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The Gregory Youth Wrestling Tournament was held Friday, January 20, 2023 at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. The tournament hosted 242 wrestlers from 24 different wrestling clubs.

The Gregory Gorillas played Hanson in the Hanson Classic at the Corn Palace on Saturday, and the Beavers dealt the Gorillas their second loss of the year by a score of 50-38. The Gorillas never had a lead the entire game, as Hanson scored first and led at all quarter breaks.

Gregory hosted Chamberlain on January 17th. Quarter scores show Gregory with 6, 26, 33 and 54, while Chamberlain had stops of 6, 19, 38 and 53.

The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers had two meets last week - a triangular hosted by Lyman and the Winner Invitational Tournament. The Storm won both of their duals at the Lyman triangular, beating Lyman 51-21 and Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington 38-34.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors tried to side-step a scheduling nightmare Wednesday while allowing a football cooperative to switch from 11-man football to nine-man.

On Friday, January 13, Governor Kristi Noem and legislators announced legislation to preserve agriculture. “Agriculture is by far our state’s largest industry, accounting for 1 out of every 5 jobs in South Dakota.

Gregory 38 Kimball/White Lake 40 Gregory hosted Kimball/White Lake on Thursday, January 12. Quarter scores show Gregory with 8, 20, 24, and 38, while KWL had stops of 11, 14, 30, and 40.

Yankton Press & Dakotan YSD's stand on proposed standards It was no surprise when the Yankton School Board voted unanimously Monday night to express its opposition to the latest proposed Social Studies standards for South Dakota schools.

The South Dakota High School Activities Association is embarking on a two-fold mission to study its classification system as well as the calendar it uses for scheduling high school activities. “Our goal would be to have a report ready for our June meeting,” SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos told the board of directors.

A game hasn’t been played yet by the newly SDHSAA-sanctioned softball teams, but the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors spent some time on Wednesday ensuring that there were rules in place for the proper stoppage of play.