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The Ipswich Tiger boys varsity outlasted Herreid/ Selby Area 41-40 in a non-conference Warner Classic basketball clash last Saturday in Warner. The opening half was sort of a tale of two quarters. Ipswich got off to a 15-0 lead and still led 15-2 at the first-quarter break. Then it was the Wolverines' turn for a lenthy run, drawing to within two points, 21-19 at intermission. The second half proved to be a lot tighter with HSA actually grabbing a 32-31 lead with a quarter to play. But Ipswich won the final quarter's scoring battle 10-8 to...
The Tiger boys tangled with Potter County last Thursday in Gettysburg. But the hosts lived up to their nickname, battling to a 61-37 victory. The first quarter had decided nothing, as each team would be able to procure 14 points. Taylor Thorson had given Ipswich a 14-11 lead on a basket, but the hosts would answer with a buzzer-beating trey. Back to back Ty Kadlec treys midway through the second quarter gave Ipswich what would prove to be its final lead at 21-20. Trailing by seven points later in the half, Ipswich obtained a Josh McQuarie...
The Edmunds County Shooting Sports held their first postal on February 15. Shooting a qualifying score enables the shooter to participate in the State Shoot in Ft. Pierre on April 23-25. Nine BB Gun shooters showed their skills in standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone positions and 15 archers competed. BB Gun members are coached by Ryan Holien and Joe Galbraith, and archery is coached by Jim Kanable. Qualifying for state in BB Gun were Beginners Ashlyn Heilman-280, Ben Hoyle-301.1; Juniors Lincoln Beyers-320, and Nevaeh Moser-322. Other BB...
The Ipswich varsity girls' basketball team got back into the win column with a 49-45 homecourt win over Highmore-Harrold last Tuesday. The score was tied three times and the lead changed hands eight times. There could have been one more tie, as H-H would climb to within two points, 41-39, with a trey. And the Pirates did get a stop, giving them possession of the basketball to either tie or go up by one. But that opportunity didn't materialize, as Ipswich would score eight straight points. That...
The Ipswich Tiger girls closed out their regular-season schedule at 13-7 with a 55-47 conquest of the Potter County Battlers last Thursday in Gettysburg. Ipswich would obtain a 15-6 first-quarter lead and then doubled PC 26-13 at intermission. Ipswich's biggest lead of the night had been 16 points, but the hosts would begin to whittle away their deficit by winning the third-quarter scoring battle 15-13 as well as obtaining a 19-16 edge during the final eight minutes of the contest. Ipswich was led by Halle Heinz and Katie Bierman with 20...
Ipswich dominated Hitchcock-Tulare 56-39 in a varsity boys' non-conference high school basketball confrontation last Tuesday in Tulare. Ipswich strung together a double-figure 18-6 first-quarter lead, upped that to 37-16 at the half and 48-23 after three quarters. And its largest lead would then be 27 points early in the final stanza. Ipswich landed 10 players into its scorebook with a very balanced attack. Josh McQuarie led things with 12 points and he included one trey. There were then a trio of eight-point scorers for the Tigers that...
Ipswich dropped a 65-55 non-conference girls' high school basketball outcome to the Lower Brule Sioux last Thursday in the Tiger Den. (Lower Bule is a member of Region 2B, along with Ipswich and that evening's girls' action launched a girls/boys doubleheader that was ultimately swept by the Sioux.) But Ipswich's girls would hang around within striking distance for much of the game, because the visitors' largest lead would by 13 points, 21-8 early in the second quarter. They had jumped out to a...
Points were sometimes a little hard to procur in a Warner Classic non-conference girls’ basketball game between Ipswich and Arlington last Saturday in Warner. But when it was all said and done, Arlington had defeated Ipswich 36-30. Arlington got off to a 11-5 first-quarter lead and still led 25-11 at intermission. But the Tigers would claw their way back into contention during the second half, outscoring AHS 10-8 in the third quarter and 9-3 down the stretch. (Arlington had led by as many as 16 points.) Halle Heinz would lead Ipswich that after...
Ipswich dropped a non-conference but inter-regional boys' high school basketball encounter to the Lower Brule Sioux by a final 54-43 verdict last Thursday in the Tiger Den. The boys' victory would indeed cap a sweep of the girls/boys twinbill by the visiting Sioux. Josh McQuarie got Ipswich on the scoreboard first, but the Sioux countered with a trey. McQuarie would total 12 first-quarter points on the way to an 18-point scoring evening. His last basket of the quarter produced a 15-15 deadlock,...
Ipswich captured a 63-43 non-conference boys' high school basketball win over the Miller Rustlers last Thursday in the Tiger Den. The Tigers briefly spotted the Rustlers a 4-3 lead, but that would be about the extent of it. That's because the IHS scorers initiated a 10-point run for a 13-4 lead of their own. Taylor Thorson started it with a basket and Ty Kadlec contributed a trey attempt. Josh McQuarie then added a free throw and a layup in two successive possessions, followed by yet another...
The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestling team competed on Thursday, Feb. 4 in Faulkton at the Lake Region Conference Tournament. The Tigers beat Warner/ Northwestern in the first dual 42-18. In the second dual of the night the Tigers faced Faulkton Area. At the end of the dual the scoreboard was tied 36-36. The decision then went down to criteria and the Tigers had more forfeits than the Trojans giving Faulkton Area the dual and conference win. "I felt that the athletes have shown a lot of improvement this...
Ipswich comfortably defeated Leola/Frederick 51-33 in LRC girls' high school basketball action last Tuesday in Leola. The hosts would need a major second-half rally, because they had trailed 17-5 after a quarter and then 29-11 at the half. The Titans were able to win the third-quarter scoring battle 14-9, but that would be too little too late. That's because Ipswich would seal its victory with a 13-8 scoring edge in the final stanza. Ipswich had established its initial double-figure lead 12-0 right out of the starting gate. Chesney Olivier...
Ipswich got good news -- Halle Heinz was suited up for a girls' basketball game and even saw some action vs. Miller here on Thursday. She was medically OKed to play, after missing two games (both won by the Tigers) following a knee injury vs. Herreid/Selby Area on January 29. But the bad news that night was that Miller emerged victorious over the Lady Tigers by a 20-point 54-34 verdict. Turnovers seemed to plague the Tigers for one thing. They would end up with 23 miscues, compared to only 11...
The Ipswich girls came away with a 46-36 win over LRC rival Warner here last Tuesday. The girls' largest lead would turn out to be 16 before the visitors would stage a mini rally to close within 10. Believe it or not the Monarchs' only lead in the entire game would be their opening basket. That's because the Tiger girls staged an 11-point run, started with a Halle Heinz trey, followed by her break-away lay-up and then two straight Bailey Pitz treys. So the Tigers would indeed lead 11-2 before a...
Ipswich featured a balanced scoring attack to knock off Northwestern's girls' high school basketball team 45-31 in a LRC showdown in Ipswich on Monday. Ipswich narrowly led 13-12 after a quarter and gradually lengthened its advantage, leading 24-19 thanks to a Katie Bierman buzzer-beater at intermission. Ipswich then narrowly won the third-quarter 9-8 and also enjoyed a 12-5 scoring edge in the final quarter with the Tigers leading 45-29 late in the game after a Hailey Bierman basket. So as you can see the Tigers indeed won each individual...
The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers were in action on Saturday at the Groton Invitational Tournament. I/B placed sixth of the 12 teams in the meet. Wessington Springs/ Woonsocket/Wolsey-Wessington won the tourney with 190 points. Clark/Willow Lake was second with 145 points. "I felt the team had a great performance at Groton," said Coach Todd Naasz. "We were able to see some more region opponents before the region date which was very crucial for seeding criteria. I felt that the athletes wrestled with...
Lake Region Conference basketball can be quite physical and defense dominated and that was certainly true when the Warner boys invaded the Tiger Den here last Tuesday. And when it was all said and done, the visitors would escape with a 46-33 victory. But Ty Kadlec's trey had opened scoring, followed by a Warner basket. Eric Severson then got free underneath and Kadlec converted a steal into a solo breakaway layup for a brief 7-2 five-point Tiger edge. That's because Warner would soon grab its...
Ipswich topped Highmore-Harrold 67-57 in a non-conference boys' high school basket encounter last Saturday in Highmore. The Tigers had to rally from a 21-14 first-quarter deficit, but got the job done. They closed to within a point, 25-24 at intermission and utilized an outstanding 23-12 scoring edge in the third quarter for a 47-37 margin with a quarter to play and that same advantage would stand up in the final stanza. The bottom line was that they were able to dominate the two middle quarters. Ipswich's largest lead was by 13 early in the...
The Tigers split hoops trip to James Valley Christian in Huron. Ipswich went 1-1 in a girls/boys basketball doubleheader versus JVC last Saturday. Boys first in this case because the Tigers boys indeed come away with a 48-34 win! But the Lady Tigers were edged by a single point, 43-42. And their two losses at this point in time were by a combined total of three points. Meanwhile the boys were able to jump out to a 14-9 first quarter edge and ended the half with a 22-17 edge. The third quarter then belonged to Ipswich 16-13, followed by a decisi...
Ipswich dodged more than one bullet in a boys' high school basketball win over Faulkton last Thursday in Faulkton. Eric Severson scored on a turn-around jumper from the paint, which would give Ipswich a narrow 46-44 lead with just over a minute to play. Yes, that lead would stand up, even though the Tigers missed some crucial free throw chances that would have helped their cause even more! Faulkton would indeed get one final opportunity to win or send the game into OT, but the Trojans missed...
The Ipswich girls utilized outstanding final-quarter performances to capture two high school basketball girls/boys twin-bills during the school week last week, one at home in Ipswich and the other on the road to Faulkton. In the latter instance Ipswich carved out a 40-37 lead when Halle Heinz netted the second of her two free throw tries with 12 ticks on the scoreboard clock. But that still left the hosts with ample time to send the game into overtime. "They did have a shot to tie it up," said...
The Ipswich/Bowdle Wrestlers were in action Mobridge on Tuesday, Jan. 19 to compete in the Mobridge-Pollock Invitational. The I/B team secured a second place team finish behind the home team Mobridge-Pollock. The Tigers had three champions - Brady Unser, Tanner Frickson, and Grant Weisser. Lucas Rowland and Kadyn Weisser had second place wins. I/B results were: 106 - Lane Miller was pinned 1:06, lost by tech fall 20-5, was pinned 3:14 for fourth place (4 points) 113 - Brady Unser won by major de...
The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers competed in the Kingsbury County Invitational on Jan. 23 in Arlington. Redfield Area won the tourney with 248.5 points, followed by the hosts with 127.5 points. The I/B wrestlers were eighth in the 12-team tourney. Marley Guthmiller placed first in the girls division. I/B wrestlers Tanner Frickson and Lucas Rowland placed second for the boys. “Saturday was a very important tournament. We were able to see some region opponents that we have not seen this year,” Coach Todd Naasz said. “We also had the opportunity to wr...
The Ipswich Area Wrestlers competed in Faulkton on Thursday Jan. 14 in a quadrangular dual competition winning two of the three duals. In the first dual the Tigers lost to Miller/Highmore-Harrold 36 to 28. The Tigers defeated Faulkton 42 to 30 and Mobridge-Pollock 36 to 29. "In our dual against Miller I felt we started out flat and didn't capitalized on some big matches," Coach Naasz said. "We came together as a team and earned victories against Faulkton and Mobridge." he said. Ipswich/Bowdle...
The Ipswich/Bowdle wrestlers competed in the Battler Invitational in Gettysburg on Saturday Jan. 16. As a team they tied for sixth out of 12 teams placing all seven wrestlers. The team was led by Lucas Rowland with a second place finish for 12 team points. Brady Unser and Kadyn Weisser placed third. "I thought the team performance in Gettysburg top to bottom was their best of the year,” said Coach Todd Naasz. “We showed a lot of technical gains. Our athletes also showed a lot of heart going after big wins and willing to battle until the whi...