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• 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.

The Gregory Teeners scored seven runs in the sixth on their way to a 13-3 victory over the Platte Teeners in their second game in the 16B Teener Region Baseball Tournament on Tuesday, July 27, in Platte.

The Gregory Teeners watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 14-4 loss to the Tyndall Teeners in the 16B Region baseball tournament in Platte on Monday, July 26. Tyndall scored on a groundout by Logan Winckler in the first inning, a stolen base by Wesley Kaul in the second inning, a stolen base by Caden Hines in the second inning, and a sacrifice fly by Winckler in the second inning.

Pony Hills South Central Storm out-hit the Plankinton Bankers four to three, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-2 loss in the league championship game on Thursday, July 29. The Bankers got things started in the second inning when Josh Engquist singled on a 3-1 count, scoring one run.