Senate Bill 49…what is it? What does it mean? Why is it necessary? Is this discrimination? These are questions South Dakotans are asking themselves. On Thursday, the Senate Education committee in Pierre will take up SB 49. This bill voids the South Dakota High School Activities Association’s procedure/policy, as it pertains to transgender student athletes.

The 2018 boys state golf championships concluded on Tuesday from Brookings (Class AA) and Dell Rapids (Class A) with Sioux Falls Lincoln and Tea Area winning state titles. Here are the full results from both tournaments.

The 2018 boys state golf championships had their opening round of play on Monday with Class AA in Brookings and Class A in Dell Rapids. Check out the results from day one of the event.

On Thursday, Shannon Johnson, a native of Sioux Falls, SD, defeated defending champ Kelsey Chugg 1 up to win the 2018 US Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship.

On Wednesday, South Dakota Public Broadcasting was granted a one-on-one sit down interview with Onida, SD native Tom Byrum. Both Tom and his brother Curt became professional golfers. In our conversation with Tom Byrum he discussed the Sanford International event, growing up in South Dakota, and making it at the professional level.

Beginning this fall sports season, schools and the South Dakota High School Activities Association are working together to save steps when an illness or injury happens during a game.

Next month, the Minnehaha County Country Club in Sioux Falls will host the first ever PGA Tour Champions event in state history with the Sanford Invitational. Along with the PGA event, there will also be a Legends exhibition round of golf that will include two-time US Open Champion Andy North and World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Nicklaus.

Sioux Falls Christian was all set to win the Class A Girls’ State golf championship on Tuesday. Even after the event concluded – they were ranked as the top team. However, one of the Chargers golfers, senior Kate Wynja, who was also the top performer in the tournament, was disqualified from the second round of the event.

Burke/South Central, Great Plains Lutheran, Belle Fourche, and Sioux Falls O'Gorman won state golf championships on Tuesday. Here are the full results, both team and individual, for all four tournaments.

The 2018 Spring State Golf Championships began on Monday June 4th from Aberdeen, Watertown, and Dell Rapids. Here are the team standings and individual results from the first day of the event.

According to the author Fred Bowen, a sports opinion columnist for KidsPost, it may not be in a young child’s best interest to specialize in just one sport.

All varsity athletic teams and fine arts groups that achieve a combined grade point average of 3.0 or higher are eligible to receive the SDHSAA Academic Achievement Team Award. With the completion of all the SDHSAA fall activities, the SDHSAA announces the following schools and their teams who have received the “Academic Achievement Team Awards” for the 2017-2018 Fall Season.

The South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame has announced the ten inductees, and six legend inductees, who will be honored in the spring of 2018. Throughout the next few months, SDPB plans to give an inside look at each of these individuals.

The final team and individual results from the 2017 boys class A state golf tournament. Click here to see full results...