RAPID CITY - Rapid City Stevens High School will host a parent-student activity meeting at 6 p.m. on Sunday in the Fine Arts Theater.

The meeting is required for all activity participants, as well as Raider parents. General activity rules and regulations will be discussed, followed by fall sports meetings with the specific fall sport coaches-advisors. Booster club apparel and activity passes will also be available for purchase.

For more information, call the Stevens High School activities office at 394-4016.

Augustana picked to finish sixth in NSIC soccer coaches poll

SIOUX FALLS - The Augustana women's soccer team has been picked to finish in sixth place in the 2008 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, the NSIC office announced today.

The Vikings, entering their first season in the NSIC, received 109 points in a vote of the league's head coaches to position themselves in the top half of the league standings.

In the poll, Minnesota State University, Mankato, garnered nine first-place votes and 164 points to edge out Winona State for the top spot. Winona State received 4 first-place votes and 155 points. The only other team to receive a first-place vote was the University of Mary, who was picked third with 141 points. Rounding out the top five were Minnesota-Duluth and Northern State.

Augustana had its most successful season last year and the Vikings finished with an 8-8-3 overall record, the program's first non-losing season. In addition, Augustana went 4-6-2 in the North Central Conference to finish in fourth place, the Vikings' best league finish in school history.

Augustana opens the season with a pair of exhibition games at North Dakota State on Aug. 18 and at North Dakota on Aug. 22. The Vikings open the regular season at Colorado State-Pueblo on August 29 and at Colorado Mines on Aug. 31.

Brookings High School announces new volleyball coach

BROOKINGS - Camrin Vaux has been promoted to head volleyball coach at Brookings High School. Vaux succeeds Tracy Nelson, who resigned to accept a teaching position at South Dakota State University. Vaux was serving as an assistant varsity coach for Nelson.

Vaux is a native of Fort Morgan, Colo., and a 2006 graduate of Dakota State University with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. At Dakota State, Vaux was a hitter on the volleyball team.

Cherry Bomb sets saddle bronc rider Jesse Bail on fire

CALDWELL, Idaho - Jesse Bail has a reputation of being one of the toughest cowboys on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit.

The Camp Crook resident routinely competes in saddle bronc riding and bull riding and has qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo five times in each of those events.

He is out of the top 15 in the Crusher Rentals PRCA World Standings in both of his events and needs some serious money to move up and make the trip to Las Vegas in December to compete at rodeo's championship event.

Bail qualified for the Ariat Playoffs first event at the Caldwell Night Rodeo in both of his disciplines. The horse he rode in saddle bronc riding failed to perform as expected, so the judges gave Bail the option of getting on another horse.

The cowboy who always rides for first place didn't hesitate to get on another one. The decision paid off as Burch Brothers' horse named Cherry Bomb took him to an 87-point ride, just two points off the arena record. It gave Bail the first round win in saddle bronc riding earned him $3,019.

Cobbler athletes, parents asked to attend fall meeting

RAPID CITY - The Cobbler Kick-Off parent meeting will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at Naasz Gymnasium at Rapid City Central High School.

The meeting is a must for incoming freshman participants and parents, as well as all Cobbler parents and participants. General activity rules and regulations will be discussed, followed by fall sports meetings with participants, parents and the specific fall sport coaches.

Please plan on being to the gym by 5:30 p.m. in order to complete the appropriate paperwork.

Booster Club apparel and information, schedules, activity tickets and ramp passes will also be available for purchase. There will also be drawings for Cobbler apparel, ramp passes and Cobbler season passes.

For more information, call the Central activities office at 394-4041.