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Pony Hills South Central Storm out-hit the Plankinton Bankers four to three, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-2 loss in the league championship game on Thursday, July 29. The Bankers got things started in the second inning when Josh Engquist singled on a 3-1 count, scoring one run.

The South Dakota State Champion flag racer in 2020, Pierce Stukel is well on his way to even bigger and better things in 2021. Competing in the Clark Rodeo over the weekend, he won breakaway, got second in goat tying, and ended up as reserve all around on Saturday, July 24. On Sunday he won goat tying, got second in breakaway, and won flag racing, giving him the all-around. He has already qualified in all three of his events this year for the state finals, which will be held in Ft. Pierre August 13-15.

Friday evening’s game against Platte/Geddes in the American Legion regional baseball tournament was a heartbreaker for Gregory County Legion, as they lost the lead late in an 8-7 defeat. The game was tied at seven with Platte/Geddes batting in the top of the seventh when Landon Schulte doubled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.

Gregory County Legion watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 12-1 loss to Winner Legion in an afternoon game of the American Legion regional baseball tournament on Friday, July 23.

Gregory County Legion knocked in nine runs in the second on its way to a 12-2 victory over Belle Fourche in their second game in the American Legion baseball regional tournament on Thursday, July 22. Gregory County got on the board in the first inning when Rylan Peck singled, driving in Sawyer Tietgen.

Rylan Peck showed timely hitting in the first game of the American Legion regional tournament at noon on Thursday, July 22, driving in six on three hits to lead Gregory County past Bennett County 22-4. Peck drove in runs on a single in the first, a walk in the first and two doubles in the third.

Gregory Teeners took the lead late and defeated Tabor Teeners 4-3 on Monday, July 19. The game was tied at three with Gregory batting in the top of the eighth when Gunnar Stephens singled on the first pitch of the atbat, scoring one run.

South Central Storm weathered a scare by Wessington Springs Owls in the seventh inning where the Storm coughed up four runs, but still won 9-5 on Monday, July 19. In the top of the second inning, Wessington Springs tied things up at one.

Pony Hills South Central Storm took the lead late and defeated Four Corners 5-3 on Sunday, July 18. The game was tied at one with the Storm batting in the top of the eighth when Jaden Frank singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run.

Central Storm took the lead late and defeated Kimball White Lake 10-8 on Sunday, July 25, to punch their ticket to the state tournament and move on to the Pony Hills league championship game. The game was tied at five with the Storm batting in the top of the sixth when Christian Schweigert singled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.