Black Hills State University Head Football Coach Jay Long announced today that the Yellow Jacket Football program will sign letter of intents for 17 student-athletes on Wednesday, February 3, 2010.  This is the second recruiting class for Long and his coaching staff.  The class is comprised of 13 high school players and 4 transfer students.

Senior Josh Breske, junior Wacey Coleman, and junior Forest Sainsbury were recently honored for the 2009 season being named to the Victory Sports All-American Team. 

The Yellow Jackets entered the showdown in the Fargodome as the #4 seed fresh off their victory over South Dakota School of Mines.  From the start the Yellow Jackets took control of a very physical game with the #1 seed Dickinson State University.

Last weekend the Yellow Jackets defeated rival South Dakota School of mines 26-0 on senior day at Lyle Hare Stadium.  The Yellow Jackets reclaimed the Homestake Trophy back from the Hardrockers after a 23-24 defeat in 2008. 

This Saturday the 4-4 Yellow Jackets are in Lyle Hare Stadium for their final home game of the season.  South Dakota School of Mines comes into Spearfish with a record of 4-3 fresh off a victory over Valley City State last weekend.  Both teams enter this contest 3-3 in DAC play. 

This Saturday the 4-3 Yellow Jackets will be in Lyle Hare Stadium to take on the 3-4 Jamestown College Jimmies.  Both teams are coming into this contest 3-2 in DAC play.  “Jamestown is entering this game on a three-game winning streak.  The first few games their offense struggled but since then they have really started to click.  Jamestown and us are very similar in a lot of ways and this should be a solid matchup,” said Head Coach Jay Long.

You don’t have to look very far to see the impact of 9-man football players on the Black Hills State University roster especially if you’re an opposing offensive player. Three starters on the Yellow Jacket defense come from 9-man schools.  Camp Crook linebacker Forest Sainsbury, New Underwood defensive back Clayton Schleusner and Newell nose tackle Sterling Boylan have all had an impact on the Yellow Jacket defense so far this season.

This past Saturday the Yellow Jackets were at Lyle Hare Stadium as they took on Dickinson State University.  Both teams came into the contest 3-0 in DAC Play.  On an extremely cold afternoon the Yellow Jackets and the Blue Hawks both struggled offensively in a defensive battle.

This past weekend the Yellow Jackets traveled to Valley City, North Dakota to take on DAC Conference opponent Valley City State University.  The Yellow Jackets took an early lead into halftime 7-0.  In the second the half BHSU again got off to a fast start increasing their lead to 23-7 entering the fourth quarter.  The Vikings put together a good fourth quarter to close the gap to 23-21.  On the two point conversion senior linebacker Nic Prather from Marysville, California tackled the Valley City State quarterback for a loss which sealed the game for the Yellow Jackets. 

The Yellow Jackets defeated Valley City State University this past weekend to improve to 4-1 on the season.  The Yellow Jackets haven't lost since the first game against NCAA II Southwest Minnesota State University.