Twins spending opening up
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have been spending their way out of that small-budget image, mirroring the imminent increase in revenue from their new ballpark with a big spike in player salary commitments. Lead owner Jim Pohlad said it’s a sustainable development. So even if the Twins sign Joe Mauer to a mammoth contract extension, they’re not afraid it would cost too much to keep a contending-caliber core of players around the American League MVP.
Winner's Docken rolls at Big Dakota
WINNER — As the nation’s No. 13-ranked high school senior wrestler at 189 pounds, Winner wrestler Jayd Docken has been going after the best this season. Docken — the top-ranked 189-pound wrestler in Class B — has defeated Tri-Valley’s Nate Kirby and Douglas’ Damon Lappe — two of South Dakota’s best — and gone after some of the nation’s elite in Wagner’s Robert Kokesh and West Fargo’s (N.D.) Tyler Lehmann.
DWU's opener postponed
The Dakota Wesleyan University baseball team’s season opener was scheduled to be played indoors, but it has still been pushed back due to the winter weather around the area and the region.
A growing process: Kernel girls find winning ways
As Monday afternoon’s practice ended at the Corn Palace, Mitchell girls’ basketball head coach Wes Morgan kept repeating to his team, “I need your best tomorrow.” Usually, that’s nothing new to hear from a head coach. He or she always wants the best from his or her team. But in recent years for Mitchell girls’ basketball, the team’s best hasn’t produced many wins. Seven wins in five seasons was all the Kernels girls’ basketball team could muster from 2003-08.
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Last season, the Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team played its entire schedule without its All-American forward. Preston Broughton had to have several knee surgeries before the season even started and didn’t see a single minute of playing time the entire season. At the start of the 2009-10 season, DWU coach John Hemenway said Broughton was “pretty close to where he left off.” Now, during perhaps the most crucial point of the Tigers’ Great Plains Athletic Conference schedule, Broughton has clearly surpassed where he left off.
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SPEARFISH — The Mitchell High School girls’ basketball team shot 47 percent from the floor and had three players reach double figures Saturday in a 57-43 win over Spearfish.
Marlin girls beat Sioux Falls; boys lost to Pierre
The Mitchell Marlin girls’ hockey team defeated the Sioux Falls Flyers 13-1 Saturday in Sioux Falls. Mitchell got four goals each from Lindsey Lawrence and Haley Stahl. Cami Rauscher added a hat trick and Anna Rice and Emily Sudbeck each added one goal.
Galbraith, Winner down Chamberlain
CHAMBERLAIN — Winner led by six, 19-13, at halftime, but outscored Chamberlain 34-10 in the second half to pull way for a 53-23 win Saturday in Chamberlain. Sharee Galbraith led all scorers with 15 points for Winner and she also had a game-high 11 rebounds. The Warriors were 16-for-45 from the field, 17-for-25 from the line and had 28 rebounds. Frankie Willard had seven points and Jaymee Knippling had eight rebounds to lead the Cubs, who were 7-for-32 from the field, 8-for-13 from the line and had 29 rebounds.
Tigers' Harer gets win No. 100
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Dakota Wesleyan’s Jordan Harer got his career 100th win Saturday at the Briar Cliff Open in Sioux City, Iowa. The Gettysburg native and 141-pounder picked up a pin in the second period in his first match of the day for win No. 99, and then he hit the century mark with an 8-1 decision over Aaron Ely of Dana College. “I just congratulated him and he said thanks, and that was about it,” Tigers’ coach Matt Sedivy said.
DWU women routed by Concordia
SEWARD, Neb. — The Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball team fell to Concordia 78-56 Saturday in Seward, Neb. Concordia built an 11-point lead early in the game, but DWU got two 3-pointers from Kenzie Dvoracek and a third by Maggie Malloy for a 9-0 run. At the time, DWU trailed 17-15. Concordia built its lead back up to seven, 43-36, at the half after another run by the Bulldogs.
Tiger men drop Concordia
SEWARD, Neb. — The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team got its second big win in just as many games. After defeating the University of Sioux Falls Wednesday night at the Corn Palace, the Tigers went on the road to down Concordia University 73-63 Saturday in Seward, Neb. Preston Broughton had a game-high 26 points, Mitch Bain added 19 and Darrin Dorsey had 11.
Tiger men drop Concordia
SEWARD, Neb. — The Dakota Wesleyan University men’s basketball team got its second big win in just as many games. After defeating the University of Sioux Falls Wednesday night at the Corn Palace, the Tigers went on the road to down Concordia University 73-63 Saturday in Seward, Neb. Preston Broughton had a game-high 26 points, Mitch Bain added 19 and Darrin Dorsey had 11.
Kernels finish fourth at ESD meet
YANKTON — The Mitchell gymnastics team took fourth place at the Eastern South Dakota Conference meet Saturday in Yankton. Watertown won the team title and claimed the top three all-around individual winners.
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Friday night against Sturgis, the Mitchell High School boys’ basketball game snapped a three-game losing streak with a 56-49 win over the Scoopers. Saturday afternoon at the Corn Palace, it looked as though Spearfish had its mind set on snapping its current losing streak and picking up win No. 3 on the season.
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