Mitchell senior Quinci Herll is leading the Kernels gymnastics team hoping to capture gold at the state meet next week in Brookings. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Mateo Hotchkiss, 3, dives into a puddle of water on his sled in front of his sister Ana, 6, while sledding down the amphitheater hill at Lake Mitchell on Sunday in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Wagner/Bon Homme’s Emily Duffek does a backflip on the beam during the state gymnastics meet on Friday at Swiftel Center in Brookings. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Mount Vernon’s (from left) Emily Wieczorek, Kyle Koch, Joe Johnson and Ashley Glanzer celebrate a correct answer while competing in the Custer Battlefield Highway academic festival quiz bowl on Wednesday afternoon in the Sherman Center on Dakota Wesleyan University’s campus. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Blackbirds fly out of a group of trees on Monday afternoon east of Mitchell. Today’s forecast is for mostly cloudy skies with a high near 26 and winds out of the north-northwest at 10 to 15 mph. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dakota Wesleyan’s Jason Spicer (40) along with Dakota Wesleyan’s Tate Martin (11) celebrate Spicer’s basket and foul on his rebound put back of Martin’s shot attempt during a game against Hastings on Saturday at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dakota Wesleyan’s Jade Miller (12) reacts to being called for the charge on Hastings’ Drew Callaghan (33) during a game on Saturday at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Students at Mitchell Technical Institute practice on the power poles on Tuesday morning along the northeast side of campus just south of Interstate 90. (Matt Gade/Republic)
McCook Central senior Anne Mayrose, left, reacts after saying she got some of the goats hair in her mouth while she and senior Cara Rabenhorst try to get the goat the students nicknamed “Gilbert” into the kennel while taking the goat to various business in Salem as part of their “Get the Goat” fundraiser on Wednesday morning as part of the McCook Central school’s FFA activities as part of National FFA Week. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Dakota Wesleyan’s Jason Spicer (40) along with Dakota Wesleyan’s Tate Martin (11) and the Tiger bench celebrate Spicer’s basket and foul on his rebound put back of Martin’s shot attempt during a game against Hastings on Saturday at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
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