『FULL Year in Review Spectacular! — From Jacks & Yotes coaching changes to all the wild & wonderful local sports events that marked 2025 in Sioux Falls and South Dakota』のカバーアート

FULL Year in Review Spectacular! — From Jacks & Yotes coaching changes to all the wild & wonderful local sports events that marked 2025 in Sioux Falls and South Dakota

FULL Year in Review Spectacular! — From Jacks & Yotes coaching changes to all the wild & wonderful local sports events that marked 2025 in Sioux Falls and South Dakota

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 An instant, earth-shattering, mind-blowing, full-throttle sea change in a national powerhouse football program involving the controversial departure — and in some fans' minds, a betrayal — of a popular head coach and dozens of the disciples who had made the program so powerful. The swift, triumphant, widely-approved arrival of a new head coach (but familiar face) and emergence of players who not only became instant leaders, but folk heroes, for turning down the money and opportunity to join the old coach in the new place. They instead stayed put to persoonally help salvage the roster and begin a new era with the new coach. Two weeks later, two hours south, the sudden and shocking — to some — retirement announcement of the in-state rival's head coach and instant introduction of his heir apparent successor two hours later. It was a promotion proclaiming a youth movement into the turbulent NIL transfer portal era for a program that was elevating toward the rarified air of the enemy empire up north. The Jimmy Rogers exodus, Bob Nielson's ride into the sunset, and the dawn of the Dan Jackson and Travis Johansen eras: Talk ushering in 2025 with two resounding bangs — cannon shots — at South Dakota's two largest universities and only Division I athletic departments. It was a thunderous tone setter and tough act to follow the rest of the year. But what a year it was in the Sioux Falls and South Dakota sports scene. Plenty of scintillating events, storylines, and athletic virtuosos followed, whether they involved Jackrabbits, Coyotes, Augusta Vikings, University of Sioux Falls Cougars, Northern State Wolves, or the high school and minor league sports outfits of the Sioux Empire. In March, another SDSU women's basketball Summit League sweep and NCAA Touranment win, capped by a showdown in the mecca of the sport pitting two living legends — Aaron Johnston and UConn's Geno Auriemma. That same month was marked by epic rematches both Class AA girls and boys state championship games and a controversial ending that decided the Class A girls title. In August, another Little League World Series trip to Williamsport for a new crew of 12-year-olds from Sioux Falls who captivated millions on a global stage, followed by a summer-long Sioux Falls Canaries league championship chase that cresecendoed in September with electricity The Birdcage had never before felt, only to fall agonizingly short and deny the Birds' all-time legend Jabari Henry the ultimate crowning moment. The heartbreak did nothing to take the shine from "The King's" historic "Bari Bombs" in May and August — one that made Henry the American Association of Professional Baseball's all-time king and the other that provided the Canaries' only hit in an unbelievable, walk-off, slump-busting, 11-inning win. And then came football season. Nobody could predict the roller coasters both the Jacks and Yotes rode. And nobody would believe the fourth quarter comeback Augustana pulled off at the University of Sioux Falls — and the freshman quarterback from Arizona who led the charge — in the latest thrilling chapter of the Key to the City rivalry. In November, two high school state football championship rematches, with each the winner of each gaining sweet revenge. It was all so wild and wonderful and at even at times wince-inducing — spring FCS transfer portal pillaging and the House Settlement "opt in or opt out" saga come to mind — and definitely worth re-living. In colorful conversation spanning over two hours, Sioux Falls LIve sportswriter Trent Singer joined Happy Hour's host for a month-by-month stroll down memory lane with vivid reminiscing that includes fresh perspectives made possible by the passage of time. Example — just imagine how different both SDSU and Washington State's seasons would have been had Chase Mason and Quinten Christensen taken up Jimmy Rogers' offer to come with him to the Palouse. Who would have thought Rogers' voyage there would last less than 12 months before he packed up and headed back to the Midwest for another greener pasture next door at Iowa State? The year came full circle with another Jimmy jolt. These aren't just extracted memories you'll hear. The discussion always turns to the humanity, personality, and emotion of the people who made the waves us local sports fans rode. So, grab a surfboard and enjoy the ride. It's such a long, strange, two-hour trip, we even divided it up into two parts in case you need to catch your breath.
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