The fan experience at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball and softball games will be a bit different next year.

The school board on Monday agreed to purchase new baseball and softball scoreboards for $50,142 from Daktronics, Inc., of Brookings, S.D. Because there's a six-month lead time, Superintendent Patrick Carlin said it was important to get the scoreboards ordered now so they could be installed before the summer sports season begins.

"We're not talking about anything extravagant," Carlin said. "Those are the ones with immediate need for replacement."

Carlin explained the existing scoreboar...