Sports

The Gregory Spikers ended Wagner’s 18-game winning streak between the two schools on Thursday, September 12, in a hardfought matchup at home. After a close 25-23 win in the first set, the Spikers put a little more distance between them and their rivals in the second set, winning 25-20.

Corner Stone Property and Storage, owned by Rod and Jennifer Hoeft, won the soup tasting contest at the annual Harvest Festival this past Saturday at the Gregory City Park. There were ten soup contestants serving up a variety of soups for attendees to taste and vote for their favorite.

Tuesday Mixed League 03/05/24 Tee Riffic Creations, 23-1; Six Balls, 19-5; Angry Birds, 18-6; Carlock Babes, 17½-6½; The Outsiders, 6½-17½; Old Pioneer, 5-19; Buches, 1-23; HTG: Six Balls, 733; HTS: Six Balls, 2095; HIG: Couy Hollenbeck, 276; Jennifer Soesbe, 199; HIS: Couy Hollenbeck, 695; Linda Teel, 476. Splits picked up: Misty Claussen, 3-10.

Southern Plains Mental Health Services hosted a program at the Gregory City Park Wednesday evening, September 11, 2024, to educate the public about suicide awareness and prevention as part of Suicide Prevention Month.

The Gregory High School cheer and dance team went up against some much larger schools at the Corn Palace on Thursday, September 5. While it was fun for the Gregory girls to watch teams such as Harrisburg, Brandon Valley, Sioux Falls Jefferson, and Dakota Valley, they were outmatched, especially being short one of the higher leveled skill girls, who has to sit out a week for concussion protocol.

The Burke Riding Club hosted the Jr. Rodeo on Saturday, August 10, 2024.

Runners had to battle a hot, windy afternoon at the Gregory cross country meet on Tuesday, September 3, at the Gregory Golf Course. A total of 14 teams competed in the varsity division.

The Spikers finished second at the Gregory Invitational on Saturday, September 7. Gregory overcame Colome in two sets, 25-18 and 25-18.

The Gregory Gorillas football team allowed 14 unanswered points in their game at home against Platte-Geddes on Friday night, September 6, before they scored a touchdown as the clock expired in the first half on a Lincoln Juracek pass to Colt Keiser. Landon Keiser scored on the twopoint conversion to narrow the Gorilla deficit to six points.

Gregory High School’s cheer and dance team hosted Winner, Platte-Geddes, Bon Homme, and Wagner at their invitational on Saturday, August 31, 2024, and dazzled the crowd and judges with their dance routines.