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Lady Warrior Golf Tournament set to happen on Friday

The Winner Lady Warrior basketball team is having their 8th annual fundraising golf tournament this Friday August 7th at the Winner Country Club. 2 person scramble format and is $60 a team with a 6:00 PM shotgun start and supper included. New this year, a hole in one on #7 wins a customized golf cart from Harry K Ford (up to $6500). Also new this year, they are selling chances on a 30 foot putt for $1000 sponsored by Harry K Ford. They will draw one name after the conclusion of the tournament. Call the Winner Country Club at 842-0686 to signed up.

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State Teener Baseball from Saturday and preview for Sunday

In State A Teener Baseball Saturday, Dakota Valley beat Kimball/White Lake in the first of two consolation semifinal games, 6-3. In the second game of the day, Volga beat Tri-Valley, 10-3. In the semifinal round last night, Madison Maroon beat Milbank, 12-5. In the nightcap, Beresford beat West Central, 6-4. Here is today’s schedule in Humboldt:
Consolation Championship at Noon- Dakota Valley vs Volga
3rd place game at 2:30- Milbank vs West Central
Championship Game at 5pm- Madison Maroon vs Beresford

In the State B Teener Tournament in Canova on Saturday, Garretson beat Clark in the first consolation game of the day, 3-2. Wessington Springs won game two over Elkton, 4-3. Game three last night was won by Salem as they defeated Gregory, 11-6. Tyndall won the nightcap over Canova, 2-1. Here is today’s schedule:

Consolation Championship at Noon- Garretson vs Wessington Springs
3rd place game at 2:30- Canova vs Gregory
Championship Game at 5- Salem vs Tyndall

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State Teener Baseball for Saturday- Gregory in the semis at 5pm

State B Teener Baseball Tournament in Canova
Consolation Semifinal at Noon- Clark vs Garretson
Consolation Semifinal at 2:30- Elkton vs Wessington Springs
Semifinal at 5pm- Salem vs Gregory
Semifinal at 7:30- Tyndall vs Canova

State A Teener Baseball in Humboldt
Consolation Semifinal at Noon- Dakota Valley vs KWL
Consolation Semfinal at 2:30- Volga vs Tri-Valley
Semifinal at 5pm -Madison Maroon vs Milbank
Semifinal at 7:30- West Central vs Beresford

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Schedule for Friday- State Teener Baseball happening

Day 1 of State A Teener Tournament in Humboldt

Noon- Madison Maroon vs Dakota Valley

2:30- Kimball/White Lake vs Milbank

5pm- Beresford vs Tri- Valley

7:30- Volga vs West Central

 

Day 1 of State B Teener Tournament in Canova

Noon- Salem Clark

2:30- Gregory vs Garretson

5pm- Elkton vs Tyndall

7:30pm- Canova vs Wessington Springs

 

District 5 Amateur Baseball Tournament Championship in Corsica at 8pm

Platte vs Alexandria

 

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SDSU Breeders To Have New Weapon to Fight Wheat Scab

Wheat breeders at South Dakota State University will have a new weapon to fight scab, a devastating fungal disease that affects wheat and barley, thanks to funding from the Agricultural Research Service through the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative.
Winter wheat breeder Sunish Sehgal and spring wheat breeder Karl Glover are purchasing a near-infrared seed sorter that can quickly identify and remove seeds damaged by Fusarium head blight, also known as scab. The machine can also sort by color, size and protein content using 2D and 3D cameras as well as near-infrared spectrometry, which measures reflected light.
Each wheat breeder receives approximately $100,000 annually through the scab initiative, but this year’s allotment contained additional funding to purchase the seed sorter. Glover’s 2020 grant is for $166,930 and Sehgal’s is for $191,000. The wheat breeding programs are part of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.
“We are the first wheat breeding program in the United States to acquire this state-of-the-art machine,” said Sehgal, who is an associate professor of agronomy, horticulture and plant science. “The instrument will not only sort good kernels from bad (Fusarium-damaged), but gives us the percentage of good kernels for each variety.”
Glover, a professor in agronomy, horticulture and plant science department, said, “This machine will do hundreds of seeds a minute and will help in terms of screening lines we are developing.” It not only saves time, but also eliminates the variability inherent in manually sorting and counting kernels.
In addition, Sehgal plans to work with the Swiss company that manufactures the sorter to develop a means of identifying seeds that have scab mycotoxins growing inside them. “These kernels cannot be caught unless you do a DON (deoxynivalenol mycotoxin) laboratory analysis; however, quantifying DON content using mass spectrometry is an opportunity which we wish to explore.” Previous studies have shown some promising results using near-infrared imaging.
Importance of weather to scab
“When temperatures are in the high 70s to 90s and there is plenty of humidity, conditions are good for scab development (spores),” Glover explained. When this occurs while the wheat is flowering, infection rates are typically high because the spores germinate in the floral structures of the head. The fungal disease reduces the flow of water and nutrients to developing kernels, dramatically shrinking yields. In addition, it produces mycotoxins that make the grain unfit for human or animal consumption.
When it comes to scab resistance in spring wheat, Glover said, “Brick (variety) has not yet been consistently surpassed for that trait, though new materials that are nearly as resistant are better in terms of yield and protein content.”
In terms of winter wheat, Sehgal points to Lyman, Redfield and Oahe as having moderate resistance to scab. However, he sees much room for improvement.
Increasing scab resistance
Sehgal is also collaborating with wheat breeders at The Ohio State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to use genomic data to predict scab resistance without testing all varieties. “We are doing 200 tests in two different locations and using the data to predict how 400 to 600 varieties will fare.”
Years of research worldwide resulted in the identification of several minor and a few major FHB resistance genes, but the underlying mechanism of resistance was largely unknown. However, recently a few studies have suggested some of these genes actually facilitate Fusarium infection in wheat; therefore, loss of function in these genes could lead to resistance, Sehgal explained.
“We are developing EMS (ethyl methane sulfonate) mutation populations to identify lines in which gene(s) utilized by Fusarium for infection are truncated or silenced leading to a resistance response,” he said. These projects are supported the Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative and the South Dakota Wheat Commission through checkoff funding.
“Scab is a very important disease,” Sehgal said. “We used to have 4 million acres of wheat and now we have 1.5 million—and one of the major reasons is scab.”
Because weather conditions in eastern South Dakota tend to be conducive to blight, Sehgal said, “This has pushed wheat west.” By developing varieties with greater scab resistance, the SDSU wheat breeders hope to see more producers planting wheat.
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Schedule for Tuesday

District 3 Amateur Baseball Tournament in Chamberlain

South Central vs Kimball/White Lake at 8pm

 

Region 3B Legion Tournament in Alexandria

Winner/Colome vs Parkston at 5pm

Tabor vs Alexandria at 7:30pm

 

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Middle School Football Camp to be held in Winner

Winner Warrior Middle School Football Camp will be held August 3rd and 4th from 8:00-10:30. This camp is open to incoming 5th-8th graders. Sign up will take place at the armory at 7:30 AM August 3rd. Cost is $30 if you did not attend acceleration camp this summer. If you attended acceleration camp there is no charge. Contact Coach Dan Aaker at 840-4865 if you have any questions.