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. 

Fresh off their 3-0 victory Wednesday night at South Dakota School of Mines the Yellow Jackets will return home this Saturday to host the first round of the DAC Playoffs.  BHSU received the #2 seed going into the tournament and will host #7 Minot State at 7PM in the Donald E. Young Center.

This Friday the Black Hills State cross country teams will compete at the 2009 Dakota Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships. The meet returns to Robbinsdale Park in Rapid City, the site of the third DAC Cross Country Championships held in 2002.

There will be a registration table set up prior to the women’s and men’s games this Saturday night, Oct 31st.  There will also be a registration held at the Dairy Queen in Spearfish on Thursday, November 5th, between 5:30 and 7:30PM.  BHSU Men’s Basketball players will be present to help with registration.

The men’s and women’s basketball programs will open their seasons this weekend in the Donald E. Young Center.  The women will start the weekend off Friday night at 5:30pm as they take on College of Saint Mary out of Omaha, Nebraska. 

The cross country dual meet with SD School of Mines and Technology scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, October 30th has been cancelled due to the weather conditions. The meet will not be rescheduled. The next meet for The Running Yellow Jackets will be the Dakota Athletic Conference Championships scheduled for Friday, November 6th at Robbinsdale Park in Rapid City. The women’s race will take place at 11:00 am followed by the men at 11:45.

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.