Landon Dierks
Sports Reporter at Mitchell Daily Republic
📍Sports Reporter @DailyRepublic & @MDR_Sports Contact: [email protected] 🎓 2020 @SDState graduate 🙏 Dream Big. Work Hard. Stay Humble.
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1 month ago |
mitchellrepublic.com | Landon Dierks
MITCHELL — Fresh off a third Class AA title game appearance in as many seasons, the Mitchell High School boys basketball team was welcomed home by its closest supporters on Monday night at the Corn Palace. Though the Kernels came up just short of a championship repeat, falling 53-45 to Brandon Valley on Saturday night in Rapid City, there was still plenty to celebrate.
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1 month ago |
newscenter1.tv | Matt Zimmer |Landon Dierks
Staffing cuts in the federal Department of Veterans Affairs are disproportionately affecting the veterans that the department preferentially hires, said members of a South Dakota veterans’ advocacy group. They worry the Trump administration’s goal of cutting 80,000 VA employees will put more veterans out of work without a vetting process, and erode the quality of services provided.
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sports.yahoo.com | Landon Dierks
Mar. 23—RAPID CITY — For the second time in four years, the top individual honor awarded at the Class AA boys basketball tournament belonged to a Mitchell Kernel. Markus Talley was named the Spirit of Su award recipient during halftime of Saturday's state championship game between the Kernels and Brandon Valley at the Summit Arena. "It's an honor and just a great feeling to be recognized for an award like that," Talley said.
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1 month ago |
mitchellrepublic.com | Landon Dierks
RAPID CITY — For the second time in four years, the top individual honor awarded at the Class AA boys basketball tournament belonged to a Mitchell Kernel. Markus Talley was named the Spirit of Su award recipient during halftime of Saturday’s state championship game between the Kernels and Brandon Valley at the Summit Arena. “It's an honor and just a great feeling to be recognized for an award like that,” Talley said.
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1 month ago |
siouxfallslive.com | Landon Dierks
RAPID CITY — A year after coming up agonizingly short of a state championship, Brandon Valley cleared the final hurdle on Saturday night. In a rematch of the 2024 title tilt, the Lynx avenged their one-point loss by knocking off defending champion Mitchell 53-45 for the Class AA boys basketball championship at the Summit Arena. Capping a 21-3 season, it’s Brandon Valley’s first state boys basketball title since 2019.
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RT @MDR_Sports: Primetime performer: Kernels’ Markus Talley is Mitchell Republic’s 2025 boys basketball player of the year https://t.co/eq7…
RT @marcustraxler: We interviewed coaches and players at the Class AA pre-tourney practices and posted them here. Excited to see the games…
RT @marcustraxler: For this week's Full Court Press, I joined up with @ldierksy and unloaded my notebook with 30 facts to know for the 2025…
