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High School Basketball: Central girls thriving from long range

Vance Janak Journal staff

Rapid City Central girls basketball coach Kraig Blomme doesn’t want his Cobblers to live and die by the 3-point shot.

Feb 08, 2012 | 9:05 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Cavalier boys power past region rival Red Cloud

Ken Jones Journal correspondent

Coming off a weekend victory against Class AA Sioux Falls Washington, St. Thomas More was charged with refocusing on its Class A conference competition. Red Cloud’s boys made sure they fully captured the Cavaliers’ attention.

Feb 07, 2012 | 11:10 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Unbeaten Oelrichs runs through Class AA Pats

Jim Holland Journal staff

BOX ELDER — The Oelrichs Tigers just keep on rolling.

Feb 07, 2012 | 11:08 pm | (0) Comments

Varsity Scoreboard: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Jouranl staff

Tuesday's Rush Box Score

Feb 07, 2012 | 11:03 pm | (0) Comments

Area Sports Roundup: Stevens wrestlers beat Broncs in home finale

Journal staff

Rapid City Stevens controlled the middling and heavier weights to earn a 51-26 dual win over Belle Fourche in the Raiders’ final home match of the season on Tuesday night at Carold Heier Gymnasium.

Feb 07, 2012 | 9:48 pm | (0) Comments

DUFFY: The little guy is certainly not helpless

Padraic Duffy Journal staff

Class warfare.

Feb 06, 2012 | 10:04 pm | (1) Comments

High School Gymnastics: Cobblers quickly turn attention to state meet

Ken Jones Journal correspondent

What is perhaps Rapid City’s best winter high school sports team may just be its least watched.

Feb 05, 2012 | 9:09 pm | (0) Comments

High School Wrestling: Defending state champions wrestling best at right time

Jeff Budlong Journal staff

It is getting close to crunch time in the high school wrestling season and don’t look now, but a familiar face is starting to turn it on at just the right time.

Feb 05, 2012 | 9:12 pm | (0) Comments

BUDLONG: Script is flipped but fix is same

Jeff Budlong Journal staff

With four wrestling mats sprawled across the floor in Howard Naasz Gymnasium it seemed only natural that the conversation would turn to football.

Feb 05, 2012 | 8:47 pm | (1) Comments

Wrestling Notebook: Sturgis' Engbrecht reaches 100 career pins

Jeff Budlong Journal staff

Morgan Engbrecht just keeps piling up impressive numbers.

Feb 04, 2012 | 11:39 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Top-ranked Kernels storm past Spartans

Jim Holland Journal staff

SPEARFISH — Mitchell’s defense was up to the task against pesky Spearfish even when the Kernels were hesitant under their own basket.

Feb 04, 2012 | 11:33 pm | (0) Comments

High School Roundup: Cavaliers topple Class AA Warriors

Journal staff

St. Thomas More bumped up a class in competition and downed Sioux Falls Washington 55-43 at the Dakota Schooler Border Classic on Saturday.

Feb 04, 2012 | 11:36 pm | (0) Comments

High School Gymnastics: Central wins third consecutive GDC crown

Ken Jones Journal correspondent

Check off defending its Greater Dakota Conference championship from the list of goals for the Rapid City Central gymnastics team. Now only one item remains: a state championship.

Feb 04, 2012 | 9:30 pm | (2) Comments

High School Wrestling: West River dominates again at GDC duals

Jeff Budlong Journal staff

The story has been told numerous times on both sides of the river in South Dakota. One side has a decided advantage over the other to the point it almost doesn’t seem fair.

Feb 04, 2012 | 8:30 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: No. 1 Kernels too much for Scoopers to handle

Danny Lawhon Journal staff

STURGIS — The Mitchell girls have been tough enough to beat when opposing Class AA rosters are stocked to the gills with experience. A Sturgis lineup without a single senior, therefore, was likely to be looking upward from Friday night’s opening tip.

Feb 03, 2012 | 11:49 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Last-second shot sinks Cavs

Jim Holland Journal staff

The last 11 seconds wasn’t what Chadron (Neb.) coach Curt Holmquist had planned, but his Lady Cardinals will take the result in their showdown with St. Thomas More.

Feb 03, 2012 | 11:44 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Cavaliers blow past Cardinals for victory

Ken Jones Journal correspondent

The hospitality shown to the visitors did not last very long.

Feb 03, 2012 | 11:42 pm | (0) Comments

High School Roundup: New Underwood's late rally upends Philip boys

Journal staff

The New Underwood boys went on a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter to earn a 50-49 come-from-behind win Friday over Philip.

Feb 03, 2012 | 11:35 pm | (0) Comments

High School Basketball: Central’s zone defense slows Raiders in rivalry game

Padraic Duffy Journal staff

An unfamiliar defensive look from Rapid City Central and a familiar face to Rapid City Stevens sparked the Cobblers to a 55-42 win in a Greater Dakota Conference boys basketball game at Carold Heier Gymnasium on Friday night.

Feb 03, 2012 | 11:36 pm | (0) Comments