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PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 PAGE 9 Former Rams QB Bulger Retires Press&Dakotan Former St. Louis Rams quarterback Marc Bulger tells ESPN.com he is retiring after 11 NFL seasons. in 2001 and eventually succeeded Kurt Warner as the starter in St. Louis. Bulger was selected for the Pro Bowl twice and passed for 22,814 yards, 122 touchdowns and 93 interceptions. He passed for more than 3,800 yards three times, including a career-best 4,301 in 2006, the only season he played all 16 games. “I am grateful to all my former teammates, coaches and my family,” Bulger told ESPN.com on Wednesday. “I have a special place in After parting with St. Louis after the 2009 season, he spent last year with the Ravens but did not play. DAILY DOSE my heart for coach Martz for giving me an opportunity.” “Moving forward, I’m excited to continue doing work through my foundation to help the men and women in uniform who risk their lives Bulger was drafted out of West Virginia by New Orleans in 2000, but never played a game for the Saints. He latched on with St. Louis every day so we can enjoy the game of football,” he told ESPN.com. Wrestling Camp City Softball Champs YHS Football Checkout Aug. 12 Cal Ripken City Champs The Yankton High School football program will hold its equipment checkout for Featuring Storley grades 9-12 on Friday, Aug. 12, at 4 p.m. at YHS. Set For Aug. 10 For more information, contact Coach Likness or Coach Mitchell. Yankton native and for- Morningside Picked To Win GPAC Football Title mer Northern State wrestler SIOUX CITY, Iowa — With perennial power Sioux Falls no longer in the Great Cale Cornemann will host a Plains Athletic Conference, GPAC coaches picked Morningside to win the league’s wrestling camp Wednesday, football title during the conference football media day, Wednesday in Sioux City, Iowa. Aug. 10, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Morningside edged out Northwestern, receiving seven of 10 first place votes at the Yankton High School- and 79 points overall. Midland finished third, followed by Dakota Wesleyan and Summit Activities Center Hastings. wrestling room. The camp, which features Sportswriter Wanted six-time state champion and The Yankton (S.D.) Press & Dakotan, a six-day-a-week daily newspaper, is Junior Freestyle National The Green Giants won the 7th-12th grade division of the seeking applicants for a part-time sportswriting position. Champion Logan Storley as a Yankton Girls’ Softball Recreational League Tournament, The position will aid in covering a dynamic sports market that features an NCAA clinician, is open to high beating the Blue Bombers 1-0 in the final. Team members Division I college athletic program. The successful applicant will assist in the sports school, junior high and include (front) Sarra Dukich, McKenna VanWinkle, Katelyn coverage, which will include taking area game reports, staffing area events and The Home Federal Hawks won the regular season and tourney youth wrestlers. There is a Munyer, Miranda Hallberg, Michaela Trail, (middle) Savan- some feature writing. titles of the U-12 division for Yankton Cal Ripken Babe Ruth fee to participate, and lunch Strong writing skills and sports background are needed. Page design and pho- nah Chambers, Samantha Hanson, Jenna Trail, (back) tography skills are a plus. Baseball. They finished 12-1-1 and beat the Wells Fargo Wolver- is included in that fee. coach Gary Munyer, coach Wes Chambers, Reid Hunhoff, To apply or for more details, contact Sports Editor James D. Cimburek, PO Box ines 5-4 in the final. Team members include (front) Miles Carda, Contact Cornemann at Brooklyn Bender, Amy Doering, Kaitlyn Frank, Danielle 56, Yankton, SD 57078; call (605) 665-7811, ext. 106; or e-mail Tanner Van Driel, Jordan Kathol, Caid Koletzky, Wes Privett, 605-661-9904 for more infor- Schmidt and coach Mike VanWinkle. Not pictured are [email protected]. (back) coach Brian Carda, Brady Boyd, Tate O’Hara, Cole Lewno, mation or to register. Maria Binder, Allison Morck and Katrina Kellum. Hayden Adam, Levi Zimmerman and coach Dusty Koletzky. SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR GOLF THURSDAY AFTERNOON CLASS B Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Thursday, August 4 Majors and Minors at Sioux Falls (Yankton Lakers) GOLF, SDGA Men’s Amateur Championship at Brook- From Tee No. 1 First Round Thursday’s Games BASEBALL, AMATEUR S.D. State Tourn. at Mitchell GOLF, DAKOTAS TOUR Hillcrest Pro-Am at Yankton ings CC DAKOTAS TOUR NOON: Denny Fokken, Yankton; Mike Mil- Wednesday, Aug. 3 Toronto (Cecil 4-4) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis (Crofton vs. Canova, 5:30 p.m., KVTK-AM) GOLF, SDGA Men’s Amateur Championship at Brook- Sunday, August 7 likan, Lincoln, Neb.; Burke Noonan, Sioux City, Britton 10, Irene 9 8-7), 11:10 a.m. BASEBALL, VFW TEENER S.D. State AA 15-16 Majors ings CC BASEBALL, AMATEUR S.D. State Tourn. at Mitchell HILLCREST PRO-AM THURSDAY PAIRINGS Iowa; JON SAUER, ST. CLOUD, MINN. NOTE: Professionals are listed in ALL CAPS Clark vs. South Central, 8 p.m. Texas (Ogando 10-5) at Detroit (Penny 7-8), at Brookings (Yankton Black Sox) Saturday, August 6 (Tabor vs. Platte, 1 p.m, KVTK-AM); S.D. State Class A Tourn. 12:08 P.M.: Dillon Cooney, Muscatine, Iowa; Thursday, Aug. 4 12:05 p.m. GOLF, DAKOTAS TOUR Hillcrest Pro-Am at Yankton BASEBALL, AMATEUR S.D. State Tourn. at Mitchell at Pierre (Yankton vs. Rapid City Angels or Castlewood, 11 THURSDAY A.M. Doug Roelle, Muscatine, Iowa; Jeff Larson, Martin vs. Sisseton, 11 a.m. Cleveland (Masterson 8-7) at Boston (Be- From Tee No. 1 Friday, August 5 (Vermillion Grey Sox vs. Dell Rapids PBR, 7:30 p.m., KVTK- a.m. or 1:30 p.m.) 7 A.M.: Conner Sock, Hickory, N.C.; Jae Ko- Yankton; MIKKEL REESE, ARNOLDS PARK, Flandreau vs. Larchwood, 1 p.m. dard 4-7), 6:10 p.m. AM); S.D. State Class A Tourn. at Pierre (Vermillion Red Sox BASEBALL, VFW TEENER S.D. State AA 15-16 Majors CALIF. Canova vs. Crofton, 5:30 p.m. Baltimore (Britton 6-8) at Kansas City (Fran- BASEBALL, AMATEUR S.D. State Tourn. at Mitchell letzky, Yankton; Mark Schilling, Ankeny, Iowa; (Wynot vs. Alexandria, 11 a.m., KVTK-AM; Freeman vs. Hart- vs. Brookings or Rapid City A’s, 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.; Yankton at Brookings (Yankton Black Sox); S.D. State AA 15-16 Mi- 12:16 P.M.: Adam Walsh, Yankton; Tom Garretson vs. Winner-Colome, 7:30 p.m. cis 4-11), 7:10 p.m. TRAVIS STOCKHOLM, SPRINGFIELD ford-Humboldt-Montrose, 5:30 p.m., KVTK-AM); S.D. State vs. Brandon Valley, 5 p.m.) nors at Brandon (Yankton Grey Sox); S.D. State AA 13-14 Hendricks, Muscatine, Iowa; Ron Nohr, Crofton, N.Y. Yankees (Nova 9-4) at Chicago White 7:08 A.M.: Marc Gubbels, Yankton; Val Friday, Aug. 5 Class A Tourn. at Pierre (Vermillion Red Sox vs. Renner Mon- Majors and Minors at Sioux Falls (Yankton Lakers) Neb.; IAN HESSELS, NEB.W SMYRNA BEACH, Wynot vs. Alexandria, 11 a.m. Sox (Humber 8-7), 7:10 p.m. BASEBALL, VFW TEENER S.D. State AA 15-16 Majors Madia, Omaha, Neb.; Fred Stinger, So. Sioux archs, 5:30 p.m.) at Brookings (Yankton Black Sox); S.D. State AA 15-16 Mi- FLA. Harrisburg vs. Redfield, 1 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 7-8) at L.A. Angels GOLF, DAKOTAS TOUR Hillcrest Pro-Am at Yankton City, Neb.; MATT GRUSH, LOS ANGELES, nors at Brandon (Yankton Grey Sox); S.D. State AA 13-14 12:24 P.M.: Justin Rhorer, Overland Park, Freeman vs. Hartford-Humboldt-Montrose, (Chatwood 6-7), 9:05 p.m. BASEBALL, VFW TEENER S.D. State AA 15-16 Majors GOLF, SDGA Men’s Amateur Championship at Brook- CALIF. at Brookings (Yankton Black Sox); S.D. State AA 15-16 Mi- Majors and Minors at Sioux Falls (Yankton Lakers) ings CC Kan.; Jerry Clough, Yankton; Jim Chesley, Yank- 5:30 p.m. Friday’s Games 7:16 A.M.: Neil Chapman, Vermillion; Kent nors at Brandon (Yankton Grey Sox); S.D. State AA 13-14 GOLF, DAKOTAS TOUR Hillcrest Pro-Am at Yankton Porter, Omaha, Neb.; Curt Jorgenson, Sioux ton; ANTHONY VERNA, ORINDA, CALIF. Akron vs. Plankinton, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Falls; JEREMY DECKO, CARLOS, MINN. 12:32 P.M.: Matt Zimmerman, Sioux Falls; Saturday, Aug. 6 N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:10 p.m. 7:24 A.M.: Kevin Gillick, Lincoln, Neb.; Jeff Ted Gibbens, Nashville, TENN.; Dick Clark, Volga vs. Dell Rapids Mudcats, 11 a.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Wolfgram, Yankton; Dennis Wentz, Yankton; Yankton; TRAVIS ROSS, CROOKSTON, MINN. Lake Norden Lakers vs. Dimock-Emery, 1 Cleveland at Texas, 7:05 p.m. CAMERON WHITE, PLYMOUTH, MINN. 12:40 P.M.: Christian Nohr, Crofton, Neb.; p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Hernandez outright to Gwinnett (IL). Wizards affiliate. TE Zach Miller, RB Chase Reynolds and DE rectors of sports performance. 7:32 A.M.: Kyle Repp, Yankton; Dennis Steve Martini, Hartington, Neb.; Gary Stevens, Madison vs. Parkston Mudcats, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. FLORIDA MARLINS — Assigned LHP Israeli Loto League Jimmy Wilkerson. Released DT Ladi Ajiboye, PK COLUMBIA — Named Bill Lund and Mike Schmitz, Lincoln, Neb.; Jim Kelley, Beresford; Yankton; JORDAN KRANTZ, GLENDALE, ARIZ.