EDGEMONT – This past season was a historic one for the Edgemont Lady Mogul volleyball team. Not only did they finish with one of their best records in recent history (20-11), they also qualified for the program’s first-ever SoDak 16 which put them just one win away from a State Class “B” tournament appearance.

Recently, the Panhandle Athletic Conference announced its All-Conference lists which included two Edgemont players making it onto the first-team, one on the second-team and also two...

By Eric Harrold

Staff Writer

SPEARFISH – Lathen Stevens, a 2016 graduate of Edgemont High School, was chosen by his teammates on the Black Hills State University football team to receive the ‘We Over Me’ Award, according to Head Coach Josh Breske.  

Stevens saw action on special teams (kick off and punt returns) early on and played cornerback for the majority of his career and played safety this year. He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration last...

Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

TOP: The most recent inductees in the Hot Springs Bison Athletics Hall of Fame includes, from left: the 1917 Hot Springs Bison Football Team (accepted by Greg Burg, whose grandfather George Burg, Sr., was on the team), Lisa Collogan-Starr, Kathleen Schjodt, Cheryl Burg-Huddleston, Leroy Hofer (accepted by his son Preston Hofer) and Kevin Couch. Not pictured is Jim Kocer, who was represented by Hall of Fame board member Carlos...

Photo courtesy Lynn Cummings

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RAPID CITY – Joyce Farrell of Hot Springs was one of three individuals presented this year with the Jerry P. Miller Distinguished Service Award by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association at a banquet held in Rapid City on June 20. 

The award is given for outstanding contributions to high school athletics and dedication to the highest and best in high school athletics. Others earning the honor were Kay Heck of Belle Fourche...

Photos by Charity Maness/Fall River County Herald-Star

TOP: Driving the #25 car, Kolton Hagen’s constant barrage of solid hits led to a win in his heat of the chain-up class of the Fall River County Fair Demolition Derby in Edgemont last Friday night. INSET:  Kolton Hagen, 14, of Hot Springs stands in front of his demolition derby Oldsmobile Delta 88 prior to the Fall River County Fair Demolition Derby held Friday, July 30.

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By Charity Maness

HOT SPRINGS...