The Gregory Gorillas picked up their first win of the season at Chamberlain on Tuesday, December 12, 2023. The Gorillas offense got off to a fast start but, it was the defense that was the story of the game.

Tuesday Mixed League 12/12/23 Tee Riffic Creations 262-98; Old Pioneer 231½-128½; Angry Birds 227-133; Carlock Babes, 170½- 189½; The Outsiders 149-211; Six Balls 121½-94½; Wild Bunch, 115½-244½; Rez Dawgs 95-265; HTG: Six Balls, 906; HTS: Six Balls, 2638; HIG: Danial Ziady, 247; Paula Dobesh, 174; HIS: Danial Ziady, 662; Paula Bortz, 426. Splits picked up by: Craig Soesbe, 4-5; Steven Peterson, 4-5; Bob-Peterson, 8-10.

The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers hosted Kimball/White Lake/ Platte-Geddes and Parkston in Gregory on Thursday, December 14. With a full line-up of wrestlers and a very solid team in the middle weights and some open weight classes for B/G, KWLP won the match-up by a final score of 60-23.

When Clement C. Moore wrote “An Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas” in 1822, St. Nicholas was barely known in the United States outside the old Dutch community. The Protestant Revolution had squelched the celebration of saints, including St. Nicholas, but in the Netherlands, the people had held onto their devotion to the saint, and they brought that devotion to the New World.

But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

History is defined by the events of Christmas Day. Bold claim, no? Consider, however, that any point in history is referred to as BC (Before Christ) or BCE (Before Common Era) and AD (Anno Domini/Year of Our Lord) or CE (Common Era). The fact of the matter is that the birth of Jesus of Nazareth is what defines the beginning of the “common era” and the conclusion of all that came before Him. There have been many calendars through time; all have come and gone and His birth remains the standard.