Sports

Gregory County 4-H holds a step-by-step painting workshop for kids from ages 5 to 18 years old on Thursday, May 19th, at the Burke Civic Center. At this workshop, the kids got to explore their creative abilities and find their artists within. There were two sessions - a session in the morning from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and a session in the afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The morning session was for the kids ages 5 to 9 years old and they painted a colorful fishes using watercolors, and the afternoon session was for the kids ages 10 to 18 years old and they painted jellyfishes with acrylic paint!

Gregory County defeated Belle Fourche Varsity Broncs 8-0 on Friday, May 20, at home as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Gregory County fired up the offense in the first inning, when Gunner Stephens grounded out, allowing Sawyer Tietgen to score the first run.

Even though South Central Storm collected eight hits to Kimball/White Lake’s seven, they still fell 14-3 on Thursday, May 19, at home. The Storm struggled to contain the high-powered offense of KWL, giving up 14 runs.

Gregory County JV defeated Martin 10-2 on Wednesday, May 18, in Martin, thanks to six runs in the third inning. Gregory County’s offense in the inning came from singles by Kade Fortuna and Carter Baumgartner, a walk by Landon Keiser, and a groundout by Hudson Fuhrer.

The Gregory County varsity baseball team had everything working on Wednesday, May 18, winning big over Martin 17-3. They opened up scoring in the first inning, when Trey Murray doubled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run.

Gregory County JV fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 12-2 loss to Winner on Tuesday, May 17, at home. Gregory County struggled to contain the high-powered offense of Winner, giving up 12 runs.

Gregory County’s game against the Winner/Colome Royals at home on Tuesday, May 17, was a heartbreaker as they lost the lead late in a 6-5 defeat. Gregory County got things moving in the first inning, when Rylan Peck singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run.

June 4 - Sioux Falls Squirrels June 5 - Baltic Tournament June 5 - Wessington Springs Owls June 9 - 4 Corners June 12 - Chamberlain Mallards June 16 - Colome Chaos June 19 - Kimball-White Lake June 23 - Plankinton Bankers June 26 - Gold Sox July 7 - Wessington Springs Owls June 14 - Chamberlain Mallards July 17 - 4 Corners July 19 - Colome Chaos • July 22 - TBD.

On Friday, May 6th, the Gregory 5th-8th grade band students participated in the area instrumental solo music contest at Winner. Gregory had a total of 8 I+s, 40 Is, 8 I-s, 1 II+s, 19 IIs, and 2 IIIs for a total of 78 entries

Gregory High School students earning three sport letters for 2021-2022 were recognized during awards night held on Monday, May 9, 2022. Those recognized were back row, l to r: Eli Fogel (football, golf, track), Kade Stukel (football, golf, track), Trey Murray (football, golf, track), Carson Klundt (cross country, basketball, track), Kade Braun (football, wrestling, golf), Cruz Klundt (football, basketball, track). Front row l to r: Daniel Mitchell (football, basketball, track), Cassidy Keiser (volleyball, basketball, track), Mya Determan (volleyball, basketball, track), Kodi Timanus (volleyball, cross country, track), Sierra Rencountre (cross country, basketball, track), Asia VanDerWerff (cross country, basketball, track), and Gannon Thomas (football, basketball, track). Not pictured: Gracie Kenzy (volleyball, basketball, track) and Zach Eklund (football, wrestling, track).