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ABOVE: Members of the Hot Springs Rattlers 12u baseball team stand at attention as the National Anthem is played while the American Legion honor guard presents the colors during opening ceremonies last Friday morning. RIGHT: After the game ball was delivered by Black HIlls Life Flight, Hot Springs Mayor Bob Nelson throws out the first pitch of the tournament. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

ABOVE: Members of the Hot Springs Rattlers 12u baseball team stand at attention as the National Anthem is played while the American Legion honor guard presents the colors during opening ceremonies last Friday morning. RIGHT: After the game ball was delivered by Black HIlls Life Flight, Hot Springs Mayor Bob Nelson throws out the first pitch of the tournament. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Rattlers place 5th in 12u VFW Class B State Baseball Tournament

News Staff
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Body Games played at Butler Park in Hot Springs HOT SPRINGS – Butler Park was home to a lot of baseball this past weekend as the 12u Hot Springs Rattlers hosted the South Dakota VFW Class B Charlie Division State Championship.
McCoy Rippentrop (second from left) and his dad Matt and younger brother Cole. On left is his Post 22 baseball coach Jace Caldwell.

McCoy Rippentrop (second from left) and his dad Matt and younger brother Cole. On left is his Post 22 baseball coach Jace Caldwell.

Three Hot Springs student-athletes sign letters of intent for college

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Three Hot Springs Bison high school senior student-athletes signed letters of intent to take their talents to the next level at college, during a ceremony held at Case Auditorium last Thursday, April 17.
Hot Springs’ Jim Tays, center, stands on the Hot Springs High School football field while surrounded by members of the 1974 state championship football team. On this night in 2016, Tays was not only inducted into the HSHS Athletics Hall of Fame but the school’s middle school gymnasium was also named in his honor as the school’s Tays Center. Photo by Brett Nachtigall

Hot Springs’ Jim Tays, center, stands on the Hot Springs High School football field while surrounded by members of the 1974 state championship football team. On this night in 2016, Tays was not only inducted into the HSHS Athletics Hall of Fame but the school’s middle school gymnasium was also named in his honor as the school’s Tays Center. Photo by Brett Nachtigall

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Tays to be inducted into South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame

News Staff
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Body SIOUX FALLS – The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting 23 sports legends later this year on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, and included in the ceremony will be former Hot Springs teacher, coach and athletics director Jim Tays.
Hot Springs sophomore Hunter Kunz, right, begins to set up a throw versus Ben Suther of Britton-Hecla. Kunz would win this match with a 1:40 pin. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs sophomore Hunter Kunz, right, begins to set up a throw versus Ben Suther of Britton-Hecla. Kunz would win this match with a 1:40 pin. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Kunz places fourth in B’s at 175#

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Body HOT SPRINGS – Five Hot Springs Bison boys wrestlers competed this past weekend at the S.D. Class “B” Championships in Rapid City where sophomore Hunter Kunz won a fourth place medal at 175 pounds after going 4-2 over the three days of competition.
With her coaches looking on from matside, Hot Springs junior Katie Snyder, top, gets control of Kenzie King of Canton in the consolation semifinals, which Snyder won with a 1:47 pin. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

With her coaches looking on from matside, Hot Springs junior Katie Snyder, top, gets control of Kenzie King of Canton in the consolation semifinals, which Snyder won with a 1:47 pin. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Hot Springs girls wrestling team places 9th in state

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Body RAPID CITY – All four of Hot Springs’ girls wrestlers who qualified for this past weekend’s three-day S.D.
Jesus Calderon and Jason Midgley lay out lines of play on Edgemont’s newly surfaced pickleball court Photo by Linda Baird/Fall River County Herald-Star

Jesus Calderon and Jason Midgley lay out lines of play on Edgemont’s newly surfaced pickleball court Photo by Linda Baird/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Edgemont’s new Pickleball courts begin to take shape

Linda Baird
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Body EDGEMONT – Local volunteers from the Hot Springs Pickleball Club took advantage of a perfect weather window on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 25-26, to put down surface materials on Edgemont’s new Pickleball courts next to the city park.
Hot Springs senior student-athlete Aidyn Janis competes last week in the Native American Basketball Invitational bracket championship game inside the Footprint Center, which is home to the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury professional basketball teams. Courtesy photo

Hot Springs senior student-athlete Aidyn Janis competes last week in the Native American Basketball Invitational bracket championship game inside the Footprint Center, which is home to the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury professional basketball teams. Courtesy photo

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Hot Springs senior invited to play in Native American Basketball Invitational

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Body PHOENIX, Ariz. – Hot Springs senior student-athlete Aidyn Janis recently returned home from a trip to Phoenix, Ariz., where he competed with Team Northern Thunder in the Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI).
Members of the Hot Springs Bison boys track team pose with their 4th place state plaque following this past weekend’s meet in Sioux Falls. Athletes pictured from left include Kayden Hansen, Luke Haertel, Hunter Kunz, Braden Peterson, Matt Close, Caleb Rickenbach and Lakoda Keller. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Members of the Hot Springs Bison boys track team pose with their 4th place state plaque following this past weekend’s meet in Sioux Falls. Athletes pictured from left include Kayden Hansen, Luke Haertel, Hunter Kunz, Braden Peterson, Matt Close, Caleb Rickenbach and Lakoda Keller. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Bison boys track team places 4th in S.D. State Class ‘A’

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Body SIOUX FALLS – The unprecedented multi-sport athletic success of Hot Springs’ Class of 2024 culminated this past weekend in Sioux Falls at Howard Wood Field as the Bison boys track team placed fourth overall in Class “A” with senior Braden Peterson leading the way with an MVP...
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