Dr. Scott Purintun of Britton recorded his first career hole-in-one at the Britton Country Club during league play on Thursday. He used a six-iron for his ace on the ninth hole that was witnessed by Dan Schott and Ralph Skare.
SD Schools Get Heat Trackers
South Dakota schools have received new instruments that will help student-athletes stay safe when practicing in hot conditions outdoors.
Thanks to two grants, the SDHSAA is providing each of its 181 member schools with Kestrel 5400 Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Heat Stress Trackers.
SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos said coaches whose teams practice outside usually rely on just the heat index to tell them if the weather conditions are conducive to causing heat stroke. The Kestrel model tracks 15 separate weather measurements and, through its app, can be set to send its readings to a coach’s or activities director’s phone.
Each school will get a tracker as well as a tripod to hold it. Schools with football teams will be among the first to get the trackers.
Swartos said last year there were 15 or 16 fatalities of high school athletes nationwide. “Heat played a part in some of them,” said Swartos, who noted that the trackers will be “a really good tool for our schools.”