Sports

Tuesday Mixed League 10/04/22 Old Pioneer, 96-24; Bailey Welding, 88-32; Fritz’s Angels, 77-43; Tee-Riffic Creations, 72-48; Carlock Babes, 48-72; Buche’s Bowlers, 35-73; Wild Bunch, 25-83; The Outsiders, 6-114; HTG: Bailey Welding, 837; HTS: Carlock Babes, 2306; HIG: Marlyn Campbell, 223; Amy Moeller, 167; HIS: Steven Petersen, 568; Goldie Warnkvist, 464. Splits picked up by Steven Petersen, 4-7-5-9; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10; Dan Soesbe, 5-6; Amy Moeller, 3-10.

Last Friday, the Gregory Gorillas faced the Bon Homme Cavaliers in the last regular season game held at Mike Dacy field. With impressive winning records and talented players on both sides of the ball, the matchup promised to be a battle. After four quarters of hard-fought football, the Gorillas held on to their lead and defeated the Cavs 23-12. The win brought the Gorillas record to 7-1 and landed them third seed for the 9A playoffs.

On the 27th of September, the Spikers hosted Bon Homme. The Bon Homme team came in 10-7 and the Spikers came out on top, playing 5 sets.

The Gregory Gorillas football team traveled to Burke Friday night for an intra-county rivalry game. Gregory was first on the scoreboard, with a two-yard touchdown by Kade Stukel.

The 2022 competitive cheer & dance season started on August 1. The 12 girls dedicated the month of June to improving their individual skills by going to Dance Nationals in Orlando, FL, trainings at Get Splits with Jenny, yoga and strength at Sodak Sun Yoga, and personal trainings at the gym or at-home workouts.

Tuesday Mixed League 09/27/22 Bailey Welding, 80-16; Old Pioneer, 80-16; Fritz’s Angels, 62-34; Tee-Riffic Creations, 49-47; Buche’s Bowlers, 35-49; Carlock Babes, 26-70; Wild Bunch, 23-61; The Outsiders, 5-91; HTG: Old Pioneer, 930; HTS: Old Pioneer, 2554; HIG: Bryan Nelson, 279; Goldie Warnkvist, 180; HIS: Bryan Nelson, 625; Goldie Warnkvist, 481. Splits picked up by Ann Bailey, 5-8-7, 4-5; Patty Connealy, 3-10, 3-10, 5-6-10; Jen Soesbe, 2-7; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-10.

Homecoming night for the Lady Spikers was a fun one. We went five sets with Bon Homme. We had lost to them at their own tournament a few weeks back and didn’t want a repeat loss; they rallied well! We finally seemed to hit a better stride for these past few matches. We have had to make adjustments all season to find it. Sapphire Kenzy had been out with a concussion, and we were able to put her back into the game for Homecoming. She is solid back row player, whom we need. We tried to run a 6-2 offense, but didn’t get enough practice time to make it run smoothly. Therefore, we went back to our 5-1 option with Jordan Svatos. This system seemed to work better until Jordan was injured. Again we made some changes, and the girls were able to overcome all the chaos of multiple substitutions and get a win.

The Gregory Police Department is seeking a certified officer to replace Dean Rivers, 52, who was dismissed last month due to complications with his credentials. “I prefer to have three (officers) because I can do more of my duties like admin and training,” said Police Chief Doug Catts.

With two runners in the top ten and another in the top 15, the Gorilla boys cross country team won the team title at the Cougar Invite in Burke on Thursday, September 29. Fin Adams finished in fourth place with a time of 18:09, followed shortly by Luke Sinclair at 18:21 in fifth.

The #2 ranked 9A Gregory Gorillas left it all on the field in a heartbreaking last-minute loss to #8 ranked 9AA Parkston Friday night in the school’s Homecoming matchup. The Gorillas were first to get on the board when Rylan Peck found his target with Eli Fogel, who connected for an 80-yard touchdown run barely five minutes into the game.