This video was sent to me and really hits home of how fortunate we all are in the positions we are in. Please take time to watch this video as I hope after seeing it, the meaning of how fortunate we are sets in. Our boys got to watch the video and hopefully it meant something to them moving forward.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/W86jlvrG54o?rel=0

After a tough loss last night and with a Watertown loss to Brandon Valley, we have secured the #3 seed in District 1. That means we will head back up to Brookings next Tuesday for 1st round action. But before that game, we will be honoring our Seniors on Friday night as we host Lincoln. Could be our last home game of the year and aiming to end on a positive note by knocking off a very good Lincoln team. Let us send  out our Seniors on a high and positive note!!!

Go Riders

Very good evening for the Rough Riders last night as the program went 5-1 overall. Freshman "A", Sophomore, JV, and Varsity all got nice wins with the Freshman "B" only suffering a 3 point loss in a game that went back and forth. JV team record stands at 13-2 as a nice group of Juniors and Sophomores continue to compete at a high level and came together as a team. It is always tough sometimes at that JV level b/c the roster can change a lot over the course of the season.

Next up is an East side match-up at Washington High School. Back in January they came over here and got a nice win vs. Varsity and one of the two losses for the JV team. Hopefully we can have a repeat performance last night out of the program and shoot for a 6-0 evening. Going to be really tough and all teams will have to be ready to go as Washington is playing really well. They have a strong team led by one of the best Point Guards and Post Players in State - Joey Habtemariam and Tyler Shetterly.

Hope to see many of you out there tomorrow evening!!!

Big win tonight.....60-42. Started down 6-0 and then finished 1st quarter on 15-1 run. Defense carried us tonight. Only negative thing was Tom Nugteren only played 3 minutes before getting injured. We will keep you posted on how long he wil be out for but won't be playing tomorrow. 
Also, sub-varsity boys as well 57-40

Tomorrow we try and close out the weekend with 2 more wins over at RC Stevens. Be another tough challenge!

Officially have arrived in Rapid City and checked into the hotel. Easy and calm trip over minus seeing a semi in the median from the other side. Little down time till we head out for our team meal at Boston's Gourmet Pizza. Once we arrive back at the hotel, quick little rest before we head to the gym and get ourselves ready for game time. Austin Bramley will try and keep you all posted during the game if we have wireless at the arena. Time to roll the ball out there and see where we are and at as a team!!! GO RIDERS!!

Coach Taylor

Try-outs officially over.....always a tough day but excited moving forward and to start preparing us for the first game.  Starts next Friday out West vs RC Central. Take it one game at a time and get better every opportunity we get. Rosters will be posted online tomorrow once we hand out uniforms.

Let's get started.....t-minus 8 hours till we get started and can not wait. I know the boys seem very excited and all the work they put in since last May will finally be on display! Looking forward seeing how all the boys progressed since last year in a practice setting. We will keep you all posted and Rosters will be posted on W

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RHS FOOTBALL TEAM AS THEY CAPTURE THE 2011 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!! Special congrats to Tom Nugteren who was named Lineman of the game and the other senior basketball players who played Saturday night: Brett Ledeboer, Elliot Sammons and Andy Smith!!!

Way to go fella's and what a season......I can speak for the entire coaching staff that we had a lot of fun watching the team. Now it is our goal to try and duplicate their success!!!!