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FarkRAPID CITY — Five teams from Rushmore Soccer Club will be representing South Dakota as the 2008 US Youth Soccer State Champions and participate in the 2008 US Youth Soccer Regional Tournament in Rockford, Ill.
Rushmore Soccer Club teams U-13 girls, U-14 girls, U-15 girls, U-18 girls, and U-18 boys all qualified for the regional tournament.
Premier teams from ages 13 to 19 throughout the state competed for the title this past weekend in Rapid City. South Dakota is one of 13 states representing the Midwest region. Other states include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The tournament dates are June 20 through June 25.
Hitting for Hospice golf tourney rescheduled
SPEARFISH — Due to the weather and course saturation, the 12th Annual Hitting for Hospice Benefit Golf Tournament has been rescheduled to take place at the Spearfish Canyon Country Club on June 14, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
For more information about the golf tournament’s schedule change, call Karen Bridges at 605-644-4238 or go to www.regionalhealth.com.
ESPN’s Outside the Lines talks to Hammon
BRISTOL, Conn. — The ESPN show Outside the Lines will examine how 2007 WNBA MVP runner-up Becky Hammon will achieve her goal of playing in the Olympics, but in a way she never expected.
While the Rapid City native says her lifelong dream was to play for her country in the Olympic Games, she says her name was added to USA Basketball’s list of potential Olympic players only as an obligatory gesture when that list was expanded. When she signed a multi-million dollar, four-year contract to play for a Russian club team in the WNBA off-season, she also agreed to take her skills to Beijing on the Russian National team, a decision that has prompted the head coach of Team USA, Anne Donovan, to question her patriotism.
Mark Schwarz will report from Moscow on why an all-American girl from Colorado State University, now a guard with the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars, decided to play for Russia in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The show airs at 7:30 a.m. MDT on Sunday.
Former Red Dog named UIF player of the week
SIOUX FALLS — United Indoor Football announced Wednesday that Sioux Falls kicker Adam Hicks has been named UIF Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 13.
Hicks converted two-of-three field goals (36 and 35 yards) and also made all five of his extra points to score 11 of the Storm’s 41 points in the team’s 41-32 win over Sioux City. Hicks also recorded 1.5 tackles on kickoffs during the ballgame.
This is Hicks’ first player of the week award since the second week of the 2007 season. Hicks is in his sixth season with the Storm and has kicked 128 field goals and 415 extra points in his Storm career.
Before joining the Storm for the 2003 season, Hicks spent time in the Sioux City Bandits and Rapid City Red Dogs organization.
Paulson chosen as top athletic director
DICKINSON, N.D. — The athletic directors of the Dakota Athletic Conference have selected Jamestown College’s Lawrie Paulson as the 2007-08 DAC athletic director of the year.
Paulson took over the AD’s position in 2004 after spending 19 seasons as the Jimmies’ women’s basketball coach. While leading the Lady Jimmies, Paulson compiled a 279-230 record, was named conference coach of the year five times, captured five conference titles and advanced to the national tournament once.
The Jimmies won the Commissioner’s Cup for the 2007-2008 year.
During the year, the Jimmies shared the conference football title and advanced to the NAIA playoffs for the second straight season, the men’s basketball team won the regular season championship and received an at-large invitation to the national tournament and the baseball team won the Region III tournament and the Plains Super Regional to qualify for their second trip to the World Series.
Kruger named as USD assistant coach
VERMILLION — Ryun Williams, head coach of the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team, has announced the hiring of Allison Kruger as assistant coach. Kruger was an assistant under Williams at Wayne State, Neb., for the past four seasons.
“I’m excited to have Allison join the staff at USD so that we can continue what we started at Wayne State,” said Williams. “She is extremely knowledgeable about the game. Her and I worked well together for the last four years. She is a great recruiter and a great floor coach. Coach Kruger has a very competitive personality and that carries over to the players.”
Kruger comes to South Dakota off the heels of a historic season at WSC. The Wildcats finished the season with a 22-10 record, which included a trip to the NCAA Tournament. In the first round of the North Central Region, WSC pulled off an 85-78 upset of North Dakota for the first win in the NCAA tournament in the school’s history.
Memorial 5K on June 21 will honor local soldiers
RAPID CITY — A 5K Memorial RUN/WALK/BIKE for the local soldiers (Remember the Brave SD) will be June 21 at Jackson Park in Rapid City.
There will be food and drink provided afterwards for donation only. A free t-shirt will be provided by the South Dakota National Guard.
The cost of Remember the Brave SD is $10 for adults, while children under the age of 12 are free.
All proceeds will go to the Joe Welke Memorial Scholarship Fund for scholarships going to students with dyslexia.
For further information contact Taryn DeMers at 605-840-0385 or email tarynd@exitrapidcity.com.
Registrations will be accepted up until 10:45 a.m. the day of the event.
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