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Dome trip provides multiple assignments, memories

Herreid/Selby Area and Howard players take part in the coin toss before Thursday’s Class 9A Championship game at the DakotaDome in Vermillion. Photo by John Davis taken 11/11/2021
Through the years I’ve had some memorable trips to the football championships in Vermillion, but this past week will rank right near the top of the list. As John Davis and I take off on Wednesday afternoon it is raining, and we know that the weather might play a role in our travel plans for the return trip on Thursday. The goal is to possibly double back and shoot a bit of the Aberdeen Central SoDak 16 volleyball match at Sioux Falls Lincoln before heading back to Aberdeen. Before we could even get five miles out of town, I receive an alert that the start of the volleyball match has been moved up from 6 p.m. to 4 p.m. because of impending weather. That is problematic on two fronts. One, it might mean that our chances of getting back in time to catch any of the volleyball will be difficult. Two, it for sure means that we need to take the weather situation seriously. Our games are scheduled for 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the DakotaDome on Thursday. At best, if the games are on sche

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