Ceremonies

The VFW Code of Sportsmanship will be given prior to each game. The Pledge of Allegiance and National anthem will follow the code of sportsmanship prior to the first game each day.

Opening Ceremonies will be Friday morning prior to the first round of games.

Pool Play will be 4 innings in length with a 10 after 3 run rule.

HR Derby: Friday 1-2pm

Closing Ceremonies will be Sunday morning after the first round of games with the presentation of the Sportsmanship Award.

Two teams lined up clapping hands after a game.

VFW Code of Sportsmanship

I will:

  • Keep the rules.
  • Keep faith with my teammates.
  • Keep my temper.
  • Keep myself fit.
  • Keep a stout heart in defeat.
  • Keep my pride under in victory.
  • Keep a sound soul, a clean mind and a healthy body.
American Flag

The Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

National Anthem

The National Anthem

O say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

VFW SD Baseball logo

VFW State Officers

2025 - 2026

State Commander

Dr. Martin Christensen
Mitchell

Past State Commander

Glynis Collier

Quartermaster

Anna Waltner

Asst. Dir. Baseball Operations

Ed Smithback
Hartford

Sr. Vice Commander

Rick VandenHoek 
Brandon

Jr. Vice Commander

Dale Greenfield
Huron

Surgeon

Daniel Klimisch

 

Judge Advocate

Kat Pyka

Inspector

Allan Ochsner
Aberdeen

Chief of Staff

Tom Hafner

 

 


South Dakota VFW Baseball Committee

2025 - 2026

State Baseball Chairman

Jason Brown
Hartforfd

 

State Dir. Baseball Operations

Jesse Bien

Asst. Dir. Baseball Operations

Ed Smithback

Quartermaster/
Adjutant

Anna Waltner

 

SD VFW Baseball Adjutant

TBD

Representative: Council of Administration

Barb Mckean

Class A Representative

TBD

 

Class B Representative

Wesley Grantham

At Large Class Representative

Nolan Whiting