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Ipswich boys State B Track & Field Meet champions
The Ipswich tracksters had a very productive State B weekend on May 25, 26 and 27 in Sioux Falls. "What a year," said IHS Coach Todd Thorson at the welcome home event Sunday night. That's because the...
Fiddlin' Around
There is more high school sports to mention in this column again this week, even though the 2022-23 school year has ended. You guessed correctly that I would congratulate the newly-crowned Ipswich boys track and field team that indeed tied with Grego...
Ipswich golfers qualify for State B Meet next week
Ipswich and Edmunds Central golfing boys have earned a trip to the upcoming State B during recent regional action in Huron. Edmunds Central placed second as a team and will thus advance its entire...
Fiddlin' Around
You can get a lot of fresh air at an outdoor sports event. The problem is though that some days the air has been anything but fresh. And they even had to postpone the Class A region in Mobridge for one day because of that! That wasn't really the...
Ipswich hosts golf invite
Ipswich hosted a high school golf invite on Thursday, May 18. The hosts would get second in each of the girls and boys divisions, losing to the Webster boys 257 to 268. And Edmunds Central would be third among the boys with their 276. Blaize Amdahl o...
IHS boys and girls Regon 6B champs
The Ipswich Tiger track and field program was alive and well at the Region 6B meet in Gettysburg last Thursday. That's because both the Tiger girls and boys teams placed first. The IHS girls staved of...
Fiddlin' Around
Can you believe this? Believe it or not, it is nearly time for the 2022-23 school year's varsity athletic events to conclude with their respective post-season schedules. This will indeed be do or die time in both track and field action and golf. So...
Ipswich golfers do well at invitationals
Florence/Henry Invite The Ipswich Tiger boys' golf team attended and won a recent Florence/Henry Invitational at the Prairie Winds Country Club on May 11. The Tigers edged runners-up Webster 257 to 259, while Arlington was third at 277. Ipswich's Che...
Big day for Ipswich track and field in LRC
It was a memorable day for this year's version of the Lake Region Conference track and field action on Tuesday, May 9 in Ipswich! "What a day for the Tigers," explained Coach Thorson. "I couldn't be...
Fiddlin' Around
Congratulations to the Class of 2023, no matter what school you attend. The Class of 2023 encompasses quite an area, not just geographically, but all different levels of education as well. Today’s students have more educational opportunities than...
Ipswich golfers compete at Lake Region Conference meet
The Ipswich boys and the Faulkton girls won their respective Lake Region Conference varsity golf team titles on May 4 in Aberdeen. The Tiger boys would edge the Faulkton Area boys 238 to 254 and the Trojan girls would defeat runners-up Ipswich 280...
Ipswich boys and girls winners at Eureka meet
The North Central track and field athletes were busy hosting an invite, the Eureka Lions Meet on Tuesday, May 2 in Eureka. This event was swept by Ipswich, though, winning both the boys and girls divisions. The Tiger boys overwhelmed second-place...
Ipswich Tracksters compete inn Sioux Falls last weekend
Ipswich experienced some success in difficult competition at the Howard Wood Relays last weekend in Sioux Falls. The Tigers were particularly successful in some boys Class B relay events. They were third in the medley in 3:43.57 ran by Trevor Heinz,...
Fiddlin' Around
May Day was May 1 and it was significant for several reasons. We could begin with our newspapers and our other office related events or projects. Including all the end of year school related events just to name a few! Believe it or not May has been...
Ipswich boys win Eureka Kuchen Golf Classic
Eureka hosted a high school golf tourney on April 29 named the Eureka Kuchen Classic. This was attended by the Ipswich boys who edged Edmunds Central 128 to 129 for their team title. Eight different boys teams were eligible for this affair with five...
Ipswich boys first at Potter County meet
Ipswich did quite well at a track and field meet hosted by Potter County last Saturday. How well? The Tiger boys were first in their team standings which turned out to indeed be a battle of the Tigers. That's because the Ipswich Tigers edged their...
Track and Field team competes in Estelline
Ipswich attended a varsity high school track and field meet early last week in Estelline on April 25 named the Par Gilligan Alumni Meet. The Tigers had some notable events but the girls placed fifth with 59.75 team points won by Milbank with 88...
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You could probably put away your snow shovels now but in this country you never know. Especially in the hilly areas to the east and west and north of us. But south is pretty straight and level at least in our county. But old timers can recall that...
IHS tracksters do well at Bon Homme meet
Ipswich attended a high school track and field event hosted by Bon Homme last Tuesday and it was well worth the trip south. The Ipswich girls indeed out-pointed Cedar Catholic of Hartington, Nebraska 108-101 for their team title, while the Tiger...
IHS Golfers get on the course at Wessington Springs
Ipswich attended a high school golf invite at a Wessington Springs course on April 19. For the boys Blake Larson of Wessington Springs individually bettered teammate Brock Krueger 71 to 73 for first-place honors. Meanwhile, Ipswich's Jace Konsor had...
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This Saturday, April 22 is annually recognized as Earth Day. And you can probably guess that the earth including all the people in it could definitely use recognition!!!! That day and all the rest of the year for that matter! I'm not sure if there...
Ipswich track and field athletes earn wins at indoor meet
Ipswich attended a high school and middle-school indoor track and field hosted by Aberdeen Roncalli last Friday at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen. The Tigers obtained several individual event wins in both categories and included a few multiple...
Ipswich golfers begin season
The Ipswich Tigers hope to do some damage in both their girls and boys varsity golf program this year. Yes the girls will indeed be eligible for team scoring purposes as will the Tiger boys. And both the boys and girls are relatively youthful. The...
Fiddlin' Around
Here we go again! As I am writing this brief little column on Sunday, April 2, we are being requested by our printers from Ortonville, Minn. to publish our papers a day early due to the impending possible wintry weather that the National Weather...
Fiddlin' Around
The weather has been showing a little improvement but still not that great for this time of the year. I guess we live too close to North Dakota in the spring and fall. Have you heard or seen your first robin? I think that I have! But you can always...