Sports

Southern Plains Mental Health Services hosted a program at the Gregory City Park Wednesday evening, September 11, 2024, to educate the public about suicide awareness and prevention as part of Suicide Prevention Month.

The Gregory High School cheer and dance team went up against some much larger schools at the Corn Palace on Thursday, September 5. While it was fun for the Gregory girls to watch teams such as Harrisburg, Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Jefferson, and Dakota Valley, they were outmatched, especially being short one of the higher leveled skill girls, who has to sit out a week for concussion protocol.

The Burke Riding Club hosted the Jr. Rodeo on Saturday, August 10, 2024.

Runners had to battle a hot, windy afternoon at the Gregory cross country meet on Tuesday, September 3, at the Gregory Golf Course. A total of 14 teams competed in the varsity division.

The Spikers finished second at the Gregory Invitational on Saturday, September 7. Gregory overcame Colome in two sets, 25-18 and 25-18.

The Gregory Gorillas football team allowed 14 unanswered points in their game at home against Platte-Geddes on Friday night, September 6, before they scored a touchdown as the clock expired in the first half on a Lincoln Juracek pass to Colt Keiser. Landon Keiser scored on the twopoint conversion to narrow the Gorilla deficit to six points.

Gregory High School’s cheer and dance team hosted Winner, Platte-Geddes, Bon Homme, and Wagner at their invitational on Saturday, August 31, 2024, and dazzled the crowd and judges with their dance routines.

The Gregory Gorillas football team hit the road Friday, August 30, and faced defeat at the hands of Tripp-Delmont/Armour/ Andes Central/Dakota Christian. Hunter Loeffler was the show for the first half of the Thunderhawks’ homecoming game, scoring 24 unanswered points before quarterback Landon Keiser found Rane Kenzy on a 59-yard touchdown pass.

The Gregory Spikers “came out with fire and energy” for their first game of the season, according to Head Coach Lauren Braun. They won their first set against Kimball/ White Lake 25-17 at home on Thursday, August 29, but KWL responded by winning the next three sets, 25-23, 25-17, and 25-20 to claim the match.

The 2024 competitive cheer & dance season officially started on August 5, 2024. This past spring we had tryouts for sideline cheer and went into the summer with 15 girls attending skill building classes at Get Fit w/Jenny and open gyms.