Sports

Because of the growth in the number of participants, it has been proposed that a separate girls’ wrestling tournament be held next year. Currently, the state wrestling tournament includes boys’ and girls’ divisions.

On Wednesday, the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors passed the first reading of a procedure that will provide a structure for adding new sports and fine arts activities.

The Gregory Gorillas defeated the AC/DC Thunder 70-49 to close the regular season back on Feb. 20.

Thursday Mens League 02/23/23 Nagel Body Shop, 46-14; Gregory Lanes, 40-20; Rod’s Sport Shop, 33-27; Stukel Eagle Ranch, 33-27; Northern Plains, 30 ½ -29 ½ ; CATS, 24-36; Home Town Automotive, 23 ½ -36 ½ ; Mark’s Home Repair, 10-50; HTG: Rods Sport Shop, 906; HTS: Rods Sport Shop, 2660; HIG: Rhiley Ellwanger, 259; HIS: Damian Mitchell, 651. Splits picked up by: Win Eckerman, 3-10; Marlyn Campbell, 4-5; Rod Hlavka, 3-4-6-10.

“Once you send that photo, you can’t take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding the consequences.

A discussion about appreciation events for high school sports officials led to the revelation that there have been 87 ejections of players, coaches, and fans at high school sporting events this year. At Wednesday’s South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors meeting, SDHSAA Assistant Executive Director Randy Soma said there have been 87 ejections this year compared to 30 last year.

Four Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers competed in the state tournament in Rapid City, Thursday and Friday, February 23-24. Judd Hansen was a #10 seed at 106 pounds going into the tournament.

The Lady Gorillas lost a close one on the road to Bon Home on Friday, February 17. Bon Homme jumped to an early lead to leave the Gregory team behind 14-8 at the end of the first quarter. They extended their lead to 32-24 at halftime, but the Lady Gorillas came back in the third quarter and kept the opponents within striking distance for the remainder of the game, trailing by only one at the end of three quarters, and ultimately losing by two.

Tuesday Mixed League 02/21/23 Old Pioneer, 135 ½-56½ ; Bailey Welding, 118-74; Fritz’s Angels, 103 ½ -88 ½ ; Tee-Riffic Creations, 95 ½ -96 ½ ; Wild Bunch, 84 ½ -107 ½ ; Carlock Babes, 81-111; Buche’s Bowlers, 79-113; The Outsiders, 28-- 164; HTG: Old Pioneer, 857; HTS: Fritz Angels, 2414; HIG: Mark Bailey, 248; Patty Connealy, 170; HIS: Damian Mitchell, 634; Patty Connealy, 420. Saturday Youth League 02/25/23 Team 3, 154-94; Team 2, 149-107; Team 5, 129-127; Team 6, 108-148; Team 1, 87-165; Team 4, 47-145; HIG: Team 3, 647; HIS: Team 3, 1834.

Most of you have made at least one trip to your local medical clinic. When we don’t feel well, we may experience negative and even harmful symptoms and find that we need to see a provider who can conduct an examination, run a few tests and at that point, hopefully diagnose our condition. Often a provider can prescribe a treatment that attends to the root cause of our symptoms, rather than just the symptoms themselves. Both get resolved; however, when only the symptoms are treated, we may find ourselves repeating this loop.