Sports Briefs 8-25

Mitchell golfers finish in 13th at Huron Invite

By The Daily Republic

HURON — Jaron Weich was Mitchell’s top golfer at the Huron Invitational Friday.

Weich finished tied in 18th place with a 78.

Sioux Falls O’Gorman’s Max Donohue won the tournament with a 68. Chamberlain’s Coleman Caldwell was third with a 73.

Sioux Falls Lincoln took first in the team standings with a 300. Mitchell finished with a 351 in 13th place out of 16 teams. Chamberlain came in 14th with a 354.

Other golfers for Mitchell were Jacob Rice, who tied for 27th with an 81; Tyson Allen, who shot a 93; Aaron Sudbeck shot a 99; Ryan Solberg finished with a 103; and Landon Pooley shot a 104.

Don Meyer leaves hospital, starts teaching course

ABERDEEN (AP) — Former Northern State University men’s basketball coach Don Meyer has launched a teaching tour, less than a month after having a heart pacemaker implant surgery.

The Associated Press reports Meyer started teaching his leadership course Thursday in Aberdeen, less than a day after leaving the hospital. He says he feels great and is continuing rehabilitation.

Meyer’s leadership course will take him as far as Mississippi. He says he plans to keep the travel schedule.

Meyer retired from coaching two years ago with an NCAA record 923 victories. His heart problems that included needing three valves replaced were related to cancer that doctors discovered after a 2008 car accident that cost Meyer part of his left leg.

DWU volleyball team splits to open season

By The Daily Republic

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — The Dakota Wesleyan University volleyball team split a pair of matches in its first action of the year Friday.

The Tigers beat Peru State 3-0 and lost to Bellevue 3-0 at the Northwestern tournament.

Set scores of the Tigers’ win were 25-23, 25-19 and 25-19. No stats were available.

In DWU’s loss to No. 24-ranked Bellevue, Kelli Swenson had 17 assists, while Danielle Bird, Sammy Fluck and Rachel Rinklenberg each had five kills. Maggie Stehly added nine digs.

DWU (1-1) takes on Valley City State and Baker University at the second day of the Northwestern tournament.

Mitchell soccer teams fall to STM

By The Daily Republic

Mitchell High School’s boys’ and girls’ soccer teams fell to St. Thomas More Friday at the Pepsi Cola Soccer Complex in Mitchell.

The boys’ team (1-1) led 1-0 and 2-1, but lost 3-2. The girls (1-1) dropped a 3-0 game.

Peter Novak and Brady Dice scored goals for the Kernels in the boys’ game.

The two squads return to action Tuesday when they host Aberdeen Central.

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