Monument Health to be official sports medicine partner of the Rapid City Marshals

Monument Health to be official sports medicine partner of the Rapid City Marshals

RAPID CITY, S.D. (Nov. 1, 2021) – Monument Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will be the official sports medicine partner of the Rapid City Marshals indoor football team.

In September, partners Keith Russ and Tel Koan announced they were bringing the Marshals indoor football team to Rapid City. Russ and Koan started a company called Pick-Six Entertainment and launched the Wyoming Mustangs indoor football team in Gillette, Wyo., in 2020.

“The Rapid City Marshals are excited to have Monument Health as their official sports medicine provider,” said Koan. “We can’t wait to work with their knowledge staff and utilize their amazing facilities.”

Mike Latour, System Director of Musculoskeletal Services and Sports Medicine for Monument Health, added, “We’re extremely proud to be part of the Marshals team and to help keep their athletes healthy and on the field. We are looking forward to them bringing arena football back to the Black Hills.”

Monument Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine provides sports medicine coverage to 13 area high schools and athletic organizations in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming. They also provide orthopedic medical coverage, athletic training, and strength and conditioning programs to NCAA Division 2 teams at Black Hills State University, Chadron State College and South Dakota Mines.