Sports

Last Thursday, October 20, the Gregory Gorillas hosted the Iroquois/ Lake Preston Sharks for the first round of the 9A football playoffs. When the teams took the field, it looked like the Gorillas were “going to need a bigger boat,” but the Gorillas managed to stay dry and win the contest 50-0.

The Gregory boys cross country team participated in regions on October 12 at the Burke Golf Course on a very windy day. The team placed third and qualified all five runners for the state meet in Huron on October

Within the Christian faith, we are taught that every person will someday stand before God and have a discussion about how they lived. A few will argue, give excuses, try to justify, and attempt to present their case before the infinite judge and authority of all things. Many scoff and doubt about being responsible for the way they live, but for the most part, the majority agrees there is coming a day of judgment. You would think with nearly everyone hearing about being held accountable that it would generate more interest in knowing God and what He requires. Sadly, this seems to make people run away even more.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/04/22 Old Pioneer, 96-24; Bailey Welding, 88-32; Fritz’s Angels, 77-43; Tee-Riffic Creations, 72-48; Carlock Babes, 48-72; Buche’s Bowlers, 35-73; Wild Bunch, 25-83; The Outsiders, 6-114; HTG: Bailey Welding, 837; HTS: Carlock Babes, 2306; HIG: Marlyn Campbell, 223; Amy Moeller, 167; HIS: Steven Petersen, 568; Goldie Warnkvist, 464. Splits picked up by Steven Petersen, 4-7-5-9; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10; Dan Soesbe, 5-6; Amy Moeller, 3-10.

Last Friday, the Gregory Gorillas faced the Bon Homme Cavaliers in the last regular season game held at Mike Dacy field. With impressive winning records and talented players on both sides of the ball, the matchup promised to be a battle. After four quarters of hard-fought football, the Gorillas held on to their lead and defeated the Cavs 23-12. The win brought the Gorillas record to 7-1 and landed them third seed for the 9A playoffs.

On the 27th of September, the Spikers hosted Bon Homme. The Bon Homme team came in 10-7 and the Spikers came out on top, playing 5 sets.

The Gregory Gorillas football team traveled to Burke Friday night for an intra-county rivalry game. Gregory was first on the scoreboard, with a two-yard touchdown by Kade Stukel.

The 2022 competitive cheer & dance season started on August 1. The 12 girls dedicated the month of June to improving their individual skills by going to Dance Nationals in Orlando, FL, trainings at Get Splits with Jenny, yoga and strength at Sodak Sun Yoga, and personal trainings at the gym or at-home workouts.

Tuesday Mixed League 09/27/22 Bailey Welding, 80-16; Old Pioneer, 80-16; Fritz’s Angels, 62-34; Tee-Riffic Creations, 49-47; Buche’s Bowlers, 35-49; Carlock Babes, 26-70; Wild Bunch, 23-61; The Outsiders, 5-91; HTG: Old Pioneer, 930; HTS: Old Pioneer, 2554; HIG: Bryan Nelson, 279; Goldie Warnkvist, 180; HIS: Bryan Nelson, 625; Goldie Warnkvist, 481. Splits picked up by Ann Bailey, 5-8-7, 4-5; Patty Connealy, 3-10, 3-10, 5-6-10; Jen Soesbe, 2-7; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10.

Homecoming night for the Lady Spikers was a fun one. We went five sets with Bon Homme. We had lost to them at their own tournament a few weeks back and didn’t want a repeat loss; they rallied well! We finally seemed to hit a better stride for these past few matches. We have had to make adjustments all season to find it. Sapphire Kenzy had been out with a concussion, and we were able to put her back into the game for Homecoming. She is solid back row player, whom we need. We tried to run a 6-2 offense, but didn’t get enough practice time to make it run smoothly. Therefore, we went back to our 5-1 option with Jordan Svatos. This system seemed to work better until Jordan was injured. Again we made some changes, and the girls were able to overcome all the chaos of multiple substitutions and get a win.