Just some random photos through the first half of April.
Taeshawn White Hat (10) stretches to try and catch the ball as part of a drill during the Dakota Wesleyan youth football camp on Monday afternoon at the DWU practice fields. About 40 kids from third to sixth-grade participated in the camp. The last day of the camp is Wednesday. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Mitchell’s Jacob Rice gets caught trying to steal home by Brookings catcher Jacob Meyer during a game on Thursday evening at Cadwell Park in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
An attendee wears an “End Hunger” sticker during the McGovern Hunger Summit on Wednesday at the Sherman Center on Dakota Wesleyan University’s Campus. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A group of turtles rest atop a log as another one joins them out of the water on Tuesday afternoon in Lake Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Mitchell’s Beau Brown keeps his eyes on the ball during doubles action against St. Thomas More on Friday at Hitchcock Park. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Eight-year-old Isaac Van Scharrel tries to balance himself while walking on a piece of playground equipment on Friday morning at Hictchcock Park in Mitchell. Isaac spent the morning at the park with his family including parents Bryan and Angie along with his brother and sisters Jayven (6), Eliana (3) and Adelyn (1). (Matt Gade/Republic)
Jeanette Jones makes her way in the front door followed by her husband Don before church service on Sunday morning at the Loomis Congregational church in Loomis. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dakota Wesleyan’s Hailey Unger slides safely into home for a run during a game against Briar Cliff on Wednesday at McWhirter Field at Cadwell Park. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Plankinton students (clockwise from left) Kallyn Prangley, Megan Bultsma, Justin Krell and Tye Harris react after missing a question as the competed in the quiz bowl as part of the 20th annual Custer Battlefield Highway Academic Festival on Wednesday in the Sherman Center at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
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