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Ipswich gradually pulled away from Sunshine Bible Academy in a Region 6B girls' high school basketball play-in game on February 20 in Ipswich. The Tiger girls would end up with a 43-29 scoring edge. But SBA had actually led 7-6 in a defensive-minded opening quarter. However the IHS girls would then own a 20-14 halftime edge and would outscore their visitors 13-6 in the third quarter to gain even more separation going into the final stanza. (Ipswich's largest lead would be by 23 points in the last quarter.) Two reasons were Katie Bierman with a...
Sully Buttes was able to defeat the Ipswich girls 54-36 in Region 6B high school basketball action last Friday in Onida. Sully Buttes and Lyman are the two advancing teams from Region 6B in the statewide 16 teams hoping to secure one of the eight berths in the upcoming State B. Meanwhile the Chargers lived up to their name vs. Ipswich charging ahead 20-12 at the first quarter break. And things didn't get a whole lot better for the Tiger facing a 34-19 deficit at intermission as they were doubled 14-7 during that stanza. The Chargers would then...
Ipswich lost a girls/boys non-conference high school varsity basketball twin-bill at Potter County last Thursday. The Tiger girls would face a 44-34 shortfall and the IHS boys trailed 67-59 at the final buzzer. In the girls' encounter the hosts would jump ahead 10-4 after a quarter and then they would only lead 16-14 at halftime. The Battlers' margin was even slimmer, 26-25, with a quarter to play. But they got the job done defensively down the stretch, limiting the Tigers to nine points. The Battlers were led in scoring by Ashlee Kaup with 25...
Ipswich coach Todd Thorson has been named a finalist in the 2023 National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) Coach of the Year. Thorson is nominated for Girls Cross Country. He is one of eight national finalists. The organization honors coaches in 19 sports. They are planning a National Awards Banquet and National Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska in July. The NHSACA is dedicated to serving High School Coaches and Athletic Directors throughout the United States through education,...
Ipswich got back on the boys' high school basketball winning track with a 51-39 non-conference victory over Tiospa Zina during a Warner Stratford Lions Classic last Saturday in Warner. The Tigers would lead 14-12 after a quarter and then extended that advantage to 27-19 at halftime. Tiospa Zina would hang around and only trailed 39-34 with three quarters in the books. But the Tigers would hold their opponents to only five points in that quarter to seal the deal. Ipswich received balanced scoring, being led by Tyler Hettich and Trevor Heinz...
Two evenly matched teams battled each other in boys' varsity high school basketball action last Tuesday, February 14 at Hitchcock- Tulare. But the hosts would eventually defeat Ipswich 43-36. Ipswich had narrowly won the opening quarter 11-9 and expanded that to a 27-19 halftime edge. So this was sort of a classic case of a tale of two halves. That's because the hosts weren't quite ready to shut off the gym lights. They indeed closed to within four points, 32-28, with a quarter to play and would then hold Ipswich to only four points in that dec...
Six Ipswich Area wrestlers competed in the Middle School South Dakota Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. The tournament was held in TF Riggs High School Gym in Pierre. Sophia Knittel won first place in the Girls Division. She won by fall over a Harrisburg wrestler, then won a major decision 18-7 over a Spearfish wrestler. In the championship match she won by decision over a Douglas wrestler, 3-2. She scored 23 team points. Edison Unser, Chance Miller, Gavin Horst, Clayton...
Funeral services for Duane A. Holsing, 86, of Cresbard, were at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 11, 2023, at Richland Church, rural Mina, with Pastor Jason Dignan officiating. Burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Powell Township, will be at a later date. Duane died Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen. Duane Arthur Holsing was born on the farm near Ipswich on June 28, 1936, to Arthur and Lillian (Simon) Holsing, the fourth of ten children. He attended all twelve years...
Ipswich hosted Langford Area for a 62-34 victory in Lake Region Conference boys' high school basketball action at the Tiger Den last Saturday. It was a battle of the big cats, the Tigers vs. the Lions and the orange and black would win it. But the hosts would gradually pull away after only edging their visitors 14-13 in the opening quarter. However the Tigers exploded for a 31-18 halftime lead. (Their first double-figure lead was a basket by Carter Geditz for a 25-15 edge.) The Tigers would go...
Ipswich hosted Wilmot for a non-conference girls' high school basketball confrontation last Thursday, Feb. 9 in the Tiger Den and the final score indicated that the Tigers were on top by two possessions - 43-37. But it wasn't all that easy. For one thing an eighth-grade phenom Addison Heinje would personally outscore Ipswich 11-3 early in the opening quarter. (Those first three Tiger points, the first points in the game, were from a basket plus foul shot opportunity for Katie Bierman.)...
Ipswich split a Lake Region Conference girls/boys high school basketball confrontation with Aberdeen Christian on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in Aberdeen. The Tiger girls indeed defeated their hosts 43-27, but the IHS boys were defeated 65-45. Girls first as they actually were first that evening! Defense decides a lot of LRC battles and this was true in the girls' encounter. Ipswich indeed overcame a 5-4 first-quarter deficit to out-score the Knights 21-0 in the second quarter for a 25-5 halftime lead. And the hosts would never really quite be able to...
Ipswich was defeated 40-17 by Leola/Frederick in a typically low scoring defense-oriented Lake Region Conference girls' high school basketball confrontation last Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Leola. The hosts would slowly pull away, leading 8-2 at the first-quarter break and then 22-5 at intermission. They created even more distance leading 35-8 with a quarter to play. Ipswich was led by Gabby Wald with five total points, followed by Baylee Kulesa with four points. Marley Guthmiller added three points and Quincy Olivier and Karlie Gohl two points...
Funeral services for Duane A. Holsing, 86, of Cresbard, will be 10 a.m., Saturday, February 11, 2023, at Richland Church, rural Mina, with Pastor Jason Dignan officiating. Burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Powell Township, at a later date. Duane died Saturday, February 4, 2023, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m., Friday, at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 South Main Street, Aberdeen. Duane Arthur Holsing, was born on the farm near Ipswich, on June 28, 1936,...
Ipswich sustained a Lake Region Conference 45-31 girls' high school basketball loss at Faulkton last Thursday, Jan. 19. The hosts would manufacture a 15-4 lead at the first-quarter ending that the Tigers weren't quite able to totally overcome the rest of the game. Ipswich would however outscore the Trojans 11-9 in the second stanza to trail 24-15 at intermission. But Faulkton would then narrowly lead the third-quarter's scoring 9-6 and also enjoyed a two-point 12-10 scoring edge in the final quarter to seal the deal. Faulkton obtained six...
Ipswich dropped a 45-30 girls high school basketball outcome to James Valley Christian in Huron last Saturday. It was part of a twinbill along with the IHS boys vs. their JVC counterparts. The Tiger girls fell behind 17-4 in the opening quarter but managed to hang around the rest of the game. (The hosts' largest lead would be by 18 point.) It was 30-13 for the hosts at intermission and they then outscored Ipswich 8-6 in the third quarter. Ipswich was led by Quincy Olivier who paced Ipswich with eight points followed by Kaylin Onken with six...
Ipswich obtained a 59-21 Lake Region Conference boys high school basketball win over the North Central Thunder on Tuesday, January 17 in the Tiger Den. Ipswich had led from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer. The Tigers indeed got an opening 2-0 basket from Chet Peterson and would include quarter-break leads of 19-0, 31-9 and 48-16, respectively. Trailing 21-0 early in the second stanza, the Thunder got on the scoreboard with five straight points from Dawson Walz consisting of a basket...
Ipswich lost a boys high school basketball outing to James Valley Christian in Huron Saturday, Jan. 21. The final score was 57-52 with the host team on top. This was a hard-fought affair with two well-matched teams going at it. Ipswich would lead 9-8 after a quarter, but the hosts would jump ahead 27-24 at intermission and then extended that lead to 39-35 after three quarters were in the books awaiting the final outcome. The hosts were led by Landon Wager with 15 points followed by Dax Frandsen with 13 points. Landon Wallman was also in the...
The South Dakota Snow Queen Festival coronation was held on Jan. 14 in Aberdeen. When the emcee wrote the list of winners at the end of the evening he started with the Princess of Spring. He read the name of Miss North Central - Jasmin Garcia. Next was the Princess of Summer. That was Miss Ipswich - Jailey Hutson. Miss Webster - Addison Kuecker was crowned the 2023 Snow Queen. The other Princesses were Miss Clark Area - Avery Miles and Miss Sully County - Lydia Hill. Jailey said the Princesses w...
The headliner for Trail Days 2023 will be Priscilla Block. The concert and Bulls and Broncs are planned on Saturday, June 17. Block, a native of Raleigh, N.C., dreamed of becoming a country artists when she was young. Upon graduating high school, she moved to Nashville, Tenn. to pursue a career in country music. She was nominated for "New Female Artist of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2021. Block kicked off the new year with the release of her new track, "Me Pt. 2",...
Ipswich High School second nine weeks honor roll has been released. Students on the list are: SENIOR 4.0 and Higher — Ian Beyers, Kamryn Boettcher, Madison Geditz, Tyler Hettich, Emily Knoll, Baylee Kulesa, Quincy Olivier, Ashley Ptacek, Turner Thorson, Ashlyn Weig 3.70-3.99 — Kaitlyn Bierman, Cody Russell, Lawson Santema 3.0-3.69 — Vanesa Diaz, Carter Geditz, Jailey Hutson, Wesley Kirkham, Graciella Lange, Evan Onken, Austin Rawden, Lucas Rowland, Colby Sylte, Kaitlyn Williams, Gavin Wollman JUNIOR 4.0 and Higher — Sam Grabowska 3.70-3....
Ipswich hosted Sully Buttes in a boys' high school non-conference confrontation on Tuesday, January 10 and came away with a relatively easy 63-46 victory especially during the second half. It took that long for the visitors to hang around, trailing Ipswich 16-14 in the first quarter and then evening things at 26-26 at intermission. But Ipswich jump-started its third-quarter attack with a pair of treys from Tyler Hettich. Ipswich would then go ahead 50-33 with a quarter to play which is good. That's because each team would then score 13 points...
The Ipswich School Theatre will be the site of the Region 7B One-Act Play competition. Six schools will present their performances on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The schools competing are Warner, Edmunds Central, Timber Lake, Lemmon, Faulkton, and Gettysburg (in that order). The competition begins at 9 a.m. with three plays before lunch and three after. All plays can be no longer than 45 minutes and the judge's critiques follow the end of each. The plays are open to the public. The top two plays chosen by the judges will qualify for the State One-Act...
Hazel Louise Engle, 93, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Ipswich, passed away Monday, January 9, 2023, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2023, at the United Church of Christ, Ipswich, with Pastor Tim Fugman officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. A time of fellowship and luncheon will follow the service at the church hall. Burial will be at the Ipswich City Cemetery at a later date. Hazel Louise...
JULY The Mina Lake Freedom Festival was held on July 3. There were family events throughout the day with fireworks that evening. A thunderstorm late on July 3 left several inches of rain, causing flash flooding and road closings. The Ipswich Fire Department was called to the Ramsey Crissman home early on July 4. The garage was destroyed by the fire. The Ipswich City Council voted to hire Amanda Metzinger as City Finance Officer. The First Baptist Church of Ipswich had to remove a section of the...
Potter County remained undefeated at this juncture of the girls high school basketball season with a non-conference 61-43 non-confer- ence win over Ipswich in the Sacred Hoops Classic last Friday at the Strode Center in Aberdeen. But Gabby Wald topped Ipswich with 11 points, featuring one trey and four steals. Next would be a trio of players with five points apiece — Ashlyn Weig, Karlie Gohl and Quincy Olivier. (Gohl included a trey.) Brianna Geditz included a trey in her four points. Anna Nierman and Rylee Kleffman each had a trey for their t...