Junior Snow Queen royal court includes, left to right, Jr. Miss Hoven Rylee Kaup, 4th runner up; Jr. Miss Ipswich, Ashley Ptacek, 2nd runner up; Jr. Miss Sisseton, Annika Estwick, 2020 SD Jr. Snow Queen; Jr. Miss Miner County Piper Thompson, 1st runner up; Jr. Miss Groton Shaylee Peterson, 3rd runner up; front, Emmit Hammond, 2020 Snow Prince, and Chloe Reich, 2020 Snow Princess.
Junior Miss Ipswich Ashley Ptacek was chosen the second runner-up at the South Dakota Junior Snow Queen coronation on Jan. 3 in the Aberdeen Civic Theatre.
Ashley, a 14-year old IHS freshman, is the daughter of Laura and Perry Ptacek.
She said the contestants and their parents gathered for a Welcome Tea on Friday at noon in the Ramkota. The rest of the day was a chance for the girls to have fun and relax, she said.
They got up early Saturday, Ashley said. The Junior Snow Queens divided into three groups. The groups gathered for yoga, program practice or their interviews with the judges.
The gi...
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