Sports

The state’s high school band directors have offered a plan that they hope will allow for live auditions for students trying out for All-State Band. The plan was approved at Thursday’s meeting of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors.

Both teams were strong on the mound in the championship game of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association District 3 Tournament in Chamberlain on Wednesday, July 31, but the KWL Nationals prevailed in a 3-1 victory over the Burke Bombers.

If the state’s high schools comply with some new policies, it may be easier for the South Dakota High School Activities Association to create football schedules. The policies were approved at Thursday’s meeting of the SDHSAA board of directors.

Progress becomes more evident each week as demolition of the former Avera Gregory Hospital and Nursing Home continues. Headway is slow since all asbestos has to be removed first by experts before further work can continue. A view from the outside shows the hospital to be basically a shell of a building as windows, doors, and many interior walls have been removed.

Burke Bombers 7 Plankinton Bankers 4 Showing that they might have been underrated, the #6 seed Burke Bombers took down the #3 seed Plankinton Bankers 7-4 on Saturday, July 27, in their first game of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association District 3 Tournament in Wessington Springs. The Bankers got on the board first when an error in the first inning allowed a run.

The Gregory Teeners fell to Tyndall 16U, 3-9, in the first game of the South Dakota VFW 16B Region 2 Baseball Tournament in Gregory on Monday. Tyndall’s big inning came in the fifth when Calvin Caba singled, scoring one run, Madden Merkwan singled, scoring two runs, and an error allowed two runs.

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Gregory County Legion 1 Platte/Geddes 4 Gregory County Legion 18U could not keep pace with Platte/ Geddes WhiteCaps, losing 4-1 on Tuesday, July 23, in their first game of the SD Legion Region 7B tournament.

On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the BankWest/Fogel Members Tournament was held at the Gregory Golf Course again hosted by BankWest and Fogel Clinic. Twenty-seven members participated in the 18-hole tourna-ment.