Sports

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.

The Gregory Gorillas hosted the Kimball/White Lake WiLdKats for the Homecoming football game on Friday evening, October 11, 2024. KWL’s Johnny Lenz was the first to score in the game, and Park Sinclair was successful with the extra points.

The Gorilla cross country team wrapped up the regular season at the SESD conference meet in Chamberlain on Monday, October 7. “We only ran in the varsity divisions due to coronation that evening,” Coach Lonnie Klundt explained.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/01/24 TeeRiffic Creations, 74-22; Old Pioneer, 72-24; Angry Birds, 67-- 29; Carlock Babes, 63½-32½; Six Balls, 54-42; Buches Bowlers, 21-75; The Outsiders, 14½-81½; HTG: Six Balls, 699; HTS: Old Pioneer, 1832; HIG: Bryan Nelson, 206; Jennifer Soesbe, 189; HIS: Bryan Nelson, 558; Jennifer Soesbe, 534. Splits picked up: Goldie Warnkvist, 4-5..