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Parents: Ashley Lozano & Marty Spinsby Year: Sophomore.

By Barb Bolton Walder As women’s sports take center stage in 2025—with record-breaking WNBA attendance, NCAA women’s basketball media deals reaching historic highs, and athletes like Caitlin Clark becoming household names—the seeds of that success were planted decades ago in places like Springfield, South Dakota.

The Burke Bombers faced the Freeman Blacksox in their first round of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association State Tournament on Sunday, August 10, 2025, falling 4-19. The Blacksox were the first to get on the board in the first when Bailey Sage singled, scoring one run.

As I am writing this, it has been another evening of keeping an eye on the sky with potential weather threats and fascinating clouds. There’s something oddly captivating about watching the weather change.

Dan Jons is the 2025 Mark Mehlhaf Comeback Player of the Year. The Burke Bomber made his second comeback to amateur baseball after suffering a complete distal bicep tendon tear in just his third game playing for the Pony Hills member in 2024.

Gregory Jr. Teeners 5 Corsica-Stickney 3 In the first game of a best of three region tournament on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the Gregory Jr.

The Burke Bombers faced the Kimball/White Lake Nationals in the District 3B/Pony Hills League championship game on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Chamberlain, SD and came up short in a 1-8 loss. The Nationals jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the first inning after Caden Lenz drew a walk, scoring one run, Keaton Christensen singled, scoring one run, and Cooper Leiferman singled, scoring two runs.

Gregory Jr. Teeners 11 Chamberlain 9 Despite trailing by as many as four runs, Gregory Jr.