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Kucera is sentenced

This afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in Pierre, the sentencing of 67 year old Richard Alan Kucera of Winner took place.

For Count 1 of Sex Trafficking of a child, Richard received the minimum sentence of 10 years. 

For Count 2 of Sex Trafficking of a child, Richard received the minimum of 10 years. 

Counts 1 and 2 will run concurrent to each other. 

For count 3 of Production of Child Pornography, Richard received the minimum of 15 years. 

For Count 4 of Production of Child Pornography, Richard received the minimum of 15 years. 

Counts 3 and 4 will run concurrent to each other and consecutive to Counts 1 and 2. 

Kucera was found guilty of two counts of Sex Trafficking of a Child and two counts of Production of Child Pornography following a four-day federal jury trial in Pierre in July.

Scores from Saturday

College Football

SDSU 35 Murray St. 14 F

USD 17 Northern Iowa 14 F

 


Soccer State Championships in Rapid City

Boys

Class AA State Championship- Lincoln 6 Jefferson 0

Class A State Championship- James Valley Christian 2 Freeman Academy 0

 

Girls

Class AA State Championship- Harrisburg 3 O’Gorman 1

Class A State Championship- Sioux Falls Christian 2 Dakota Valley 1

Saturday’s Schedule

Boys and Girls Soccer

State Championships in Rapid City

Girls Class A Championship at 1pm- Dakota Valley vs SF Christian

Boys Class A State Championship at 11am-James Valley Christian vs Freeman Academy

Girls Class AA State Championship at 8pm- O’Gorman vs Harrisburg

Boys Class AA State Championship at 6pm- Lincoln vs Jefferson

 

College Football

SDSU at Murray State at 1pm

USD at Northern Iowa at 1pm

 

Competitive Cheer and Dance

Winner, Lyman and Gregory at Platte/Geddes Invite

 

Volleyball

Jones County at Douglas Tournament

Colome at Lake Andes Tournament

Brandon Valley at Stevens

O’Gorman at Rapid City Central

Jefferson and Washington at Bishop Heelan Classic

Canton, Dell Rapids, Lennox, SF Christian and West Central at Dak 12 Tournament in Elk Point

Dell Rapids St. Mary’s at Conference Tournament in Arlington

Scores from Friday

Football

Alcester-Hudson 64, Scotland/Menno 16

Belle Fourche 55, Lakota Tech 0

Brandon Valley 24, Harrisburg 0

Britton-Hecla 56, Waverly-South Shore 6

Brookings 59, Douglas 8

Castlewood 60, Deubrook Area 8

Centerville 50, Burke 6

Clark/Willow Lake 50, Webster Area 0

Colman-Egan 60, Iroquois/Lake Preston 14

De Smet 38, Estelline/Hendricks 0

Dell Rapids St. Mary 52, Sioux Falls Lutheran 0

Deuel 40, Mobridge-Pollock 35

Dupree 38, Timber Lake 6

Elk Point-Jefferson 41, Sioux Valley 26

Elkton-Lake Benton 46, Hamlin 14

Faulkton Area 53, Northwestern 6

Flandreau 21, Beresford 14

Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy 58, Avon 8

Garretson 42, Chester 22

Gayville-Volin 40, Tripp-Delmont/Armour/Andes Central/Dakota Christian 0

Great Plains Lutheran 52, Wilmot 8

Groton Area 43, Baltic 0

Hanson 50, Canistota 12

Hitchcock-Tulare 46, Arlington 14

Huron 27, Mitchell 3

Ipswich 54, North Central 24

Irene-Wakonda 54, Colome 0

Kadoka Area 42, Jones County 16

Kimball/White Lake 55, Wolsey-Wessington 8

Lemmon/McIntosh 50, Faith 0

Lennox 41, Tri-Valley 0

Madison 47, Canton 12

Milbank 22, West Central 21

Mount Vernon/Plankinton 30, Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 6

Parker 34, Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan 28

Parkston 42, Gregory 20

Philip 45, New Underwood 8

Pierre 45, Spearfish 28

Platte-Geddes 28, Corsica-Stickney 22

Rapid City Christian 41, Custer 10

Sioux Falls Christian 41, Dell Rapids 15

Sioux Falls Jefferson 52, Rapid City Central 10

Sioux Falls Lincoln 58, Aberdeen Central 14

Sioux Falls O’Gorman 41, Rapid City Stevens 0

St. Thomas More 55, Lead-Deadwood 0

Stanley County 52, Gettysburg 6

Sully Buttes 66, Sunshine Bible Academy 12

Vermillion 27, Dakota Valley 6

Viborg-Hurley 32, Howard 22

Wagner 52, Miller/Highmore-Harrold 0

Wall 55, Lyman 0

Warner 33, Leola/Frederick Area 6

Watertown 29, Sturgis 15

Waubay/Summit 39, Florence/Henry 22

Winner 24, Chamberlain 0

Yankton 31, Tea Area 7

Elgin Public-Pope John 48, Ainsworth 7

Valentine 44, Gordon-Rushville 6

 

College Football

Minnesota 24, Nebraska 6

 

First Round Playoff Football pairings for October 23rd

Class 11B

#16 Flandreau at #1 Elk Point-Jefferson

#9 Parker at #8 Sioux Valley

#13 McCook Central/Montrose at #4 Deuel

#12 Chamberlain at #5 Wagner

#15 Hot Springs at #2 St. Thomas More

#10 Mobridge-Pollock at # 7 Mount Vernon/Plankinton

# 14 Groton Area at # 3 Clark/Willow Lake

#11 Winner at #6 Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central 


Class 9AA

# 16 Garretson at #1 Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy 

# 9 Kimball/White Lake at #8 Britton-Hecla

#13 Great Plains Lutheran at #4 Hamlin

#12 Scotland/Menno at #5 Hill City

#15 Bennett County at #2 Elkton-Lake Benton

#10 Hanson at #7 Viborg-Hurley

#14 De Smet at #3 Parkston

#11 Gregory at #6 Bon Homme

 

Class 9A

#16 Timber Lake at #1Wall

#9Dupree at #8 Castlewood

#13 Estelline/Hendricks at #4 Philip

#12 Harding County/Bison at #5 Ipswich 

#15 Lemmon/McIntosh at #2 Warner

#10 Centerville at #7 Howard

#14 Deubrook Area at #3 Alcester Hudson

#11 Lyman at #6 Platte-Geddes 

 

Class 9B 

#16 Irene-Wakonda at # 1 Dell Rapids St. Mary 

#9 Corsica-Stickney at # 8 Kadoka Area

#13 Burke at #4Faulkton Area

#12 Hitchcock-Tulare at #5 Sully Buttes

#15 Oldham-Ramona/Rutland at #2Avon 

# 10 Iroquois/Lake Preston at # 7Sioux Falls Lutheran

#14 Arlington at # 3Colman-Egan

#11 Canistota at #6 Herreid/Selby Area