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The Ipswich Area Wrestlers returned to action at the Miller/Highmore/Harrold Invitational on January 12 in Miller. Only seven wrestlers competed due to injuries and illness, with six competing as part of the team and one wrestling unattached. The team placed 15th out of 19 teams, placing three wrestlers, led by Carter Heinz's third-place finish. Tanner Frickson and Denver Wolff both placed eighth in their respective weight classes. And Preston Martin returned to action unattached for the first...
Ipswich picked up a hard-fought 47-33 LRC league girls' basketball win against Warner on January 9 on the Monarchs' own floor. The Tiger girls were gradually able to take control of the outcome, especially during the final quarter. The IHS contingent had trailed 10-7 after a quarter and still faced a narrow 19-18 halftime deficit. But the Tigers won the third-quarter scoring outcome 10-7 to set up that decisive final quarter battle, won by Ipswich going away, 18-7. Ipswich was led in scoring by Halle Heinz, the Aberdeen American News Athlete...
Ipswich had mixed results in a pair of recent boys' basketball outcomes. The Tiger boys indeed outscored Ethan 61-52 in a classic in Huron on January 3 and then a night later they dropped a non-conference outcome 59-50 to Waubay/Summit on Saturday evening in Waubay. Versus Ethan, Ipswich doubled the Rustlers 18-9 in the opening quarter and still led 32-24 at the half. But Ethan turned the tables with a 21-13 third-quarter scoring edge that would put the game up for grabs. Ipswich restored order, though, with a 16-7 advantage down the stretch...
The Ipswich girls' basketball team swept its two recent games to improve to 4-2 overall. Huron was able to hold its classics on January 3 and Ipswich won its girls' game over Sanborn Central/ Woonsocket 45-33 there. This win featured an overall defensive effort from the Tiger girls and they indeed delivered. And some defense down the stretch didn't hurt Ipswich at all in a hard-fought girls' 43-41 outcome on the road vs. Waubay/Summit in Waubay a night later. "We got up four from the FT line. They made a shot at the end to make it two points,"...
Three Ipswich athletes were named to their respective Aberdeen American News 2019 All-Area teams. Two senior gridders on the All-Area Football Team are Ethan Gilbert and Carter Heinz. Meanwhile Chesney Olivier is mentioned on the All-Area Volleyball Team, an area of the state that’s loaded with talent....
The Ipswich Area wrestlers experienced some positive results during a tourney in Plankinton on December 21. Coach Todd Naasz was happy with their performance at the tournament: "This is the most place winners we have had at this tournament since we started going a few years ago. There was a lot of great competition and we were able to gauge where we are and the areas we need to improve on." Four of the eight wrestlers indeed placed in the tournament, led by Carter Heinz with a second-place effor...
The Ipswich boys' basketball varsity hit a barrage of last-minute three-point baskets to keep things interesting for the home town fans in attendance at a girls/boys non-conference twinbill vs. Webster Area. The contest was eventually won by the visiting boys 71-66 on Saturday, Dec. 21 in the Tiger Den. The Tiger boys had trailed by as many as 13 points, 60-47, a little earlier in the final stanza. But they regrouped with a furious late rally, started by a Ty Kadlec trey to shave Ipswich's...
Ipswich gradually pulled away from Webster Area for a 61-50 non-conference girls' high school basketball win during a Saturday, Dec. 21 girls/boys doubleheader in the Tiger Den. Webster had led 14-13 after a back-and-forth opening-quarter started by an early 4-0 Bearcats' edge. But Ipswich responded with a 17-12 second-quarter scoring cushion propelled by a Bailey Pitz quarter-opening trey to lead 30-26 at intermission. Ipswich had trailed 26-25 quite late in that stanza, though. But that's...
The early printing deadline for this week's editions meant that details of last weekend's sports schedules were unavailable in time for that deadline. But we can indeed say this — the North Central Thunder boys' basketball team made a trip into North Dakota last Thursday and came home with a 60-46 victory over South Border. Meanwhile, the Ipswich varsity hoops' teams split a home-court twinbill vs. Webster Area last Saturday. The Tiger girls won their varsity outcome 62-51, but the Webster boys held on for a 71-66 victory over the Tigers. T...
If you're a fan of close high school basketball outcomes and who isn't, the Lake Region Conference and potential Region 2B girls' rivalry between North Central and Ipswich last Tuesday in Ipswich should have been right up your alley. Ipswich indeed held on for a 45-43 win over the Thunder. The visitors had just deadlocked this game for the upteenth time (11 times to be exact) and there were as many or more lead changes in the highly contested clash. But the Tigers had Halle Heinz create and she...
The Ipswich Tigers girls’ hoops team lost a close Lake Region Conference confrontation to Langford Area last Friday in Ipswich. The final margin was seven points, 58-51, inflated by a late four-free-throw performance by the visitors. Ipswich’s last lead had been 49-48 earlier in the final stanza thanks to a Halle Heinz trey. And the Tigers only trailed 52-51 after Kate Geditz’s own pair of free throws. Ipswich had led 12-11 after a quarter and Langford claimed a 30-24 halftime edge. A decent third quarter pulled the Tigers to within a point...
Ipswich hosted the North Central basketball teams for a girls/boys Lake Region Conference clash on Tuesday, Dec.17 and the Tiger boys came away with a 62-36 varsity win. The host school jumped out to a 21-6 opening-quarter lead. (The game had been initially tied at 2-2 with the NC's Bryce Beitelspacher's lane drive in response to an IHS game-opening layup from Maxwell Geditz.) The game was also tied at 4-apiece, as Ipswich's Will Kadlec got into the scoring act, countered by a Kaden Hix basket....
The Ipswich boys' second Lake Region Conference basketball win last week wasn't quite as easy as the Tigers' initial league win over North Central a couple of nights earlier. For one thing it was a December 19 road trip to Langford Area, instead of the comfortable familiarity of the Tiger Den. But Ipswich indeed staved off Langford in overtime on the Lions' own floor by a 55-51 two-possession margin. Ipswich had led 12-8 after a quarter and enjoyed a narrow 26-25 halftime lead. The Tigers then had a really productive third quarter for a 42-31...
The Ipswich Fourth Grade Y Tournament team received third place in their division. The coaches were Jarret Morales and Landon Thayer. The tournament was played Dec. 6-7 in Aberdeen....
Ipswich had mixed results versus Hitchcock-Tulare during a basketball classic at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls last Saurday. The Lady Tigers indeed dropped a 55-38 outcome after trailing 18-8, 25-18 and 40-25 with three quarters in the books. The Patriots and all scorers for that matter were led by Dannyn Peterson with 23 points and Elizabeth Salmen also reached the double-figure scoring plateau with 12 counters. Only three other H-T players scored. The team shot 20-56 from the floor and included five treys. They were 10-18 in free throw...
The Ipswich Area wrestlers competed in Faulkton on December 14 and placed five of the nine wrestlers that they entered.They combined for a tenth-place finish with 60 team points among the 16 teams that attended the Saturday meet. Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes was first in the team standings with 220 total points, topping second-place Oakes with 147 team points. Once again Ipswich Area's Carter Heinz was the top medalist for his second tournament this season, winning both of his 195-lb....
The Ipswich Tigers boys basketball team is busy preparing for its first outing - a classic appearance in Sioux Falls on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the Sanford Pentagon vs. Hitchcock-Tulare at about 4:30 p.m. right after the Lady Tigers' game also vs. Hitchcock-Tulare in the Pentagon. So it's a girls/boys twinbill if you will and their first Tiger Den appearance will also be a girls/boys DH vs. North Central on Dec. 17. Ipswich's varsity will be led by seniors Will Kadlec, Max Geditz, Ethan Gilbert,...
How will IHS girls basketball life be without Kamryn Heinz and her talented 2018-19 classmates who led Ipswich to a rare State B tourney appearance last season? Tiger fans might be wondering. (Kamryn is indeed doing well as a true freshman on the Dakota Wesleyan women's team in Mitchell.) So it could be a bit of an early adjustment according to Coach Bryan Hogie, assisted by Dan Knust. "After losing such a big class of seniors our girls are going to have to work hard and keep improving...
The Ipswich Area (Ipswich/Leola/Bowdle) varsity wrestling season started out on a real positive note last Saturday in Ft. Pierre, as six of the nine Ipswich Area wrestlers in attendance there placed at the Stanley County Invitational, including one Champion. Carter Heinz indeed led the team with his first-place finish at 195. The other five placing wrestlers all placed higher than their seeding position in the tournament. Denver Wolff placed third, Tanner Frickson fourth and Parker Gill fifth,...
The 2019 Class B girls high school volleyball team, as voted upon by the South Dakota Volleyball Coaches Association, was heavily represented by Lake Region Conference players. That list included Ipswich's own Chesney Olivier an honorable-mention libero. She had 41 aces, 50 assists and 507 digs. Other LRC players on the list included State Champion Northwestern with two first-teamers, Madalyn Groft and Sydney Schell. Faulkton Area featured one first teamer Peyton Melius and a second-teamer...
by Sandra Frickson Ipswich, Leola and Bowdle wrestlers began the season with practice on November 18. The three schools combine to create the Ipswich Area Wrestling program. They will begin their season on Saturday, Dec. 7 in Ft. Pierre. Coach Todd Naasz returns 10 letter winners and one state place winner. Although the team returns a good number of wrestlers from last season, they continue to be a very young team, with only three of them being sophomores or older. The team will have 11 high school athletes; two from Bowdle, four from Leola...
The Lake Region All Conference Volleyball team has been named. Ipswich players on the team are Chesney Olivier, first team and Avery Sylte, second team. The Conference Champions were State B champions Northwestern. The Conference MVP was Madalyn Groft of Northwestern. The LRC can be proud indeed with Northwestern number one, Faulkton second and Warner third in last week’s ‘B’ results in Rapid City....
Ipswich's bid for a State B high school volleyball berth ended in Chamberlain last Tuesday, a straight-sets loss to the seventh-seeded Burke Lady Cougars. You could call it a battle of the Big Cats, Cougars vs. Tigers, if you will! Momentum is such a huge factor in volleyball and the tenth-seeded Lady Tigers hung around within striking distance in all three sets. But crucial mini-momentum swings throughout the match would eventually put Burke on top. The Lady Tigers dropped their first set 25-22, after coming back from a 14-7 deficit. An Avery...
As has been the case in several instances in recent years, our area high school football teams didn't fare all that well in the latter stages of the post-season clashes. In our division—Class 9A, Canistota/Freeman outlasted Britton-Hecla in the state championships held in Brookings on Thursday and Friday. And in 9B Herreid/Selby Area was overwhelmed by Colman-Egan. And in 9AA both championship-game teams were from the south with Viborg/Hurley outlasting Bon Homme. And in 11-man ranks, Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan topped Winner in 11B, Canton s...
Ipswich swept its two Region 2B high school volleyball appearances last week in the Tiger Den and didn't have a whole lot of time to celebrate. That's because the team advanced to a Tuesday, Nov. 12 SoDak 16 play-off game vs. Burke in Chamberlain with the winner advancing to the State B in Rapid City on November 21-23. (Burke is the number-seven seed and Ipswich tenth seeded of the 16 statewide survivers.) Burke entered the SoDak 16 tourney with just over 30 wins and five losses and Ipswich,...