MONDAY, JULY 9:
Baseball:  Clear Lake @ Volga Post 114, 5:00pm (followed by 15-16 Teener game)
   Brookings Bombers Black @ Watertown (DH), 4:00pm

TUESDAY, JULY 10:
Baseball:  Brandon Post 318 @ Brookings Bandits, 6:30pm
   Brookings Bullets 15’s @ Huron (DH), 5:00pm
   Sioux Falls East @ Bombers Black, (DH), 4:00pm, Mickelson Field

AURORA BASEBALL…Aurora led 9-0 through five innings, then had to hang on to beat Clear Lake 9-8 Sunday in Eastern Dakota League amateur baseball.
    Ty Schneider, Adam Mills and Rob Bortnem each had two hits for the A’s, with Mills and D-J Miller each driving in two runs.  Bortnem threw six innings of three-hit baseball for the win, with Curt Anderson finishing the game for a save.
    Tyler Pope and Nathan Drake each had two hits for Clear Lake, with Austin Olinger scoring two runs.  Ben Bartling took the loss.

TEENER BASEBALL…The Brookings “A” Teener team went 3-0 to win its pool in the Friends of Baseball 15-16 VFW Tournament over the weekend.
    Brookings defeated Cherokee, IA, 8-0…defeated Watertown 8-4…and got by Pipestone, MN 2-1.  Brookings finished off the weekend with a 5-1 win over Marshall in Sunday’s title game.
    The Brookings “B” team went 0-3 in pool play – falling to Marshall 18-0…Watertown 3-0…and Yankton 15-2.  Brookings did nip Cherokee 4-3 in the seventh place game.

LITTLE LEAGUE…Brookings had two second-place finishers in the Huron Little League baseball tournament over the weekend.
    The 12-and-Under “A” team went 3-1 in pool play, but fell to the Sioux Falls Renegades 8-1 in the championship matchup.  The 12-Under “B” team also advanced to the championship, but lost a 1-0 decision to Huron.
    The 10-Under team lost twice Saturday, and didn’t advance to Sunday’s championship round.  Mitchell won the title in that division.

BROOKINGS SOCCER…The Fishback Classic soccer tournament was played this weekend.  Eighty-four teams competed in several age divisions.  The champions:
U11 Girls: Oahe FC Maquina Verde def. HCSC Black 3-1 (Brookings went 1-2 in pool play)
U12 Girls: Tri-City Storm Black def. Fargo Sheyenne United 3-2 (Brookings Red 1-3, Brookings White 0-3 in pool  play)
U13 Girls:  HCSC Black def. DASC Red 4-2 (Brookings 0-3 in pool play)
U15 Girls:  Yankton Rebels def. West Fargo United 2-1 (Brookings 2-1-1 in pool play)
U19 Girls: Tri-City Black U16G def. Pierre Insanity 2-1 (Brookings 1-2 in pool play)
U11 Boys: Fargo Warriors def. Tri-City Storm Black 3-2 (Brookings 1-2-1 in pool play)
U12 Boys: Oahe FC Barcelona def. Tempo Gladiators 5-3 (Brookings 0-2-1 in pool play)
U14 Boys: DASC Silver def. Yankton Chaos 3-0 (Brookings 0-4 in pool play)
U16 Boys: Yankton Inferno def. Choices YF Merlin 4-1 (Brookings 0-4 in pool play)
U19 Boys: West Fargo Renegades def. Oahe FC Green U17B 6-2 (Brookings 0-3 in pool play)

SDGA MIXED GOLF…Kim Kaufman and Max Donohue held off a late charge from Shannon Johnson and Michael Keeton and Brett and Jenny Coluccio to win the second annual SDGA Mixed Team Championship at Prairie Green Golf Course in Sioux Falls.
    Kaufman and Donohue finished the tournament at 12-under-par 132. Johnson/Keeton and the Coluccios each shot 66 on the day to finish in a tie for second.  Drew and Kali Trautman of Clear Lake were tied fourth at 140 with Brock Hanten and Lauren Fitts.  Justin Johnson and Morgan Fitts were at 141.
    Pam Hoiland and Don Koster (147) won the second flight.  Roger and Julie King (155) won the third flight.

SDSU GOLF HONORS… South Dakota State University's Brittany Hanten and Jordan Trohkimoinen have been named to the 2011-2012 National Golf Coaches Association's All-American Scholar Team.
    To be selected, nominees must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50. The Jackrabbit duo were among 16 Summit League student-athletes honored on the women's squad.
    A senior from Goodwin, Hanten majored in mathematics. A native of Newell, Trohkimoinen recently completed her freshman season and is majoring in athletic training.

BCC ACE… Jeff Jensen of the Brookings Country Club had his first hole-in-one Friday. He used a pitching wedge to ace the 148 yard, par-three, third hole. The shot was witnessed by Steve Webber, John Rasmussen, Jamison Clarke and James Benning.

FB AWARDS…Several awards will be presented by the South Dakota Football Coaches Association at the July All-Star Football Game in Aberdeen.
    The 2012 Assistant Coach of the Year Awards
9B       Nathan Lamb, Waverly-South Shore
9A       Wayne Shull, Wall
9AA    Griffith VanLeur, Bridgewater/Emery-Ethan
11B     Dan Snethen, Tri-Valley
11A     Aaron Nida, Spearfish
11AA   Josh Siegfried, Sioux Falls Roosevelt
    8th and Under:  Bob Tiff, Redfield/Doland
    30 Year Coaching Awards:  Brent Mitchelknaus, Irene/Wakonda, David Noles, Little Wound, Byron Pudwill, Bon Homme
    State Friend of Football:  Dana Dykhouse, Sioux Falls

GFP MEETING… The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission will be holding their July meeting Monday at the Pierre Ramkota River Center.
    Seasons to be finalized are: Antelope, East River Deer, Refuge Deer, Early Fall Canada Goose and Youth Waterfowl.
Other finalizations are: Elk License Raffle, Dog Training, Hunting Requirements, Big Sioux Dog Training Area and the Sheps Canyon Campground Fee.
    Seasons to be proposed are: the Duck and Goose Hunting Seasons.

GFP FIRE CAUTION… The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is cautioning the public to keep fire danger in mind when accessing lands owned and managed by the agency.
    In western South Dakota, where several forest and prairie fires have occurred, GFP has closed several vehicle-access trails in Game Production Areas. Closure signs are being posted at those trails, and some vehicle-access trails will even be gated to indicate closure.
    Access trails on other Game Production Areas in the state will remain open to public use for the time being, but extreme caution is advised for people who use those lands.
    Assistant wildlife director Emmett Keyser encourages people who use public lands to limit any activities with the potential to accidentally start fires. He says people who use those public areas carry firefighting equipment, such as water and shovels, so any fires that start can be quickly extinguished.