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By Parker KnoxSportswriter

The Vermillion girls soccervarsity dominated their sea-son opener against visitingGroton at Cotton Park Satur-day, but the final score didn’treflect that fact.

“We just couldn’t put theball into the net,” said CoachDave LaCombe after Grotonescaped with a 2-0 win. “Theirgoalie made some great saves.”

Vermillion outshot theTigers 12-8 and were evenwith corner kicks.

“I was pleased with the per-formance of the team. Lastseason Groton beat us 5-0,”LaCombe added. “We are stilla very young team, and thegirls are improving and learn-ing a new system.”

After playing West Cen-tral Tuesday, the Lady Tan-agers will host Mitchell at 1p.m. Saturday in a game thatdoes not count in power-pointstandings. The girls playagain Monday at Harrisburgat 6:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Tanagerboys varsity scored a 3-0whitewash of Groton in theirseason opener. This weekendthe boys take a long trek westto play at Hot Springs Fri-day night and Custer Satur-day.Those two Southern Hillsteams went a combined 3-0 intheir openers last weekend,and neither team allowed agoal.

By Parker KnoxSportswriter

Graduation took away fromthe Vermillion High volleyballteam a group of long-time Tan-ager standouts like BriBrinkmann, Sara Kjose, KaylaGale and others, but theirdeparture has at least onebright side. Coach Lenni Bill-berg has been allowed to bringin the young talent of LexiRegnerus, Kylie Fischbach andLizzie Bye, three athletes whospent a lot of time working ontheir game over the summer.

Returners from 2008 areSierra Allen, Jenny Bye, MollyLeCates, Elise Hughes-Berheim,Ashley Ouellette andMichelle Blythe.

"This season's team willsport a new offense and manynew faces," Billberg said. "Welook for good things on thedefensive end for the Tan-agers, and we will utilitize thescrappiness of our veteransand the athleticism of ouryounger players."

Stiff competition right fromthe start will face the Tan-agers, beginning with the sea-son opener at the VHS gymat 3 p.m. Saturday againstMilbank. On Tuesday the Tan-agers play Lennox and ToddCounty in a triangular atLennox, and next Thursdaythey travel to South SiouxCity.

Wednesday ladieshave fun at The Bluffs

A wonderful group ofLadies were at the Wednes-day morning luncheon on Aug.19 – 28 – which was fantastic!!

The desserts were great –they always are. I tasted bothand loved them both. Thanksto Karon Benson and BarbLarson for this week’s treats.

Glennis Stewart was out $5drawing winner and the quar-ters were won by: Beth Sil-vano, Agnes Moeckler, BabeHurwoitz, Pat Berglund, RulaHatch, Barb Larson and Thel-ma Raines.

I had no results regardingDominoes, Bridge, Pitch, etc.,so will add them to next week’sreport.

Golf report: There were sixgolfers today,and again a beau-tiful day for golfing. We had alot of fun playing “Roll TheDice.” For a change I (Pat S.)had some lucky rolls and hada final adjusted score of 25.The best this of all was myfirst birdie on No. 5. This willbe a day to remember; I keptthe card. Ramon Kellogg wassecond with 27.

We welcome guests thatwish to see what we do onWednesday for fun. See younext week! Remember – ourgroup goes through Septem-ber, and the golfers sometimesgo longer.

See you at The Bluffs!

Pat SteckelbergPublicity

Seniors usematch play

On Aug.18, the seniors com-peted in three-man and two-man match play. No recordsof long putts were turned inunder this format.

The winning teams in thethree-man matches were

Elmer Mount, Dick Gregoryand Jack Doyle; Joe Conroy,Gerald Sommervold and LouieFostvedt; Lloyd Helseth, RossKing and Guy Button.

The teams victorious in thetwo-man competition wereShorty Hanson and Don Baer,plus Mo Marcotte and MiloGilbertson.

Final evening for WELLstarts out stormy

It was a dark and stormynight for the final night ofWELL. Dark clouds weregathering and a few ladiesgathered around a brightscreen with the local radarlooping. As luck would haveit, the clouds parted and wewere able to play our finalround for the ladies league.

Nikki Stammer was the

luckiest of the night. Shehad low gross of 42, low net of30 and birdied #17. The sheetof paper marking the pinprize for longest putt blewaway in the wind. The prizewas given to Nikki for herwonderful round of golf. Theluck for the night ended in abeautiful double rainbow. Itwas a great summer of golfwith some wonderful andvery fun ladies. Hope to seeyou all next year!

WELL has hotsunny evening

The hot sunny weatherbrought out the sunscreen,visors and Robin Miskiminswore shorts for the second timethis summer.

There were two birdiestonight, both on #8. Jane Uhlhad one of them and AnnJensen had the other, alongwith the longest putt pin prize.

Congratulations Ann! AudreyTicknor was hot tonight withboth low net of 29 and lowgross of 42 that she sharedwith Jennifer Steele.

There is one more night ofleague play on Aug. 19 andthen fun night on Aug. 26. Iam looking forward to seeingall of you there before schoolstarts and fall comes. Don’tforget the ladies four-personscramble Saturday, Aug. 22.

Wednesday Evening Ladies League (W.E.L.L.)

Standings as of August 19, 20091. Birdie Bound 55 75 73.33%2. Wedgies – Briefs 53.5 75 71.33%3. Wedgies – Boxers 47.5 75 63.33%4. Two Putts 43.5 75 58.00%5. Now We Are F.O.R.E. 42 75 56.00%6. Lucky Shots 41 75 54.67%7. F.O.F. 35.5 75 47.33%8. CorTrust Tees 34 75 45.33%9. Bluffs Babes 33 75 44.00%10. ShankFord Wives 31 75 41.33%11. Fairway Fliers 24 75 32.00%12. Lopez Sisters 11 75 14.67%

Alex Anderson-Kahl, a 2008 gradu-ate of Vermillion High School, is a mem-ber of the 2009 Luther College footballteam.

The Norse arecoached by MikeDurnin who begins hissecond season at thehelm of the footballprogram. CoachDurnin enters the2009 campaign with 29returning letter win-ners that include 11 onoffense and 17 ondefense.The Norse arelooking to improve ontheir 5-5 record from ayear ago.

Luther’s first game will be against itstraditional season opener opponent St.Olaf College.This game will be played inNorthfield, MN, on Saturday, Sept. 5,with kick-off scheduled for 1 p.m. The fol-

lowing week, Luther returns home toface Wisconsin Lutheran College at 1p.m. in Carlson Stadium.

The sports information departmentwill once again be providing free livevideo streaming of home athletic eventsthroughout the 2009-10 season. Thesevideo streams allow Norse fans the abil-ity to watch home athletic events on theirhome computers.Video streaming datesfor football are Sept. 12, Oct. 3, Oct. 24,Oct. 31, and Nov. 14. The complete videostreaming schedule can be found on theLuther athletics web site atsports.luther.edu/video/index.html.

Anderson-Kahl, listed as a linebackerfor the Norse, is the son of Ed Andersonand Julie Kahl of Vermillion.

To keep up with all scores of Lutherathletic teams, visit the Luther athleticweb site at http://sports.luther.edu andsign up for free Escores. Immediatelyafter all contests – you can choose whichof our 19 varsity sports or all of the sports

- you can have results sent to your com-puter, receive a text message or both.Fans can also keep up with Luther Ath-letics on twitter.com/norsesports andbecome a Luther College Athletics fan onfacebook.

Luther College is a four-year liberalarts college affiliated with the Evangel-ical Lutheran Church of America and islocated in Decorah, IA. The Norse com-pete in 10 men’s and nine women’s inter-collegiate sports.

As a member of the Iowa Intercolle-giate Athletic Conference (IIAC) since1922, the men have won 148 conferencechampionships. In 1982 the IIAC expand-ed its championship sponsorship toinclude women’s sports. During this timespan, the women have won 57 team titles.Combined, Luther leads the Iowa Con-ference with 205 league titles.

More information on Luther Collegeathletics can be found on the athleticweb site at http://sports.luther.edu.

The University of South Dakota foot-ball team wrapped up its first week oftwo-a-day practices with a two-hour ses-sion on the grass practice fields east of theDakotaDome on Friday afternoon. TheCoyotes will continue two-a-days nextweek in preparation for their seasonopener against William Penn on Sept. 3.

“You never are sure where you standduring fall camp, but I know we are get-ting great effort out there,” USD headcoach Ed Meierkort said.

Meierkort said the play of several keycomponents on the offensive side of theball, including quarterback Noah Shep-ard (Thornton, CO), running back ChrisGanious (Houston,TX) and the offensiveline, has been on par with what the coach-ing staff expects. However, he also notedsome incoming players have been per-forming well during fall camp, specifi-

cally mentioning fullback QuintinMcMartin, a 2009 Sioux Falls Washing-ton graduate.

“Some of our young guys are veryimpressive and they are going to play,which is very odd for us to say,” Meierko-rt said. “(McMartin) is not only gifted asa freshman, he’s a weapon.”

Meierkort spoke about the linebackerposition, which could also see young facesafter three starters graduated. Sopho-mores Shea Williams (Alexandria) andAdam Broders (Bloomfield, NE) both sawtime as reserves last year at inside line-backer.

“They are running as our No. 1s rightnow, but they are being pushed hard by(redshirt freshman) Elliott Harper and(sophomore) Kyle Wheeler,” he said.“Those guys are good players and aregoing to see some time.”

On the outside, the Coyotes returnseniors Dache Fance (Long Beach, CA)and Ryan Routh (Sioux Falls), who willbe supplemented by junior Cory Kuehl(Rock Rapids, IA) and sophomore AndrewMeier (Guthrie Center, IA).The four com-bined to play in 33 games last fall, includ-ing all 11 by Fance.

“Those four guys have a lot of experi-ence, so we are going to be strong there,”Meierkort said.

USD’s kicking game has also showedmarked signs of improvement this fall, asJustin Veazie (Chino, CA) returns for hissenior year.

“He had a bad day earlier, but he hascome back and I don’t know if he hasmissed a kick in the last two days,”Meierkort said. “He is getting better dayby day. He’s been working on some tim-ing things.

Young players impressing at Coyote football practice

Vermillion girls’, boys’ soccer season gets underway Saturday

Hannah Nehlich-Arob-ba of the VermillionLady Tanagers controlsthe ball past a Grotonopponent in last Satur-day’s season opener atCotton Park. (Photocourtesy of SonnieLaCombe)

Vermillion Tanager Steven Deal works to keep the ball away froma Groton defender during Saturday’s boys’ soccer match in Cot-ton Park. (Photo by David Lias)

VHS volleyballwill rely onyoung talent

Anderson-Kahl member of Luther Football Team

Anderson-Kahl

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