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Hot Springs sophomore Braden Yeager rolls a ball towards the pins at the Winner’s Circle recently, in preparation for his upcoming trip to the juniors national tournament in Detroit this summer. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs sophomore Braden Yeager rolls a ball towards the pins at the Winner’s Circle recently, in preparation for his upcoming trip to the juniors national tournament in Detroit this summer. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Local teen qualifies for second straight trip to national bowling championship

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS – This year has seen a high number Hot Springs student-athletes achieve high honors on a statewide level in several different sports.
Tavian Urban, center, pushes her limits to set a personal record in the 100-meter hurdles of the Panhandle Conference track meet last week. Photo by Sam Miller

Tavian Urban, center, pushes her limits to set a personal record in the 100-meter hurdles of the Panhandle Conference track meet last week. Photo by Sam Miller

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Moguls run with tornado at Panhandle Conference Track Meet

Jj Ostenson
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Body MORRILL, NEB. – Edgemont once again had another track meet, this time at the Panhandle Conference Track Meet in Morrill, Neb., on Friday, April 26.

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Golf season gets underway in Belle

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Body BELLE FOURCHE – The Hot Springs Lady Bison golfers took part in a triangular in Belle Fourche on Thursday, April 11, where Custer took the team title with a four-person nine-hole score of 210 followed by the host Broncs in second place with a 257.
Edgemont junior Hadley Hollenbeck gets set to launch the shot put during last week’s Track-O-Rama. She is currently ranked sixth in the state’s Class “B” standings after throwing a PR last week and placing sixth overall at the meet. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Edgemont junior Hadley Hollenbeck gets set to launch the shot put during last week’s Track-O-Rama. She is currently ranked sixth in the state’s Class “B” standings after throwing a PR last week and placing sixth overall at the meet. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Many Moguls show improvement at pair of meets last week

Jj Ostenson
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Body EDGEMONT – Edgemont had a busy week in the track world last week, having two track meets where lots of the student athletes were able to improve against some tough competitions as well as gain some times in events they haven’t run this year yet.
Hot Springs senior Maggie Preuss makes the turn during the 200-meters of the Rapid City Track-O-Rama last Friday, April 12. She PR’d in this event with a time of 28.54 which placed her 28th overall. Preuss was also part of the 4x400m relay which placed second with a 4:15.58. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs senior Maggie Preuss makes the turn during the 200-meters of the Rapid City Track-O-Rama last Friday, April 12. She PR’d in this event with a time of 28.54 which placed her 28th overall. Preuss was also part of the 4x400m relay which placed second with a 4:15.58. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Peterson, DeBoer standout at Track-O-Rama in Rapid

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Body RAPID CITY – With more than two dozen track and field teams from South Dakota, Wyoming and North Dakota, the Hot Springs Bison faced a lot of tough competition last Friday, April 12 at the Track-ORama in Rapid City.
Hot Springs senior Carlie DeBoer pushes around the track during the 4x200m relay at last Friday’s Queen City Classic in Spearfish on the campus of Black Hills State University. Photo by Tim Potts

Hot Springs senior Carlie DeBoer pushes around the track during the 4x200m relay at last Friday’s Queen City Classic in Spearfish on the campus of Black Hills State University. Photo by Tim Potts

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Total of 11 PRs set by Bison tracksters at Spearfish meet

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Body SPEARFISH – Versus more than 30 teams from a threestate region, the Hot Springs Bison boys and girls track & field teams competed in the Queen City Classic last Friday, April 4, on the campus of Black Hills State University.
Hot Springs senior Blake Hanes hurls a ball towards home plate while a Douglas runner takes a lead off of second base during a game played at Butler Park last Friday, April 5. Hanes earned the win in the game after pitching five innings and earning four strike outs. He was also 3-for-3 batting in the game with one RBI. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs senior Blake Hanes hurls a ball towards home plate while a Douglas runner takes a lead off of second base during a game played at Butler Park last Friday, April 5. Hanes earned the win in the game after pitching five innings and earning four strike outs. He was also 3-for-3 batting in the game with one RBI. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

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Baseball team earns 7-5 win over Douglas at Butler Park

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Body HOT SPRINGS – The Hot Springs Bison baseball team picked up its first win of the season last Friday, April 5, at home versus the Douglas Patriots when they earned a 6 1/2 inning victory by a score of 7-5, thanks to a big five-run third inning for the hometown boys.
After missing most of last season due to injury, Hot Springs senior speedster Braden Peterson breaks the finish line of the 100-meters to win the event in his first meet of the 2024 season. His time of 10.94 was also a new personal-record. The current school record in the 100-meters is 10.71, which was set by Joe Beehler in 2004. Photos by Tim Potts/Black Hills Pioneer

After missing most of last season due to injury, Hot Springs senior speedster Braden Peterson breaks the finish line of the 100-meters to win the event in his first meet of the 2024 season. His time of 10.94 was also a new personal-record. The current school record in the 100-meters is 10.71, which was set by Joe Beehler in 2004. Photos by Tim Potts/Black Hills Pioneer

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Bison thinclads compete in first meet of the season

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Body STURGIS – The Hot Springs Bison track and field teams saw their first action of the season last week when they traveled to Sturgis for a 13-team Early Bird meet at Woodle Field.
Keenan Youngman, a senior at Oelrichs High School, participates for Team Tatanka in the recent 2024 Lakota All Star Games. Photo by Masha Fehr

Keenan Youngman, a senior at Oelrichs High School, participates for Team Tatanka in the recent 2024 Lakota All Star Games. Photo by Masha Fehr

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Oelrichs’ Youngman shines in Lakota All-Star Games

Katie Merdanian
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Body OELRICHS - The Fifth Annual Lakota All Star Games were held in Rapid City at the Monument on Saturday, March 30. Three boys basketball teams and two girls basketball teams competed in the high school games, followed by women’s and men’s college basketball games.
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