ELMHURST, Ill. – For the fifth consecutive year, South Dakota State captured the Summit League "Food Fight" title, collecting a record 43,800 pounds of food and increasing its total from last year by more than 4,800 pounds.
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ELMHURST, Ill. – For the fifth consecutive year, South Dakota State captured the Summit League "Food Fight" title, collecting a record 43,800 pounds of food and increasing its total from last year by more than 4,800 pounds.
The Summit League designated 18 "Food Fight" games during the basketball season and collected donations at the basketball championships with the nine league member institutions combining to raise over 105,800 pounds.
The Jackrabbits' final winning total of 43,849.62 pounds, the largest amount by an individual school in any year, was donated to the Brookings Food Pantry.
SDSU has won six "Food Fight" titles in the nine-year, league-wide food drive.
For the seventh straight year, the Summit League "Food Fight" was extended to include the Summit League Basketball Championships in Sioux Falls. Feeding South Dakota teamed up with the league to help collect 3,063 pounds. All donations went to the Sioux Falls Food Pantry.
In the program's nine years, more than 579,700 pounds of food has been collected for Summit League communities and their local food banks.
