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PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 PAGE 9 Press&Dakotan ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’ BY JAMES D. CIMBUREK Even though it means a lot of 15-hour days for myself and a few for my partner in crime, Jeremy [email protected] Hoeck, it’s hard not to be excited about everything that’s going on in the area. DAILY DOSE In the middle of it all, I had the opportunity to share my excitement with some of our future leaders Based on the headline, you might think that this is a misplaced Christmas column. It’s not. down in Wausa, Neb., at their high school career day. I had the chance to share some of my experi- This is the time of the year that partly has you pulling your hair out, partly running on pure adrena- ences, and hopefully piqued a couple of individuals’ interest in journalism. (I do need to remember two Daily opinions line and partly in awe of the greatness you’re seeing. things if I do it again: get more of my top photos on the laptop, and bring “bribery” items — things to from the P&D In the last month, we’ve seen three local girls win individual state cross country titles, Crofton sweep hand out.) Sports Staff on cross country team titles and some outstanding post-season performances in football and volleyball. Spending the better part of 90 minutes getting to talk about my job was a good reminder that, even We’ve also seen the start of new seasons for college basketball, including new eras for both the Uni- though I am pulling my hair out and probably pushing myself harder than my physical therapist might local and versity of South Dakota and Mount Marty College men. We also saw the futures of area athletes be an- like right now, I couldn’t think of anything else I’d rather be doing than being in the thick of the champi- national high nounced with Wednesday’s National Signing Day. onship chaos that is October and November. (Or February and March. Or May.) school, college Beginning today, we’ll see champions crowned in South Dakota prep football and Nebraska prep That said, DakotaDome, here we come. I’ll be there for seven of the eight games (7 high school and volleyball. Next week, South Dakota’s volleyball teams take center stage, with the Nebraska prep foot- State-U). and pro sports. ball finals giving us the final appetizer before Thanksgiving. And, yes, it really is the “most wonderful time of the year.” SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR Kershaw, Scherzer Easily Win Cy Young Awards Houston 2 7 0 .222 170 248 Thursday, November 14 11B — Parkston vs. Canton, 2:30 NEW YORK (AP) — Clayton Wainwright of the St. Louis Car- “It’s unbelievable. It just vin- VOLLEYBALL Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 115 291 FOOTBALL, PREP S.D. State p.m., SDPB; 11AA — Pierre vs. Wa- Kershaw of the Los Angeles dinals was picked first on one dicates everything I’ve done,” NEB. STATE TOURN. North Finals at Vermillion (9A — Leola-Fred- tertown, 7:30 p.m., SDPB) W L TPctPFPA erick vs. Potter County, 11 a.m., SOCCER, WOMEN’S Great Dodgers and Max Scherzer of ballot. he said, acknowledging all the Nov. 14-16 at Grand Island Cincinnati 6 4 0 .600 234 186 SDPB; 9AA — Arlington vs. Bridgewa- Plains Athletic Conf. Championship the Detroit Tigers breezed Kershaw went 16-9 and run support he received from CLASS C2 Cleveland 4 5 0 .444 172 197 ter-Emery-Ethan, 2:30 p.m., SDPB; SWIMMING & DIVING, COL- Wednesday to baseball’s Cy topped the NL with 232 strike- Detroit’s powerful lineup proba- First Round, Nov. 14, at GI Northwest Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 188 189 11A — West Central vs. Madison, LEGE UW-Stevens Point Border Bat- No. 2 Hastings St. Cecilia (25-8) vs. Pittsburgh 3 6 0 .333 179 218 7:30 p.m., SDPB) tle (USD, 6 p.m.) Young Awards. outs. He also won the Cy Young bly helped his candidacy. No. 7 Lutheran High Northeast (23-9), 9 West SOCCER, MEN’S Great Plains VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S USD Kershaw won the prize as Award in 2011 and finished sec- “I’ve been working so hard a.m. W L TPctPFPA Athletic Conf. Championship at Nebraska-Omaha (7 p.m.) No. 3 Crofton (23-4) vs. No. 6 Kansas City 9 0 0 1.000 215 111 SWIMMING & DIVING, COL- VOLLEYBALL, PREP Neb. the National League’s best ond last year to knuckleballer all these years to get better and Palmyra 925-5), 11 a.m. Denver 8 1 0 .889 371 238 LEGE USD at Green Bay (6 p.m.) State Tourn. at Grand Island pitcher for the second time in R.A. Dickey. better,” he added. “I think I took No. 1 Freeman (25-5) vs. No. 8 Ord San Diego 4 5 0 .444 212 202 VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S Saturday, November 16 three seasons after posting a Scherzer took the AL honor a big step forward in 2013.” (20-11), 2 p.m. Oakland 3 6 0 .333 166 223 Great Plains Athletic Conf. Champi- FOOTBALL, COLLEGE South No. 4 Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Fam- NATIONAL CONFERENCE onship Dakota State at USD (1 p.m., KVHT- 1.83 ERA — lowest in the ma- after leading the majors with 21 Yu Darvish of the Texas ily (30-2) vs. No. 5 Guardian Angels Cen- East VOLLEYBALL, PREP Neb. FM, Midco Sports Network) jors in 13 years. wins. He received 28 of 30 first- Rangers was second, marking tral Catholic (29-4), 4 p.m. W L TPctPFPA State Tourn. at Grand Island: Class FOOTBALL, PREP S.D. State Dallas 5 5 0 .500 274 258 C2 — Crofton vs. Palmyra (11 a.m.) Finals at Vermillion (11AAA — S.F. “This is such a cool thing. I place votes. the highest finish by a Japan- S.D. STATE A TOURN. Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 252 244 Friday, November 15 Lincoln vs. S.F. Roosevelt, 7:30 p.m., can’t even explain what it The right-hander lost only ese-born pitcher in Cy Young Nov. 21-23 at Aberdeen N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 165 243 BASKETBALL, MEN’S MMC at SDPB) means to me,” Kershaw said in three times and was the lone voting. Hisashi Iwakuma of the First Round, Nov. 21 Washington 3 6 0 .333 230 287 Wayne State (exhibition, 7 p.m.) SWIMMING & DIVING, COL- No. 1 Belle Fourche (29-3) vs. No. 8 South BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S LEGE UW-Stevens Point Border Bat- an interview on MLB Network. 20-game winner in baseball. He Seattle Mariners came in third. Sioux Valley (19-11), noon W L TPctPFPA Dakota State at MMC (7 p.m., KYNT- tle (USD,10 a.m.) “It really is a huge honor.” ranked second in the majors Wainwright went 19-9 for St. No. 4 Winner (25-3) vs. No. 5 Wag- New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 265 163 AM) VOLLEYBALL, PREP Neb. ner (26-6), 1:45 p.m. Carolina 6 3 0 .667 214 115 CROSS COUNTRY, COLLEGE State Tourn. at Grand Island The 25-year-old lefty with a with 240 strikeouts and was Louis and finished behind Ker- No. 3 S.F. Christian (23-2) vs. No. 6 Atlanta 2 7 0 .222 186 251 NCAA Midwest Regional at Ames, Sunday, November 17 big-breaking curve drew 29 of fifth in the AL with a 2.90 ERA. shaw. Miami right-hander Jose Pine Ridge (27-3), 6 p.m. Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 146 209 Iowa BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S USD 30 first-place votes from mem- Scherzer smiled and raised Fernandez, picked earlier this No. 2 Dakota Valley (23-2) vs. No. 7 North FOOTBALL, PREP S.D. State at North Dakota (2 p.m., KVHT-FM) Sisseton (20-6), 7:45 p.m. W L TPctPFPA Finals at Vermillion (9B — Avon vs. VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S USD bers of the Baseball Writers’ As- both arms when the results week as the NL Rookie of the Detroit 6 3 0 .667 238 216 Hamlin, 11 a.m., KVHT-FM, SDPB; at Western Illinois (2 p.m.) sociation of America. Adam were announced. Year, was third. S.D. STATE B TOURN. Chicago 5 4 0 .556 259 247 Nov. 21-23 at Huron Arena Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 245 212 First Round, Nov. 21 Minnesota 2 7 0 .222 220 279 7. Greg Biffle, 2,301. Signed RB Michael Hill from Green No. 1 Warner (30-1) vs. No. 8 Her- West 8. Clint Bowyer, 2,297. Bay’s practice squad. Canadian Football an average score of 45-8, has sive look, has a rather bal- reid-Selby Area (20-11), noon W L TPctPFPA 9. Joey Logano, 2,287. League No. 4 Alcester-Hudson vs. No. 5 Seattle 9 1 0 .900 265 159 10. Kurt Busch, 2,285. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — capitalized on such mistakes anced rushing attack that is Harding County (26-5), 1:45 p.m. San Francisco 6 3 0 .667 227 155 11. Ryan Newman, 2,259. Announced coach Tim Burke will not re- Class 9A this season. led by quarterback Chayce No. 3 Chester Area (26-2) vs. No. 6 Arizona 5 4 0 .556 187 198 12. Kasey Kahne, 2,252. turn next season. Lyman (24-8), 6 p.m. St. Louis 4 6 0 .400 224 234 13.