Sports

The Lady Spikers wrapped up their regular season play on Monday, October 28, with a much-needed 3-2 win against Andes Central/Dakota Christian, clinching the #2 spot in the Region 5B tournament. Set scores were 25-18, 25-15, 16-25, 14-25, and 15-10.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/22/24 Old Pioneer, 122-46; Tee Riffic Creations, 116½-51½; Six Balls, 115½-52½; Angry Birds, 102½- 65½; Carlock Babes, 79½-88½; The Outsiders, 54-114; Buches Bowlers, 53-115; HTG: Tee Riffic Creations, 738; HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 1976; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 226, Jennifer Soesbe, 177, HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 598, Linda Teel, 450. Splits picked up by: Augie Bortz, 2-7; Goldie Warnkvist, 5-6, 3-10; Bryan Nelson, 3-6-7-10; Chris Peterson, 6-10.

The Gregory cross country runners ran at the state cross country meet on October 26, in Rapid City. Gregory was represented by Fin Adams and Luke Barreto for the boys and Abigail Engel for the girls.

Building on last year’s success at state, the Gregory competitive cheer and dance team brought home another plaque this year. The day started off with hip hop, the team’s strongest event.

South Dakota’s graduating class of 2024 earned an average ACT composite score of 21.1, well above the national average of 19.4, and the highest among neighboring states. The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States which includes four academic skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and science.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/15/24 Old Pioneer, 115-29; Tee Riffic Creations, 94½-49½; Six Balls, 92½-51½; Angry Birds, 85½-58½; Carlock Babes, 77½-66½; Buches Bowlers, 52-92; The Outsiders, 31-- 113; HTG: Old Pioneer, 719; HTS: Tee Riffic Creations, 1982; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 233, Lisa Liewer, 184, Catie Lutt, 184; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 614, Jenifer Soesbe, 436. Thursday Mens League 10/17/24 9 & Wiggle, 143½-36½; Stukel Eagle Ranch, 118-62; Northern Plains, 89½-90½; Rod’s Sport Shop, 89-91; CATS, 76½-103½; Gregory Lanes, 74½-105½; Home Town Auto, 67½- 112½; Blue Lightning, 50½-129½; HTG: 9 & Wiggle, 873; HTS: 9 & Wiggle, 2505; HIG: Dustin Stukel, 258; HIS: Dusty McKenzie, 730..

The annual Dig Pink volleyball game between Gregory and Burke was held in Burke on Thursday, October 17. The Spikers lost in four sets to a highly ranked Burke team, 8-25, 25-22, 10-25, 10-25.

The Gorilla football team faced the number 1 ranked Parkston at home Friday night, October 18. The Lincoln Juracek-Colt Keiser duo managed to connect for three touchdowns and four first downs for a total of 151 yards throughout the game, but the rushing game was all but shut down for the Gorillas in the 68-18 loss.

The Gregory Spikers faced a tough Winner team at home on Tuesday, October 8, and lost their match in three sets, 19-25, 10-25, and 12-25. Stat leaders are: Blocks: Aubree Miller, 3, and Dani VanDerWerff, Regan Graesser, Lainey Dobsen, Ella Sperl, and Allison Stevicks, 1 each Digs: Haylee Vaughn, 17, Ella Sperl, 16; Dani VanDerWerff, 11; and Regan Graesser, 7 Kills: Regan Graesser, 9; Dani VanDerWerff, 8 On Thursday, October 8, the Spikers traveled to Platte to face the Platte-Geddes Black Panthers.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/8/24 Old Pioneer, 94-26; Angry Birds, 80-40; Tee Riffic Creations, 76-- 44; Carlock Babes, 74½-45½; Six Balls, 74-46; Buches Bowlers, 34-- 86; The Outsiders, 25½-94½; HTG: Old Pioneer, 653; HTS: Old Pioneer, 1781; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 203; Jennifer Soesbe, 174; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 562; Patty Connealy, 435. Splits picked up: Craig Soesbe, 4-5; Justin Parkis, 5-10; Stephen Petersen, 2-7.