Andrew Lind

Aug 19, 2024 | kotatv.com | Andrew Lind

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Central States Fair almost saw a back-to-back champion at the Xtreme Broncs Finals, as 2023 winner Wyatt Casper was just shy of repeating. The Miami, Texas, native placed 2nd with a score of 87. Utah’s Allen Boore took the crown with an 88 and nearly $10,000 too. Alberta’s Zeke Thurston came in 3rd and Australia’s Damian Brennan placed 4th. For a full results breakdown, click here. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it.

Aug 19, 2024 | kotatv.com | Andrew Lind

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - When the World Longhorn Qualifying Show makes its way to the Central States Fair every year, you can expect to find Murdo’s Nix family in attendance. This year, Chris Nix, his three kids and a family friend joined in on the fun. “I was always attracted to the hide color and horns,” Chris Nix said. “I always wanted big horn cattle.”And that’s what Chris Nix got. He raised longhorns well before he knew what to do with them.

Aug 19, 2024 | kotatv.com | Andrew Lind

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - High school soccer kicked off on Friday and many area teams continued the first parts of their seasons over the weekend. On Saturday morning at Rapid City Christian School, the Comets took down the St. Thomas More boys 2-1. At Sioux Park, the Stevens boys shutout O’Gorman 5-0, while the Central girls fell to Yankton 4-2. BOYSYankton 2, Central 0Watertown 2, Spearfish 1GIRLS Stevens 5, O’Gorman 0Spearfish 2, Watertown 0See a spelling or grammatical error in our story?

Aug 14, 2024 | kotatv.com | Andrew Lind

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The biggest difference between the 2023 Rapid City Christian football team and the 2024 squad is that the Comets are making the jump from 11B to 11A. In the first three weeks of the season, Matt McIntosh’s group will face teams who are coming off a three-loss season or better. “With that comes a lot of depth, a lot of development of players as they’re younger,” RC Christian head coach Matt McIntosh said of one the advantages the larger programs have.

Aug 14, 2024 | kotatv.com | Andrew Lind

STURGIS, S.D. (KOTA) - Nearly every season that Sturgis football coach Chris Koletzky has been at the helm, the Scoopers have improved. Last season, in his 9th year as head coach, he led the program to their best record in his tenure. They went 6-3, and were a hail-mary stop away from defeating Huron and going 7-2. “Every since Koletzky has come in it’s really started piecing together piece by piece, obviously last year being our best year,” Sturgis senior tight end Dalyn Dschaak said.