Sports

Pony Hills South Central Storm took the lead late and defeated Four Corners 5-3 on Sunday, July 18. The game was tied at one with the Storm batting in the top of the eighth when Jaden Frank singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run.

Central Storm took the lead late and defeated Kimball White Lake 10-8 on Sunday, July 25, to punch their ticket to the state tournament and move on to the Pony Hills league championship game. The game was tied at five with the Storm batting in the top of the sixth when Christian Schweigert singled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.

South Central Storm snatched the lead late in the game in a 10-6 victory over the Gold Sox on Saturday, July 24, in the postseason league tournament. The game was tied at six with the Storm batting in the bottom of the eighth when Blake Boes homered on a 1-2 count, scoring three runs.

South Central Storm baseball team consists of back row, l to r: Neil Hylla, Jaden Frank, Blake Boes, Tommy Determan, Blake Hoffmann, Aaron Vomacka, JJ Beck and Jace Faulkner. Front row: Christian Schweigert, Brandon McKnight, Triv Vosika, Grant Thomas, Aaron Sundquist and Paul Taggart.

Gregory Teeners out-hit Winner Varsity Teeners seven to five, but it wasn’t enough in an 8-7 loss on Wednesday, July 14. Gregory fired up the offense in the first inning, when Kade Braun grounded out, scoring one run.

Gregory Junior Teeners defeated Corsica 9-8 on Thursday afternoon, July 15, after taking the lead late in the game. The game was tied at eight with Gregory batting in the top of the eighth when Cole Serr grounded out, scoring one run.

Gregory Junior Teeners lost the lead late in a 4-2 defeat to MVP in a morning game on Thursday, July 15. The game was tied at two with MVP batting in the top of the fifth when Jim Choc singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.

Pony Hills South Central Storm defeated Chamberlain Mallards 1-0 on Thursday as five pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Blake Boes struck out Jake Byre to finish off the game.

The largest U.S. producer-only cattle trade association, R-CALF USA, applauded the recent announcement by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to use his fiscal authorities to drive efforts to restore competition in livestock markets.

Gregory County 4-H held a Science of Flight workshop that was put on by the South Dakota Discovery Center on July 8th where the youth learned about how planes and jets are able to fly. They learned about the science behind thrust, drag, lift and weight and how these four forces of flight can make things fly. Next, the SD Discovery Center led a workshop called “Bubble Festival” where the youth learned about what a bubble is made of and how a bubble is formed. The youth used different tools to create bubbles of all sizes. They learned how to create big bubbles, tiny bubbles and even how to put a bubble inside of another bubble.