Sports

Gregory County Varsity 4 Winner/Colome 5 Gregory County varsity baseball’s effort to come back from down five runs in the fifth inning came up just short, as they fell 5-4 to Winner/ Colome on Wednesday, April 7, 2025. Gregory County closed the gap by scoring on two doubles.

Bob King MS Invite Presho, SD May 8, 2025 Boys Results: Boys 100m (7th Grade) 18 Otto Reber, 15.55PR 28 Gideon Wiley, 17.86PR 31 Tucker Smikle, 19.94 Boys 100m Hurdles (7th Grade) 7 Emmett Shaffer, 23.32 Boys 100m Hurdles (8th Grade) 4 Kaiden Myers, 18.07 Boys 200m (7th Grade) 28 Gatlin Doney, 36.66PR 30 Gideon Wiley, 36.81PR Boys 200m (8th Grade) 3 Kaiden Myers, 26.91PR Boys 800m (7th Grade) 12 Emmett Shaffer, 2:59.90PR 15 Robby Ring, 3:08.44PR Boys 800m (8th Grade) 5 Avery Sengelmann, 2:32.34PR Boys 1600m (7th Grade) 6 Robby Ring, 7:00.10 Boys Discus Throw (7th Grade) 14 Mason Miller, 52-07 15 Tucker Smikle, 51-02 Boys High Jump (7th Grade) 6 Mason Miller, 4-04.00 Boys High Jump (8th Grade) 2 Kaiden Myers, 4-10.00PR Boys Long Jump (7th Grade) 13 Gabe Ekroth, 11-09.00 18 Gatlin Doney, 10-00.00PR 21 Gideon Wiley, 9-01.00PR Boys Shot Put (7th Grade) 11 Tucker Smikle, 22-11.75PR 15 Gatlin Doney, 19-01.00 Boys 800m Sprint Medley 7th Grade 3 Emmett Shaffer, Otto Reber, Gabe Ekroth, Mason Miller, 2:09.91 Boys 4x100m Relay 7th Grade Gatlin Doney, Gideon Wiley, Tucker Smikle, Robby Ring, 6 1:10.61 Boys 4x200m Relay 7th Grade 4 Gabe Ekroth, Emmett Shaffer, Otto Reber, Mason Miller, 2:05.42 Boys 4x400m Relay 8th Grade 2 Avery Sengelmann, Kaiden Myers, Gabe Ekroth, Otto Reber, 4:25.65 Girls Results: Girls 100m (7th Grade) 5 Aubree Stevicks, 14.71 11 Mesa Weborg, 15.18 Girls 200m (7th Grade) 11 Ava Schweigert, 33.33PR 15 Mya Warnke, 33.77PR 20 Michaela Hull, 34.63 Girls 400m (7th Grade) 6 Charlotte Grage, 1:15.15PR Girls High Jump (7th Grade) 3 Kiki Haines, 3-10.00PR 8 Sophia Stevicks, 3-08.00 Girls Long Jump (7th Grade) 5 Avery Birkel, 12-08.00PR 14 Gracie Biggins, 11-03.00PR 16 Kiki Haines, 11-02.00PR Girls Shot Put (7th Grade) 23 Makenzie Anderson, 11-08.00 Girls 800m Sprint Medley 7th Grade 4 Kiki Haines, Ava Schweigert, Charlotte Grage, Avery Birkel, 2:18.51 Girls 800m Sprint Medley 8th Grade 5 Mya Warnke, Makenzie Anderson, Mesa Weborg, Michaela Hull, 2:35.14 Girls 4x100m Relay 8th Grade 5 Gracie Biggins, Charlotte Grage, Ava Schweigert, Aubree Stevicks, 1:01.34 Girls 4x100m Relay 7th Grade 2 Michaela Hull, Mya Warnke, Avery Birkel, Mesa Weborg, 1:01.72 Girls 4x200m Relay 7th Grade 4 Mesa Weborg, Aubree Stevicks, Gracie Biggins, Charlotte Grage, 2:07.70 Girls 4x200m Relay 8th Grade 3 Kiki Haines, Ava Schweigert, Michaela Hull, Sophia Stevicks,, 2:17.67 Girls 4x400m Relay 7th Grade 3 Gracie Biggins, Avery Birkel, Aubree Stevicks, Sophia Stevicks, 5:21.49.

The Gregory track team traveled to the Danielson relays in Salem on Tuesday, April 29. It was a bluebird day, which allowed a lot of personal records and school records to fall.

Gregory County 6 St. Thomas 2 Colt Keiser was dominant on the hill as the starter rang up 14 strikeouts in Gregory County’s 6-2 victory over St.

The academic achievements of the best and brightest students of the Class of 2025 were recognized recently at the 35th Annual Academic Excellence Recognition luncheon. Governor Larry Rhoden and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) honored students who were identified as the top one percent of their senior class, from the state’s Public, Private and Tribal/ BIE schools on Monday, April 28, 2025.

Despite a 5-run deficit in the fourth inning, Gregory JV almost came all the way back, eventually falling 11-9 to the St. Mary Cavaliers JV at home on Sunday, May 4. Gregory County JV closed the gap by scoring on a single, a double, and an error.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors worked through 43 proposed changes to the organization’s Athletics Handbook at its April meeting on Wednesday, April 23. The changes were originally proposed by a meeting of the state’s high school athletics directors.

Both teams were strong on the mound on Sunday, April 27, but Belle Fourche was just a little bit stronger at the plate in their 1-0 victory over Gregory County varsity. Hudson Fuhrer started the game for Gregory County and recorded 18 outs. Gregory County was right in it until Belle Fourche singled in the fifth inning.

Windy, cold, and damp conditions had a negative impact on golfers in Gregory and Burke on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Burke/Gregory Golf Tournament. Luke Stukel toughed out the conditions to finish second with an 86 for the day, only six strokes behind Jye Bailey of Plattte-Geddes.

I have read so many stories and opinion pieces about the decline of newspapers and community journalism that sometimes I worry if even I am losing faith in my profession. And then I met up with a bunch of South Dakota journalists for a few days last week.