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Two Ipswich seniors have been selected to play in the South Dakota Football Coaches Association's 2024 All-Star Football Game on Saturday, June 8 at South Dakota State University's Dana Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings. The game is for seniors who have completed their high school football careers. The game starts at 11 a.m. and it’s free admission. Chet Peterson and Trevor Heinz of Ipswich are among the players on the Blue-White team. Blue/White coaches are Brian Allmendinger, Milbank, Head Coach and Assistant Coaches: Mike Murray, Gregory; M...
Ipswich held a high school golf meet on May 16 at the Split Rock Country Club. Hailey Usselman finished 10th with a 123 and Mollie Simon shot a 102, which earned her fourth place. The Ipswich boys team finished first shooting a 246, which was eleven shots better than Edmunds Central with a 257. Individually, Tucker Kadlec placed 10th, Nate Bass placed sixth, Jace Konsor second and Chet Peterson took home top medalist honors with a score of 80. The Region 5B golf tournament was held at Hillsview...
Americans will celebrate Memorial Day on Monday, May 27. Local organizations will celebrate the holiday with programs. HOSMER The Hosmer Legion will host a program at 10:30 a.m. in St. John's Lutheran Church in Hosmer. The Prairie Harmony Singers will provide musical entertainment. Kathy Schaffer will give the Memorial Day Address. Schaffer was born in Eureka and graduated frem Eureka High School in 1967. She enlisted in the Army in 1968, hoping to join the Air Force, but did not meet the...
The American Legion Department of South Dakota reports that high school boys from across the state of South Dakota will be arriving in Aberdeen on Monday, May 27, 2024, as the 81st annual session of the South Dakota American Legion Boys State will convene on the campus of Northern State University. The program will conclude Friday, May 31. Over 200 high school students who have just completed their junior (or senior year for 2024), will arrive on the NSU campus on May 27 for registration and...
The funeral service for Lester L. Finkbeiner, 86, of Roscoe, will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Aberdeen First Assembly, with Pastor Ben Snyder officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m., at Morningside Cemetery, Roscoe, with military honors. Lester died Thursday, May 16, at Prairie Lakes Hospital, Watertown. Visitation will be 3-7 p.m., Wednesday, with family present from 5-7 p.m., followed by a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 South Main Street,...
Two sets of graduates can be found in this photo taken on May 3, 2024 in Sioux Falls - Carol Pond, Dr. Kristi Pond, Dr. Lillian Schulte and Kristi (Geditz) Schulte. Dr. Pond and Dr. Schulte recently graduated from medical school. They are pictured at the graduation hooding ceremony on May 3 at the Sanford Premiere Center in Sioux Falls. Kristi will be continuing her training as an Obstetrics/Gynecology resident in Toledo, Ohio. Lillian will be completing a Family Medicine Residency in LaCrosse,...
IPSWICH IHS girls and boys track and field athletes qualified for the State B Track and Field Meet in Sioux Falls May 23-25 at Howard Wood Field. Twelve girls and 11 boys qualified for individual events, as well as relays. The top 24 competitors in each division qualified for the State Meet. The IHS Girls competitors include: • Tristan Geditz - Discus • Madisyn Gellhaus - 800 Meter Run, 1600 Meter Run and 3200 Meter Run • Marley Guthmiller - 100 Meter Hurdles and Pole Vault • Jalyssa Hutson - High Jump and Pole Vault • Gracyn Kadlec - 1600 Mete...
Ipswich High School Awards Night was held on Monday, May 6, 2024 in the School Theatre. Winners of awards included: SENIORS Jace Alberts Konsor – NHS Chord, Regent Scholar, Presidential Academic Achievement Award, Academic All State Award, Hall of Fame Award, Scholar Athlete Award, Ipswich Area Foundation E.F. Codington Educational Scholarship, Duane Perrion Scholarship Hannah Beyers –Exploring Engineering Award, NHS Chord, 12th Grade Class Scholarship Award, Regent Scholar, Presidential Academic Excellence Award, Scholar Athlete Award, 4th...
The Ipswich track and field team competed in a windy Lake Region Conference in Ipswich on Tuesday, May 7. The Ipswich boys won the LRC meet with 175.5 points. Warner was second, 114.5. The IHS girls were second right behind Warner, 159.5 - 156. North Central was third in both divisions. Both Warner teams won the middle school divisions. Ipswich boys were one-two-three in the 100 Meter and 200 Meter Dashes. Trevor Heinz was first in the 100 Meter at 11.45, followed by Kyle Hettich, also at 11.45...
The Ipswich Commencement Ceremony is Saturday May 11 at 2 p.m. in the school gym. Eighteen seniors will receive their diplomas from Board of Education members Tadd Thorson and Todd Hettich. Valedictorian Sam Grabowska and Salutatorian Hannah Beyers will speak. The high school choir will sing. The Class Colors are orange, black and white. The Class Flower is carnation. The Class Motto is “Together we have experienced life, separately we will pursue our dreams, and forever our memories will remain. — author unknown. The annual Tribune Gra...
The Ipswich middle school and high school musicians presented their Pops Concert on Thursdsay, May 2 in the School Theatre. Vocal and instrumental groups provided entertainment. The directors were Becky Nierman and student teacher Megan Dockter bands, and Nate Collin, choirs....
Ipswich High School Awards Night is planned on Monday, May 6 at 7 p.m. in the School Theatre. Academic and athletic awards will be presented....
Graduates honored The Richland Church will be honoring the graduates from several area high schools during their morning worship service this Sunday, May 5. This year seven high school graduates will be honored. Pastor Stephen Duncan will be speaking during the morning worship service at 10:45 a.m. A special prayer time will be held at the end of the service. Each graduate will also receive a gift from the congregation. Gift bags will also be available for each graduate. CLUBHOUSE awards The Richland Church will be hosting their annual...
Funeral Service for Opal Himmerich, 84, of Sioux Falls (formerly of Roscoe) is 10 a.m., Saturday, May 4, 2024, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Roscoe. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, May 3, 2024, at Schriver Funeral Home, 720 N. 6th Street, Ipswich. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Opal was born April 15, 1940, to Russell and Mary (McLaughlin) Tory at the Britton Hospital in Britton. She attended country school through seventh grade...
Ipswich Elementary School students will perform their Spring Concert Thursday, April 25, at 2:15 and 7 p.m., in the Ipswich High School Theater. The concert will feature the fourth and fifth grade band and Preschool through fifth grade students performing the musical “Summer Camp” by John Jacobson and Mac Huff. The Middle School and High School Pops Concert is Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. All performances are free, and the community is invited to attend....
Many of Saturday’s area high school events (including Ipswich) fell victim to rather disagreeable weather conditions. Oh well! Let’s hope that conditions return to more normal. But then again what is normal in our climate changed weather patterns? Good question — so we will have to wait and see! We want something that doesn’t mention that little four-letterword — wind! Yes, the wind can and does appear from several different directions and some times just in a single day. So I hope you haven’t put away your kites just yet. But you would proba...
Ipswich High School will be presenting Murder at the Orient Express on Friday, April 19 in the Ipswich School Theatre. There is a 1:30 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. performance. The all-ages murder mystery farce and a spoof of an Agatha Christie classic was written by Craig Sodaro and produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colo. In the play, Seymour Twitt starts receiving death threats, so he hires private eye Dudley Sharpe to investigate. Sharpe tells his new...
Ipswich Elementary School students will perform their Spring Concert Thursday, April 25, at 2:15 and 7 p.m., in the Ipswich High School Theater. The concert will feature the fourth and fifth grade band and Preschool through fifth grade students performing the musical “Summer Camp” by John Jacobson and Mac Huff. The Middle School and High School Pops Concert is Thursday, May 2, at 7 p.m. All performances are free, and the community is invited to attend....
EDMUNDS CENTRAL The Edmunds Central high school golf team kicked off the season at the Class B Classic in Mitchell on April 5. There were 144 boys and girls golfers participating from across the state. Harrison Beyers led the Edmunds Central golfers with 84 for 22nd place. Seth Hettick scored 87. The EC team also included Trent Beyers and Clark Beyers. The EC team placed 10th with 263 points. Miller won the boys event with 241 points. Wall was second. IPSWICH The Ipswich high school golf team kicked off the season at the Class B Classic in...
The Ipswich Middle School and High School Spring Concert is planned on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Students will perform the contest music they’ve been rehearsing. Choir students are under the direction of Nate Collins, and band students are under the direction of Becky Nierman and student teacher Megan Dockter. The public is invited to attend. Ipswich 8-12 music students perform Wednesday, March 27, at Region IV Large Group Music Contest in Aberdeen. The choir will perform at 10:30 a.m., and the band will perform at 1:20 p.m. Vocal students p...
The South Dakota High School Activities Association met Wednesday, Feb. 28. After an hourlong executive session the board appointed Trent Osborne of Ipswich to join the board as its East River At Large member. Osborne, the Ipswich superintendent, will fill out the term of former board member Tom Culver of Avon who resigned. Osborne’s term will last until June 30, 2025....
By Dana Hess For the S.D. NewsMedia Association The first reading of sports classifications and alignments for the next two school years received the endorsement of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors at its meeting on Wednesday. Feb. 28. Despite some suggestions for changes from activities directors, the board accepted the alignments as offered by the SDHSAA staff. A second reading will be held at the board’s April meeting. The board typically has a “public forum” at the top of its agenda. Often unuse...
The South Dakota High School Activities Association (SDHSAA) announces the 10th Annual State Visual Arts Competition and Gallery at the Ramkota in Sioux Falls March 15 and 16. The event will bring together the artistic prowess of students from 36 schools across the state, featuring over 350 unique pieces that highlight the diverse and creative talents of South Dakota's young artists. Ipswich art students participating include Cayden Geier, Evelyn Tran, Shaylee Coisman, Savannah Coisman, Marcus Hofer and Laila Middleton. The Gallery Opening is...
With Trevor Heinz still unavailable due to his hand injury, Ipswich would end up losing a Region 6B boys high school basketball verdict to Highmore-Harrold last Tuesday in the Tiger Den. The final score, 39-31, would prove to be the largest lead by either school in the entire game. Ipswich had narrowly led 9-8 at the end of the first quarter, but H-H would go ahead 20-16 at intermission and then lead 29-24 with a quarter to play. However Ipswich would stage a little fourth-quarter rally of its o...
Ipswich eighth grader Temperance Cody will play in the SDMEA Middle School All-State Band March 1-2 in Mitchell. There are two bands - the Honor Band and Festival Band. Temperance auditioned and was chosen for the Festival Band. She plays euphonium. The bands begin rehearsals on Friday at 12:15 p.m. They continue rehearsals Friday and Saturday. The concerts are Saturday, March 2 beginning at 3 p.m. in the Mitchell Performing Arts Center. The directors are composer/ arranger Randall Standridge...