HOT SPRINGS – The Hot Springs Bison Athletics Hall of Fame will induct three individuals and one team as part of their Class for 2020.

The new members will officially be recognized in the fall of 2021 during the annual homecoming weekend as this year’s banquet was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They will be inducted with the 2021 class.

The three individuals for 2020 include Cheryl (Burg) Huddleston, 1971 graduate, as an athlete and coach; Kevin Couch, 1996, athlete; and Lisa...

By Brett Nachtigall

Publisher

HOT SPRINGS – When a high school athlete competes as an underclassman but falls short of their goals, their season often ends with a thought … “well, there’s always next year.”

This is why anticipation for their senior season is often filled with very high expectations. It’s a time in their young life where they can confidently show that the hard work they’ve been putting in over the past few years of high school will be displayed at their fullest potential, and...

HOT SPRINGS – It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been able to report on any local sports here at the Fall River County Herald-Star, so there really is no better time than the present to announce the newspaper’s third annual All-Fall River County High School Basketball team.

Selection for both the boys’ and girls’ all-county teams are statistic-based and intended to highlight the accomplishments of the top players for Hot Springs, Edgemont and Oelrichs this past season. The team finishing the...

By Brett Nachtigall

Publisher

EDGEMONT – The 2020 Region Basketball Coaches of the Year Awards were announced last week by the South Dakota Coaches Association, and there are a couple of names on the list familiar to Edgemont Mogul sports fans – Joe Martin and Dave Hollenbeck.

Martin, who is a 2001 graduate of Edgemont High School and has been the boys’ basketball coach in Edgemont for the past seven years, was named Co-Coach of the Year for the association’s Region 8.

Hollenbeck meanwhile...

Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs' Thomas Massa competes in last year's 2019 Region Meet at Rapid CIty Christian.

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By Dana Hess

For the S.D. Newspaper Association

BROOKINGS — Because of coronavirus caution, schools in South Dakota are closed until May 4. That’s not preventing the South Dakota High School Activities Association from making plans for state tournaments once school is back in session. 

The SDHSAA board of...