Sports

The Gregory Gorillas football team hit the road Friday, August 30, and faced defeat at the hands of Tripp-Delmont/Armour/ Andes Central/Dakota Christian. Hunter Loeffler was the show for the first half of the Thunderhawks’ homecoming game, scoring 24 unanswered points before quarterback Landon Keiser found Rane Kenzy on a 59-yard touchdown pass.

The Gregory Spikers “came out with fire and energy” for their first game of the season, according to Head Coach Lauren Braun. They won their first set against Kimball/ White Lake 25-17 at home on Thursday, August 29, but KWL responded by winning the next three sets, 25-23, 25-17, and 25-20 to claim the match.

The 2024 competitive cheer & dance season officially started on August 5, 2024. This past spring we had tryouts for sideline cheer and went into the summer with 15 girls attending skill building classes at Get Fit w/Jenny and open gyms.

Twenty-three two-person golf teams teed up at the Gregory Golf Course last Saturday for a tournament sponsored by Charlie Johnson and associates. It was a beautiful day for golfing, hunting for plastic eggs, and finding the rubber snakes, compliments of Nikki Johnson and Jessica Calhoon.

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Parents: Kiley & Jake Hiser Year: 5’8” Senior Pos: RS Parents: Echo McSweeney & Justin Vosika Year: 5’ 5” Senior Pos: DS/L Parents: Brandi & Cody Grage & Steve Miller Year: 6’ 0” Junior Pos: MH/RS.

The Gregory Spikers will begin their season on Thursday, August 29, with a “great mix of upper classmen and younger talent,” according to the team’s new head coach Lauren Braun. “This year is opening us up to new options, as we have many girls who can play multiple positions,” Braun commented.

The Gregory Gorilla football team had their first test of the season, hosting the Scotland/ Menno Trappers on Friday evening, August 23, 2024. Scotland/Menno was first to get on the board with a 25-yard pass in the first quarter.

An ongoing criminal case in southeastern South Dakota landed a shop owner in jail after he was too slow to clean up his property, which local officials say had been an eyesore for more than a decade. Why it matters: The criminal conviction and jail sentence handed down to transmission repairman Dudley Schroeder of Armour reveals the lengths some municipalities will go to enforce what can be very contentious code enforcement rules in South Dakota.

The Gregory Golf Course Pitch Tournament featured 22 teams, and one team was left standing at the end: Rick and Sandy Teigen. They defeated Jason Grim and Aaron Krueger in the finals.