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Ipswich had a busy day at the Region 2B high school school track and field meet in Gettysburg last Thursday. The Tiger boys indeed overwhelmed second-place Potter County 213.5 to 85 with North Central narrowly in third at 84.5. Though the host team countered with a 158.5 to 140 girls' team championship victory over runner-up Ipswich, that still left the IHS thinclads with a healthy lead in the combined girls/boys team-point results. The Tigers boys displayed their depth in both track and field...
The regional high school golf meet is scheduled for May 24 at the Broadland Creek golf course in Huron. Ipswich was also scheduled to enter a pre-regional warm-up meet in Huron on Monday, but those results were not available as of our newspaper deadline. The Tiger boys' golfers had also attended a James Valley Christian invite there last Thursday. Luke Peterson became the medalist that day. He carded a 81 that proved to be one stroke better than the runner-up Sam Hansen of Great Plains Lutheran Academy. Next for the Tigers was Matthew Jaenisch...
Ipswich competed in the Lake Region Conference track and field meet last Thursday, hosted by Ipswich. And that was an understatement! The Tigers actually dominated the meet, especially at the varsity level. (This meet featured both some varsity and middle-school events.) Ipswich swept the varsity team standings, winning the girls' event with 219.5 team points and the Tiger boys scored 175 with Warner placing second in both cases. (The Monarch girls tallied 94.5 team points and their boys, 153.)...
The Ipswich High School and Middle School musicians presented their Pops Concert on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The bands and choirs for high school and middle school were featured. There was also a variety of vocal groups and soloists singing. Music instructors Becky Nierman and Nate Collins presented their 2021 Music Awards....
The Ipswich High School Awards Night is Thursday, May 13 at 7 p.m. in the School Theatre....
Mass of Christian Burial for Irene Stevenson, 90, of Ipswich, is 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 14, 2021 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Ipswich. Burial will follow the service at the Ipswich City Cemetery. Irene was born May 9, 1931 to Elmer Julius and Amanda Marie (Giese) Stevenson at Ipswich. She was raised and attended school in Ipswich, graduating from Ipswich High School. Irene spent her entire life in Ipswich, working first as a clerk in the Edmunds County Courthouse. She then worked for many...
Helen D. Thares, 88, of Aberdeen formally Ipswich, passed away Monday, May 3, 2021 at Northwest Medical Center in Sahuarita, Ariz. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 14, 2021 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Aberdeen. Burial following at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Aberdeen. Visitation 5-7 p.m., Thursday, at the mortuary with a liturgical wake at 7 p.m. Visitation continues one hour before Mass at the church Friday. Helen (Toots) Ochs was born June 10, 1932 in Ipswich. Helen...
The Ipswich Class of 2021 will have their commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at 2 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Matthew Hettich is the 2021 Valedictorian. There are co-Salutatorians — Lindsey Grabowska and Kaitlyn Preszler. They will each speak during commencement. Seniors will be presenting a slide show and they will also do the annual flower handout in the gym. Class President Chesney Olivier and Senior Class Vice-President Paige Mehlberg will do the welcome and invocation. And there will be a musical selection by the High School C...
The best and brightest from the Class of 2021 were recognized for their academic achievements during their high school career. Recently, Governor Kristi Noem and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) honored students who were identified as the top one percent of their senior class, from the state’s public, private and tribal schools as part of the 31st Annual Academic Excellence Recognition event. “Because of South Dakota’s bright young students, our future is very bright,” Govern...
Ipswich High School art students participated in the All Dakota High School Art Exhibition. Schools from North and South Dakota submitted artwork for exhibit. There were more than 70 pieces. The show could be viewed in the Dacotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen through April 24. IHS artists Paige Maher won for best sculpture and Quincy Olivier won for best painting. High school art students from seven schools were able to participate in professional artist-led workshops. Twelve schools from North...
Once again there was a high school track and field attended by more than one Tiger team. It was indeed the Groton Invitational hosted by the Groton Tigers last Tuesday in Groton. And again the IHS Tigers made an impression both in the field and on the track. For instance? Katelyn Geditz swept the girls' throwing competition with a 31-10 shot put toss and 102-3 discus spin. Ipswich won the 800-meter girls' relay, comprised of Halle Heinz, Paige Mehlberg, Emily DeRaad and Vanesa Diaz in 1:59.48. Ipswich also claimed the girls' 1,600-meter relay...
Ipswich competed at a high school golf event hosted by Faulkton last Thursday. The Tiger boys were led by Luke Peterson in third with his 75, only bettered by Wyatt Larson of McIntosh with a 73 and Bennett Cassens of the host school with his 74. Ipswich was second as a team. Ipswich's next scorer just missing the Top 10 was Matthew Jaenisch with a 88 in 11th followed by Jace Konsor 17th with 93 and Chet Peterson 20th at 95 among 41 boys. Meanwhile, the girls' outcome was led by Miller's Jayce Pugh with her 85, followed by Faulkton's Taylor Mach...
Ipswich sent track and field athletes to two separate meets over the past weekend and still managed to do quite well. In fact the Tiger girls, who attended a Eureka Invitational, placed second in their team standings last Saturday. The IHS girls were indeed second only to Potter County's 205 team points with their final score of 180. The Tiger boys that were there tallied 107 team points for fourth with Potter County also coming in first on the boys side with 122 team points and Sully Buttes was second with 118. Some Tiger thinclads also...
Ipswich High School presented "Nothing but the Truth" on Friday, April 23 in the School Theatre. The comedy mystery by Philip J. Anderson was set on a passenger ship in the early 1900's. Much of the play the characters were trying to discover who was the spy on the ship. The play was produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Denver, Colo....
The Ipswich Elementary Concert will be held on April 29. There will be a 2:15 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. performance. The concert will begin with a performance by the fourth and fifth grade band doing their contest music. Preschool and Jr. Kindergarten will perform a couple musical selections before the Kindergarten-fifth grade students perform the musical “Pirates!”, written by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson. The elementary students discover a stowaway on their pirate ship. The Middle School and High School Pops Concert is scheduled on May...
April is trying to find its own identity as the month is rapidly passing by. How so? Sometimes it thinks its March and other times it provides a hint of May and this can change from day to day, as we have been experiencing lately. But almost always there is the wind. And a few showers that featured everything from rain to snow, but still not a whole lot of moisture for this time of the year. But last Saturday was one of those rare days without much if any wind and the high school golfers and tracksters descended upon Ipswich for their...
Ipswich hosted an high school golf tourney here Saturday at Split Rock. The Tiger boys won their team division, topping second-place Faulkton 256 to 269. There were six scoring teams on the boys' side. Luke Peterson keyed the victory with his 72, toppping Bennett Cassens of Faulkton, the runner-up with an 81. Ipswich added a pair of additional Top-Ten boys results - Chet Peterson at eighth at 87 and Matthew Jaenisch's ninth-place 88. Next was Jace Konsor at 26th at 112. Trevor Larson rounded...
It was another remarkable day for the 2021 Tiger thinclads, even without Mobridge-Pollock in the mix. Ipswich indeed proved that to be true here last Saturday at the Ipswich Tiger Relays. The IHS Tigers swept the meet, topping runner-up Roncalli 109 to 97 in the girls' outcome and the Tiger boys followed suite by overwhelming Stanley County 152 to 85. There were around 15 teams at the meet, despite the less than desirable weather earlier in the week. But for the most part it wasn't all that...
An Ipswich High School cast will present the play Nothing but the Truth on Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m. Watch the performance in the School Theatre in-person or as a livestreamed show. The livestream link will be available on the school website and Facebook page on Friday. The play is an all-ages comedy mystery set on a passenger boat headed for London around the time of the sinking of the Titanic. David, played by Sam Grabowska, is traveling with his sister Mary played by Bridget Fuhrmann, when...
The Ipswich Elementary Concert will be held on April 29. There will be a 2:15 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. performance. The concert will begin with a performance by the fourth and fifth grade band doing their contest music. Preschool and Jr. Kindergarten will perform a couple musical selections before the Kindergarten-fifth grade students perform the musical “Pirates!”, written by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson. The elementary students discover a stowaway on their pirate ship. The stowaway just wants to be a pirate like the King of the High “C...
Ipswich attended a high school golf triangular in Faulkton on April 16. It was nine holes instead of 18. On the boys' side of things, Luke Peterson tied for second with a 40 and Chet Peterson was next with a 42, for fourth place, according to Coach Matt Pollock. The third IHS scorer was Jace Konsor with a 50. Six other Tiger boys participated that day. The Tiger boys as a team were able to finish second behind Faulkton. The third team was Potter County. Meanwhile, Ipswich didn't have enough girls to be eligible for their team standings, but...
Ipswich was able to attend a high school track and field meet at Gettysburg in improving weather conditions last Saturday and will then host the Tiger Relays on April 24. The Ipswich boys again placed second to Mobridge-Pollock with 135 IHS team points, narrowly trailing their M-P Tiger counterparts who rang up 140.5 points. The Ipswich girls were third in their events with 90 total points, trailing Wolsey-Wessington's 109 and Mobridge-Pollock's 105. The girls were able to obtain a lone champion that day in the person of Gracie Lange with her...
Robert Olson, 77, of Ipswich passed away peacefully April 8, 2021 surrounded by family. He was born August 24, 1943 to Harvey and Lavonne (Oais) Olson. Robert grew up in Ipswich. He graduated from Ipswich High school in 1961 and married his high school sweetheart Patricia Peterson the same year. Joining the U.S. Air Force, he served as a Staff Sargent in Vietnam on a C-130. Following the war he settled in Vallejo, California where he joined the Vallejo Police Department. Earning his Masters...
It was a good day to be a Tiger at a high school track and field invitational hosted by Mobridge-Pollock last Thursday in Mobridge. How so? The Mobridge-Pollock Tigers swept both the girls and boys team standings, followed by Ipswich in second place in both divisions. That's right! The host Tiger girls edged Ipswich 146.5 to 126, while the M-P Tiger boys claimed a 154.5 to 123.5 team score edge over their Ipswich counterparts. The Ipswich girls obtained a pair of individual event wins, as well as two relay victories. Katelyn Geditz won the...
Florence Ann Richards, 93, of Aberdeen, passed away April 1, 2021, at Avera Mother Joseph Manor, Aberdeen. A private Mass of Christian burial was at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Aberdeen, with Fr. Andrew Dickinson officiating. Burial was at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. Florence Ann Adler was born April 24, 1927, in Aberdeen, to Leo and Helen (Sahli) Adler. Florence attended country school and graduated from Ipswich High School in 1945. Florence was united...