RAPID CITY - Kevin Ingle, of Huron, and Rapid City drivers Eric Mass and Jess Beckett picked up feature wins late Friday night at Black Hills Speedway.
Ingle won the 360 Sprint division feature, outrunning Matt Heinzerling and Beckett, aboard Bruce Hildebrand's No. 0x machine.
Beckett jumped into his No. 3ss Wissota Modified and headed Bernie Fischer of Colstrip, Mont., in that division's finale.
Virgil Randall of Rosebud won the modified class heat race, but hit a concrete retaining wall on the final lap of the feature and didn't finish.
Mass won the Wissota Late Model feature ahead of heat winner John Bey of Sturgis.
Other main event winners, racing on BHS' rebuilt half-mile oval for the first time since 2001, were Tim Red Leaf, of Rapid City (BHS Stock Car), Mike Kress of Rapid City (Wissota Midwest Modified), and John Lefler of Rapid City (Wissota Super Stock).
Powerlifting Open will showcase record holders
SPEARFISH - The West River Power Lifting Team is hosting its second annual Power Lifting and Bench Press Meet on June 21 at the Spearfish Holiday Inn. Lifting begins at 9 a.m. and will last until 3 p.m.
Men, women and teens will be competing in three power lifts, squat, bench press and dead lift.
The public is invited to come out to the event and support local favorites Brent Steinbach, Cory Neuharth, Justin Franks, Dr. Deb Kullerd and Janeen Canfield, who will be defending their state records and hoping to set new records.
State records are based upon weight class and age.
For more information about the event, call Dr. Deborah Kullerd at 605-645-2185.
Yellow Jacket assistant football coach moves on
SPEARFISH - Ryan Gatch, linebackers coach and special teams coordinator this past season at Black Hills State, has accepted a coaching position at Northern State University effective July 1.
Gatch will assume the duties of defensive line coach for the Wolves, a Division II team in the Northern Sun Conference. Gatch had been with the Yellow Jackets for one season and helped the defense earn the No. 1-ranking in the Dakota Athletic Conference.
"Ryan did a great job for us this past season and felt this opportunity to move into the NCAA II ranks was a professional growth opportunity that he couldn't pass on at this stage in his career. Our intent is to have a coach on board by mid-July," BHSU head coach John Scott said. "I feel we have a lot to offer here and will have a strong pool of candidates. Our criteria will be the same as finding a player. We will need an energy and effort guy who sees BHSU as a good fit and that can help continue the success we have had to this point."
Gatch also spent two seasons at Minot State and a year with Montana State University-Northern. He was a graduate assistant at Chadron State College from 2002 to 2003. Gatch played collegiate football at Dickinson State.
