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Despite their loss in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday to top-seeded Virginia Tech, Myah Selland, Letcher native, has had another record-breaking year as a member of South Dakota State University’s Women’s Basketball team. Most recently, she was awarded the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American award for the third straight year, and she was acknowledged as the first three-time Academic All-American in the history of the Jackrabbit Women’s program. 

During SDSU’s first game of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Southern California, Selland scored 29 points, which was recognized to be the most points scored by a Summit League Women’s Basketball player in an NCAA Tournament game. Selland also hit the 2,000-point mark for her college career this year, and she is a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year for the second time in her career. With the loss on Sunday, Selland’s career as a Lady Jackrabbit may be over, but she has definitely left her mark in the organization’s record books, and has made Sanborn County very proud.

Mason Moody in a Professional Bull Riding competition on the Velocity Tour this season. Photo courtesy of PBR/Andre Silva.

Mason Moody of rural Letcher had another good weekend with his second first-place ride on the Velocity Tour on Saturday, Feb. 18 in Memphis, Tenn. That ride earned him $7,366 and his winning score of a 91 put him in the 90-point club now, which also puts him at another level in the bull riding world. He is now sitting in second place in the Velocity Tour standings. 

Because of his success on the Velocity Tour, he was recently called up to compete in the Unleash the Beast Tour, which is another level up in the professional bull riding circuit. He is excited to take on this higher level of competition and hopes to score enough points to get into the top 35 riders, which will open more doors for him and allow him to compete in some rodeos that only allow the top 35-40 to ride. 

…Read on in the Feb. 23 issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

On Saturday, Feb. 11, 19-year-old Mason Moody of Letcher “clinched the very first event win of his rocketing career,” according to the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) website. He was competing in Palm Springs in the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event and finished in fourth after riding to the whistle on Friday night in round one of the competition, scoring 85 points. 

Moody continued into round two on Saturday but was dumped from his second-round bull at the five-second mark, and he didn’t get a score for that ride. Knowing he had to put everything into his final ride on Saturday in order to have a chance at the championship, Moody prepared for the third and final round of competition and recorded an 86-point score. This clinched first place for the young cowboy, who has dreamt of this accomplishment for several years, and now it’s a reality.

…Read on and see a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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