THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2:
Men’s Basketball: Oral Roberts @ South Dakota State (Live on Ranch 910 @ 6:30)
   Southern Utah @ North Dakota State
   IPFW @ Western Illinois

Boys’ Basketball: Watertown @ Sioux Falls Lincoln
   Aberdeen Roncalli @ Sisseton
   Groton @ Webster
   Northwestern @ Florence/Henry
   Dells St. Mary’s vs. Deubrook @ Toronto
   Flandreau @ Sioux Valley
   West Central @ Madison
   Grant-Deuel @ Rosholt
   Colman-Egan @ DeSmet
   Lake Preston @ Oldham-Ramona/Rutland

Girls’ Basketball: Sioux Falls Washington @ Sioux Falls O’Gorman
   Sioux Falls Lincoln @ Watertown
   Brandon Valley @ Yankton
   Milbank @ Hamlin
   Deuel vs. Clark/Willow Lake @ Willow Lake
   Baltic @ Tea Area
   Garretson vs. McCook Central/Montrose @ Montrose
   Grant-Deuel @ Rosholt
   Castlewood @ Arlington

Wrestling:  McCook Central/Montrose, Adrian MN @ Dell Rapids Triangular, 5:30pm
   Minn-Dak Border Battle @ Milbank
   Lennox @ West Central


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3:
Boys’ Basketball: Sioux Falls Roosevelt @ Sioux Falls O’Gorman
   Aberdeen Central @ Watertown
   Brandon Valley @ Yankton
   Spearfish @ Huron
   Sturgis @ Mitchell
   Hamlin @ Milbank
   Sisseton @ Wheaton, MN
   Clark/Willow Lake @ Deuel
   Redfield/Doland @ Britton-Hecla
   Elkton-Lake Benton @ Estelline
   St. Francis @ Flandreau Indian School
   Madison @ Vermillion
   Irene-Wakonda @ Baltic
   Tri-Valley @ Dell Rapids
   McCook Central/Montrose @ Garretson
   Sioux Falls Christian @ Canton
   Waverly-South Shore @ Great Plains Lutheran
   Tea Area @ Chester

Girls’ Basketball: Huron @ Spearfish
   Mitchell @ Sturgis
   Sisseton @ Aberdeen Roncalli
   Webster @ Groton
   Florence/Henry @ Wilmot
   Redfield/Doland @ Britton-Hecla
   Dells St. Mary’s vs. Deubrook @ Toronto
   Sioux Valley @ Flandreau
   Elkton-Lake Benton @ Estelline
   West Central @ Madison
   Irene-Wakonda @ Baltic
   Tri-Valley @ Dell Rapids
   Sioux Falls Christian @ Canton
   Waverly-South Shore @ Great Plains Lutheran
   Colman-Egan @ DeSmet
   Lake Preston @ Oldham-Ramona/Rutland
   Tea Area @ Chester 

Wrestling:  South Dakota State vs. Indiana, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville @ SIU-E
   Brookings @ Huron, 5:30pm
   Dell Rapids, Tri-Valley @ Alcester Triangular

Swimming:  South Dakota State @ Minnesota Challenge, Minneapolis
   Brookings Swim Club Invitational

Bowling:  West Central @ Brookings

Hockey:  Sioux Falls White @ Pee Wee 1, 6:00pm
   Varsity Boys @ Mitchell
   Varsity Girls @ Watertown

SDSU FOOTBALL…South Dakota State signed eighteen high school, and three junior college, football players to national letters of intent Wednesday.
    Offensive coordinator Eric Eidsness says defense was a huge need area with this class – twelve are on that side of the ball:  97624   :33   “is really exciting”.
    Eidsness says the three junior college players – defensive back Andrew Brown, defensive end Rob Diane (die-ANNIE), and defensive end Marshall Peugh – will have to make an impact.  97624   :20   “there, as well”.
    Eidsness says the Jacks wanted some offensive linemen, a big running back, and a speed back, and found those.
    Two South Dakota players are on the list – Herman Kleinsasser of Sully Buttes and Nick Mears of Milbank:  97625   :57   “of good things”.
    In addition, linebacker Nick Meixell of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, has been accepted for admission to SDSU.

AREA SIGNEES…Three Brookings High School football standouts signed letters of intent Wednesday. 
    All-ESD Conference tight end Conner Doherty is heading to Northern State – while running back Brycen Nelson and offensive lineman Jacob Erickson committed to South Dakota Mines.
    In addition, wide receiver Dan Schmidt, who had been at South Dakota State, has transferred to Black Hills State.
    Other area signees:
    NORTHERN STATE:  WR Zach Barber, Dell Rapids;  DB Channing Barber, Dell Rapids;  DE Thad Johnson, Tri-Valley;  DB Joe Parsley, Flandreau;  OL Tyler Robel, Watertown;  DL Chad Stoterau, Garretson;  DB Matt Thorson, Groton;  QB Taylor Zemlicka, Waverly-South Shore;  WR Tyson Zemlicka, Waverly-South Shore
    SIOUX FALLS:  WR Trey Naasz, SF Lincoln;  OL Ethen Sorensen, Beresford;  OL Max Koehn, SF Washington;  DL Tom Nugteren, SF Roosevelt;  OL Terry Huber, Yankton;  K Alex Aesoph, SF Washington
    SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE;  DB Wes Bednar, SF O’Gorman;  K Sid Hart, Centerville
    BLACK HILLS STATE:  WR Cole Hamlin, Highmore;  TE Jalen Lamb, Sully Buttes;  DB Ryan McLaughlin, SF Lincoln;  QB Nathan Naasz, Winner
    DAKOTA STATE:  TE Brandon DeVries, Viborg;  DE Anthony Fischer, Sisseton;  DT Kyle Thomas, Watertown;  WR Jacari Christion, SF Roosevelt;  WR Ryan Hongslo, Corsica;  DL Myles VanVuuren, Corsica
    AUGUSTANA:  TE Jake Bartscher, Hanson;  RB Flynn Donelan, SF O’Gorman;  RB Jason Greenway, Mitchell;  RB Justin Greenway, Mitchell;  OL Chris Mathieu, McCook Central/Montrose
    SOUTH DAKOTA:  LB Keyan Lage, SF Washington;  LB Devon O’Farrell, SF Washington
    NORTH DAKOTA STATE:  FS Andrew Smith, SF Roosevelt
   
SDSU SOCCER…Eight student-athletes signed letters of intent with the South Dakota State soccer program Wednesday.
   Two are from South Dakota – Alyssa Brazil of Sioux Falls O’Gorman and Katie McNeary of Aberdeen.
   Head coach Lang Wedemeyer says the list is heavy on defenders:  97621   :13   “a little bit”.
   Wedemeyer says defense was somewhat a need area:  97622   :23   “side of things”.
   Wedemeyer says two or three signees will have to make an immediate impact.  97623   :14   “of this group”.
   Last fall, SDSU won the Summit League regular season title and posted a scoreless minutes streak defensively that spanned the entire conference schedule.

SDSU WRESTLING…The South Dakota State wrestling team takes to the road for a pair of duals at the SIU-Edwardsville   
Triangular before beginning its string of conference duals.
    The Jacks are 3-4 (0-2 Western Wrestling Conference) on the 2011-12 campaign after falling to WWC foe Air Force on Sunday.
    The team found great success at the lower weights early this season. Aaron Pickrel, Dustin Walraven and Nick Flynn are a combined 48-21 record in the first two and one-half months of the season. The trio is 15-5 in the first seven duals, as well.
    SDSU is led by head coach Jason Liles. In his 18 seasons at SDSU, Liles posted a 144-134-5 record to become the all-time wins leader in school history.

HUETHER…Former South Dakota State baseball coach Erv Huether has died.
    Huether passed away Tuesday night at Brookings Hospital.  He coached the Jackrabbits from 1950 through 1983, compiling a 352-376-2 record.  His teams won six North Central Conference titles and earned one NCAA tournament berth.
    Some of his former players include Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Langer; Wade Adamson, who pitched in the Minnesota
Twins system; and Greg Kallevig, who made it to the Triple-A level in the Chicago Cubs organization.
    Current athletic director Justin Sell says Huether impacted many people.  97627   :23   “our athletic program”.
    Sell says Huether, and former A-D Stan Marshall, may be the two individuals most associated with the SDSU athletic program:  97628   :23   “of that list”.
    The SDSU baseball facility bears Huether’s name.  A recent gift will allow construction of a new grandstand, press box, and other amenities.