A troop of Gorillas opened up the 2022 track season by traveling to Vermillion for the Dan Lennon Track Meet on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. This event is an indoor meet hosted inside the Dakota Dome on a 200 meter track.

Tuesday Mixed League 03/22/22 Tee-Riffic Creations, 239 1/2-72 1/2; Argonauts, 213 1/2-98 1/2; Old Pioneer, 206 1/2-105 1/2; Bailey Welding, 175-137; Soesbes, 131 1/2-180 1/2; Eagle Star, 89-223; Outsiders, 74-238; Streakers, 44-268; HTG: Tee-Riffic Creations, 938; HTS: Tee-Riffic Creations, 2531; HIG: Christian Schweigert, 247; Lisa Liewer, 223; HIS: Christian Schweigert, 640; Goldie Warnkvist, 485. Splits picked up by: Marlyn Campbell, 6-7-10; Christian Schweigert, 3-4-6-7-9-10; Craig Soesbe, 5-10; Lisa Liewer, 5-10; Goldie Warnkvist, 4-5.

All-conference selections in girls’ basketball have been announced. Gregory placed 3 players on the all-conference teams. Jessy VanDerWerff, Brooklynn Kenzy, and Cassidy Keiser were selected to the South Central Conference allconference team. Jessy VanDerWerff and Brooklynn Kenzy were selected to the SESD all-conference team and Cassidy Keiser was selected to the honorable mention SESD conference team. Pictured from l to r: Jessy VanDerWerff, Brooklynn Kenzy, and Cassidy Keiser.

I was reminded today of Psalm 30:5 which says “Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes in the morning.” The analogy that is implying there will be sadness during hard times but perseverance will be rewarded when the conflict is over. David, who is referred to in Acts 13:22 as a “man after God’s own heart”, kept his eyes on the Lord. When times were difficult, he cried out to Him in frustration, and when God was faithful, he lifted his voice in praise. The darkness has come to divide, conquer, steal, destroy, harm families, and tear down nations, but let us remember that the devil must flee when you resist him in the name of Jesus Christ.

A mother has been charged in Charles Mix County in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. Calarina Drapeaux, 27, has been charged with abuse or cruelty to a minor and two drug counts.

Winter is over and things are beginning to wake and come to life. We are blessed with four seasons in South Dakota, although some seasons feel harsher than others. Richard Rohr, in his Daily Meditation, Letting Go Is Liberation writes, “if you do not transform your pain, you will most assuredly transmit it.” We don’t commonly think of ourselves as “pain transmitters”, but if we don’t pay attention to how we attend to our pain, it can stealthily and slowly have its way with us.