4:30 a.m. EDT, June 21, 2011

Harry Jasinski will not be announcing home football games for Northern State this fall due to health reasons.

“Dr. Jasinski has decided he is no longer able to make the long climb to the announcers booth at Swisher Field,” said Northern State president Jim Smith. “Games will not be the same without his voice filling the stadium, but we know he will still be cheering on the Wolves from the sidelines.”

Jasinski has announced Wolves home games since 1966. NSU is currently making plans for a new voice for home football games this fall.

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FOOTBALL

Honors for Aberdeen man

The honors have started to roll in for one of the top players in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

Augustana senior safety Dan O'Keefe of Aberdeen was has been named to the 2011 Consensus Draft Services Preseason All-America second team. Last season as a junior, O'Keefe was all-conference, all-region and an honorable mention All-American as he led Augie to a school-record 11 wins, a conference title and the second round of the national playoffs.

The Vikings are a top 10 preseason pick in some Division II polls for 2011. The Vikings will open the season at 1 p.m. Sept. 3 in Sioux Falls against conference rival and defending national champion Minnesota-Duluth. Duluth beat the Vikings in the playoffs last year.

TRACK AND FIELD

Former NSU Wolf now national senior champ

Former Northern State football and track standout Dan Mehlbrech defended his high jump title at the National Senior Games last week in Houston Texas.

The 58-year-old from Crooks (near Sioux Falls) jumped 5-5 . He also was second in his division in the triple jump and fourth in bowling.

Another national champ

Dakota Wesleyan track and field athlete Hunter Bork won the high jump last week at the U.S. Paralympic Championships in Miramar, Fla.

The Mount Vernon native high jumped 4-10 and took third in the long jump and eighth in the 100-meter dash. Bork will be a junior at DWU in the fall.

New Coyote wins title

University of South Dakota track and field recruit Kyle McKelvey of Beresford captured the boys' shot put championship at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals this weekend in Greensboro, N.C.

McKelvey's throw of 68-10 won the event by more than five feet. The event is one of the largest meets in the nation, drawing more than 2,800 standout high school athletes.

McKelvey set the South Dakota high school state record with a throw of 69-3 as a senior this past spring. He will compete this week at the U.S. Junior Championships in Eugene, Ore.

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