The 2017 South Dakota High School State Track and Field Meet is in the books! In the team standings, the Sioux Falls Christian boys won the class ‘a’ title with 112 points. Winner was fourth with 40 points and Chamberlain came in fifth with 37. In the boys class ‘b’ team standings, Chester Area was the first place finisher with 64 points. Colome earned 36 points for fifth. The girls class ‘a’ team title was won by Madison with 64 points. Deubrook Area won the girls class ‘b’ team title with 78 points. Individually, In the boys discus, Chamberlain’s Nash Hutmacher finished fourth overall while Winner’s Jayden Schroeder came in ninth. In the boys long jump, Kelly O’Bryan was victorious as he claimed his second state championship with a leap of 21-03.75. Gregory’s Jayd VanDerWerff was fifth and Hayden Stluka of Platte/Geddes came in eighth. In the boys 4×400 relay, Chamberlain finished sixth. Winner’s Cameron Kuil won both the 200 and 400 meter dashes! Cam ran the 200 in 22.26 seconds and he ran the 400 in 48.52 seconds. Kuil was runner up in the 100 meter dash by running a 11.08. In the girls 200 meter dash, Todd County’s Caelyn Valandra-Prue was runner up with a time of 26.52 seconds. Caelyn did however claim victory in the 400 meter dash by running a new meet record time of 56.52 seconds! Winner’s Sam Schuyler finished eighth. Valandra-Prue  finished third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.73 seconds. In the boys 1600 sprint medley, Gregory finished fifth. In the girls ‘b’ 1600 sprint medley, Platte/Geddes came in fourth while Kimball/White Lake was eighth. The girls 400 meter dash was won by Parker’s Karley Peters. Ally Holter of Platte/Geddes placed eighth. In the boys ‘a’ 4×100 meter relay, Winner finished eighth. In the girls class ‘b’ 4×100 meter relay, Platte/Geddes was runner up while Colome came in sixth. Gregory’s Aaron Voight finished third in the 1600 meter run while Kray Person of Burke/South Central was fourth. In the girls 1600 meter run, Chamberlain’s Ella Byers was fifth overall. In the boys 4×200 meter relay, Winner was third. In the girls ‘b’ 100 meter dash, Colome’s Callie Heath placed eighth.

The following are results from day one of the State Track and Field Meets that were held Friday. Colome’s Kelly O’Bryan won the Class ‘B’ triple jump as he had a leap of 43-11.25! Burke/South Central’s Kray Person finished second in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:07:10. Gregory’s Aaron Voight was fifth with a time of 10:28:10. Caden Tegethoff of Platte/Geddes finished eighth with a time of 10:34:45. Jones County’s Austin Olson was ninth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:07:10. Chamberlain’s Tiegen Priebe was the state champion in the Class ‘A’ long jump as he had a leap of 22 feet and 7 inches! Winner’s Brady Fritz had a jump of 20 feet and 11 inches to finish ninth.  Priebe was runner up in the triple jump with a leap of 45-04. Fritz was tenth as he finished with a 41-05. The Todd County boys 4×800 meter relay team finished eighth with a time of 8:42:05. Chamberlain’s Nash Hutmacher finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 51-02.75. Jayden Schroeder of Winner was eighth as he had a throw of 48-03.25. In the girls long jump, Chamberlain’s Avany Long was tenth as she had a leap of 16-02.50. Chamberlain’s Mady Handel came in eighth place in the shot put as she had a throw of 36-05. Lahna Matucha of Burke/South Central finished in a ninth place tie in the girls high jump as she had a jump of 4-10. The boys class ‘B’ high jump was won by Jayshawn Milton of Lower Brule. Malachi Girton of Platte/Geddes finished in fifth place. Mae Duba of Platte/Geddes came in fifth in the girls pole vault. Caelyn-Valandra/Prue of Todd County had the fastest time in the class ‘a’ 400 meter run on Friday as she gets ready for todays finals. Sam Schuyler of Winner will be in the 400 too. In the girls ‘b’ 400, Ally Holter of Platte/Geddes has the fourth fastest time going into Saturday’s Finals. Karley Peters of Parker, who is the daughter of Dale and Jacey Peters, has the fastest time. In the boys ‘A’ 400 meter run, Cameron Kuil of Winner has the fastest time going into the finals Saturday and Tiegen Priebe of Chamberlain has the second fastest time. The Winner boys 4×100 and 4×200 relays both qualified for today’s finals. The Colome and Platte/Geddes girls 4×100 teams qualified for the finals. The Winner girls 4×800 relay team placed sixth. Matt Campbell of Colome finished second in the discus. Cameron Kuil has qualified for the 100 and 200 finals. Kayleb Brozik of Winner placed fifth in the 800 meter run. Ella Byers was third in the 800 and Sam Schuyler was ninth in the 800 run. Valandra-Prue of Todd County had the second fastest time going into the finals. Winner’s Sidda Schuyler was sixth in the 3200 meter run. Ella Byers of Chamberlain placed eighth. Matt Campbell was second in the shot put and Hallie Hallock of Platte/Geddes was fourth in the shot put and she came in eighth in the discus.

Track and Field

Day 1 of State Meet in Sioux Falls for Class B Schools

Day 1 of State Meet in Tea for Class A Schools

Amateur Baseball

Alexandria at Winner/Colome

We had little league baseball take place last night. The Lyman Rookies defeated Winner Gold by a final of 3-0. The Burke Minors beat Colome, 9-0. The Burke Rookies were able to hold off Colome, 1-0. The Burke Majors scored a 12-2 win over Colome last night. In Amateur Baseball, South Central was able to hold off Kimball/White Lake, 6-5. Mt. Vernon defeated Platte, 5-2. Hayden Kuiper had three hits for the Killer Tomatoes. Miller beat Chamberlain last night, 5-1. Zach Zimprich doubled and drove in a run for the Mallards.

There is an important, big date that you need to mark down on your calendars for the month of June! The tenth annual Gregory Golf Club Memorial Tournament will take place on Saturday, June 24th at the Gregory Golf Course. It is a two person scramble and is limited to the first 72 teams. To get your two person team signed up call the Clubhouse at 835-8134.

Amateur Baseball

Kimball/White Lake at South Central

Mt. Vernon at Platte

Miller at Chamberlain

Little League Baseball

Clearfield 2 at Clearfield 1

Winner Purple at Gregory 1

Colome at Burke

Mission at Valentine

Lyman at Winner Gold

Thanks to those who sent in softball scores from Wednesday Night! The Winner and Lyman 8 and under teams ended up tying. The Winner ten and under squad beat Lyman, 2-0. The Burke Royals beat Platte in a 12 and under doubleheader. Madelyn Cason pitched a no-hitter in the 7-0 game one victory. Game two, the Royals won, 19-1 as Adisyn Indahl was the winning pitcher. The Clearfield ten and under team fell to Gregory, 1-0. The 12 and under Clearfield girls tied with Gregory by a final of 9-9. In 18 and under softball, Winner beat Buntroc, 8-7 in game one. In game two, Winner fell to Jo Softball, 6-5.

Girls Softball

Burke at Platte

Lyman at Winner

Bassett at Valentine

Clearfield at Gregory

Burke at Winner

The Region 4B Golf Meets were held Tuesday in Mitchell. The Burke/South Central girls won the team title as they finished with 271 points. Tressa Bull and Taylee Indahl of Burke/South Central both shot an 87 after 18 holes and had to go two playoff holes to determine a winner as Bull finished first overall. On the boys side, Platte/Geddes ended up winning the team title with 244 points. Riley Hoffman of Platte/Geddes and Jon Bakke of Gregory each shot a 79 and had to go to two playoff holes to determine a winner. Hoffman ended up as the victor.

Golf

Burke/South Central, Platte/Geddes and Gregory at Regions in Mitchell

Little League Baseball

Lyman at Clearfield

Gregory 2 at Gregory 1

Valentine at Winner Purple

Winner Gold at Colome

Mission at Burke