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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- Ryan Knutson rushed for 259 yards and Deubrook Area held off a late rally to beat Howard 25-22 Thursday in the South Dakota 9AA football championship game.
• Knutson had 244 yards and touchdown runs of 62 and 63 yards in the first half as the Dolphins (12-0) raced out to a 25-6 lead.
• The Dolphins had 395 totals yards, including 100 yards passing by Taylor Olsen.
• Howard (9-3) made a game of it in the second half. Evan Donahue, who had 84 yards rushing and two TDs, scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter and Steve Larsen caught an 11-yard TD pass from Landon Leible with 2 minutes left.
• Howard roughed the punter with 30 seconds left to end its chance for a last-second win.
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• ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Organizers of a massive get-out-the-vote campaign that targeted Native American communities across the country are considering their efforts a success.
• The National Congress of American Indians led the push. The group pointed Thursday to U.S. Senate races in Montana and North Dakota, as well as a voter identification ballot initiative in Minnesota, where it says the Native American turnout made a difference. The Minnesota voter ID requirement failed.
• NCAI Executive Director Jackie Johnson Pata says the best indicator was the fact that President Barack Obama mentioned Native Americans during his victory speech Tuesday night. She called that a "huge leap" for Indian Country.
• It's difficult to say at this point exactly how many American Indians and Alaska Natives showed up to the polls. But NCAI officials say Native Americans in New Mexico and Montana were registered to vote at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group in those states heading into Election Day.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Singer and songwriter Don McLean is to perform on South Dakota's float in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York later this

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