Sports

Tuesday Mixed League 3/11/25 Six Balls, 192½-71½; Tee Riffic Creations, 171-93; Angry Birds, 170½-93½; Old Pioneer, 160-104; Carlock Babes, 101-163; Buches Bowlers, 93½-170½; The Outsiders, 87½-176½; HTG: Six Balls, 708; HTS: Six Balls, 1905; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 202, Jennifer Soesbe, 211; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck 552; Jennifer Soesbe, 503. Splits picked up: Hayden Hay, 5-10; Ted Eaglestar, 4-9; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-8-10, 4-5-7; Shelly Holmberg, 3-7.

Gregory Youth Wrestling fans navigated the snow packed roads and windy conditions to get to Wagner Saturday, March 14, 2025. Wrestling start time was pushed back an hour to ensure everyone made the trip safely. 700 youth wrestlers came to earn their bid to go to state.

The Gregory fifth grade girls basketball team of Meadow Wonnenberg, Addyson Dufrane, Mayme Reber, Avaya Vomacka, Averie Stukel, and Lydia Wonnenberg came out on top at the Quarterback Club round robin tournament in Winner on Saturday, March 9, 2025. They started the day with backto- back wins, first beating MRHS (Chamberlain Area) by a score of 15-5, followed by a 20-8 win over Winner. After a two-game break, the girls faced Burke and won by a 33-10 margin to win the tournament.

The Little Thing Youth Bowling Tournament was held at Gregory Lanes Sunday, March 9. Twentythree kids participated.

Thursday Men’s League 3/6/25 Gregory Lanes, 92-28; Home Town Auto, 74-46; Stukel Eagle Ranch, 68-52; CATS, 56-64; Northern Plains, 52-68; 9 & Wiggle, 45-- 75; Rod’s Sport Shop, 44-76; Blue Lightning, 43-77; HTG: 9 & Wiggle, 927; HTS: 9 & Wiggle, 2451; HIG: Dusty McKenzie, 289; HIS: Dusty McKenzie, 741. Saturday Youth League 3/8/25 Team 1: Brock Parkis, 188, 141, 192=521 Team 2: Jaden Fedde, 112, 143, 114=369; Leah Kaluhiokalani, 80, 75, 39=194; Brady Parkis, 112, 79, 84=275.

Participants included: 6U: 40-Brogan Beetem, 4th; 43-Easton Shoemaker, 3rd; 43-Ashton Lee, 5th; 46-Abram Veskrna, 1st; 49Bear Anderson, 3rd. 8U: 53-Alex Wenger, 1st; 53-Ruger Anderson, 2nd; 53-Chester Vomacka, 6th; 57-Rebel Kepler, 7th; 57-Henry Cook, 8th; 57-Newt Boes, dnp; 57-Jax Bearshield, dnp; 61-Jaxon Stukel, 5th; 65-Brody Arizmendis, 2nd; 70-Briggs Hamilton, 2nd; Hwt-Anders DuFrane, 1st; Hwt- Max Lane, 2nd.

Gregory 73 vs. Marty 45 The Gregory Gorillas defeated the Marty Braves on Friday night, March 7, in the Region 5B basketball action.

The Lady Gorillas faced off against Corsica-Stickney in the first round of region 5B playoffs to end their season with a 6-15 record. “We felt like we were in the game at halftime,” Coach Lonnie Klundt said of the 21-32 deficit, “but Corsica-Stickney went on a 6-0 run to start the third quarter and we could not get the game close again.” The game ended with a score of 35-59.

Tuesday Mixed League 2/25/25 Six Balls, 180½-59½; Tee Riffic Creations, 159-81; Angry Birds, 154-86; Old Pioneer, 147-- 93; Carlock Babes, 99-141; The Outsiders, 80-160; Buches Bowlers, 71½-168½; HTG: Six Balls, 790; HTS: Six Balls, 2252; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 233, Paula Dobesh, 189; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 660, Paula Bortz, 437. Splits picked up: Robert Brausch, 5-10; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10; Augie Bortz, 9-10, 5-6-7.

by Patty Connealy The South Dakota State Wrestling Tournament was held February 27-March 1, 2025, in Rapid City, and the Burke/Gregory Storm was two for two for medal winners. After a very successful regular season at 190 pounds, Jhett Eklund dropped down to 175 to win the region tournament and earn a #2 seed at state.