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Tuesday Mixed League 11/7/24 Tee Riffic Creations, 161½- 54½; Six Balls, 153½-62½; Old Pioneer, 152-64; Angry Birds, 123½-92½; Carlock Babes, 98½-117½; Buches Bowlers, 72-144; The Outsiders, 63-153; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations, 734; HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 2117; HIG: Daniel Ziady, 255; Goldie Warnkvist, 212; HIS: Daniel Ziady, 624; Goldie Warnkvist, 544. Thursday Mens League 11/9/24 Stukel Eagle Ranch, 204-66; 9 & Wiggle, 189½-80½; Northern Plains, 143½-126½; Gregory Lanes, 122½-147½; Rod’s Sport Shop, 121-149; CATS, 111½-158½; Home Town Automotive, 102-168; Blue Lightning, 86-184; HTG: Stukel Eagle Ranch, 884; HTS: Stukel Eagle Ranch, 2496; HIG: Dustin Stukel, 269; HIS: Dustin Stukel, 767.

This past week was really nerveracking, but super emotional and history making for the lady Spikers. On Tuesday, the girls faced off against Lower Brule at home. They were able to take them in a three set sweep, 25-12, 25-11, and 25-5. This was the momentum the girls needed as they pushed into the final round of the region tournament on Thursday night in Bonesteel.

Now that South Dakota’s 2024 general election is in the books, it’s time to take a deep breath and step away from politics for a few months to regroup, right? Well, not quite. Attention is already turning to 2026, when South Dakota will elect a new governor as well as hold races for U.S.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/29/24 Tee Riffic Creations, 137½-54½; Six Balls, 133½-58½; Old Pioneer, 128-64; Angry Birds, 115½-76½; Carlock Babes, 94½-97½; The Outsiders, 63-129; Buches Bowlers, 56-- 136; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations, 730; HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 2017; HIG: Steven Peterson, 234, Goldie Warnkvist, 189, HIS: Steven Peterson, 584, Jennifer Soesbe, 484. Splits picked up by: Couy Hollenbeck, 3-10; Michelle Weideman, 3-10; Misty Claussen, 5-10, 3-10, 3-10; Linda Teel, 3-8-10.

The Lady Spikers wrapped up their regular season play on Monday, October 28, with a much-needed 3-2 win against Andes Central/Dakota Christian, clinching the #2 spot in the Region 5B tournament. Set scores were 25-18, 25-15, 16-25, 14-25, and 15-10.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/22/24 Old Pioneer, 122-46; Tee Riffic Creations, 116½-51½; Six Balls, 115½-52½; Angry Birds, 102½- 65½; Carlock Babes, 79½-88½; The Outsiders, 54-114; Buches Bowlers, 53-115; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations, 738; HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 1976; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 226, Jennifer Soesbe, 177, HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 598, Linda Teel, 450. Splits picked up by: Augie Bortz, 2-7; Goldie Warnkvist, 5-6, 3-10; Bryan Nelson, 3-6-7-10; Chris Peterson, 6-10.

The Gregory cross country runners ran at the state cross country meet on October 26, in Rapid City. Gregory was represented by Fin Adams and Luke Barreto for the boys and Abigail Engel for the girls.

Building on last year’s success at state, the Gregory competitive cheer and dance team brought home another plaque this year. The day started off with hip hop, the team’s strongest event.

South Dakota’s graduating class of 2024 earned an average ACT composite score of 21.1, well above the national average of 19.4, and the highest among neighboring states. The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States which includes four academic skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and science.