Yankton High School is set to host a “Fall Sports Kickoff” tonight in the YHS Commons.
Food will be served starting at 6:00 PM, with coaches scheduled to begin speaking between 6:30 and 6:45.
The fall sports season officially begins tomorrow with Bucks and Gazelles Soccer and Gazelles Tennis.
Yankton Bucks and Gazelles soccer kick off their 2024 season tomorrow with a road doubleheader against Rapid City Stevens.
The Bucks enter the year with a new head coach following the retirement of Dave Dannenbring. Dane Hansen looks to guide the Bucks back to the playoffs in his first season following an 11-3-2 record and a Class AA Quarterfinal appearance last year.
The Gazelles look to return to the Class AA playoffs again this season. Yankton finished 2023 with a 4-9-2 record.
The Bucks will play first tomorrow at 5:00 PM Mountain/6:00 PM Central in Rapid City, with the Gazelles to follow. Games will be held at Rapid City Sioux Park.
Yankton Gazelles Tennis will play their first matches of the season tomorrow, taking on Pierre and Rapid City Central in the state capital.
The Gazelles ended 2023 with a 12 and 12 record, finishing the season 8th as a team in the Class AA State Tournament led by flight one state champion Nora Krajewski (Kra-ski).
The Gazelles are scheduled to face Pierre at 1:00 PM and Rapid City Central at 4:00 PM in Pierre.
The South Dakota Coyotes football program has named Aidan Bouman (B-ow-man), Dennis Shorter, Blake Holden, and Travis Theis (Tice) as team captains for the 2024 season, with Carter Bell, Joey Lombard, and Teven McKelvey as alternate captains for the year.
The Coyotes are coming off of an FCS Playoff Quarterfinal appearance last year. They open their 2024 season on August 29th at home against Northern State.
The Yankton High School Athletic Booster Club is currently auctioning off VIP Reserved Parking Spaces for YHS events at Crane-Youngworth Field and the YHS Main Gym.
There are two VIP spots available each for football, soccer, and volleyball. Bids can be placed online at Riverfront Broadcasting dot com, backslash auction.
The auction for soccer ends at 10:00 PM tomorrow night, for Volleyball on August 23rd, and for football on August 26th.
Bucks and Gazelles Soccer will have their home opener on August 20th, Gazelles Volleyball on August 29th, and Bucks Football on August 30th.
A little league baseball team from Sioux Falls is representing the Midwest Region in the 2024 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The team fell in their opening game of the tournament last night, 2 to 1 at the hands of the representative from the Southeast Region.
Sioux Falls will play again on Saturday in an elimination game on ESPN. First pitch is scheduled for 2:00 PM.
