Official newspaper for the towns of Lane, Alpena, and Wessington Springs SD
The Spartan Boys Basketball team will play in 2nd round of districts on Tuesday, March 2nd against Wolsey-Wessington at 5:30 pm in the Huron Arena.
The boys defeated Iroquois, 76-34 in first-round play here last Saturday. No results were submitted.
The District 9B Championship will be Thursday, March 4th in the Huron Arena at 5:30 or 7:00 pm.
BY CRAIG WENZEL – TRUE DAKOTAN EDITOR
The first time Becky Bell- Krueger ever attended a cross country meet of any kind was when she took her student-athletes to their first meet in August of 2006. “It was our first meet and we missed getting the second place trophy by one point,” she recalls. Since that humble beginning in the cross country coaching field Becky has achieved three consecutive Class B high school cross country state championship trophies.
For these exceptional accomplishments Becky Bell-Krueger has been named the 2009 South Dakota Cross Country Coach of the Year by the South Dakota High School Coaches Association.
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS SPARTAN SPARKLERS are shown at one of their many practices in the local elementary school. The group dazzles crowds with their cute cheerleading routines during basketball games. Shown are, from left, back: Jaci Westby, Katelin Deneke, Summer Schooler, Sierra Swenson, Whitney Reider, Jaycee Hohn, Tallie Heim, Carolyn Groves, Neesa Westby; middle: Ellie Larson, Abby VonEye, Piper Jones, Sierra Burg, Maddie Neely, Makayla Dornbusch, ShyAnn White, Chelsey Schafer, Domenica Velez; front: Sarah Raterman, Cheyenne Burg, Grace Gran, Linzi Olinger, Shayla Muilenburg, Kimber White, Angela Paulson,. Trinity Flowers and Madisian Peach.
TEXT AND PHOTO BY DUKE WENZEL
Greg Vavra accomplished a feat on Thursday, February 4, 2010 that Wessington Springs bowlers had tried to do for the past 103 years. He bowled the first known sanctioned perfect 300 game during regular league night at Pla-Mor Lanes.
Most local bowlers were wondering if the 300 game would ever come. The closest anyone had come before was a game of 298 by Clint Jost some 25 years ago.
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS High School boys basketball team is competing in the 2009-10 basketball season. Shown are, back row, from left: Drew Kraft, Kaleb Kopfmann, Jon Manning, Mitch Kraft,and Pat Wetzel; middle row: Troy Duxbury, Evan Muller, Trevor Kenobbie and CJ Lepage; front row: Corwin Miller, Gus Gran, Jake Krohmer, Bailey Willman and Stephen LePage. Not shown: Ty Kenobbie. Coaches are Josh Davies, Pat Jones and Tom McPhail.
THE 2009-2010 wrestling season is underway for the Wessington Springs/Woonsocket Blackhawks. Shown are, back row: Kole Kopfmann, Cordell Muilenburg, Alex Muilenburg, Dylan Ochsner, and Trevor Easton; front row: Austin Messmer, Blake Willman, Zac Privett, Blake Messmer. John Stevens is the head coach and Bruce Schmiedt is the assistant. The team competed in the Miller Invitational last week with two wrestlers in the finals. See wrestling results inside.
The Wessington Springs Lady Spartans defeated Iroquois, 62-40 to earn their first victory of the 2009-2010 cage season.
CORDELL MUILENBURG (RIGHT) is shown against Kingsbury County’s Clinton McKee during championship action at Salem in the McCook Central/Montrolse wrestling tournament. The Springs wrestler took the match and the tournament championship with an 8-4 decision.
Former Wessington Springs athlete and a star in the Big Eight Conference at Kansas during his college days, Gary Schwartz will be inducted into the SD Sports Hall of Fame. Click on the link to see the pdf page for the entire story that appeared in the December 8-2009 issue of the True Dakotan.
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Wessington Springs High School standout Kole Kopfmann was named to the Class 9AA All-state football team for the 2009 season.
Kopfmann, a junior from Alpena, was selected as the all-state punter on the elite team.
An outstanding punter with a 35-yard average for the Wessington Springs/Woonsocket Blackhawks, his other credentials helped him achieve the honor. He rushed for 519 yards and five touchdowns during the season. He also had 292 yards receiving on 15 pass receptions with two touchdowns.
Defensively, he had 61 solo tackles and 70 assisted tackles.