Sports

The Gregory Gorilla cross country team started practice on August 12th and will attend their first meet on Saturday, August 28th in Mitchell. There are six returning varsity runners and three new members to the team this year.

CARSON KLUNDT Parents: Jennifer & Lonnie Klundt Year: Senior SIERRA RENCOUNTRE Parents: Jessy & Brett Kenzy Year: Senior EMMA THOMAS Parents: Renee & Andy Thomas Year: Senior KODI TIMANUS Parents: Karen & Tony Timanus Year: Senior LUKE SINCLAIR Parents: Amanda & Curt Sinclair Year: Junior EMILY GRIM Parent: Rena Grim Year: 8th Grader RYLER STEVICKS Parents: Micah & Ted Stevicks Year: 8th Grader PIERCE STUKEL Parents: Skye & Ben Stukel Year: 8th Grader ASIA VANDERWERFF Parents: Chris & Jamie VanDerWerff Year: 8th Grader LONNIE KLUNDT Cross County Coach Good Luck Gregory Cross Country Runners!.

The Gregory Gorillas football team traveled to Wall for the season opener on Friday, August 20, losing to the Eagles 19-6. The young team had a promising start, scoring first in the game when Rylan Peck crossed into the endzone on a 17-yard plunge.

• Arizmendis/Springer vs. Sperl/Wernke • Bakke/VanDerWerff vs.

The South Dakota Ag Foundation (SDAF) is accepting applications for the Ag Innovators (AI) grant and the Building Rural Communities (BRC) grant. The SDAF Ag Innovators grant is available to applicants who wish to address the need of today’s changing ag education and complex challenges that require new thinking and approaches.

After nine years as an assistant coach for the Gregory Gorillas football team, Mike Murray has stepped into the head coach position. Murray had plenty of time to study under two very successful coaches, Brian Allmendinger, who coached the Gorillas to state championships in 2014, 2016, and 2017, and John King, who took the team as far as the semi-final game in the state tournament in 2019.

Lloyd Hanson (left), one of the South Central Storm men’s amateur baseball team’s biggest fans is shown here with Bob Altenberg, formerly of Gregory. Hanson threw the first pitch for the South Central Storm in their state tournament game against Winner/Colome in Mitchell on Sunday.

South Central Storm baseball players include: back row, l to r: Neil Hylla, Jaden Frank, Blake Boes, Tommy Determan, Blake Hoffmann, Aaron Vomacka, JJ Beck, Jace Faulkner. Pictured front row, l to r: Christian Schweigert, Brandon McKnight, Triv Vosika, Grant Thomas, Aaron Sundquist, Paul Taggart. Not pictured: Cole Christopherson, Rhoss Oliver, Jayd VanDerWerff.

• Arizmendis/Springer vs. Schweigert/Johnson • Bakke/VanDerWerff vs.

The Gregory Teeners’ effort to come back from down five runs in the sixth inning came up just short, as they fell 7-5 to Tyndall Teeners in the championship game of the 16B Region Tournament on Tuesday, July 27, in their third game of the Teeners Regional tournament.