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Dakota Valley has back-to-back victories

It was back-to-back away games for the Dakota Valley baseball team on April 17 and 18 which meant it was back-toback victories for the Panthers. Versus Elk Point-Jefferson, DV had their closest contest of the season to come out ahead 2-1. The next night at Canton, they downed the C-Hawks 10-3.
Dial wins technical drafting competition

Caden Dial, a senior at Dakota Valley High School, competed in the Technical Drafting competition at the South Dakota SkillsUSA State Conference out in Rapid City this past week. The competition was held at Western Dakota Tech. Dial has won this competition now for two years. By winning this competition, Dial will be headed to the national championships in Atlanta this summer. Technical Drafting is a competition where competitors are given a model and have to replicate it within a drafting software. Dial uses Inventor which is a 3D mechanical drafting software. He created the model, and then imported that into a drawing with all appropriate dimensions and tolerances.
Bruns has incredible high school sports career

Isaac Bruns, of Wynstone in Jefferson, SD, is having an incredible senior year of high school. This past March he helped lead the Dakota Valley varsity boys basketball team to back-to-back state championships and two consecutive undefeated seasons. While these feats alone are memorable and amazing, Bruns also recently received an honor never held before by a DV student athlete. He was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Player of the Year from South Dakota for basketball.
Girls finish 6th, boys 9th at Titan Invite

On Tuesday, April 11 the Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies Track teams participated in the Titan Track Invitational. This event took place at two facilities, with throws and horizontal jumps taking place in Vermillion, and the running events and vertical jumps taking place at the home facility in Tea Area.
The story behind the four-season garage

During the summer of 2020 one Elk Point-Jefferson student spent her time outdoors not playing sports, but painting. Not just any type of painting, but a four seasons tree on a garage.

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Panther girls begin 2024 on winning side

An excellent start to 2024 was had by the Dakota Valley girls basketball team. The Panthers took care of business on the road against Viborg-Hurley (VH) on Friday, Jan. 5 and then decimated the Warriors of Sgt. Bluff-Luton the next day on Jan. 6.

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Dakota Valley hosts first ever Esports camp

The first ever Dakota Valley Esports camp was held on Saturday, Jan. 6 in the Panther’s game lab.

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Boonstra, Lukken place at Farrand Invitational

The 49th Annual Floyd Farrand High School Wrestling Invitational happened on Dec. 30 for the Panthers. Many fierce and ranked competitors hit the mats for this tournament which was held at Sioux Falls Lincoln.

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Panthers participate in Parkston Classic

Both the boys and the girls basketball teams for Dakota Valley travelled during winter break for the Parkston Classic on Dec. 29. Teams from throughout South Dakota played at the Parkston Armory to close out 2023.

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Dakota Valley Panthers show their strength

There is little doubt in anyone’s mind as to how strong the Panther boys basketball team is after a dominating win versus Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Saturday, Jan. 6. Dakota Valley bested the Warriors by a score of 69-41 on SBL’s homecourt.

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First snow day 2024

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County conducts year-end business

The Union County Commissioners closed off 2023 with their year-end meeting and opened 2024 with their organizational meeting six days apart. On Dec.

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Huskies go one and one against Campbell County, Irene-Wakonda

While the Husky boys had a lot of great moments against Campbell County (CC) Dec. 28, it wasn’t enough to pull off the win.

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Elk Point-Jefferson Lady Huskies continue winning streak

On Dec. 30, the Huskies took to the court against Irene-Wakonda and didn’t look back. The girls controlled the ball from start to finish taking a commanding lead and clipping the Eagles wings 60-26.

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Four Huskies place in Garretson Invitational

The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies attended Garretson’s Jesse James Invitational on Jan. 6 and came home with one 3rd place finish and three 4th place finishes.

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