Sports

Gregory 72 Avon 49 The Goriilas boys basketball team hosted Avon on Thursday to kick off a run of five games in six days. The Pirates held a 16-15 lead after one quarter before the Gorilla defense settled in.

Team Scores 1 Winner ................................................................................................................ 229.5 2 Philip ......................................................................................................................

The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors is working toward figuring out the classifications and alignments for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. At its meeting Wednesday, six schools appealed their membership numbers. Membership numbers determine a school’s classification for sports and activities.

Tuesday Mixed League 1/16/24 Angry Birds, 79-17; Six Balls, 73-23; Old Pioneer, 68-28; Tee Riffic Creations, 55-41; The Outsiders, 54-42; Carlock Babes, 30-66; Wild Bunch, 17-79; Rez Dawgs, 1-95. HTG, Six Balls, 663; HTS: Six Balls, 1881; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 224; Misty Claussen, 163; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 584; Patty Connealy, 472.

Gregory 55 - Ipswich 51 The Gregory Gorillas played in the Hanson Corn Palace Classic on Saturday, January 20, and came away with a 55-51 victory over the Ipswich Tigers. The Gorillas never trailed in the game, but the score was tied twice throughout the four quarters.

South Dakota Housing, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, will be hosting three listening sessions around the state to solicit comments on the 2024 Annual Action Plan and the allocation plans for the HOME, Housing Tax Credit, Housing Trust Fund, Emergency Solutions Grants, Community Development Block Grant, and Housing Opportunity Fund programs.

Tuesday Mixed League 1/9/24 Angry Birds, 56-16; Six Balls, 54-18; Old Pioneer, 45-27; Tee Riffic Creations, 43-29; The Outsiders, 42-30; Carlock Babes, 25-47; Wild Bunch, 16-56; Rez Dawgs, 0-72. HTS: Six Balls, 1877; HTG: Six Balls, 660; HIS: Steven Peterson, 567; Linda Teel, 449; HIG: Steven Peterson, 206; Kayley Hoffman, 188.

The Lady Gorillas hosted Winner on Saturday, January 6. The Gorillas fell behind 20 to 2 in the first quarter and trailed 36 to 9 at halftime. Winner outscored Gregory 15 to 2 in the third quarter and closed out the game claiming a 64 to 21 victory Gregory had trouble shooting, both from the field and the foul line, shooting a cool 9 of 36 from the field for 25%. Winner shot 25 of 63 for 40%. Gregory didn’t help themselves from the foul line, going a cool 2 of 9 for 22% while Winner made 5 of 9 for 55%. Scoring for Gregory were Dani VanDer-Werff with 6, Ella Sperl 4, Regan Graesser 3, Sadie Carlson 1, and Asia VanderWerff 7.

Tuesday Mixed League 1/2/24 Angry Birds, 38-10; Tee Riffic Creations, 37-11; Six Balls, 32-16; The Outsiders, 31-17; Old Pioneer, 24-24; Carlock Babes, 22-26; Wild Bunch, 3-45; Rez Dawgs, 0-48; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations 654, HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 1855; HIG: Steven Peterson, 234; Linda Teel, 156; HIS: Danial Ziady, 596; Jennifer Soesbe, 435. Splits picked up: Misty Claussen, 5-7-8-9-10; Linda Teel, 2-7, 3-10; Steven Peterson, 5-10; Justin Parkis, 5-10; Daniel Ziady, 3-9-10.

The Gregory Gorillas returned home after five road games and defeated the Lyman Raiders on Thursday, January 4, 2024, by a score of 72-44. The Gorillas jumped on the young Lyman Raiders immediately, and never looked back.