By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon RAPID CITY – The Brookings competitive cheer and dance teams competed in the State Competition on Saturday at The Monument in Rapid City. The Bobcat cheer team came in sixth place with a score of 272 and the dance team finished in 16th with
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – A week after losing its first conference game of the season, South Dakota State blew out Murray State 42-9 on Hobo Day. SDSU head coach Dan Jackson said it was a good response from the No. 5 ranked Jackrabbits after they fell
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon HURON – The Brookings cross country teams ran in the Roger Loecker Invitational last week ahead of State Meet. The Brookings girls finished in second as a team and the boys came in third. The Bobcats will compete in the Class AA State Meet
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – The Brookings Bobcats fell 28-14 to Aberdeen Central on Thursday night at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in the final game of the season. With the loss, the Bobcats finished the season 0-9. The win for the Golden Eagles was their first of
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon GRAND FORKS, N.D. – No. 11 ranked North Dakota stunned top-ranked South Dakota State on Saturday afternoon at the Alerus Center as the Fighting Hawks beat the Jackrabbits 21-10. It was SDSU’s first loss to an FCS team this season as the Jacks are
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – The Brookings football team fell to 0-8 on Friday night with a 42-20 loss to Pierre, but the Bobcats have seen some progress over the past four games, scoring 14 or more points in each of them. On Friday, top-ranked Pierre led
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – South Dakota State football is back in action this Saturday after a bye week and the Jackrabbits will head north to take on No. 11 ranked North Dakota. Top-ranked SDSU (5-1) is expected to get starting quarterback Chase Mason back after he
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon The Sioux Valley football team bounced back from a loss to Elk Point-Jefferson and beat Parker/Marion in overtime on Friday night. Elkton-Lake Benton also snapped a three-game losing streak and beat Alcester-Hudson, while Brookings lost to Yankton on the road. Sioux Valley 20, Parker
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – The Brookings girls’ soccer team took down Brandon Valley in penalty kicks in the first round of the Class AA State Playoffs on Tuesday night at Fishback Soccer Park. The No. 8 seeded Bobcats won the penalty shootout over the No. 9
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon Brookings, Sioux Valley and Elkton-Lake Benton all lost on Friday night. The Bobcats fell 42-25 to No. 2 ranked Tea Area. The Cossacks lost to No. 1 ranked Elk Point-Jefferson 36-20 and the Elks lost to No. 2 ranked Castlewood 35-12. Tea Area 42,
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon South Dakota State put together its most impressive performance of the season on Saturday night as the Jackrabbits beat No. 10 ranked Illinois State 31-14 on the road. It was SDSU’s second top-10 win of the season and the Jacks did it with their
By Andrew Holtan The Brookings Beacon BROOKINGS – South Dakota State will resume conference play with another top-10 matchup on Saturday night as the Jackrabbits play at No. 10 ranked Illinois State. It was supposed to be a top-three showdown but the Redbirds dropped from No. 3 after losing to
