Four South Dakota athletes have been named to the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Track and Field All-American team.

Honorees on the girls team are Jasmyne King of Rapid City Central and Neveda Sorenson of Sioux Falls Lincoln. Alex Munterfering of Ethan-Parkston and Brett Anderson of Sioux Falls Lincoln were named to the boys team.

A veteran South Dakota football coach has been hired as the new head coach at Pierre High School.
Joe Kramer spent 15 years as head coach at Dakota Wesleyan University. He also has been an assistant at Northern State University and Yankton College, and has coached at high schools in Aberdeen and Spearfish.

He was an assistant last year for Class 9-A state champion Avon.

For the 9th straight year, Augustana College is home to the Mr. and Miss Basketball Dakota Showcase, which draws teams from seven different states.
The tournament gives coaches the chance to see several prospects in one setting. Augustana women's coach Dave Krauth says that's a lot nicer than taking a recruiting trip to see just one player.

"It's just a matter of efficiency," Krauth said.  "You just get to see so many good kids at the same place at the same time and if you can take the bleachers for the full day, you can get as much basketball as you want."

The tournament is especially beneficial for Augustana.

he South Dakota High School Coaches Association has selected Larry Buffington of Gayville-Volin as its 2009 Boys Track and Field Coach of the Year.

Buffington's squad won a 2009 South Dakota state team title. It was the first boys track and field championship for Gayville-Volin since 1975, which Buffington was a part of as an athlete.

Eric Norden of Parkston High School has been named girls' golf coach of the year by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association.

Norden, who also coaches football at Parkston, guided the Trojans to their first Class A state title this year in his third year as head coach.

Norden credited his team's balance as a key factor in the title, saying that three of his team members score in the 80s and three more in the 90s.

This morning's fatal shooting of a prominent Iowa high school football coach sent shockwaves through the state's coaching community. West Lyon's Jay Rozeboom says the day's events are hard to comprehend.
"Its like, 'Wow, this really can't be happening, especially to a guy like that' It's a crazy world we live in, and it happened.

Police say a 24-year-old man charged with murdering a prominent Iowa high school football coach was supposed to have been taken to a hospital psychiatric ward after leading police on a car chase.

Cedar Falls Police Chief Jeff Olson says he was told Butler County Sheriff's deputies would take Mark Becker to the ward after taking a baseball bat to a Cedar Falls home and leading police on a chase Saturday night.

Police have charged a 24-year-old former player in the fatal shooting of a prominent Iowa high school football coach.

Police say Mark Becker shot Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas several times at about 8 a.m. Wednesday in the school's weight room. Authorities say students were in the room when Thomas was shot, but no one else was injured.

A group of parents in Aberdeen met with Superintendent Gary Harms and the Aberdeen School Board on Monday to voice their concerns about girls basketball coach Dawn Seiler.
The list of complaints against Seiler includes the use of foul language, demeaning players and suggesting the use unsportsmanlike behavior.

Some parents in Aberdeen are questioning the way a successful high school basketball coach treats her players.
Dawn Seiler has declined comment. Some former players are coming to her defense.

A group of parents has given the Aberdeen School Board a list of complaints against Seiler, including that she uses foul language, demeans players and suggests they use unsportsmanlike behavior.

While the NFL celebrities are one of the main attractions for the annual Celebrity Football Camp, the event also provides a rare offseason workout for several area high school teams. And that's proving especially valuable to one Sioux Falls coach.
With the high school football season still more than two months away, it's difficult for coaches to gauge their teams.

Mora (23-5) won the Class AA Consolation Championship game on June 12, with an 8-2 victory over Luverne (26-2) in St. Cloud.
Joe Mork was the complete game pitcher for Mora, as he posted three strikeouts and allowed just six hits in the game.

Dylan Graves posted two runs, two RBIs and three hits in the contest for Mora, as the Mustangs notched seven runs in the fourth inning to ice the game.

Luverne (26-1) advanced to the Consolation Championship at the Class AA baseball tournament with an 8-2 victory over St. Cloud Cathedral (21-6) on June 11, in St. Cloud.
The Cardinals play in Friday's consolation championship at noon in St. Cloud.

Luverne clinched the victory with five runs scored in the bottom of the third inning.

Curt Hart has been elected to a one-year term as chairman of the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors.
His term on the board expires July 1, 2010. Hart, of Alexandria, was elected to the board as one of two school board representatives.

Two new board members were elected to five-year terms starting July 1.

Nick Mayer is moving from assistant coach to head coach of girls' basketball at Vermillion High School.
 
The school board hired him to replace Jamie Parish, who resigned last month.

Mayer was assistant coach the past three years.

The Pierre School Board has hired John Knox as golf coach for boys and girls at Pierre Riggs High School.
Knox, who does not teach in the Pierre system, has been serving as a voluntary assistant coach.

It's one of the most remarkable achievements in sports - going an entire season undefeated.
Not many pull it off. Few are even given the chance.

Luverne's baseball team has the opportunity this week. But the Cardinals care about another motivating factor even more.

As they get ready for the state tournament, the Cardinals relish the chance to do something truly rare.

One of the top Class "A" boys basketball programs could soon be looking for a new head coach. KELOLAND Sports has learned that longtime Lennox coach Jeff Larson has submitted his resignation, which is pending school board approval.
Larson has been with the Oriole program for 24 years, serving the last 12 as head coach.

The Harrisburg Tigers now sport a school mascot that's free of any trademark violations.
The school district just south of Sioux Falls was contacted earlier this year by the licensing agent for the University of Missouri because its logo was similar to the Missouri tiger.

The school stopped using the emblem and held a contest for a new mascot, which drew 46 submissions of original artwork from students and staff.