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For the second straight week, the Ipswich girls have narrowly defeated runner-up Aberdeen Roncalli in a high school cross country meet, this time at the Pheasant Invitational, ran at the Fisher Grove Golf Course near Redfield last Thursday. And on Thursday the Lady Tigers manufactured a little more breathing room over Roncalli, resulting in a nine-point 17 to 26 win. Credit Lady Tiger Aleah Steger with an individual win in 19:24.5. The runner-up was Jessica Boekelheide of Northwestern Area in 19:50.22. Ipswich's next runner, meanwhile, in the...
Ipswich-Edmunds Central improved to 2-0 with a 22-12 Lake Region Conference high school football victory over Northwestern Area last Friday in Mellette. In a battle between two quite evenly-matched teams, Ipswich-Edmunds Central gradually took control of the line of scrimmage both ways. Yes, the hosts had scored first after the two teams had vied for field position. Northwestern indeed got a two-yard TD pass from Gavin Bohl to Zech Clemens and a brief 6-0 lead with 1:38 left in the opening quarter. The hosts would also get on the board with a...
Ipswich earned a narrow 12 to 14 girls' varsity cross country team championship over Aberdeen Roncalli last Saturday in Mobridge. The win was facilitated by four Top 20 individual performances from Lady Tiger runners, featuring Aleah Steger in first at 20:46.35, followed by Tessa Kilber in second place at 21:42.72. The third Top 20 Lady Tiger performer proved to be Emily DeRaad in 12th at 23:25.16 and Kari Kanable was the fourth IHS Top 20 runner, placing 18th among 31 total runners at 24:28.47. The IHS boys didn't have the required varsity...
Ipswich opened its 2018 high school volleyball campaign last Thursday with a homecourt 3-1 win over Aberdeen Christian. Ipswich won the back-and-forth opening set 25-22 and had an even easier 25-13 win of the second set. But during the break between the second and third sets, the visitors must have decided that they weren't quite ready to leave, because they grabbed the momentum with a 25-19 win of the third set. Ipswich then also had to battle back from an early deficit in the fourth set. But t...
Ipswich-Edmunds Central opened its 2018 campaign with a home-field 36-14 non-conference high school football win over Tiospa Zina last Friday. Field position played a role in several of the scores, and the Tigers were able to capitolize right away, courtesy of a Carter Heinz fumble recovery at the visitors 24. They needed several plays to manufacture their short drive, but capped it with a Riley Nehlich three-yard TD carry with 8:35 remaining in the opening quarter. Jordan Richardt caught Ben...
The 2018 Ipswich cross country teams have been practicing for their Saturday, August 25 9:30 a.m. opener at Mobridge and hopefully won't be satisfied with last year's accomplishments. In case you don't remember, the 2017 Ipswich cross country program featured a first-place finish in the State B boys' team chase and the IHS girls were second in their team standings. But the 2018 Tigers would like to be in the thick of things again this season. And hopefully that will be true! "Both boys and girls...
The Ipswich High School volleyball season begins on August 23 in Ipswich, hosting Aberdeen Christian for an LRC match and the Lady Tigers' next appearance will be at a tourney in Milbank on August 25. They will next play a non-conference match in Groton on August 28. "Pre-season practices have been going pretty well, albeit long," says IHS head coach Trent Osborne. "There are some growing pains as there are at the beginning of every year, but the girls have worked hard this summer in the gym...
There's a lot of optimism in pre-season football camp this year, even though the Ipswich-Edmunds Central Tigers are coming off a 1-7 season a year ago. The lone team they managed to beat last season was Tiospaye Zina and the Tigers will kick off their 2018 schedule at home on August 17 against Tiospaye Zina at the IHS sports complex. With 38 9-12 names on the roster the Tigers should have adequate depth for a change, including no fewer than 18 uppperclassmen. Indeed there are 10 seniors and...
The Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern Junior Legion baseball team finished 1-2 in its three outcomes at the State B Junior Legion Baseball Tournament hosted by Winner on August 3-5. That landed W-I-N into fourth place in the weekend event. The W-I-N team got off to a great start by blanking Clark 10-0 in the regulation seven innings last Friday. It all started with a second-inning RBI single from Eric Severson with runners on second and third. Josh McQuarie had led off the inning with a single, stole...
Carter Heinz, 17-year-old son of Doug and Lynette Heinz, has been competing this summer in several 4-H regional rodeos. Heinz competes in the senior bull riding. The contestants have to cover an eight-second ride to receive a score. The top four contestants in their event then qualifies for the State Rodeo. Heinz did that earlier this summer in Watertown. The state finals will be August 17-19 in Ft. Pierre at the Casey Tibbs arena. The winner in each event is hoping to win a saddle. COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS TO GATHER IN FT. PIERRE FOR ONE OF THE...
The Warner-Ipswich-Northwestern (W.I.N.) Jr. Legion baseball team will be playing in the State Class "B" Tournament in Winner later this week. Their first game is Friday, Aug. 3 at 2:45 p.m. against Clark. The day begins at 10:15 a.m. with a play-in game between Mission and Lennox. The winner will face the host team (Winner) at 7:45 that evening. The second game will have Redfield facing Wessington Springs at 12:30 p.m. Claremont/Britton will face Groton at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Play continues on...
Jake Perrion of Sioux Falls got his first hole in one. Jake, the grandson of Jan Perrion and the late Duane Perrion, got the ace on hole #7 at Split Rock Golf Course in Ipswich on Saturday, July 14, 2018. It was witnessed by his brother Nate Perrion of Worthing. He is the son of Dave and Barb Perrion of Sioux Falls....
The Edmunds County 4-H Horse Show was held on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at the Yellowstone Trail Complex in Ipswich. The 15 participants were from Edmunds, McPherson, Campbell, Faulk, Walworth, and Brown counties. Edmunds County participants were Reaghan Bowers, Jalyssa Hutson, Jailey Hutson, Quincy Olivier, Kaylin Onken, and Jacey Rossow. Champion Showman from Edmunds County was Junior Quincy Olivier. Participants have the option of going to the State Horse Show in Huron in July. Ribbon results...
by Matt Pollock IHS Golf Coach The state high school 'B' golf boys and girls tournament was held in Watertown, South Dakota on June 4 and 5. Ipswich was represented by Halie Feldman in the girls' tournament at Prairie Winds Golf Course. Dylan Northrop, Ethan Gilbert, Luke Peterson and Kaden Boettcher competed on the boys' side at Cattail Crossings Golf Course. The first day of the tournament was filled with a lot of excitement, but also a lot of wind. Halie carded a 103 on day one, which was an...
The annual Bulls and Broncs event preceeded the Saturday night concert. The bull riders were divided into two sections of competition. At the end of the night, the top riders were Clay Hindman of Pierre, first; Dillon Micheel of Ainsworth, Neb., second; and Joe Bertus, of Avon, third. Ten Saddle Bronc riders competed. The top winners were Dylan Skofield of Philip, first, and Whyley Ruhnke of Miller....
Some local-area high school golfers competed at Waterdown during Day Two of their State B girls and boys tournament action last Tuesday. After the first day of the boys' event, Ipswich had shaded defending champion Aberdeen Christian for fifth-place in the boys' team standings. And at the end of the second day, coaached by Matt Pollock, the Tigers were still able to edge AC'sixth-place 512 outcome by three strokes to remain in fifth. The AC Knights had won the boys' B for three straight years...
Edmunds County 4-H Shooting Sports will have Shotgun again this summer. They will shoot every Monday starting on June 25. Practice will be held at the Sportsman’s Club north of Ipswich starting at 6:30 p.m. The first class will include safety training followed by shooting. You must join 4-H to participate. Members may shoot the shotgun of their choice. Shells and clay pigeons for the first round will be provided. There will be a fee for extra rounds. Shooters must wear eye protection and ear plugs. These are also provided but members can b...
The Ipswich Wild Tigers ended their spring soccer season 9-1 this year. Pictured from left to right are Weston Weisser, Greyson Beyers, Landen Knutson, Ben Hoyle, Brevyn Pitz, Braxston Bachman, Bentley Geditz, and Jasper Opsahl. The Wild Tigers are coached by Jill Holzer and Tammy Pitz....
The Ipswich girls didn't win a single event at their State B track and field competition last Friday and Saturday in Rapid City. But they scored in enough events to obtain 58.5 team points, good for second-place in the standings, behind Deubrook with 84. (That team successfully defended it 2017 title.) Speaking of defending, the Tiger boys' did retain their 3,200-meter relay title from last year and it helped them compile 22 team points for 13th. And Ipswich narrowly missed out on winning the...
Ipswich defended its Region 2B girls and boys team championships on a windy, but thankfully dry day at Gettyburg last Thursday, as the heavy rain showers stayed to the north until after the meet. "What a great day for the Tigers," said IHS head coach Todd Thorson. "The conditions weren't ideal for track and field, but the Tigers really had a great day." Thorson would like that momentum to carry over to the State B meet in Rapid City on Friday and Saturday, May 25-26. "We are hoping for our best...