Rapid City, South Dakota - Sports

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  • The most successful of South Dakota's sports programs, Rapid City Post 22 American Legion Baseball has won dozens of state titles and made several appearances in the American Legion Baseball World Series, winning a title in 1993. Recently the Former Post 22 head coach Dave Ploof stepped down after 47 years. The new head coach Mitch Messer was unable to reach the state championship game in his first year at the helm of the baseball program.
  • The Rapid City Thrillers was a professional basketball club that competed in the Continental Basketball Association beginning in the 1987-1988 season through the 1996-1997 season.
  • The Black Hills Posse was a professional basketball club that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1995-1996 season.
  • The Black Hills Gold was a professional basketball club that competed in the International Basketball Association during the 1999-2000 season.
  • The Rapid City Flying Aces is an indoor football team that competed between 2000 and 2006 in the Indoor Football League, United Indoor Football, and National Indoor Football League, changing names from season to season.
  • The Rapid City Rush is a minor league hockey team in the CHL.
  • The Rushmore Hockey Association is the home of youth hockey in Rapid City, competing in the South Dakota Amateur Hockey Association. The Rushmore Thunder won 2010 State Championships for Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Pee Wee B.
  • There is also another American legion baseball team in Rapid City Rapid City Post 320 Stars they have yet to win a state championship.

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