Sports

The middle school boys and girls golf teams traveled to Tyndall for the Avon-Scotland meet on Tuesday, April 19. AJ Lutt was the top finisher for the boys, shooting a 58 on nine holes to tie for eleventh place.

The director of the Sioux Falls VA Healthcare System has been reassigned following a multitude of complaints about mismanagement. The VA’s Midwest region director Robert McDivitt said Lisa Simoneau will stay with the Veterans Affairs Department and serve at regional headquarters in the Twin Cities.

The Gregory High School golf team competed locally on Friday, April 22. The girls team played at the Burke Golf Course.

What started as a beautiful spring day turned into a dangerous wind storm, forcing officials to cut the Wagner Track Meet short on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Gregory finished in the top five for the men in a field of 14 in the events that were completed.

The 2023 high school football schedules may get a second look after a lengthy discussion Tuesday by the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors. At issue were complaints from schools that field nine-man teams and 11A schools.

Gregory Co. 1 - PGDCWL 6 Gregory County watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 6-1 loss to the Platte-Geddes/Dakota Christian/White Lake Honkers Monday evening, April 11.

The middle school golf teams played at Burke on Tuesday, April 12, while the JV team hosted a meet in Gregory. Shyanna Steffen shot a 66 for the middle school girls to tie for third place.

The boys golf team bested 15 other teams to claim the championship at the SESDSS Golf Tournament at the Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton, Thursday, April 14. Trey Murray led the team, shooting a 37 and 42 for a 79 for the day, good enough to tie for first place.

COY DETERMAN Parents: Amanda & Jeff Determan Year: GHS Senior ELI FOGEL Parents: Ann & David Fogel Year: GHS Junior KADE STUKEL Parents: Kellie & Kurt Stukel Year: GHS Junior KADE BRAUN Parents: Lenna & Brad Braun Year: GHS Sophomore KAYDENCE KLEIN Parents: Sara & Brian Anderson & Randy Klein Year: GHS Sophomore TREY MURRAY Parents: Colleen & Mike Murray Year: GHS Sophomore LILY JACOBSEN Parents: Joely Shavlik & Bud & Amy Jacobsen Year: GHS Freshman GABBY JUNG Parents: Kyra & Marty Jung Year: GHS Freshman LUKE STUKEL Parents: Kellie & Kurt Stukel Year: GHS Freshman PIPER BARTLETT Parents: Tory & Wyatt Bartlett Year: GHS 8th grader RIKI BRUNS Parents: Kim & Richard Bruns Year: GHS 8th Grader MADISAN GRABER Parents: Ronda & Corey Graber Year: GHS 8th grader SAMANTHA PARKIS Parents: Heather & Justin Parkis Year: GHS 8th grader WILLIAM SINKULAR Parents: Chris Sinkular Year: GHS 8th grader MATTHEW SMITH Parents: April & Jeremy Smith Year: GHS 8th grader SHYANNA STEFFEN Parents: Kalissa & Matthew Steffen Year: GHS 8th grader DANI TIMANUS Parents: Karen & Tony Timanus Year: GHS 8th grader CARTER BAUMGARTNER Parents: Karen & Jim Baumgartner Year: GHS 7th grader GEORGE TIMANUS Parents: Karen & Tony Timanus Year: GHS 6th grader (right) AJ LUTT Parents: Catie Lutt & Jason Lutt Year: GHS 6th grader (left) BRITANY REBER ASSISTANT GOLF COACH KAITLYN STEFFEN GOLF COACH.

Jessy Jo VanderWerff, a junior point guard for the Gorillas, was selected by South Dakota Class B coaches as a member of the Class B All-State team. Jessy led the Gorillas in points per game with 17.6 points per game and 2.6 assists per game. Jessy was selected to the Girls Class B 3rd team All-State team.