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The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers were all business on Tuesday, February 7, when they hosted Bennett County and Stanley County, winning decisive 60-18 and 60-24 victories over the two teams. Both matches were notable for the number of forfeits by all teams, but in the five contests wrestled in each, Storm wrestlers refused to give up a single point.

Tuesday Mixed League 01/31/23 Old Pioneer, 84 ½-35½ ; Bailey Welding, 79 ½-40½ ; Buche’s Bowlers, 79-41; Fritz’s Angels, 63-57; Tee-Riffic Creations, 53 ½ -66 ½ ; Carlock Babes, 53-67; Wild Bunch, 42 ½ -77 ½ ; The Outsiders, 14-106; HTG: Tee-Riffic Creations, 619; HTS: Tee-Riffic Creations, 1808; HIG: Steven Peterson, 237; Patty Connealy, 173; HIS: Damian Mitchell, 626; Patty Connealy, 450. Splits picked up by Bryan Nelson, 3-10; Goldie Warnkvist, 3-7-10; Mark Bailey, 5-10; Shelly Holmberg, 7-8.

The Gregory Gorillas started a busy week of basketball on Monday when they were dealt a 50-52 overtime loss to the #5 ranked Winner Warriors. Gregory led 13-9 after one quarter and 24-15 at halftime.

The Lady Gorillas hosted Parkston on Monday, January 30, losing a 43-56 contest. The game was competitive for the first quarter, with Parkston leading 17-15, but the Lady Trojans increased the gap by halftime with an 8-point lead, 31-23.

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The Burke/Gregory Storm wrestlers had a triangular, a dual, and a tournament on the schedule last week, facing Parkston and Kimball/ White Lake/Platte-Geddes in Parkston on Monday, hosting Bon Homme/Avon at home on Tuesday, and competing in the Redfield Tournament on Saturday.

Loss Wyatt Pickard (Madison) 24-10...................................................................................................................Fall 1:26 Win Paxton Walz (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 2-4....................Fall 2:51 Loss Tanner Atkinson (Britton/Hecla) 10-11.....................................................................................................Fall 1:48 132 Pounds - Owen Hansen (33-0) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points Win Bye........................................................................................................................................................................................ Bye Win Carsen Finn (Wessington Springs/Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington) 7-8....................Fall 1:39 Win Caleb Hodges (Madison) 28-5....................................................................................................................Fall 0:41 Win Wyatt Anderson (Parkston) 23-8................................................................................................................MD 17-4 145 Pounds - Breven Bolander (15-15)

Tuesday Mixed League 01/24/23 Bailey Welding, 74 ½-21½ ; Old Pioneer, 65 ½-30½ ; Buche’s Bowlers, 63-33; Fritz’s Angels, 55-41; Wild Bunch, 42 ½ -53 ½ ; Carlock Babes, 33-63; Tee-Riffic Creations, 32 ½ - 63 ½ ; The Outsiders, 11-85; HTG: Wild Bunch, 791; HTS: Wild Bunch, 2210; HIG: Mark Bailey, 237; Misty Claussen, 168; HIS: Dustin Stukel, 627; Jennifer Soesbe, 445. Splits picked up by Patty Connealy (2-7), Damian Mitchell (3-6-7-- 10), and Paula Bortz (5-10).

The Gorillas started a busy week in O'Neill (NE) on Monday as they fell to the St. Mary's Cardinals 5053.