Jase KraftMindy Kraft

Terrek Butterfield

Mindy Kraft

Wessington Springs Early Bird Track Meet

April 4, 2012

Corsica/Stickney, Iroquois, James Valley Christian, Kimball/White Lake,

Mt. Vernon, Plankinton, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, Wessington Springs

Boy’s Shot Put

1 CS Adam Borman 44’ 4.75″

2 Plank Matt Frey 41’ 6″

3 CS Michael Odens 41’ 5.5″

4 KWL Philip Schroeder 35’ 5.5″

5 SCW Riley Zoss 35’ 3″

6 CS Cameron Kostal 35’ 1/2″

Girl’s Shot Put

1 JVC Jackie Loban 33’ 1″

2 CS Kalla Savage 32’

3 CS Rani Van Gorp 30’ 11.5″

4 KWL Rose Konechne 28’ 7″

5 MV Hannah Parsons 27’ 1/2″

6 KWL Ashley Geyer 25’ 11″

Boy’s Discus

1 CS Michael Odens 129’ 6″

2 KWL Phillip Schroeder 128’ 5″

3 WS Gus Gran 109’ 11.5″

4 Plank Matt Fry 104’ 9.5″

5 MV Jevon Grace 100’ 3″

6 KWL Hector Avila 93’ 7.5″

Girl’s Discus

1 KWL Maria Nightengale 97’ 9″

2 CS Kalla Savage 93’ 1″

3 KWL Rose Konechne 84’ 4:

4 CS Rani Van Gorp 82’ 8″

5 JVC Jackie Loban 82’ 5.5″

6 KWL Ashley Geyer 63’ 9.5″

Boy’s High Jump

1 MV Dean Frey 5’ 11″

2 WS Gus Gran 5’ 9″

3 SCW Davian Brooks 5’ 5″

4 CS Nick Blom 5’ 3″

5 CS Brian Joachim 5’ 3″

6 Plank Nick Lawson 5’ 3″

Girl’s High Jump

1 CS Jackie Dethlefsen 4’ 9″

2 CS Rachel Moser 4’ 7″

3 WS Shyanne Kopfmann 4’ 5″

4 KWL Clara Moeller 4’ 3″

5 Plank Maria Olsen 4’ 3″

6 KWL Ali Haines 4’ 1″

Boy’s Long Jump

1 Plank Tom Harris 17’ 6.5″

2 MV Brian Vermuelen 17’ 6″

3 SCW Davion Brooks 16’ 11″

4 SCW Tyler Krueger 16’ 4″

5 Plank Nick Lawson 15’ 10.5″

6 CS Matthew Teel 15’ 3″

Girl’s Long Jump

1 KWL Ali Haines 13’ 6.5″

2 Plank Payleen O’day 13’ 6″

3 KWL Jazmyn Hinker 13’ 4.5″

4 Plank Jena Kehn 12’ 7″

5 KWL Clara Mueller 12’ 6.5″

6 JVC Tiessa Decker 12’ 3″

Boy’s Triple Jump

1 KWL Jesse Taylor 37’ 11.5″

2 JVC Nathan Wedel 37’ 4.5″

3 MV Dean Frey 37’ 3″

4 MV Jacob Sonne 36’ 6.5″

5 SCW Davion Brooks 36’ 5″

6 Plank James Mayclin 35’ 3″

Girl’s Triple Jump

1 KWL Ali Haines 31’ 6″

2 Plank Payleen O’day 29’ 2″

3 KWL Ivy Haines 28’ 7.5″

4 MV Brittany Piper 28’ 6.5″

5 Plank Maria Olsen 27’ 7.5″

6 KWL Clara Mueller 27’ 2.5″

Boy’s 100 Dash

1 CS Gunner BaarHoman 11.24

2 SCW Tyler Krueger 11.91

3 CS Adam Borman 11.92

4 SCW Nick Miller 12.01

5 MV Cole Hinker 12.2

6 MV Tim Wessling 12.28

Girls 100 Dash

1 CS Brianna Kuyper 13.05

2 JVC Ariana Zuccaro 13.21

3 CS Emily Van Roekel 13.49

4 MV Megan Wieczorek 13.6

5 KWL Ali Haines 13.62

6 JVC Sarah Wedel 13.96

Boys 110 Hurdles

1 KWL Jesse Taylor 17.35

2 MV Jacob Sonne 17.7

3 CS Lee Lauck 18.71

4 MV Brian Vermuelen 19.26

5 CS Kruz Knudson 20.25

6 Plank James Mayclin 21.84

Girls 100 Hurdles

1 CS Jackie Dethlefsen 16.01

2 KWL Allison Reuland 16.64

3 JVC Sarah Wedel 17.09

4 MV Brittney Piper 17.16

5 JVC Gross Charlie 17.38

6 MV Mikayla Weiss 19.07

Boys 3200m Relay

1 WS Witte/Jones/Butterfield/Kraft 09:12.1

2 JVC 09:22.6

3 CS Thomas/Lauck/Hongslo/Joachim 09:22.8

4 MV Olson/Deinert/Grace/Pohlen 09:36.3

Girls 3200m Relay

1 JVC Loewan/Wager/Decker/Gross 11:08.1

2 SCW Selland/Selland/Selland/Swenson 11:55.1

3 Plank Schmidt/Tobin/Moore/Faulhaber 12:13.0

4 KWL 12:36.0

Boys 4×100 Relay

1 CS DeLange/Honglso/Bormann/Hofman 47.38

2 SCW Schlicht/Brooks/Krueger/Miller 49.5

3 MV Miles/Tim/Jon/Cole 51.39

4 Plank Evans/Harris/Fry/Urban 51.48

Girls 4×100 Relay

1 MV Stahl/Clark/Weiss/Wieczorek 55.49

2 Plank O’day/Risseeuw/Achterberg/Kehn 56.52

3 CS Moser/Van Luekel/More/Kunner 56.79

4 SCW Dean/Carda/Schmitt/Moore 57.19

Boys 4×200 Relay

1 CS DeLang/Hongslo/Bormann/BoanHofman 01:39.7

2 SCW Wormstadt/Schlicht/Krueger/Miller 01:44.3

3 KWL Hildebrant/Overweg/Pulse 01:50.4

4 Plank Evans/Vissia/Duprois/Eagle Elk 01:51.0

Girls 4×200 Relay

1 JVC 01:58.0

2 CS VanLuekel/Dethlefsen/Moke/Kuyper 01:59.3

3 SCW Schmit/Selland/Selland/Selland 02:01.4

4 mn Hinker/Clark/Piper/Stahl 02:04.5

Boys 1600 Run

1 WS Jase Kraft 04:46.9

2 JVC Donnie Decker 5;07.58

3 Plank Nick Lawson 05:08.3

4 CS Lane Thomas 05:27.1

5 Plank Justin Krell 05:29.8

6 MV Tate Deinert 05:38.5

Girls 1600 Run

1 WS Mindy Kraft 06:17.0

2 Plank Savannah Schmidt 06:23.9

3 MV Maci McGhee 06:43.4

4 KWL Cassidy Carda 06:46.3

5 JVC Miranda Blom 06:47.9

6 JVC Abbie Wager 06:54.8

Boys 400 Dash

1 CS Ryan Hongslo 55.2

2 MV Jevon Grace 57.31

3 Plank Tom Harris 58.94

4 JVC Alex Waldner 59.09

5 KWL Brandon Overweg 59.32

6 CS Austin Bormann 0:01:00

Girls 400 Dash

1 Plank Sachiko Risseeuw 01:05.8

2 JVC Ariana Zuccaro 01:07.0

3 WS Shyanne Kopfmann 01:07.3

4 CS Emily VanRoekel 01:11.0

5 SCW Myah Selland 01:11.7

6 MV Alyson Stahl 01:11.7

Boys 300 Hurdles

1 MV Cameron Deinert 44.36

2 KWL Jesse Taylor 44.86

3 MV Jacob Sonne 46.09

4 JVC Wedel Nathan 46.11

5 SCW Rex Schlicht 47.64

6 MV Brian Vermuelen 49

Girls 300 Hurdles

1 JVC Charley Gross 49.87

2 JVC Sarah Wedel 50.12

3 JVC Gracey Gross 56.49

4 MV Brittany Piper 59.13

5 MV Cynthia Antaya 01:00.0

6 KWL Allison Reuland 01:00.3

Boys Medley Relay

1 WS Willman/Gran/Jones/Kraft 04:08.6

2 MV Wesling/Hinker/Moody/Olsen 04:15.5

3 SCW Wormstadt/Schlicht/Bechen/Nelson 04:42.7

4 JVC Loewen/Ager/Blom/Weiting 04:48.9

Girls Medley Relay

1 JVC Cobb/Loban/Decker/Loewen 04:56.3

2 MV Wieczorek/Cack/Stahl/Weiss 05:06.9

3 KWL 05:14.1

4 SCW Dean/Selland/Swenson/Selland 05:14.5

Boys 800 Run

1 WS Terrek Butterfield 02:15.3

2 JVC Donnie Decker 2:;18.09

3 CS Lane Thomas 02:26.3

4 JVC Alex Waldner 02:26.9

5 CS Austin Tilton 02:27.2

6 MV Tate Deinert 02:42.0

Girls 800 Run

1 WS Mindy Kraft 02:41.3

2 WS Shyanne Kopfmann 02:41.7

3 Iroquios Ashlynne Gross 02:56.6

4 MV Cynthia Antaya 02:58.5

5 JVC Miranda Blom 03:01.5

6 MV Maci McGhee 03:04.1

Boys 200 Dash

1 CS Gunner BaanHofman 24.26

2 JVC Wedel Nathan 25.17

3 MV Miles Moody 26.18

4 MV Jordan Olsen 26.42

5 KWL Brandon Overweg 26.88

6 JVC Jayden Waldner 27.27

Girls 200 Dash

1 CS Brianna Kuyper 28.99

2 JVC Ariana Zuccaro 29.28

3 SCW Rochelle Moore 29.51

4 MV Megan Wieczorek 29.76

5 MV Mikayla Weiss 29.83

6 SCW Ashley Schmit 30.06

Boys 3200 Run

1 WS Jase Kraft 10:26.52

2 PLK Justin Krell 11:54.16

3 KWL Tristen Hayes 13:03.44

4 MV Cody Pohlen 13:07.96

5 MV Triston Pieper 13:38.17

6 WS Nic Paulson 13:46.03

Girls 3200 Run

1 WS Mindy Kraft 13:26.39

2 PLK Savannah Schmidt 13:39.62

3 JVC Morgan Johnson 14:01.98

4 JVC Mallory Johnson 14:41.19

5 MV Maci McGhee 15:26.01

6 PLK Lucy Moore 16:56.78

Boys 1600 Relay

1 MV Cameron, Dean, Jevon, Guinton 03:57.45

2 CS Lauck, Tilton, Blom, Joachim 04:00.12

3 KWL Taylor, Overweg, Heath, Pulse 04:00.14

4 WS Willman, Kenobbie, Jones, Butterfield 04:06.27

Girls 1600 Relay

1 SCW Selland, Selland 04:48.56

2 JVC Lowewin, Wager, Cobb, Decker 04:48.73

3 KWL Ness, Haines, Heath, Hinker 04:51.58

4 PLK O’Day, Olsen, Tobin, Faulhaber 04:48.75

Curtis Huffman, of Wessington Springs, won the Big Island International Marathon held at Hilo, Hawaii, on Sunday, March 18 with a time of 2:39:31. There were more than 250 entries in the race from across the United States and several countries.

The win was the second marathon victory for the Wessington Springs runner. He captured first place in the 2011 Omaha, NE, marathon. Prior to that he placed in the top 100 at the internationally-known Boston Marathon.

He can regularly be seen training on the streets of Wessington Springs. Huffman is employed in the Wessington Springs school system.

 Venture Communications, in cooperation with South Dakota Public TV (SDPB) and SDN Communications will partner to bring the 2012 State Girls Basketball Tournaments to Venture communities. The three companies will allow Venture TV viewers an opportunity to choose the tournament they wish to watch.

   For those fans who will be unable to travel and attend the games in a live setting, tune into your local Venture Vision channels and South Dakota Public TV channels.  Live coverage of the complete State AA Tournament from Frost Arena in Brookings will air on channel #400 beginning Thursday, March 8 at 1:00pm CST continuing thru Saturday evening, March 10.

   The State A Tournament will air from the Young Center in Spearfish on Venture Vision special events channel #401. Live coverage of all opening round games will begin on Thursday, March 8 at 1:00 pm CST, continuing thru Saturday evening, March 10.

   The State B Tournament will be covered from the Huron Arena on Venture Vision special events channel #402. Live coverage will begin on Thursday, March 8 at 1:00 pm CST, thru Saturday evening, March 10.

   Tune into your local Venture Vision channel for broadcast times and channel locations of each tournament.

The 2011 Wessington Springs High School varsity volleyball team consisted of, back row: coach. Sandra Jones, Haley Reider, Shelby Sandmann, Devin Tebay, Traci Orth, Shyanne Kopfmann, Monica Jones, Asst. coach Jordan VonEye;

Front: row: Kayla Boomsma, Lexi Olinger, Taylor Sinkie, Morgan Tebay, Sheyanne Brodkorb. Inset: Cassidy Musick.

TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL - THREE WESSINGTON SPRINGS SPARTANS received all-state honors in Cross Country following the 2011 season. The boys team placed third in the state cross country meet with Jase Kraft (left) placing second overall and Terrek Butterfield (right) placing fourth in the individual standings. Mindy Kraft (center) was the girls’ state Class B champion. Butterfield and Mindy Kraft are seniors, Jase Kraft is a sophomore.

THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS LADY SPARTANS hosted their annual parents’ night in their last home regular season match in the Springs gym last week. Shelby Sandmann (center) was the only senior on this year’s squad. She is shown above with her parents, Kevin and Kari Sandmann, from Alpena. Shelby was also the WSHS 2011 homecoming queen.

CHAIN GANG -- These Blackhawks fans ran the chains during home football games during the past season. They are, from left, Randy Willman, Tom Mebius, Dick Powell and Kim Schultz.

PHOTO COURTESY JUSTIN RUST/MITCHELL DAILY REPUBLIC SPORTS-- TREVOR EASTON (4) runs for a gain during first round action in the 2011 SouthDakota High School Football Playoffs. The Blackhawks lost a heartbreaking 37-36 decision to the Howard Tigers in the contest.

Dig Pink Night:

Shyanne Kopfmann and Devin Tebay go up for a block for the Wessington Springs varsity volleyball team during a match last week in the elementary school gym. (Right) a lineup of players at the match.

Student council, volleyball team plan breast cancer benefit Tuesday night

The Dig Pink Night sponsored by the Spartan volleyball team and the Wessington Springs High School student council will be October 18, 2011 during the James Valley Christian event beginning at 6:15 pm.

The students have planned a supper, silent auction, and display of facts and preventions to breast cancer.

If you would like to donate an item for the auction please contact Julie Miller or Sandra Jones at the school 539-9391.

The WSHS volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Than here last Tuesday, October 4, at the Springs gymnasium.

A trio of players led the team against Ethan. Traci Orth had seven kills and 13 digs to pace the Lady Spartans. Shyanne Kopfmann added six kills and Shelby Sandmann had `13 assists.

The girls were to play at Wolsey Tuesday night. Another picture appears on the sports page inside.