Sports

The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors is considering adding more specific language to its policy against recruiting student athletes from one school to another. “We had a charge of recruiting this year,” said SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos, noting that it was the first one in his six years with the association.

RESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 11/01/22 Old Pioneer, 175-41; Bailey Welding, 149-67; Tee-Riffic Creations, 1431/2-721/2; Fritz’s Angels, 109½- 1061/2; Buche’s Bowlers, 90-- 114; Carlock Babes, 86-130; Wild Bunch, 49-155; The Outsiders, 21-195; HIG: Jordan Jelinek, 231; Misty Claussen, 173; HIS: Dan Soesbe, 578; Goldie Warnkvist, 449. Splits picked up by Paula Bortz, 4-6-7.

Recently, Tripp and Gregory County Shooting Sports Clubs hosted an open house for the new skeet range located north of Burke. The range was created to give local youth the experience of skeet shooting and to offer a facility to train for state and national competitions without having to travel great distances. The open house provided an excellent chance for locals to freshen up their skills.

ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 10/18/22 Old Pioneer, 138-30; Bailey Welding, 118-50; Tee-Riffic Creations, 118-50; Fritz’s Angels, 87-81; Carlock Babes, 69-99; Buche’s Bowlers, 49-107; Wild Bunch, 46-110; The Outsiders, 14-154; HTG: Old Pioneer, 889; HTS: Old Pioneer, 2567; HIG: Chris Petersen, 232; Amy Moeller, 174; HIS: Chris Petersen, 585; Goldie Warnkvist, 193. Splits picked up by Misty Clausen, 5-7; Linda Teel, 6-7-10; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10, 3-10; Paula Bortz, 5-10, 3-10; Amy Moeller, 3-10.

The Gorillas advanced to the 9A quarterfinals on Thursday, October 27th, after defeating the Wolsey- Wessington Warbirds for the second time this season, this time by a score of 34-19, improving their record to 9-1.

Results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were released earlier today. While some states experienced double-digit declines in average test scores, South Dakota scores stayed above the national average and experienced less volatility than other states.

The concept of psychological defenses dates back to Sigmund Freud. Interestingly, the use of the word “defenses” came about because Freud liked using military metaphors to help people make sense of what he was saying. What he saw in people was a tendency to avoid reexperiencing what they feared would be unbearable and overwhelming pain. In other words, they were engaging in some kind of defensive process to avoid feeling their painful emotions and to keep them out of awareness, as if those emotions were the enemy.

The Gregory High School boys cross country team finished in eighth place at the state B meet in Huron on Saturday, October 22. Sophomore Fin Adams was the team’s top runner, placing 19th with a time of 18:10.13. He was followed closely by Luke Sinclair, who ran his final cross country race as a Gregory Gorilla at the meet, finishing in 22nd place with a time of 18:14.66.

The Gregory Gorillas cheer team started the season with 12 girls, dropped to 11 mid-season, and hitting the mat this year for State were 10 very talented young ladies. Stunting and the pyramid was our biggest challenge this year.

As people return to their fall routines, economic concerns are top of mind, and many are finding themselves spending more time worrying about the health of their things than the health of themselves. According to new research by MDLIVE, an Evernorth company and leading provider of virtual care services, most people (67%) view fall as a time to get back into routines, pointing to reprioritizing schedules, getting kids started in the new school year, and prepping for winter.