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Ipswich and North Central Cross Country teams competed in the Redfield Pheasants Cross Country Meet on Sept. 5 at Fisher Grove State Park. The NC boys placed sixth in the Mens 5,000 Meters Varsity run. Avery Wells placed eighth at 17:41.91. Other NC runners were Drew Arbach-17th, Theo Haerter-30th. Deuel won the mens divison with 30 points. Tayshaun Cudmore of Dupree won, 16:50.12. James Valley Christian won the Womens 5,000 Meters Varsity race with 17 points. Ella Boekelheide of Nortwestern won at 18:14.90. Madisyn Gellhaus placed sixth at...
The Edmunds County 4-H Shotgun Shooting Sport program had a busy summer shooting to qualify for the state shoot. Shooters spent Wednesday nights at the Ipswich Shooting Range practicing their shotgun skills. The state shoot was held in Mitchell on September 6-8. Several shooters from Edmunds County qualified for the state shoot. Those attending were Junior Eli Schilling and Seniors Gabriel Johnson, Adam Kanable, and Emerald Wittmeier. Juniors and Seniors shot 100 rounds of trap. Junior Eli...
The North Central volleyball team played two matches last week versus Faulkton and South Border, N.D. The NC Thunder volleyball team hosted Faulkton in Roscoe on Sept. 5. The match gave the Trojans the win, 3-2. Faulkton got the first win 23-25, but then the Thunder took over, winning 25-22 and 25-21. Then the Trojans won the next match 20-25. The tie-breaker went to Faulkton 13-15. NC was 142 of 161 for hitting with 31 kills. Amree Vander Vorst led that 74 of 83 with 19 kills. North Central serving was 78 of 87 with five aces. Vander Vorst was...
The Tiger volleyball team was 1-1 in action last week. IHS was on the road to play Groton Sept. 3, going down 3-0 (13-25, 22-25, 19-25). The IHS netters stopped Waubay/Summit 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-15). Against W/S the Tigers had 30 setting assists. The Tigers landed 94.7% of their serves. The Tigers had 15 aces, led by Marley Guthmiller with four, followed by Josie Knutson and Brianna Geditz with three. Ipswich had 53 digs, led by Geditz with 22. IHS had 83.6% in total serving against Groton. Ipswich had 15 serving assists. IHS had seven aces,...
The North Central football squad traveled to Timber Lake on Friday, Sept. 6. The Panthers were the winners 20-6. Timber Lake scored twice in the first quarter. A 58-yard pass from Cole Ducheneaux added six points. A 45-yard pass to Nolden Gill from Kanton Hunt was the next score. Hunt ran for the two-point conversion. The Thunder added six in the second quarter — a Jade Jadobs 64-yard run. The third quarter was scoreless. Timber Lake added a nine-yard run. The two-point conversion failed. Donovan Nelson was 4/12 passing for 31 yards. Jacobs w...
The Warner Monarchs held the Ipswich Tigers scoreless, 30-0, in the football game on Friday, Sept. 6 in Warner. The Monarchs scored in each quarter. First Quarter — Payton Volk 1 run (Alec Mikkelsen kick). Second Quarter — Chays Mansfield 4 run (Mikkelsen kick). Third Quarter — Jesiah Baum 1 run (Mikkelsen kick). Baum 43 run (Mikkelsen kick). Fourth Quarter — Volk 1 run (Mikkelsen kick). Safety, Hunter Robinson and Preston Cavalier tackled ball carrier in end zone. IHS QB Maxwell Kulesa was 7-12 in passing with 66 yards. The team had 71 yard...
Faulkton Area Trojans doubled the score, 28-14, when they hosted Ipswich in LRC football action on August 29. Ipswich’s TD’s came in the second half. Casey Geditz ran 27 yards to score in the third. Kyle Hettich ran three yards for the two-point conversion. Hettich ran 13 yards in the fourth quarter for the Tigers’ second TD. The Trojans added to the scoreboard in the first three quarters. Their first six came in the first quarter. In the second quarter they had a seven-yard run, with a three-yard successful conversion. Then Faulkton had a 28-...
North Central hosted Dupree in football action in Bowdle on Friday, Aug. 30. It was a high scoring game - Dupree 80 - North Central 24. The game stats were not available at press time. The Thunder football team travels to Timber Lake on Sept. 6....
The Ipswich Tigers opened their volleyball season with a 3-1 (25-17, 25-7, 23-25, 26-16) win at Highmore-Harrold on Aug. 27. The Tigers were 88-97 serving with 21 aces. Natalie Crissman led 14-15 with six aces and Josie Knutson was 16-18 with four aces. Ipswich hitting was 128-150 with 72 kills. Marley Guthmiller was 31-35 with 13 kills and Kaylin Onken was 16-21 with five kills. Reaghan Bowers was 53-57 with 39 assists in setting. Knutson was 48-50 with 32 assists. The IHS team was 128-137, with 72 assists. Dig leaders were Brianna Geditz...
The NC Thunder volleyball team opened the season at Potter County in Gettysburg. The Battlers topped the Thunder 3-0 (14-25, 21-25, 22-25). NC was 105 of 119 for hitting with 25 kills. Amree Vander Vorst led 52 of 56 with 11 kills. North Central serving was 45 of 58 with four aces. Alaina Dosch was 12 of 15 with two aces. Sydney Bertsch was 101 of 104 in setting with 20 assists. The team had 75 digs, led by Dosch with 21 and Vander Vorst 14. Ella Batie had a block. NC won the JV match. Tuesday the Thunder played South Border in Ashley, N.D....
North Central hosted a Cross Country Invitation on Aug. 31 at the Bowdle Golf Course. Mikaela Malsom was third in the girls 4K varsity run, at 17:22.47, followed by Grace Roth, 17:27.31. Kassandra Abbas was eighth followed by Melanie Dallenbach. Jentry Hubney of Herreid/Selby Area was first at 16:38.61. Faith Heil of Mobridge-Pollock was second, 16:40.12. NC runner Avery Wells won the boys 4K varsity race at 13:38.23. He was followed by NC’s Drew Arbach, 13:547.77. Thunder runners Theo Haerter was fourth (14:36.54) and Noah Ingerson, sixth (...
IHS Cross Country ran in Pierre on Aug. 25. Madisyn Gellhaus was sixth in the girls 4K varsity run, at 15:45.49. Emery Larson of Pierre T.F. Riggs, was first at 14:43.37 followed by Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, at 14:44.54. Ipswich’s Gracyn Kadlec also ran in the varsity race. Caleb Morris of Pierre T.F. Riggs won the boys 4K varsity race at 12:36.96. He was followed by four Aberdeen Central runners. Ipswich did not have varsity runners in the boys’ race. IHS runner Jennay Gisi won the girls 3k middle school division at 13:48.40. The Ips...
The IHS Tigers began the 2024 football season with a 42-0 win over Timber Lake on Friday, Aug. 23 in Ipswich. The Tigers got on the scoreboard in the first quarter with a seven yard TD run by QB Max Kulesa. Kyle Hettich took over in the second quarter with two runs of 27 yards and five yards, respectively. Kulesa ran for the second conversion to put Ipswich ahead 20-0 at halftime. Casey Geditz caught Kulesa's seven yard pass into the endzone in the third quarter. Jaxon Holt ran for the extra two...
North Central faced a tough Lemmon/McIntosh Cowboy team in football action on Friday, Aug. 23 in Eureka. The Cowboys blanked the Thunder 52-0. Cowboy Blair Ham scored four times, three times with 40 (or longer) yard runs. Hams two runs plus a 84-yard pass from Nathan Penfield to Arlus Yelowizer, with the two-point conversion, left the first quarter at 20-0. Brady Mollman started the second quarter scoring with a seven yard run. Ham then scored two more times in the second. One a one yard fumble return. The Cowboys went into halftime with a...
The high school varsity volleyball begins this week. IPSWICH The Ipswich volleyball season began yesterday, Aug. 27 when the Tigers traveled to Highmore-Harrold. Trent Osborne will again lead the team with Laura Ochsner assisting him. There are 15 girls on the varsity team with four seniors — Rylee Kleffman, Jaydin Stiles, Reaghan Bowers and Kaylin Onken. The Tigers’ first home match is Sept. 10 vs. Sully Buttes. That is a Homecoming week event. The Tigers will host a tournament in Ipswich Sept. 21. NORTH CENTRAL The Thunder team begins the...
The high school football season begins Friday, August 23, 2024. IPSWICH The Ipswich Tigers open their 2024 schedule hosting Timber Lake at 7 p.m. Brian Hogie will return as the Tiger’s head coach. He is assisted by Stewart Bohle, Matt Pollock and Caleb Schentzel. The Tigers have five seniors on their roster: Max Kulesa, Rasmus Loken, Justin Rohrbach, Aiden Tindell and Bohdi Wilcox. Their roster lists 25 players. The Tigers will play their second contest in Faulkton on Thursday, Aug. 29. NORTH CENTRAL The North Central Thunder team also b...
Leann Fredrickson of Aberdeen, formerly from Ipswich, was named to the South Dakota Senior Games Hall of Fame Award in Pierre at the annual Senior Games Banquet on August 10. Leann and her husband, Dale, have been participating in the South Dakota Senior Games over 30 years. This was the 40th Anniversary of the Games in South Dakota. Leann, has participated in the Track and Field games-50, 100 and 200 Meter Dash, 400 and 800 Meter Walk, High, Standing, Running and Triple Jumps, Softball Throw...
The Northern Prairie Baseball League had an All-Star Game in Northville on July 16. There was also a Home-Run Derby....
The Ipswich U12 boys team took first place in the Northern Prairie Youth Baseball League end of year tournament. The tourney was held in Ipswich on July 20....
The Ipswich U10 girls softball team competed in a tournament in Watertown recently. The girls had a successful weekend, placing third in their division. They had a great opening day, defeating Watertown 14-3 and then Redfield 10-0. Game three on Saturday would be one of their best games of the tournament. Ipswich fell behind by eight, but they would not give up. They came back with five runs in the next inning. Both teams battled, with the Ipswich team eventually losing the battle 14-12. The...
The Roscoe Summer Youth Baseball and Softball teams recently attended their 8th Annual NSU Team Camps. The NSU Softball coaches worked directly with the groups on drills and skills specific to each sport. The camp was paid for by the Summer Youth Program and was free to all the softball and baseball participants. The softball teams have completed their summer season and the baseball teams are heading into their final weeks of games....
The Edmunds County 4-H Horse Show was held on Wednesday, June 26 at the Yellowstone Trail Complex in Ipswich. The six participants were from Edmunds, McPherson, and Walworth counties. Edmunds County participants were Jacey Rossow and Quincy Olivier. Champion Showman from Edmunds County was Senior Quincy Olivier. Participants have the option of going to the State Horse Show in Huron in July. Ribbon results from the events were: Western Showmanship: Juniors- Chancey Kessler-Red, Charlee...
The Ipswich 12U softball team played in a tournament in Mobridge on Saturday, June 22. Ipswich came up with the championship. They played Mobridge #1 and #2 and Selby for the win....
The 2024 Trail Days Bulls and Broncs event was successful. Spud Creek Rodeo Co provided great bucking stock to pair with excellent cowboys. The winner of Round 1 of the Broncs was split between Ridge Ward of Martin and Tayson Jones of Howes. Second place went to Zane Howe of Caputa. The winner of the Broncs Round 2 was Kyle Hapney from DeSmet. Ridge Ward was the overall winner for Bronc riders. They had one round of bull riders. Billy Stephenson was the winner with 82 points. He rode a bull...
by Mathew Pollock IHS Golf Coach The 2024 high school season came to a close on June 4 in Brookings, but not without some excitement to it. Mollie Simon represented Ipswich on the girls' side carding a 103 on the first day. On the second day, she bounced back with a score of 97 finishing outside of the medalist placings. Mollie had a great season placing in the top ten standing in six tournaments, earning first place at the LRC golf meet and receiving MVP honors from the Ipswich golf team....