Sports

The Gorilla Cross Country team participated in three meets over the last week. On Saturday, September 11, the runners participated in the Nike Preview at Sioux Falls. On Monday, September 13, they ran at the Wagner Invite at Pickstown, and Saturday, September 18, at the Lyman Invite at Presho.

The SD School of Mines and Technology has been awarded an $11 million federal grant to develop better material and manufacturing technology to withstand cold weather. South Dakota Mines will partner with the U.S.

Tuesday Mixed League 09/14/21 Old Pioneer, 46-2; TeeRiffic Creations, 43-5; Bailey Welding, 34-14; Soesbes, 31-17; Outsiders, 15-33; Argonauts, 9-39; Eaglestar, 4-44; Streakers, 1-23; HTG: TeeRiffic Creations, 874; HTS: Bailey Welding, 2536; HIG: Justin Parkis, 277; Patty Connealy, 162; HIS: Dan Soesbe, 636; Amy Muller, 423. Splits picked up by: Augie Bortz (3-10), Mary Soesbe (2-3).

Governor Kristi Noem has directed the Department of Education to delay the process to consider revisions to the state’s social studies standards up to one year. She issued the following statement: “The Department of Education changed the working group’s recommendations to the social studies standards significantly, but it is clear to me that there needs to be more public input to bring greater balance and emphasis on our nation’s true and honest history.

Every interaction is an opportunity. Take a moment and let that thought soak in. This invitation is a beautiful and simple reminder that we have some agency in how we interact in the thousands of moments that we have each day. Parenting with the brain in mind provides us the opportunity to think differently. We can become integrationists: understanding the benefits of different parts of the brain working together to make a well-functioning whole.

The Parkston Trojans defeated Gregory 50-0 to drop the Gorillas record to 3-2. After winning 3 consecutive games, the Gorillas suffered their second loss on Saturday evening, September 18.

Tuesday Mixed League 09/07/21 Old Pioneer, 23-1; TeeRiffic Creations, 20-4; Bailey Welding, 15-9; Outsiders, 14-10; Soesbes, 10-14; Argonauts, 4-20; Eaglestar, 1-23; HTG: TeeRiffic Creations, 840; HTS: TeeRific Creations, 2496; HIG: Bryan Nelson, 230; Jennifer Soesbe, 161; HIS: Bryan Nelson, 574; Patty Connealy, 430. Splits picked up by: Augie Bortz (5-10).

tendance. The Gorilla runners performed very well, as both boys and girls teams finished in third place.

Gregory cheer & dance team made its way to Winner on Saturday, September 11, 2021. The cheer team opted out of this competition with illnesses prior to Saturday keeping the team from practicing the stunt and pyramid portions of their routine. Instead, the girls worked to fill the holes in the pom and hip hop routines so they could perform and get scores and comments on those two routines.

The Gregory Gorillas set the tone in the first quarter of Friday night’s football game against Kimball/White Lake, scoring first as Rylan Peck crossed the end zone in a six-yard burst at the 9:37 mark followed by Owen Hansen’s twopoint conversion .