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Gregory Gorilla High School golfers competed at state on June 7th & 8th in Brookings. The boys team placed 6th overall. Pictured from l to r; Trey Murray, Eli Fogel, Jessy Jo VanDerWerff, Kade Stukel, and Kade Braun. Eli shot a 165 securing his 13th place win at state. Trey Murray placed 26th with a 171, Kade Stukel placed 53rd with a 183, and Kade Braun placed 100th with a 201. Jessy Jo shot a 196 putting her in 45th place.

The sun wasn’t the only thing heating up the night on Thursday. Team Eklund-Biggins held on to their lead but only by one half of a point, and team Croegaert-Hogue are positioning themselves for a takeover. Team Arizmendis – Springer are only three points behind the leaders.

South Central Storm defeated the Wessington Springs Owls 11-0 on Sunday, June 6, as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. JJ Beck struck out Austin Olson to finish off the game.

Gregory County Varsity watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 10-3 loss to Dell Rapids on Monday, May 31, in state tournament action in Sioux Falls. Dell Rapids scored on a error in the first inning, a double by Brayden Pankonen in the second inning, a walk by Landon Ruesink in the second inning, a single by Kaeden Eastman in the second inning, a groundout by Aiden Boechler in the second inning, and a walk by Will Jaton in the second inning.

Gregory Junior Teeners team includes, back row, l to r: Coaches Ben Bearshield, Lonnie Klundt, and Blaine Bolander. Middle row, l to r: Pierce Stukel, Kyler Svoboda, Eli Ekroth, Zach Wheeler, Paul Sinclair, Cash Hemming, Noah Bearshield. Front row, l to r: Jad Leber, Colt Kaiser, Cruz Klundt, Rane Kenzy, Jackson Bolander, Cole Serr, Lincoln Juracek, and Jayder Schonebaum.

The Gregory High School golf team made a good showing at regions in Mitchell on May 21, and advanced five golfers to the state tournament in Brookings, June 7 and 8. The boys placed second as a team, qualifying the whole team to go to state. Pictured above, l to r, Trey Murray shot an 80 for 4th, Kade Braun placed 23rd with a 98, Jessy Jo VanDer- Werff shot a 96 to finish in 5th place for the girls team, Eli Fogel carded a 75 for 3rd place, and Kade Stukel finished in 8th with an 89.

The Gorillas traveled to the State Track meet on May 28 and 29 in Rapid City. Friday events started with the 100M hurdles.

I was raised going to church like many of you and fell into the habit of thinking that an hour on Sunday was fulfilling my duty and earning points with God. What I did not understand until I grew older, was that going to church does not make us a Christian, but we go because we are a Christian. It’s good to assemble with other believers to worship the Lord and receive His instructions about how to live because we love Him, not as an intelligent idea that somehow we can earn our way to heaven. I’ve been born again now for nearly 50 years and with God’s mercy, I’ve learned a few things along the way. When I become distracted and start thinking about worldly things or my selfish desires, it does not take very long for me to become spiritually lukewarm. How long does this take, a few weeks? No, it can happen in minutes. Sometimes I’m attacked with aggravations and conflicts or even certain television programs, movies, images, and worldly music can negatively influence my attitude and pull me away from focusing on Jesus rather quickly.

The weather was the toughest opponent this week for ladies golf. Although it was cold and drizzling rain outside the weather didn’t keep the spirits in the clubhouse down for long. The Sperl and Biggins family dynasties were taking over the league last week, but the field is coming on strong.

Due to the fire that destroyed the Open Class Beef Complex and the transition to the DEX: Dakota Events CompleX, the 2021 open class beef show is being held Tuesday, August 31 and Wednesday, September 1 in the 4-H Livestock Complex. Open class beef can begin arriving on Sunday, August 29.