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Press&Dakotan Coyotes Continue To Surprise In Missouri Valley BY JEREMY HOECK There’s nothing left to accomplish except, well, a lot over the next five games (four in the league) for [email protected] the Coyotes. Six wins is now the criteria for FCS playoff consideration, but most would say seven puts DAILY DOSE you in better position for an at-large berth. Even the Internet must be shocked. And yes, it’s still early to be talking playoffs, especially with games against North Dakota State, Youngstown State and South Dakota State remaining. But if you start looking at the schedule and en- Daily opinions If you log on to valley-football.org right now, you will see South Dakota ranked fourth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference standings. vision the Coyotes going, say, 3-2, that would put them at 7-5. Two wins and three losses in that span from the P&D Truthfully, the Coyotes are third at 3-1, following Saturday’s double overtime upset of No. 11 North- would finish USD at 6-6 in the regular season — likely too many losses to reach playoff consideration. Sports Staff on ern Iowa. So, let’s just say seven is the magic number. local and All joking (sorry, MVFC) aside, USD is proving to be no joke. It’s easy to get ahead of ourselves here, but that’s what a win at Northern Iowa will do for you: Peo- Winners of now three straight games, the Coyotes (4-3) are already shaking up the league. Picked ple start thinking big. People start saying to themselves, “Maybe these Coyotes ARE for real.” national high dead last in the preseason poll, USD is — get ready for it — a threat. I, for one, thought to myself Saturday night while listening to the game, “Guess they weren’t that far school, college Think about what the Coyotes have accomplished in the last three weeks: First-ever Missouri Val- away last year.” Remember 2012, when USD lost every game in the Missouri Valley? Keep in mind, and pro sports. ley win, first-ever Missouri Valley winning streak, then a first road win in three years. many of those losses were close, and you start to see why it wouldn’t take much to turn the corner.

SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR Volleyball

5. Missouri 7-0 1,197 14 Monday, October 21 Valley at YHS (7 p.m.); Knox County SOCCER 6. Baylor 6-0 1,189 12 VOLLEYBALL, PREP YHS at Tourn. at Niobrara and Verdigre 7. Miami 6-0 1,130 10 O’Gorman (7 p.m.); Knox County (Bloomfield, Creighton, Crofton, Nio- Concordia Sweeps Mount Marty S.D. STATE HIGH SCHOOL TOURN. 8. Stanford 6-1 1,118 13 Tourn. at Niobrara and Verdigre brara-Verdigre, Wausa); Allen at 9. Clemson 6-1 927 3 (Bloomfield, Creighton, Crofton, Nio- Homer; Andes Central vs. Bridgewa- Oct. 17-19 at Sioux Falls 10. Texas Tech 7-0 904 16 brara-Verdigre, Wausa); Centerville at ter-Emery at Emery; Beresford at Ver- SEWARD, Neb. — Despite Ryken had 24 set assists. EMERSON-HUBBARD DEF. HART- BOYS’ DIVISION 11. Auburn 6-1 867 24 Menno (Dig Pink Night); Dakota Val- million; Corsica-Stickney at Avon; Dell a balanced offensive attack THIRD: CORSICA-STICKNEY DEF. INGTON 20-25, 25-14, 25-12: In the loss Thursday, Oct. 17 12. UCLA 5-1 832 9 ley at Council Bluffs Thomas Jeffer- Rapids St. Mary at Centerville; Emer- from Mount Marty College, TDA 25-14, 25-18: Hope Menning had for the Wildcats, Ryley Eickhoff had eight Yankton 1, Pierre 0 13. LSU 6-2 739 6 son; Ethan at Avon; Hanson at son-Hubbard/Hartington at Winside; five kills, nine digs and three ace serves kills, Hochstein added seven kills and 19 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 4, Sioux Falls 14. Texas A&M 5-2 683 7 Scotland; Marion at Alcester-Hudson Flandreau at Parker; Freeman Acad- the Concordia Bulldogs Washington 0 15. Fresno St. 6-0 550 17 (Parents Night); Parkston vs. Mount emy at Mitchell Christian; Hanson at for the winning Jaguars. Micayla Bam- digs, and Lammers posted 17 set assists. Sioux Falls Lincoln 5, Brandon Val- 16. Virginia Tech 6-1 509 19 Vernon-Plankinton at Mount Vernon; Freeman; Irene-Wakonda vs. Viborg- swept the Lancers 25-9, 29-27, berg added five kills. HARTINGTON DEF. WINSIDE 25-19, ley 2 17. Oklahoma 6-1 501 18 Tripp-Delmont-Armour at Platte-Ged- Hurley at Hurley; Kimball-White Lake 25-9 in GPAC volleyball action For Tripp-Delmont-Armour, Jessica 25-15: Hochstein recorded eight kills and Rapid City Stevens 4, Spearfish 0 18. Louisville 6-1 428 8 des at Platte-Geddes; Lennox at Alcester- Friday, Oct. 18 19. Oklahoma St. 5-1 382 21 VOLLEYBALL, JV YHS at O’- Hudson; Marty/Omaha Nation at Saturday. Sandau and Hannah Just each had five eight digs, while Addison Peitz had 11 set SF Washington 3, Spearfish 0 20. South Carolina 5-2 381 11 Gorman (4:30 p.m.) Gayville-Volin; Menno at Canistota; Bailey Kuchta led Mount kills in the win for Tripp-Delmont-Armour, assists and Camie Stratman had three Pierre 2, Brandon Valley 1 21. UCF 5-1 345 NR VOLLEYBALL, SOPH YHS at Parkston at Bon Homme (Parents Marty with seven kills, while while Becca Brown had two blocks. ace serves. RC Stevens 2, SF Roosevelt 1, 2 OT 22. Wisconsin 5-2 258 25 O’Gorman (5:45 p.m.) Night); Pierce/Randolph at Stanton; FIFTH: FREEMAN ACADEMY DEF. WYNOT DEF. WINSIDE 25-20, 25- SF Lincoln 4, Yankton 0 23. N. Illinois 7-0 220 23 VOLLEYBALL, 9TH YHS at O’- Ponca at Laurel-Concord-Coleridge; Sadie Fedor and Kristen Saturday, Oct. 19 24. Michigan 6-1 169 NR Gorman (4:30 p.m.) Winner at Wagner; Wynot at Osmond Boyle both had six kills. Cait- DAKOTA CHRISTIAN 25-12, 25-21: 23: Maggie Schulte had 10 kills and 12 SEVENTH: Brandon Valley 3, 25. Nebraska 5-1 117 NR Tuesday, October 22 VOLLEYBALL, JV Brandon Val- Hannah Yoder posted six kills, Olivia digs for the Blue Devils, while Hannah Spearfish 2 Others receiving votes: Arizona St. SOCCER, MEN’S MMC at ley at YHS (4:30 p.m.) lyn Illg posted 17 set assists Boese had three ace serves and Bethany Lauer added nine set assists and eight FIFTH: SF Washington 1, Pierre 0 108, Notre Dame 82, Oregon St. 79, Dakota Wesleyan (7:30 p.m.) VOLLEYBALL, SOPH Brandon and Courtney Miller led the THIRD: Yankton 3, SF Roosevelt 1 Michigan St. 73, Georgia 30, Mississippi SOCCER, WOMEN’S MMC at Valley at YHS (5:45 p.m.) Wollman added seven digs. digs. Kristi Bruening chipped in with four CHAMPIONSHIP: SF Lincoln 2, RC 27, Florida 17, Utah 4, Washington 4, Dakota Wesleyan (5 p.m.) VOLLEYBALL, 9TH Brandon defense with 10 digs. In the loss for the Cadets, Brooke ace serves. Stevens 0 Texas 2, BYU 1, Ball St. 1. VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S Valley at YHS (4:30 p.m.) MMC, now 11-16 overall Vander Pol and Abbi BaanHofman each WYNOT DEF. PONCA 25-20, 25-11: GIRLS’ DIVISION MMC at Dakota Wesleyan (7:30 p.m.) Wednesday, October 23 had four kills, while Germaine Niewen- Schulte recorded 10 kills and six digs, Thursday, Oct. 17 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S JV SOCCER, MEN’S JV Briar Cliff and 0-10 GPAC this season, Sioux Falls Lincoln 4, Pierre 1 huis had 10 set assists. while Bruening had five kills, and Jenna AMERICAN CONFERENCE MMC at Dakota Wesleyan (6 p.m.) at MMC (4 p.m.) visits Dakota Wesleyan on Rapid City Central 3, Brookings 2 VOLLEYBALL, PREP Brandon SEVENTH: COLOME DEF. CROW Heine posted 14 set assists and eight Rapid City Stevens 1, Sioux Falls East Tuesday night in Mitchell. Washington 0 WLT Pct PF PA CREEK 25-11, 25-18: Shayna Gustafson digs. Sioux Falls Roosevelt 6, Yankton 0 New England 5 2 0 .714 152 127 and Taylor Hrabnaek each had 10 digs for EMERSON-HUBBARD DEF. Friday, Oct. 18 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 134 162 Seattle 34, Arizona 22 signed F Joakim Nordstrom to Rockford High School Colome’s stout defensive effort. WYNOT 27-25, 27-25: In the loss for the Brookings 2, Yankton 1 Miami 3 3 0 .500 135 140 Sunday’s Games (AHL). For Crow Creek, Cheyenne Red Blue Devils, Schulte had 13 kills, four Pierre 2, SF Washington 0 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 159 178 Atlanta 31, Tampa Bay 23 NEW YORK RANGERS—An- Eagle Showdown SF Roosevelt 2, RC Central 0 South Washington 45, Chicago 41 nounced the retirement of G Martin Biron. Water had 11 set assists and 19 digs. blocks and 13 digs, while Lauer had 14 SF Lincoln 2, RC Stevens 0 WLT Pct PF PA Dallas 17, Philadelphia 3 Recalled Fs Chris Kreider and Brandon LAKE ANDES — Dennisha Johan- set assists and five digs. Saturday, Oct. 19 Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 148 98 N.Y. Jets 30, New England 27, OT Mashinter and G Cam Talbot from Hart- neson recorded eight kills and five ace SEVENTH: SF Washington 2, Yank- Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 145 146 Buffalo 23, Miami 21 ford (AHL). Hartington Inv. Houston 2 5 0 .286 122 194 Carolina 30, St. Louis 15 —Reas- serves to lead hometown Andes Central ton 0 past Gayville-Volin 25-20, 25-18 for first HARTINGTON, Neb. — The home- Dakota X11 Conference FIFTH: Pierre 2, Brookings 1 Jacksonville 0 7 0 .000 76 222 Cincinnati 27, Detroit 24 signed F , F David Broll town Hartington Wildcats and Wynot Blue SIOUX FALLS — Sioux Falls Chris- THIRD: RC Central 2, RC Stevens 0 North San Diego 24, Jacksonville 6 and F Trevor Smith to Toronto (AHL). place at Saturday’s Eagle Showdown. CHAMPIONSHIP: SF Roosevelt 1, WLT Pct PF PA San Francisco 31, Tennessee 17 America.n Hockey League Payton Johanneson added five kills Devils each went 2-1 at the Hartington In- tian swept Dakota Valley 25-20, 25-20 to SF Lincoln 0 Cincinnati 5 2 0 .714 148 135 Kansas City 17, Houston 16 PEORIA RIVERMEN—Released G for the Eagles, while Emily Houseman vitational on Saturday. win first place at the inaugural Dakota Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 150 148 Green Bay 31, Cleveland 13 Kevin McFarland, F Masahito Suzuki and The two victories improved the Wild- X11 Conference Volleyball Tournament Cleveland 3 4 0 .429 131 156 Pittsburgh 19, Baltimore 16 RW Casey Mignone. had 10 set assists and six digs. BASEBALL Pittsburgh 2 4 0 .333 107 132 Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m. COLLEGE For the second-place Raiders, Kelia cats to 14-9 on the season. on Saturday in Sioux Falls. WORLD SERIES West Open: New Orleans, Oakland LITTLE EAST CONFERENCE— Barta had 10 kills and eight digs, while HARTINGTON DEF. WINSIDE 25-22, The Chargers went 3-0, while Dakota WLT Pct PF PA Monday’s Game Named Cora Brumley commissioner. 25-23: Shelby Hochstein had 11 kills and Valley finished 2-1. Tri-Valley took third (Best-of-7) Kansas City 7 0 01.000 169 81 Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 7:40 p.m. Rachel Haas had five kills, six digs, two Wednesday, Oct. 23: St. Louis at Denver 6 0 01.000 265 158 Thursday, Oct. 24 SATURDAY’S TRANSACTIONS blocks and one ace serve. Genevieve nine digs for the Wildcats, while Saman- place, with Vermillion fourth and Elk Boston, 7:07 p.m. San Diego 4 3 0 .571 168 144 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:25 p.m. tha Huss had four blocks and Abby Lam- Point-Jefferson fifth. Thursday, Oct. 24: St. Louis at BASKETBALL Clark added seven kills and Vanessa Oakland 2 4 0 .333 105 132 Sunday, Oct. 27 National Basketball Association mers had 13 set assists. Boston, 7:07 p.m. NATIONAL CONFERENCE Cleveland at Kansas City, noon Saturday, Oct. 26: Boston at St. MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Exercised East Buffalo at New Orleans, noon the third-year contract option on C John Louis, 7:07 p.m. WLT Pct PF PA Miami at New England, noon Sunday, Oct. 27: Boston at St. Louis, Henson and the fourth-year contract op- Dallas 4 3 0 .571 200 155 Dallas at Detroit, noon tion on G Brandon Knight. 7:15 p.m. Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 169 196 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, noon x-Monday, Oct. 28: Boston at St. UTAH JAZZ — Signed F-C Derrick Washington 2 4 0 .333 152 184 San Francisco vs. Jacksonville at Favors to a four-year contract extension. Football: Niobrara-Verdigre Wins In Double OT Louis, 7:07 p.m. N.Y. Giants 0 6 0 .000 103 209 London, noon FOOTBALL x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: St. Louis at South Pittsburgh at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Boston, 7:07 p.m. National Football League BLOOMFIELD, Neb. — Nio- Wagner visits Winner in Friday’s regu- WLT Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m. DENVER BRONCOS — Activated Canton 50, Wagner 20 x-Thursday, Oct. 31: St. Louis at New Orleans 5 1 0 .833 161 103 Atlanta at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. brara-Verdigre scored in the CANTON — The Canton C-Hawks lar season finale. Boston, 7:07 p.m. LB Von Miller. Waived WR Tavarres King. WAGNER (4-3)...... 0 14 0 6 — 20 Carolina 3 3 0 .500 139 83 Washington at Denver, 3:25 p.m. HOCKEY Atlanta 2 4 0 .333 153 157 Green Bay at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. second overtime period to ran for 254 yards on the way to a 50-20 CANTON (6-1)...... 14 29 7 0 — 50 rout of Wagner last Friday night. FOOTBALL Tampa Bay 0 6 0 .000 87 132 Open: Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, BUFFALO SABRES—Added D edge Bloomfield 32-26 in high North Indianapolis, San Diego, Tennessee Jake Ablett led Canton (6-1) with 90 THE AP TOP 25 Nikita Zadorov to the active roster. Sent school football action from WLT Pct PF PA Monday, Oct. 28 D Rasmus Ristolainen to Rochester yards and a score, while Cody Majeres Creighton 58, Green Bay 4 2 0 .667 168 127 Seattle at St. Louis, 8:40 p.m. last Friday night. The Top 25 teams in The Associated (AHL). added 47 yards and two touchdowns. Press college football poll, with first-place Detroit 4 3 0 .571 186 167 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Cody Beckmann rushed Neligh-Oakdale 6 votes in parentheses, records through Chicago 4 3 0 .571 213 206 Agreed to terms with D Viktor Svedberg Majeres also passed for 55 yards and a Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 125 158 TRANSACTIONS for 45 yards for the Bees (4- NELIGH, Neb. — Jacob Morrill rushed Oct. 19, total points based on 25 points BASKETBALL on a two-year contract. score. West for 133 yards and two scores and Seth for a first-place vote through one point for National Basketball Association WINNIPEG JETS — Placed D 3), while Quinn O’Brien ran WLT Pct PF PA For Wagner (4-3), Dylan Brunsing a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Exercised Jacob Trouba on injured reserve. Re- Wilmes accounted for four touchdowns in Seattle 6 1 0 .857 191 116 for 23 yards and passed for completed 6-of-16 passes for 108 yards Record Pts Pv the contract options for G Brandon Knight called D Adam Pardy from St. John’s Creighton’s 58-6 romp of Neligh-Oakdale San Francisco 5 2 0 .714 176 135 1. Alabama (55) 7-0 1,495 1 and F John Henson. (AHL). 72. and a touchdown — a 27-yard strike to St. Louis 3 4 0 .429 156 184 last Friday. 2. Oregon (3) 7-0 1,427 2 HOCKE.l Hockey League Chris Kuca. Arizona 3 4 0 .429 133 161 Tim Broders led the Wilmes rushed for 47 yards and 3. Florida St. (2) 6-0 1,395 5 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—As- 4. Ohio St. 7-0 1,309 4 Thursday’s Game Bloomfield defense with 15 Noah St. Pierre also returned a kickoff caught three passes for 71 yards, while 90 yards for a touchdown. David Kocer also passing for 82 yards. tackles and an interception. and Terrence Krcil each had 14 tackles to NIOBRARA-VERDIGRE...... 0 6 8 6 6 6 — 32 CREIGHTON...... 36 14 8 0 — 58 Bucks Take 3rd At State Soccer, Gazelles 8th BLOOMFIELD ...... 6 0 6 8 6 0 — 26 lead the Red Raiders’ defense. NELIGH-OAKDALE...... 0 0 0 6 — 6 SIOUX FALLS — The Yankton Bucks added a from Trevor Rehurek. brought home third place after a 3-1 victory Saturday over Sioux Falls Roosevelt at the Girls: Gazelles Take 8th NFL: Chiefs Move To 7-0 Volleyball South Dakota State High School Soccer Cham- SIOUX FALLS — Sioux Falls Washington From Page 8 pionship in Sioux Falls. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) fenses. That's how it rolls," blanked the Yankton Gazelles 2-0 in Satur- — The Kansas City Chiefs Chiefs coach Andy Reid Roosevelt scored two minutes into the day’s seventh-place game at the S.D. State first half and led 1-0 at halftime. Yankton got had their backs to the end said. "You can't be success- High School Girls’ Soccer Championship. zone in the third quarter on ful like we are without a to set five. Houk said he on the board with an Osmar Pacheco goal 25 Brianna Benjamin earned first team All- minutes into the second half. Sunday, and the Houston great defense." thinks that IUPUI has two tal- State honors for Yankton, while Taylor Ruter Texans had first-and-goal Nor can you be success- ented left-side attackers and The Bucks pulled in front on a Chipper and Morgan Tessier were named to the sec- Granflaten goal off a corner kick, and Yankton with an opportunity to take ful without a guy like Jamaal knows this match will be a ond team. the lead. Charles, who ran for 86 battle. Three straight plays yards and a touchdown, or “Now [we will] think that went nowhere and the Tex- quarterback Alex Smith, the record is 0-0 and that we board with a 55-yard touchdown pass to State up 17-14. Western Illinois (3-5, 1-3) ans had to settle for a field who also had a touchdown have a whole new second Zach Vraa just before halftime and North drove to Youngstown State’s 23 on the half to start off with and go Football Dakota State (7-0, 4-0) turned to Crockett next possession, where Nathan Knuff- goal. scamper. in the second half. After rushing four man missed a 40-yard field goal. The It was a virtuoso display In the Super Bowl era, 31 with the same attentiveness From Page 8 times for 19 yards in the first half, Crock- Penguins followed that with a 77-yard by the NFL's stingiest de- teams have started 7-0 and like when we start the first ett carried 19 times in the second, rushing scoring drive as Kurt Hess found Nate fense, and a signature stand all qualified for the playoffs. half [of conference],” Jor- for 152 yards and touchdowns on runs of Adams from five yards out for the final in a stellar second half. Fifteen of those 31 clubs ad- gensen said. touchdowns as undefeated North Dakota 10, 26 and 30 yards. score. Ruiz had a 57-yard run on that The Chiefs kept repelling vanced to the Super Bowl State roared back from a 10-0 first-half YOUNGSTOWN STATE 24, WEST- drive. the Houston offense the and nine have won it. You can follow Peter Chap- deficit to stampede Southern Illinois in a ERN ILLINOIS 14: YOUNGSTOWN, Ruiz opened the scoring for man on Twitter at Missouri Valley Conference game, 31-10 Ohio (AP) — Martin Ruiz rushed for 199 Youngstown State when he broke for a rest of the way, and the re- Keenum, making his first Saturday. yards on 21 carries to lead Youngstown 60-yard touchdown run midway of the sult was a 17-16 victory to NFL start in place of the in- twitter.com/ PEChapman. Dis- Kory Faulkner threw 13-yards to State to a 24-14 win over Western Illinois first quarter. The Leathernecks tied it 7- extend their perfect start. jured Matt Schaub, threw cuss this story at www.yank- LaSteven McKinney in the first quarter Saturday. all in the second quarter on Trenton "You know as well as I do for 271 yards and a touch- ton.net. and Thomas Kinney booted a 47-yard The Penguins (7-1, 4-0 Missouri Val- Norvell’s one yard run. you win with great de- down for the Texans. field goal to stake the Salukis to the 10-0 ley Conference) have now won seven lead, but only crossed into North Dakota straight conference games over two sea- State territory once more the rest of the sons. game. Southern Illinois (4-4, 2-2 MVC) The teams entered the fourth quarter was held to just 227 total yards. tied 14-all. A 33-yard Joey Cejudo field Brock Jensen got the Bison on the goal early in the fourth put Youngstown {} stopped communicating,” Green said. “All those things Soccer are things I know and they From Page 8 know, when we do it well, we can compete against any Time for seasonal team we play. fident they were able to hang “When that stops, things with the Pioneers, Viktor go bad quickly.” Flu Shots. said. Already out of Summit “I think they’re definitely a League Tournament consider- solid team, regardless of how ation, the Coyotes have three you look at it,” she said. “But games remaining in the regu- 'MV4IPU$MJOJDBU:BOLUPO.FEJDBM$MJOJD/PBQQPJOUNFOUOFDFTTBSZ5IFDPTUXJMMCF at the same time, I almost ex- lar season — starting Friday 8FBDDFQU.FEJDBSFBTTJHONFOUo.FEJDBSFQBUJFOUTQMFBTFCSJOH.FEJDBSFOVNCFST8F pected more.” at Fort Wayne. 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