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Legion baseball regional tournament to begin Thursday in Gregory

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 22-24, are the days to find some great baseball action in Gregory as the town hosts the American Legion regional baseball tournament. Gregory will face off against Martin in the first game of the tournament on Thursday at 1:00 p.m.

USD volleyballer first to sign sponsorship deal

A University of South Dakota volleyball player has become the first college athlete in the state to sign a sponsorship deal after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to make money off their names and likenesses.

Fenton/Painter take the lead in Gregory Women’s Golf League

Team Painter-Fenton are enjoying the view at the top of the women’s golf league having secured the number one spot on the leaderboard. Less than eight points separate them from team Bakke-VanDerWerff and Croegaert-Hogue. The Queen Be remains at the top of the individual standings for the season. Less than eight points also separate her from Denise Croegaert and Serena Bakke. The competition is tough going into the second half of the season. Twelve women shot in the 40s this week. Three of them were the top players for the week; Emma Schweigert, Lavonne Schweigert and Lauren Svatos. The course is a beautiful shade of green after the rain we have enjoyed recently. It should be another great day of golf on Thursday.

Ted Turner to give land to nonprofit but keep paying taxes

Media mogul and billionaire bison rancher Ted Turner is donating an 80,000-acre ranch he owns in western Nebraska to his own nonprofit agriculture ecosystem research institute and says he might do the same with four other ranches in Nebraska’s Sandhills.

New US rules to protect animal farmers expected soon

The Biden administration plans to issue a new rule to protect the rights of farmers who raise cows, chickens and hogs against the country’s largest meat processors as part of a plan to encourage more competition in the agriculture sector.

Gregory Junior Teeners defeat Ainsworth on heels of Hemming’s no-hitter

Cash Hemming was brilliant on the hill in the first game of a double-header on Wednesday, July 7, as Hemming threw a no-hitter to lead the Gregory Junior Teeners past Ainsworth 17-5. Gregory earned the victory despite allowing Ainsworth to score five runs in the third inning.

Klundt shines at the plate in Gregory Junior Teeners victory over Platte

Cruz Klundt was dialed in at the plate on the Jr. Teeners’ second game of the day, Monday, July 12, tallying four hits and leading the team to a 17-12 win over Platte. Klundt singled in the first, singled in the third, doubled in the fourth, and singled in the fifth.