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Scrapbooking has evolved from the ones our parents and grandparents would make. They would glue corners and stick in the photos or cards and invitations, etc. Most of the signed cards would display a full name, but not always. We found a couple old books in our home and looked through them Saturday afternoon. One was full of photos collected by my mother and grandmother. Luckily Ruth was good at identifying the subjects in white ink on the black pages. There was her 3-4 grade class in Bowdle and another in Onaka. The other book, much bigger,...
Ipswich and North Central split a girls/boys varsity basketball twin-bill last Tuesday in Roscoe. The hosts would capture the girls game 45-21 and the Tiger boys would respond with a 52-26 win of their own. The Thunder girls would jump ahead 19-4 at the end of the opening quarter and then led 33-6 at intermission. They would then carry a 38-9 edge into the final stanza and coasted to the win. Ella Batie was the game's top scorer for the Thunder with her 18 points and Amree Vander Vorst wasn't to...
North Central's varsity boys claimed a 45-13 Lake Region Conference basketball win last Saturday in Langford. But the Thunder girls would sustain a 48-31 loss to their hosts. Versus Langford, the NC boys would lead 10-4, 20-9 and 28-12 at each of their respecting quarter-breaks. The Thunder were able to feature a balanced scoring attack, led by Raynor Sprague and Dawson Walz with nine points apiece. Tim Rucker was next with eight points, followed by Cole Beitelspacher with six points including a trey. Next would be Cooper Oxner with his five...
The North Central girls were defeated 61-30 by Herreid/Selby Area in Bowdle last Friday. The visitors from HSA would lead14-6 after a quarter and also 25-20 at the half. But they gained more separation in the second half starting with a 40-29 third quarter lead. One reason would be Jordyn Rossow with her 18 points and another would be Katie Allbee with 16 points. She was followed by Jade Rossow also in double figures with 11 points. Four more Wolverines would score. Meanwhile the Thunder would be led by Ella Batie with 18 points followed by...
Ipswich sustained a narrow 55-51 boys high school basketball decision to Gregory last Saturday during the Hanson Classic in Mitchell. But Gregory would go ahead 13-8 after a quarter and led 26-18 at intermission. But the Tigers would definitely hang around during the second half, trailing 40-34 with a quarter to play. It was that close. Gregory would be led by Daniel Mitchell's 21 points and six more players would enter their scoring column that day, led by Noah Bearshield's nine points. They were 21-46 in floor shots that featured four treys...
Ipswich lost a girls/boys varsity doubleheader at Faulkton last Friday that was a conference affair. The hosts' girls would outlast Ipswich 45-31 and their boys would edge their Tiger counterparts 48-41. Ipswich actually led Faulkton for portions of both games. The Tiger girls jumped ahead 9-6 in the opening quarter and then trailed 26-14 at intermission. The hosts would only increase their lead to 37-24 with a quarter to play. The Trojan girls were led by Kelli Stoeker with 15 points and Carley Cotton also got into double-figures with 13...
The weather has certainly been topsy-turvy across the country lately. Points way way south have been getting our type weather. And vice versa we had been getting their weather. Until last week. I guess that when you average our highs and lows it doesn’t look as bad. The wind chills have been out of control. Unbelievable to say the least. Climate change? It sure does look like it....
The Ipswich Tiger varsity boys' basketball team made a long trip to Onida and left with a 68-65 non-conference win over the Chargers last Tuesday, Jan. 9. It was quite a close game, leading up to a 65-65 tie. But Ipswich's Chet Peterson would settle things for good with his closing-seconds trey. The first quarter was deadlocked at 19-19 and Ipswich would then conclude the first half with a 30-26 lead. But Sully Buttes narrowed Ipswich's lead to 47-46 with a quarter to play and you all know how close that stanza turned out to be. Peterson would...
Ipswich traveled to Northwestern for a LRC girls basketball confrontation last Thursday, Jan. 11 and would sustain a 67-37 defeat in a battle of Wildcats vs. Tigers. The hosts signaled their intentions with an early 24-4 lead and still led at intermission 45-23. They would grab a 58-32 lead with a quarter to play and would coast to their decisive win. They would enter a trio of double-figure scorers led by Ashley Haven with 24 points. Ana Ratigan was next with 16 points and Sophie Troske added 10 points. Five more Wildcats would enter their...
The North Central Thunder lost a league twin bill varsity girls and boys basketball outcome to Leola/ Frederick Area on Tuesday, Jan. 9 in Eureka. The NC girls lost a hard-fought 43-40 decision that went into overtime. The Thunder boys would drop a 59-28 verdict. The Thunder girls had narrowly led 11-8 in the first quarter, then fell behind 17-15 at intermission. The third-quarter score would be 31-30 in favor of the Thunder and the regulation time score was knotted at 38-38. The Thunder were led by Ella Batie with 13 points and Amree Vander...
One of the things that you could do during the New Year would be to write a book! Yes, write a book. It might not be as difficult as you might think. You should indeed think about it. And if you go ahead with your ideas, I did read somewhere that over 75 % of Americans actually feel that they do indeed have a story idea that is remaining to be published, be it a novel or a documentary. The latter might not be a bad idea since 2024 is indeed an election year. So it's so much easier to computerize your story now that you won't be using an old...
North Central would drop a league varsity high school basketball doubleheader to Warner last Friday in Roscoe. The score of the girls outcome would be 50-34 and the boys setback was 68-36. Versus Warner's girls the Thunder would fall behind 23-7 after a quarter and then trailed 35-14 at intermission. The visitors owned a 43-25 lead after three stanzas and coasted to their win. But Amree Vander Vorst would lead the Thunder with her 15 points that featured a trio of treys. Ella Batie was next...
North Central made a Saturday, Jan. 6 LRC journey to Faulkton Area in doubleheader high school varsity basketball action. But the visitors would sweep the evening with a 53-24 varsity girls win and a 66-43 boys victory. The hosts would only lead 11-4 after a quarter in the girls game but led 23-13 at intermission. But Faulkton really enjoyed the third quarter to lead 34-18 at that juncture of the game. The hosts were led by Carley Cotton with 20 points including three treys. And Jaymi Senn also nearly reached double figures with her nine...
The details of North Central's recent varsity basketball games at Timber Lake were released. The Thunder girls indeed edged their hosts 39-37. They had narrowly led at each respective quarter ending 8-5, 21-18 and 28-26. Jenisa Jacobs was one reason with 15 points. And Ella Batie added a double-double consisting of 10 points and 11 rebounds. Next would be Alaina Dosch with six points on a pair of treys. Amree Vander Vorst added four points and Katelyn Engelhart and Sydney Bertsch contributed two points apiece. (Jaylee Schoelerman led the...
Ipswich out-manned Northwestern 64-34 in Lake Region Conference boys high school basketball action last Tuesday, Jan. 2 in the Tiger Den. The Tigers had more than doubled the Wildcats 17-4 in the first quarter and would then lead 35-17 at halftime. Ipswich led 48-27 with a quarter to play and then coasted to a victory. Ipswich enjoyed 21 points from Jace Konsor including one trey. Chet Peterson also reached double-figure scoring with 17 points and distributed five of his team's 17 assists. Next...
Ipswich and Warner split a girls/boys Lake Region Conference varsity twinbill on January 4 in Warner. The hosts would win the girls confrontation 53-18 but the Tiger boys would then outlast their hosts for a 55-45 victory. Tiger fans were never so happy for free throw opportunities. Why is that? That's because the Morarchs had closed to within two possessions 48-42. However they needed to foul for possession and Ipswich would sink five of six free throw tries down the stretch to help restore some order. Trevor Heinz would make three of them in...
Ipswich split a home-court varsity high school basketball confrontation with Timber Lake last Saturday. The Tiger boys indeed defeated their visitors 58-40 after the girls had sustained a 45-33 defeat. In the boys game Ipswich fashioned a 20-4 lead after a quarter and their initial double-figure lead was 15-4. The Panthers would hang around though and actually closed to within nine points midway through the final quarter. Ipswich had doubled Timber Lake 30-15 at intermission and would then lead...
Ipswich hosted Wilmot in boys' only high school basketball action last Friday in the Tiger Den. And the 62-33 Ipswich varsity win was a non-conference verdict. Ipswich indeed would double the Wolves 20-10 in the first quarter with two free throws by Chet Peterson. And Peterson's trey ended the first half with the Tigers up 37-16. And the Tigers wouldn't let up too much during the second half and were able to cruise to a win.after leading 49-25 at the third-quarter break. This was definitely a fun night for Peterson who finished with 17 points t...
Wasn't there a lot of information in last week's Tribune? Of course a lot of it was Christmas related which is good! This week's New Year's edition might be hampered a little by that winter storm that they were forecasting. But we hope that won't be the case. It does appear that we very well might see even more of a White Christmas in some areas anyway. You guys can dream up some New Year's Resolutions if you are stranded somewhere. There are a few days left in 2023, do enjoy them while you can. So Happy New Year!...
Waubay-Summit visited the Tiger Den last Tuesday and escaped with a sweep of their high school basketball twinbill vs. Ipswich. Their girls indeed won 60-41 and their boys had a little easier time of it with a 46-39 victory. First for the girls, the visitors led 26-6 after a quarter so got off to a real impressive start to say the least. They would then lead 40-18 at halftime. They would then outscore Ipswich 12-8 in the third stanza to maintain their momentum. The Mustangs were led by Faith Lar...
The North Central varsity basketball girls were defeated 43-36 in a trip into Strasburg, N.D. on December 18 vs. Strasburg-Zeeland. The hosts indeed had narrowly trailed 10-9 after a quarter, but were able to grab a 23-15 halftime lead. And they then tacked on a 36-26 edge with a quarter to play. But the Thunder obtained 14 points by Jenisa Jacobs. Then Ella Batie and Alaina Dosch each netted seven points and Amree Vander Vorst contributed six points with a pair of treys. (Dosch included one trey as well.) And Katelyn Engelhardt rounded out...
The North Central Thunder were defeated 60-38 by South Border (Wiskek/Ashley, N.D.) in boys varsity basketball action on December 19 there. A 25-8 first-quarter deficit didn't help especially when the Thunder were then held scoreless 15-0 in the entire second quarter. And South Border narrowly outscored the Thunder 12-10 in the third stanza. The North Dakota team was led in scoring by Kaden Bader with his 19 points and Colin Goettle added 14 points. Connor Kosiak also reached double figures with 10 points. Five other SB players would score....
This column has very often been about weather or sports and this year is no exception. Games (and school) have pretty much allowed to be held thanks to the influence of a weather pattern of El Nino that has mostly produced mild and dry Pacific air instead of Arctic air that prevailed last winter. And annual seasonal holiday related events have mostly been able to be held on schedule so far this year. And our local weather guy Marv Seyer has to be pleased about that. This year we complain when the overnight weather temperature drops below 32 so...
A North Central girls' varsity basketball team edged Ipswich 42-35 on Tuesday, Dec. 12 during Lake Region Conference action in Ipswich. The Thunder had led 10-7 after a quarter and narrowly led 20-18 at intermission. They then forged ahead 34-24 with a quarter left to play. But Ipswich would make a fourth-quarter run capped by a Tristan Geditz trey to claw to within three points at 38-35. But the Thunder responded with four unanswered points of their own to seal a victory. One reason for the...
The North Central Thunder girls' varsity basketball team hosted South Border in Roscoe on Friday, Dec. 15 and came up with a 49-33 victory over the North Dakotans. The hosts had led 10-7 after a quarter and increased that to 20-14 at the half. The Thunder then led 39-26 after three quarters and didn't let up in the final quarter of action. The Thunder finished with Amree Vander Vorst's game-high 19 points that included three treys. Ella Batie also reached double figures with her 10 points. Batie also grabbed 21 rebounds for a definite double-do...