Brandon Valley Journal

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Railroad cars are stored on Ellis & Eastern Railroad tracks during the winter months in Brandon along Holly Boulevard.

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Brandon Valley sophomore Brenna Reker overcame Aberdeen Central’s Rakrah Wallace to win the 138-pound weight class at Saturday’s Dan Pansch Wrestling Invitational in Brandon. The Lady Lynx placed third as a team.

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Brandon Valley’s Julia Ask (left) blocks a shot attempt by Brookings’ Clara Delbridge on Friday, Jan.10, 2025.

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Brandon Valley’s Levi Veskrna (165 pounds) clearly has the blueprint to defeating Huron’s TJ Lien. Veskrna pinned him in back-to-back matches, first during Friday’s road dual and again on Saturday at the Dan Pansch Invitational.

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Evelyn Van Den Oever (above) and Avery Bowers (below) compete against Huron wrestlers in Saturday’s home invitational. They also competed Friday at Huron.

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The BV IceCats high school team took time during their weekend tournament in White Bear Lake, Minn., to play “pond hockey” with some of the locals. Pictured are, from left, row one: Coach Denis Paquette, Hunter Hoogendoorn, Elias Michailidis, Justin Pederson, Ethan Gruenig, Quinn Reinwald, Elias Horstmeyer, Hudson Keffeler, Caleb Poncelet, Max Miller; row two: Sam Johnson, Nathan Fogarty, Jordan Montplaisir, Cole Clites, Ryler Harms, Teagan Hubers, Coach Stephen Wollman and Max Peters.

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Nathan Biggs and his wife, Ashley, are parents to three daughters, ages 4 and 3, and a recent newborn.

The shared-use path in Sioux Falls that runs under Cliff Avenue on the east side. A similar path is proposed in Brandon on Holly Boulevard under the bridge at the Big Sioux River.