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Last Monday’s win against Winner in the 2022 South Dakota American Legion State Class B Sr. Baseball Tournament put Gregory Legion Post 6 in the top three of the state and in a matchup against Vermillion on Tuesday, August 2, in a playoff for the championship game. Vermillion got off to an early lead on the brutally hot day, in which game times were moved back several hours to try to beat the heat, but Gregory couldn’t recover in a 12-5 loss.

As hot as it has been, it will still be hard for many of us to say good-bye to summer. Even though pumpkin spice (or maple walnut if that is your preference) and crisp, cool autumn days are still a ways off, the calendar says that the first day of school is just around the corner.

Gregory Legion Post 6 4 - Platte/Geddes Post 115 2 Gregory County Legion fell just short of shutting out Platte-Geddes in the first round of the South Dakota American Legion State Class B Sr. Baseball Tournament on Friday, July 29.

Gregory County Teeners 11 - Avon 0 The game got off to a slow start in Gregory County’s first round win over Avon in the VFW 16U Region 2 Class B Tournament on Monday, July 25. Eight runs in the fifth inning, however, propelled Gregory to an 11-0 win.

South Central Storm 7 - Colome Chaos 4 South Central Storm snatched the lead late in the game in a 7-4 victory over Colome Chaos on Tuesday, July 19, at home in the team’s last game of regular season play. The game was tied at one with South Central Storm batting in the bottom of the sixth when Hunter Van Niewenhuyse doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.

Gregory County Legion 14 - FH Hitmen 13 It came down to the wire on Tuesday, July 19, in the first game of region tournament play, with Gregory County Legion taking the victory with a dramatic walk-off sacrifice fly in a late inning that sealed their victory over the FH Hitmen 18U. The game was tied at 13 with Gregory County batting in the bottom of the seventh when Glover’s sac fly scored one run.

Psalm 23 is one of the most popular chapters in the Bible, and many have said it is one of the wonders of the literary world. It is so deep that scholars are perplexed, and yet so simple that children can enjoy it. However, in all of its beauty and profound wisdom, we should pray that we do not lose our reverence for its interpretation. It is easy to allow familiarity to make us cold and indifferent to chapters such as this and others like John 3, Romans 8, and First Corinthians 13. Being spiritually lukewarm is deceptive and it simply means that we are not on fire and have allowed our fervent excitement to become as smoldering embers. When we come to the place where we begin to roll our eyes and say that we have heard something a thousand times, thinking that we know all there is to know about it, then we have lost our passion and love for it.

The initial excitement over a new swimming pool seems to have died down, and, likewise, fundraising, has followed suit. While the goal of $1,000,000 won’t pay for a new pool, it is a milestone to reach in order to start qualifying for grants.

Gregory Teeners 2 - Winner 1 Both teams were strong on the hill Wednesday, July 13, but Gregory Teeners defeated Winner 2-1 at home. Gregory pitchers allowed just two hits to Winner in the game.

Gregory Jr. Teeners showed up ready to play ball in the first round of the region tournament in Platte on Monday, July 11, in a three-inning 20-0 blowout against Corsica-Stickney.