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Spent time with former
#Badgers
walk-on Walt McGrory in Minneapolis, days removed from an amputation of his left leg where a pediatric bone cancer formed August 2021.
He thought he'd beat it quick. But 20 months later, he's still fighting.
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A South Dakota student shoots a half court shot for $10,000, and absolutely drains it.
@ArgusSports
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South Dakota guard Chloe Lamb and South Dakota forward Hannah Sjerven have declared themselves eligible for the 2022 WNBA Draft. The Coyotes’ two best players are looking to go pro.
@ArgusSports
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Both Harrisburg and Lincoln’s student sections wore purple tonight to honor Harrisburg student Alex Kummer, who died last week.
@argusleader
@ArgusSports
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And in one of the coolest traditions in South Dakota high school football, Dell Rapids senior running back Adam North scores the last touchdown of the 11A season.
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Hamlin’s Gracelyn Leiseth, with a throw of 52-06.75, just set a South Dakota state and state meet record in the girls Class A shot put. Oh, and her throw was the best throw in the country this year. The country.
@ArgusSports
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Hey everyone, I have some news. I've accepted a job with
@WiStateJournal
,
@madisondotcom
and
@BadgerExtra
covering University of Wisconsin men's basketball. My last day at the Argus Leader is Feb. 25.
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USD and Houston gather on the Coyotes side of the floor for a prayer.
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SU head coach Quentin Hillsman after the game:
"Firstly, the most important thing, where's our football team going?"
"Orlando," the room answered.
"When?"
"December 28th."
"The 28th practice is canceled."
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Just texted
#Badgers
2024 point guard signee Daniel Freitag about the Chucky Hepburn to the transfer portal news.
His response: "A lot of opportunity is in the air"
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USD guard Chloe Lamb on
@GoJacksWBB
fans supporting
@SDCoyotesWBB
: "I hope so... I come from a community that kind of bleeds blue at home. I know they are supporting me... I think seeing a South Dakota school doing well, you know, it's hard not to cheer for that."
@ArgusSports
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Hannah Sjerven and
@minnesotalynx
played their final preseason game Sunday, beating the Las Vegas Aces 89-86. Sjerven scored eight points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out an assist in 13 minutes. It was Sjerven’s first game at the Target Center as a pro.
@ArgusSports
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Some career news: I’m joining
@ArgusLeader
as a sports reporter covering
#SDPreps
statewide and University of South Dakota athletics. I start August 2. I’ve imagined my life in A LOT of cities over the past two months. Sioux Falls just felt right. I can’t wait to get out there.
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I mean, seriously. This is a home game for the Coyotes.
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South Dakota Board of Regents unanimously approved an expanded alcohol sales policy Thursday, allowing South Dakota public universities "extend the sale of alcoholic beverages into general admission areas of performing arts and athletic events." Into effect 2022-23 school year.
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There’s a “let’s go Coyotes” chant breaking out at the bar in the lobby of my hotel.
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After a 26-year career leading South Dakota State through the start of the Division I era and, most recently, to the top of FCS football, SDSU football head coach John Stiegelmeier will retire, according to multiple reports.
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I’m pretty sure I’ve only seen South Dakota fans since I’ve been in Wichita.
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Baylor head coach Nicki Collen on South Dakota guard Chloe Lamb: “She’s got to be in the WNBA Draft. There’s no doubt it my mind… I think she’s got a chance to be pretty special.”
@ArgusSports
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Sioux Falls Jefferson runs onto the field for the first football game in their team’s history.
@ArgusSports
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There is an extremely small amount of USD fans here. That's not a knock on Coyotes fans at all, it's an acknowledgement that the Summit League's mirror scheduling (whether you put the games five hours apart or not) completely detracts from the environment of these games. Stupid.
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Marquette coach Shaka Smart said Max Klesmit reminded him of former
#Badgers
guard Brad Davison Saturday.
"It was like deja vu"
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Herreid/Selby Area running back Brenden Begeman came into Thursday's state final against Hitchcock-Tulare 188 yards short of the South Dakota all-time record for career rushing yards. And Thursday, he had 189.
Begeman has run for more yards than anyone in South Dakota history.
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Chloe Lamb and Liv Korngable embrace at the final buzzer. Two of the super seniors who came back for this.
@ArgusSports
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I'll tell you what: I'm never picking against
@EpjFootball
again 😂
Good game,
@BenSwatek_27
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USD head coach Bob Nielson asked by
@CarterWoodiel
about his parents attending today's game, and Nielson held back tears.
"When you're in your upper-80s and you get to go to a college football game, that's a pretty special deal. And, obviously, pretty special for their son."
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West Central quarterback Justin Zirpel knelt down at midfield after the game. Gave everything in this one after a great career with the Trojans in a few different spots. A ton of respect from a lot of people in the state for No. 6.
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O’Gorman’s Bergen Reilly wins MVP of the tournament as Team USA U19 wins the Pan Am games. Pretty incredible honor playing with maybe the best high school volleyball players in the country.
@ArgusSports
Congrats to Bergen Reilly and Team USA on winning the Pan Am games! Bergen was named the MVP and the Best Setter of the tournament! Way to work!!
#kairosfam
#usavolleyball
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Recently-retired South Dakota State head coach John Stiegelmeier, who finished his career with 199 wins, on Jimmy Rogers being introduced as his successor: "I want (to be at) 200. I count this as a win for me."
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We've heard a lot about the London Lions recently — former
#Badgers
stars Sam Dekker and Jordan Taylor leading them to a title. But what about the guy who built it all?
He's a UW alum, too. And he's also one of the basketball world's rising stars.
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Final: South Dakota 75, Ole Miss 61
The Coyotes have won their first NCAA Tournament game in program history. They move on to the Round of 32.
@ArgusSports
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Cool thing: Throughout the NCAA Tournament,
@SDCoyotesWBB
ran as the A1 centerpiece in
@argusleader
four times, and was the sports centerpiece several more times. I'm grateful to have been a part of
@ArgusSports
' coverage of this run.
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Sioux Falls Washington upsets Jefferson 39-38 to hand the No. 1 Cavaliers their first loss of the season. Incredible week for
@WHSBoysBask
, which upset No. 5 Roosevelt last night.
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Each year, the Argus Leader seeks intel from coaches around the state in order to determine the 45 most outstanding players in South Dakota, regardless of the class. This is a culmination of that project.
Here it is:
@ArgusSports
' 2022 Elite 45 Team
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South Dakota women’s basketball alum Liv Korngable in the house to unveil USD’s 2022 Sweet 16 banner.
@ArgusSports
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Boston University punches its NCAA Tournamet ticket.
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Dawn Plitzuweit says a few words.
“You know, we’ve always called our team ‘special.’ But now I think we need to call our team ‘Sweet.’”
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USD fans right behind the Coyotes bench today. Another good showing.
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Kayla Karius will be the next head coach of
@SDCoyotesWBB
. Karius (then Tetschlag) spent two seasons as an assistant under former USD head coach Dawn Plitzuweit. Big part of recruiting effort that brought in Chloe Lamb, Liv Korngable and more. Great hire.
@ArgusSports
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Part of Virginia coach Tony Bennett's explanation on the added athleticism coming from Wisconsin's guards on the wings: "The freshman's going to be really good."
I think you know who he's talking about.
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He did it. Rapid City Stevens’ Simeon Birnbaum runs a sub 4-minute mile. He’s the 17th high school runner to do it. Ever.
@ArgusSports
Stevens' Simeon Birnbaum ran a sub 4-minute mile at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle today, winning the event in 3:59.51 🔥🔥
This kid just gets faster and faster
#sdpreps
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From yesterday: O'Gorman standout and soon-to-be
@Huskervball
player Bergen Reilly had 27 assists at the Under Armour All America Volleyball game last night. Was named
@ArgusSports
' Super Six Player of the Year for the third year in a row in December.
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Awesome moment: After the final whistle, senior running back Adam North rushes for a touchdown and is swarmed by his teammates. Dell Rapids head coach Jordan Huska said they’ve given North the ball after every home game for the last few years. What a way to end senior night.
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It's too fresh for South Dakota to feel it, but the crowd after the game made their cheers heard: This run was magical.
On what continues the night it ended.
@ArgusSports
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Garretson football coach Chris Long mentioned it as a joke, as first.
"You got any kickers for me?" he asked girls soccer coach Amber Williamson. Williamson did. And Friday, Jenna VanHolland was the Blue Dragons' overtime hero.
#sdpreps
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South Dakota Athletic Director David Herbster comes to the postgame podium first, announcing that the Coyotes will extend USD head coach Bob Nielson’s contract and he will remain South Dakota’s head coach for the “foreseeable future.”
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South Dakota’s Hail Mary was named Smooth Play of the Year. Shaq made the announcement. Carson Camp and Jeremiah Webb just gave a speech in front of some of the best athletes in the world. Cool moment for
@SDCoyotesFB
.
A reminder: Coyotes’ Hail Mary vs. SDSU up for Smooth Play of the Year at The Sports Illustrated Awards, which begin at 7 p.m.
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Jim Boeheim was asked about Elijah Hughes continuing to dominate, yet still not getting much conference awards consideration. He had some thoughts.
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Checked in on
@SDCoyotes
basketball coaches this week. More on that in the coming days. But some news:
@SDCoyotesMBB
point guard AJ Plitzuweit is fully cleared, per head coach Eric Peterson. Team maintaining own pace bringing Plitzuweit along, but a promising sign.
@ArgusSports
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Chris Streveler is a better quarterback than Zach Wilson. Okay, back to furlough.
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Joe Robbie Most Valuable Player: Jack Henry
Huge game for the Dell Rapids quarterback.
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The entire
#Badgers
men's basketball team just walked along the baseline and out of the tunnel again. Wisconsin coach Greg Gard stuck back to watch as Knueppel started the round off with 22, the most so far in the contest.
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Former Dakota Valley guard and this past season’s Summit League Freshman of the Year Paul Bruns has committed to USD. Played at North Dakota last year.
@ArgusSports
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Final: South Dakota 61, Baylor 47
South Dakota talked all season about winning one, and joked all week about never thinking past that. But my oh my, this Cinderella is still going. The Coyotes are headed to the Sweet 16.
@ArgusSports
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Dawn Plitzuweit, who joked earlier that she doesn't even know what the next few days are supposed to be like after her first NCAA Tournament win, was told "see you tomorrow" by the moderator at the press conference.
Plitzuweit: "We do this again tomorrow? See? Didn't know that.
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Sioux Falls Jefferson wins the Class AA boys 4x800-meter relay, the first state track and field meet event win for the Cavaliers in program history.
@ArgusSports
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News: Blake Bradfield is the new head coach of Roosevelt girls basketball. Bradfield started his coaching career under Knights boys basketball coach Derek Robey at O'Gorman and spent the last six years at Lincoln. Also has spent seven years with South Dakota Attack.
@ArgusSports
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Hamlin’s Gracelyn Leiseth has set a state and Howard Wood meet record with a throw of 48-11 in the girls shot put.
@ArgusSports
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Tried my best to put into words the life of Mason Jacobson, with help from a beautiful photo captured by
@JonKlemme
.
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Awful, awful news: Mason Jacobson, a member of Harrisburg’s 2022 graduating class and a former football offensive lineman, died Monday. Jacobson was set to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato in the fall.
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Hannah Sjerven's parents said it before she entered the WNBA Draft: "What if you get drafted by the Lynx?"
No way, the Rogers, Minnesota native thought. Sjerven thought the Lynx were too good. On a "dream come true" for the
@SDCoyotesWBB
alum.
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South Dakota women’s basketball will play No. 3 Michigan in the Sweet 16 Saturday.
@ArgusSports
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Just got off the phone with Elijah Hughes. He has submitted paperwork to enroll in the NCAA’s Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Hughes is now allowed to sign with an agent, go through part of the draft process and still return to school, if he wants. Full Q&A tomorrow
@DOsports
.
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Legacy is a difficult thing to describe, especially within an hour of a season-ending loss. But two weeks ago, no one had seen this level of success from
@SDCoyotesWBB
. Now that they have, you can credit this team for when another USD team surpasses it.
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Took me a couple tries to walk out of that gym. And only part of that was because I forgot where I parked.
If the last two nights were the final two high school games I cover for a while, what a way to go out. Sioux Falls always delivers. This place is so special ❤️
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That’s the end of my second full season covering South Dakota high school football. An absolutely insane sentence to type.
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Saw Sioux Falls Christian senior forward Kylah vanDonkersgoed comforting a junior teammate in tears after the game, giving her a hug and pulling her in close for words of encouragement. Negative outcomes are tough, but what a great moment of senior leadership. Bravo,
@sfchoops
.
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O’Gorman’s Alea Hardie sets her third meet record of the weekend, this time in the 1600 meter. 4:45.33 is the new time to beat. Hardie owns it, along with a whole bunch of other records. Maybe the best prep distance runner in state history.
@ArgusSports
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Press box view of Wolfpack quarterback Ryan Finley's interception that sealed SU's win over NC State and, for Syracuse, a place in the top-25.
@DOsports
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South Dakota never talked about this. The words "Sweet 16" never were spoken publically. It set a goal at the beginning of the year for one tournament win, and now this.
On the night that taught
@SDCoyotesWBB
it could beat anyone.
@ArgusSports
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Longtime assistant coach and current defensive coordinator Jimmy Rogers will succeed Stiegelmeier as South Dakota State's head coach, SDSU Director of Athletics Justin Sell announced in a press release Thursday.
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South Dakota men’s basketball guard and leading scorer Kruz Perrott-Hunt will return to the Coyotes after entering the transfer portal last month. Enormous for the Coyotes and new head coach Eric Peterson, who brought back fellow-starter Mason Archambault, too.
@ArgusSports
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If you were wondering how former O’Gorman distance-running standout Alea Hardie is doing at Nebraska…
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South Dakota men's basketball head coach Eric Peterson "suffered multiple injuries resulting from a fall Wednesday night" in his home, USD Athletics said in a release. The injuries are not life-threatening, the release noted. He will not coach Saturday vs. UC Irvine.
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Juhnke gets put on a stretcher and rolled off. Sitting up and high-fiving her teammates as she passes the USD bench, but I don't know how you continue a game after that. Heartbreaking.
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I mean, the kid can play.
#sdpreps
Take a look at
@kalen_garry
35 point night against an excellent team
@DCCHoops
at the
@hoophallclassic
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Utah assistant coach Eric Peterson was named the next head coach of
@SDCoyotesMBB
. Peterson was an assistant at USD from 2014-2018 under former Coyotes head coach Craig Smith, who’s now Utah’s head coach.
@ArgusSports
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Big news for the Coyotes. This was always a possibility for those who entered the transfer portal, and now USD gets back one its breakout stars from a season ago.
@ArgusSports
Proud to announce that I will be returning to South Dakota for my 5th year!🙏🏼
Run it back!
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South Dakota players let the emotions out after the game. Everyone on the team in tears, lots of hugs all around. Heavy inside the stadium right now.
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Iowa State transfer quarterback Aidan Bouman chooses the Coyotes. A former 2020 four-star recruit.
@ArgusSports
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Lincoln student nails field goal to win one free trip to Chick-fil-a every week for the next year.
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Everything Lincoln Kienholz has ever done, he's made look easy. But the climb to South Dakota's best-ever football talent was difficult. If not for those around him, he might not be playing the sport at all.
@ArgusSports
Elite 45 captain: Lincoln Kienholz
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Oh my. Jefferson stuns Washington in the first round. The Cavaliers pull off the massive upset in their first-ever state tournament. All three classes producing an unbelievable state tournament so far.
Final: No. 8 Jefferson shocks No. 1 Washington 47-43.
Here's the celebration.
Cierra Watkins had 16 points, while both Aliyah McGovern-Harrington and Jaidyn Dunn had 12.
#sdpreps
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Pierre quarterback Lincoln Kienholz became South Dakota's all-time passing leader Friday. He set the mark early in a 223-yard, three-touchdown game against Huron. His 7,810 passing yards passes former Brandon Valley quarterback Austin Sumner (7,629 yards).
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North Dakota State head coach David Richman with a heartfelt message to his team.
“This is hard. But it’s okay that it’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard when you pour this much into it.”
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In Sunday's
@argusleader
: In a career of triumphs,
@CSJAGUARS
' Avery Broughton's last two years have been stunted by an "unfair" run of injuries. Yet somewhere within her two ACL recoveries, she realized she doesn't always have to "keep a brave face."
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Final: South Dakota State 118, South Dakota 59
The Jackrabbits absolutely dominate. One off the single-game points record.
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This was ridiculous.
College volleyball should have like 50 million TV viewers.
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South Dakota football names SDSU passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach Josh Davis the program's next offensive coordinator. Davis, a former Jackrabbits standout receiver, has previous coach as an offensive coordinator at Northwestern College.
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This video may not do it justice, but those top five rows are almost entirely filled. And almost all of them look to be Coyotes fans. The game hasn’t even started yet.
@ArgusSports
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