Sports & Rec

South Dakota football teams and fans head to the Dakotadome in Vermillion for the state football championships. We're joined by Craig Mattick for a state high school football preview.

The state football championships will return to the Dakota Dome in Vermillion this week. This year is special, however, as the event will celebrate its 40th anniversary.

It's been 40 years since the high school state football championships have existed in South Dakota. SDPB's Craig Mattick talks to four of the five Joe Robbie MVP award recipients from that inaugural year; Jay Schroeder of Bridgewater, Steve Korn of Freeman, Dan Olson of De Smet, and Jack Sharkey of Winner.

On Wednesday, the Board of Directors for the South Dakota High School Activities Association approved a proposal on an 8-1 vote to sanction high school varsity softball in the state of South Dakota.

The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks announced that the Second Century Habitat Fund has raised $500,000 to support and enhance habitat.

That special time of year is here again when ladybugs lay aside their solitary ways and converge for their annual ladybug 'Sturgis Rally', a once-in-a-lifetime festival of mating and perhaps collecting a few more calories before winter.

Lakota Tech made history this past weekend as the first all-Native cheer or dance team to compete at the state competition in South Dakota.

For five decades, Leigh Dunker was the state's most decorated horseshoe pitcher. SDPB's Nate Wek has the story for this episode of South Dakota Almanac.

The Roosevelt High School girls’ soccer team had a fairy-tale ending to its season.

The pheasant hunters who are succeeding so far this season are the ones who put in extra preparation, according to a spokesman for the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.