Sports

The Gregory girls cross country team competed at the state meet held in Sioux Falls on October 21. The girls came away with a 12th place finish as a team, just six points away from a top ten finish.

The cheer & dance team made Gorilla history on Friday at the state competition, bringing home the first ever plaque from state, finishing in seventh place overall in dance. Their pom routine improved a lot for state as the girls worked to make their moves crisper and cleaner, according to Coach Jenny Hansen.

Tuesday Mixed League 10/17/23 Tee-Rific Creations, 127- 41; Old Pioneer, 98 ½-69½ ; Carlock Babes, 95 ½-72½ ; Wild Bunch, 94 ½-73½ ; Angry Birds, 90-78; The Outsiders, 72 ½-95½ ; Rez Dawgs, 46- 122; Six Ballz, 16-8; HTG: Tee-Rific, 878; HTS: Six Ballz, 2503; HIG: Damian Mitchell, 236; Melissa Peterson, 182; HIS: Damian Mitchell, 696; Misty Claussen, 422. Splits picked up by Aaron Debus, 4-10; Donnie Peterson, 2-8-7.

The girls cross country team was crowned Region 3B champions last Wednesday at Burke. The Gorillas finished in first place with ten points, followed by Burke with 21 and Scotland 29 to round out the top three teams.

Big plays defined the football game against Bon Homme in Tyndall Friday night. Unfortunately, the big plays were in favor of Bon Homme and not Gregory in the Gorilla 18-0 loss.

The Gregory Spikers kicked off their week with a 3-0 win against Colome on the road on Tuesday, October 10. Gregory beat the Cowgirls 25-12, 25-13, and 25-11 in three games.

ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 10/10/23 Tee-Rific Creations, 103 ½-40½ ; Wild Bunch, 92 ½-51½ ; Angry Birds, 82-62; Old Pioneer, 79 ½-64½ ; Carlock Babes, 73 ½-70½ ; The Outsiders, 67 ½-76½ ; Rez Dawgs, 45 ½- 98½ ; HTG: Angry Birds, 655; HTS: Angry Birds, 1833; HIG: Damian Mitchell, 258; Misty Claussen, 175; HIS: Damian Mitchell, 699; Misty Claussen, 447. Splits picked up by Justin Parkis, 5-10; Steven Petersen, 5-7; Chris Petersen, 4-7-10; Misty Claussen, 3-10.

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The boys cross country team participated in the region 3B meet on Wednesday, October 11, in Burke. Region 3B is a very competitive region in class B boys cross country.

On top of a week of Homecoming festivities, the Gregory Marching Gorillas were kept on the run with a week and a half of competitions. First, they traveled to Aberdeen in the early morning hours on Wednesday, September 27, for the Roncalli Marching Band Festival.