean said.
The Big Beautiful Bill narrowly passed the Congressional House and is now waiting on a vote in the Senate.
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