Some of my favorite images from 2015.
The Parkston Mudcats celebrate their 4-3 win over Alexandria for the Class B State Amateur Championship on Sunday at Cadwell Park. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Maricela Diaz is escorted out of the Hanson County Courthouse by Hanson County Sheriff Randy Bartlett after being sentenced for 80 years on Friday afternoon in Alexandria. Diaz was found guilty in January for the murder and kidnapping of Jasmine Guevara that occurred in 2009.. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central’s Garrett Larson (56) sacks Hanson’s Andrew Arend (5) causing a fumble in the second quarter of a game on Friday at the University of Sioux Falls Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Seven-year-old Anna Castillo of Ethan slides off while taking part in the Muttin Bustin during the Scottie Stampede Rodeo on Saturday night in Scotland. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Emergency Responders work to put out a fire caused from a two-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate 90 approximately a mile east of Alexandria on Thursday afternoon. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Canon Moller (8) goes down the slip n slide while hanging out at the Widstrom’s on Wednesday afternoon. Today’s forecast calls for a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%. (Matt Gade/Republic)
One-year-old MarcJon (MJ) Brakke laughs with his mom Sabreena while she feeds him with a tube in their home earlier this month. One of MJ’s diagnoses requires him to be fed through his stomach rather than orally. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A group of Amish men work on a building a structure on a farm along Highway 18 just northwest of Tripp on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A group of family and friends prepare to launch balloons into the sky during a vigil held for Lenard Dean Boyer on Saturday evening at the band shelter at Hitchcock Park in Mitchell. Boyer (14) passed away on June 25, 2015 after suffering fatal injuries in a singe-vehicle accident. Karla Martinez, 23, of Mitchell, the driver of the vehicle who had a blood alcohol level of .148 pleaded guilty in Sept. to vehicular homicide and is scheduled for sentencing on Tuesday. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4)leaps over a BYU defender during a game on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln, Nebr.. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Mount Vernon/Plankinton’s Makaela Karst, back, hugs Jorgan Erdahl following their match against Sioux Falls Christian in the Class A state volleyball championships on Saturday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Scenes from the second day of the 45th Annual Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo at Horseman’s Sports Arena on Friday in Mitchell. (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)
Lightning fills the sky on Saturday night east of Chamberlain. Today’s forecast is for a high of 93 with a heat index of 101, with a ten percent chance of rain after 5 P.M. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Scenes from the 2015 Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Parade on Saturday down Main Street in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Burke/South Central’s Zach Sebern (11) dives for a touchdown in front of the Scotland Highlanders defense during a game on Friday at the University of Sioux Falls Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Craig, at left, and Duke Wenzel share a laugh, while Craig works on advertisements and Duke prepares to shoot his last photos of school kids at Wessington Springs Elementary School. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Members of the Mitchell Exchange Club hold up the flag of the United States of America for the national anthem prior to the start of the Lennox Millbank game which was the first game of the 2015 South Dakota State Amatuer Tournament on Wednesday at Cadwell Park. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Ryan Stahle leads the Mitchell High School Marching Band as performs its annual Boat Parade on Friday Night on Lake Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Scenes from the last day of the 45th Annual Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo at Horseman’s Sports Arena on Sunday in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Scenes from the 46th Annual Winner Elks Rodeo on Saturday at the Tripp County Fairgrounds in Winner. (Matt Gade/Republic)
The seniors Tevyn Waddell drags junior Haylee Schoenfelder while carrying the ball during the annual powder puff football game at Joe Quintal Field on Thursday night in Mitchell as part of homecoming week. The seniors beat the juniors 28-0. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Winner’s Riley Frazier (26) stiff arms Tri-Valley’s Tye Klinnert (21) during the class 11B state championships at the DakotaDome on Friday in Vermillion. Winner’s Riley Frazier (26) was called for an offensive facemask penalty on the play. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dusty May’s cross dangles as the Springfield resident gets set to a ride a bull during the Miller Lite Bull Bash on Wednesday night at Horseman’s Sports Arena in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A storm rolls over Lake Mitchell on Thursday night. (Matt Gade)
Scenes from the Cowboy Fast Draw National Competitions on Friday morning on the east lawn at Cabela’s in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Seven-year-old Maddie Lehrkamp, of Highmore, takes a break resting on a pair of fold up chairs inside the beef complex during the first day of the South Dakota State Fair on Thursday in Huron. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Grace Robb (10), front, counts her money as Thomas (4) shows off shows his parents the piece of candy he got while Eve (2), back left, and Nora (8), back center, race out for more candy as the Scottie Stampede Parade rolls down Main street on Saturday in Scotland. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A thunderstorm makes its way through the Mitchell area on Saturday night. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Eight-year-old Jaycee pumps her fist while watching the bareback riding competition with mom Caitlyn Lachnit, left, and brother Tayton (2), all of Alexandria, on Thursday night during the first night of the 45th annual Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo at Horseman Arena in Mitchell.(Matt Gade/Republic)
Customers sit at the counter waiting for breakfast on Tuesday morning at Shirley’s Lane Cafe.
Sioux Falls Christian celebrates their match point over Mount Vernon/Plankinton to win the Class A state volleyball championships on Saturday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Scotland stat girls sophomore Elyssa Walloch, left, and Taylor Bietz, sophomore,cheer as Scotland’s Tanner Iwan (7) scores the game winning touchdown during a game on Friday at the University of Sioux Falls Sports Complex in Sioux Falls. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dakota Wesleyan Head Coach Matt Wilber gives a fist pump to the crowd after their win against the College of Idaho on Saturday during the third round of the NAIA Division II National Championship Tournament in the Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo. (Matt Gade/Republic)
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Wow, really nice work! What a year!!!
Thanks Scott!