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Thursday's Scores
The Associated Press
•• VOLLEYBALL
• First Round
• State Tournament Class AA
• Rapid City Stevens def. Aberdeen Central, 25-19, 17-25, 25-14, 25-19
• Sioux Falls Roosevelt def. Huron, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19
• Sioux Falls Washington def. Mitchell, 25-22, 25-19, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9
• Watertown def. Sioux Falls O'Gorman, 15-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-17
• State Tournament Class A
• Belle Fourche def. Mobridge-Pollock, 25-23, 25-17, 25-21
• Dakota Valley def. Wagner, 25-15, 21-25, 25-18, 25-18
• Sioux Falls Christian def. Aberdeen Roncalli, 25-14, 25-11, 25-17
• Sioux Valley def. Pine Ridge, 22-25, 25-14, 29-27, 26-24
• State Tournament Class B
• Arlington def. Andes Central, 19-25, 25-12, 25-22, 25-15
• James Valley Christian def. Herreid/Selby Area, 9-25, 30-28, 25-21, 26-24
• Parker def. Lyman, 25-10, 25-7, 25-15
- Warner def. Timber Lake, 25-9, 25-8, 25-14
Diabetes rates rocket in Oklahoma, South
- MIKE STOBBE,AP Medical Writer
• NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report issued Thursday.
• The diabetes rate in Oklahoma more than tripled, and Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama also saw dramatic increases since 1995, the study showed.
• The South's growing weight problem is the main explanation, said Linda Geiss, lead author of the report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.
• "The rise in diabetes has really gone hand in hand with the rise in obesity," she said.
• Bolstering the numbers is the fact that more people with diabetes are living longer because better treatments are available.
• The disease exploded in the United States in the last 50 years, with the vast majority from obesity-related Type 2 diabetes. In 1958, fewer than 1 in 100 Americans (Continued on page 19)
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