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South Dakota’s silver medal winner shares Olympic experience

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 Chris Nilsen’s system for getting where he is today — which is a lot higher than where he started by…

Silver medal in hand, South Dakota pole vaulter soaks in Olympic glory

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 Chris Nilsen’s first turn at being a celebrity pole vaulter started Wednesday morning, a day after the former University of…

Beach volleyball player with Sioux Falls roots aims for 2024 Olympics

While you’ve been watching the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Taryn Kloth has been dreaming of Paris. That’s where the Olympic traveling carnival heads next for…

Tennis town? As sport takes off in Sioux Falls, more courts could be coming

For a weekend in July, Sioux Falls became home to the nation’s best tennis players. The South Dakota Adult Open, a United States Tennis Association-ranked…

Meet the USD grad going for Olympic gold

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 Tokyo was awarded the 2020-21 Summer Olympics in September 2013. Chris Nilsen was 15 at the time, already showing at…

National champs: How Kairos Elite became a force in the sport of volleyball

It was the biggest volleyball event in the world. This June’s Amateur Athletic Union, or AAU volleyball tournament, brought more than 56,000 participants and 3,445…

New era in Canaries baseball takes off in big way

This paid piece is sponsored by the Sioux Falls Canaries. A new scoreboard introduced a new era in Sioux Falls Canaries baseball earlier this spring….

Sioux Falls’ newest baseball team brings family entertainment

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 The Sioux Falls Sunfish are a college-aged wood-bat baseball team that wanted to get things rolling a year ago but…

New Canaries owners talk stadium, scoreboard, supporting community

There are few things you should know about the new owners of the Sioux Falls Canaries. They’re experienced business owners based in the Twin Cities….

Meet the Snow Leopards: Women’s tackle football arrives in Sioux Falls

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 Thirty-nine-year-old Jen Reinke did a lot of roughhousing as a kid with her brothers. She went on to play three…

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