DE SMET — Sioux Valley won the team title in both the boys’ and girls’ division at the De Smet Invite on Thursday.

The Cossacks amassed 140.85 points to claim the boys’ title, while De Smet was second at 86.

Rounding out the top five in the boys’ standings were James Valley Christian at 60, Sunshine Bible Academy at 50 and Northwestern at 40.35.

Sioux Valley finished with 118.53 points to win the girls’ title over Clark/Willow Lake, which finished at 94.33. De Smet was third at 78.2, followed by Wolsey-Wessington at 67.53 and Howard at 63.

De Smet Invite
April 17

Boys
Team scores: 1, Sioux Valley 140.85; 2, De Smet 86; 3, James Valley Christian 60; 4, Sunshine Bible Academy 50; 5, Northwestern 40.35; 6, Clark/Willow Lake 35; 7, Wolsey-Wessington 34.55; 8, Miller 31; 9, Hamlin 30.85; 10, Florence/Henry 30; 11, Hitchcock-Tulare 29.85; 12, Howard 29.5; 13, McCook Central/Montrose 29; 14, (tie) Castlewood 26; Highmore-Harrold 26; 16, (tie) Iroquois/Lake Preston 11; Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 11.

Individual events
(winners and area placers)
100: 1, Donovan Rose, SV, 11.22; 2, Ganon Henrich, DS, 11.48; 3, Rogan Albrecht, DS, 11.53; 4, Logan LaBrie, HT, 11.54; 8, Aiden Query, ILP, 11.85.
200: 1, Donovan Rose, SV, 22.90; 4, Isaac Wipf, JVC, 23.53; 5, Ganon Henrich, DS, 23.57; 7, Rogan Albrecht, DS, 23.71; 8, Payton Chasing Hawk, HT, 24.34.
400: 1, Carson Wosje, SV, 52.26; 3, Kellan Hurd, M, 54.66; 6, Chase Hurd, M, 58.51; 7, Carter Crump, SBA, 59.60; 8, Keaton Zomer, WW, 59.89.
800: 1, Kolby VanDerWerff, JVC, 2:17.88; 4, Carter Crump, SBA, 2:24.42; 5, Henrik Wipf, SBA, 2:24.71; 6, Chase Temme, DS, 2:25.20; 7, Max Gilbert, HT, 2:26.48.
1,600: 1, Brooks McPeak, HH, 5:08.26; 3, Pierce Baumberger, M, 5:12.70; 6, Toby Mickelson, SBA, 5:34.31; 7, Cutler Davis, DS, 5:34.31; 8, Kobe Bishop, WW, 5:37.00.
3,200: 1, Kaden Ober, JVC, 10:51.71; 2, Pierce Baumberger, M, 10:55.43; 3, Brooks McPeak, HH, 11:01.57; 4, Levi Crandall, JVC, 11:117.55; 5, Jordan Erfman, HH, 11:46.46.
110 hurdles: 1, Donovan Rose, SV, 15.40; 2, Isaak Hunter, M, 15.59; 4, Tayne Herrmann, JVC, 17.16; 6, Mato DeNoyer, CWL, 19.38.
300 hurdles: 1, Brody Bass, C, 43.77; 2, Payton Chasing Hawk, HT, 43.84; 4, Lucas Bureau, WW, 45.35; 5, Grant Edwards, SCW, 46.23; 6, Sawyer Nelson, WW, 46.75; 8, Henrik Wipf, SBA, 48.24.
400 relay: 1, De Smet (Rogan Albrecht, Ganon Henrich, Samuel Gigov, Owen Anderson) 46.62; 6, Iroquois/Lake Preston 50.18; 7, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 50.51.
800 relay: 1, De Smet (Rogan Albrecht, Ganon Henrich, Owen Anderson, Chase Temme) 1:38.36; 4, Hitchcock-Tulare 1:42.51; 5, Iroquois/Lake Preston 1:43.31; 6, Clark/Willow Lake 1:43.31; 7, Wolsey-Wessington 1:43.52; 8, Sunshine Bible Academy 1:44.95.
1,600 relay: 1, Sunshine Bible Academy (Owan Watson, Jimmy Burma, Jensen Wipf, Jacob Haden) 3:48.72; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 3:54.13; 3, James Valley Christian 4:00.28; 4, Clark/Willow Lake 4:00.98; 5, De Smet 4:03.99.
3,200 relay: 1, Sioux Valley (Brock Christopherson, Carson Wosje, Mitchell Guthmiller, Brady Hiltunen) 8:28.72; 2, Sunshine Bible Academy 9:16.29; 3, Highmore-Harrold 9:38.41; 5, James Valley Christian 9:40.96; 6, De Smet 9:54.67; 7, Iroquois/Lake Preston 10:19.71.
Shot put: 1, Michael Severson, CWL, 48-2; 2, Samuel Gigov, DS, 43-8.5; 3, Grant Wilkinson, DS, 43-2.75; 5, Colin Hughes, WW, 41-6.25; 6, Dalton Rathjen, HT, 41-3.75; 7, Payton Botkin, DS, 40-2.75; 8, Seth Poppen, DS, 39-2.75.
Discus: 1, Samuel Gigov, DS, 141-2; 2, Grant Wilkinson, DS, 138-0; 5, Colin Hughes, WW, 130-0; 7, Dalton Rathjen, HT, 127-5.
High jump: 1, Jakob Guthmiller, SV, 6-0.25; 2, Bo Begeman, CWL, 5-8; 6, (tie) Colin Hughes, WW, 5-2; Peyton Chasing Hawk, HT, 5-2; Penuel Richmond, WW, 5-2.
Long jump: 1, Owen Schmidt, MCM, 20-3.75; 4, Isaac Wipf, JVC, 19-11.5; 6, Logan LaBrie, HT, 19-3; 7, Tarrence Mickelson, SBA, 19-1.5.
Triple jump: 1, Braden Danzeisen, SV, 41-4.5; 3, Tarrence Mickelson, SBA, 38-2; 4, Grant Edwards, SCW, 37-2.5; 5, Tayne Herrmann, JVC, 36-8.5; 7, Ernesto Garcia, CWL, 35-7.75; 8, Peyton Hope, ILP, 33-1.5.

Girls
Team scores: 1, Sioux Valley 118.53; 2, Clark/Willow Lake 94.33; 3, De Smet 78.2; 4, Wolsey-Wessington 67.53; 5, Howard 63; 6, Northwestern 57; 7, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 46; 8, McCook Central/Montrose 33; 9, Hitchcock-Tulare 31.2; 10, Iroquois/Lake Preston 26; 11, Highmore-Harrold 23; 12, Florence/Henry 22; 13, Sunshine Bible Academy 18.2; 14, Miller 13; 15, James Valley Christian 5.

Individual events
(winners and area placers)
100: 1, Melanie Calmus, H, 12.85; 3, Madison Brenden, CWLm 13.27; 4, Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 13.39; 6, Abby Hinman, SBA, 13.51; 8, Nevaeh Reitz, CWL, 13.60.
200: 1, Melanie Calmus, H, 26.87; 2, Kendal Uttecht, WW, 27.51; 5, Nevaeh Reitz, CWL, 28.68; 7, Kadee Frankfurth, CWL, 28.97; 8, Shelby Begeman, CWL, 29.06.
400: 1, Maci Licht, SV, 1:02.38; 3, Autumn Fallis, HH, 1:05.25; 5, Jordyn Pugh, M, 1:09.91; 6, Vada Albrecht, DS, 1:10.05; 7, Preslie Jensen, WW, 1:10.44.
800: 1, Ella Boekelheide, NW, 2:26.90; 4, Khloe Olson, ILP, 2:52.21; 5, Bella Wilkinson, DS, 2:52.87; 7, Taylor Eichstadt, WW, 2:54.35.
1,600: 1, Ella Boekelheide, NW, 5:30.05; 2, Kamryn Nesheim, CWL, 5:45.42; 6, Jennifer Bevers, CWL, 6:04.54.
3,200: 1, Autumn Fallis, HH, 12:56.60; 2, Andie Aughenbaugh, SCW, 13:42.42; 3, Cambria Gross, DS, 14:05.22; 5, Mya Flemming, WW, 14:54.04.

100 hurdles: 1, Adison Renkly, SV, 15.82; 2, Liz Boschee, SCW, 16.38; 3, Charli McCune, DS, 16.52; 4, Zoe Nichols, CWL, 17.12; 6, Mirra Beck, DS, 17.98; 7, Lainey Goertz, SCW, 18.14; 8, Alex Goertz, SCW, 18.56.
300 hurdles: 1, Charli McCune, DS, 48.05; 2, Liz Boschee, SCW, 51.11; 3, Mirra Beck, DS, 51.52; 4, Lainey Goertz, SCW, 51.72; 5, Alexa Goertz, SCW, 52.78; 6, Emma Bochek, CWL, 53.72; 7, Alexa Schmidt, CWL, 55.00.
400 relay: 1, Clark/Willow Lake (Kelsey Hofer, Johanna Vandersnick, Nevaeh Reitz, Cadence Bochek) 52.77; 5, De Smet 56.40; 6, Wolsey-Wessington 56.54; 7, Hitchcock-Tulare 57.03.
800 relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington (Kendal Uttecht, Abby Huntsinger, Danika Peterson, Riyli Peterson) 1L54.34; 2, Clark/Willow Lake 1:55.21; 4, De Smet 1:57.90; 5, Sunshine Bible Academy 1:57.90; 6, Hitchcock-Tulare 2:01.03; 7, Highmore-Harrold 2:01.64.
1,600 relay: 1, Sioux Valley (Maci Licht, Amia Ward, Amya Ward, Talya Vincent) 4:27.61; 2, Clark/Willow Lake 4:29.92; 3, Sunshine Bible Academy 4:31.43; 5, Wolsey-Wessington 4:34.74; 6, Hitchcock-Tulare 4:48.71; 8, James Valley Christian 5:00.88.
3,200 relay: 1, Clark/Willow Lake (Jennifer Bevers, Hadley Gjerde, Emma Bochek, Kamryn Nesheim) 10:17.48; 6, Hitchcock-Tulare 11:12.68; 7, James Valley Christian 11:19.12; 8, De Smet 11:25.87.
Shot put: 1, Hadlee Holt, ILP, 37-11; 2, Ivey Schoenfelder, DS, 34-2; 4, Bentlee Holt, ILP, 33-3; 5, Faith Baumberger, M, 32-8; 6, Audi Currier, DS, 32-6.5l 7, Rebecca Huizenga, HT, 32-0; 8, Kenli Hooks, WW, 30-10.
Discus: 1, Ivey Schoenfelder, DS, 116-7; 2, Audi Currier, DS, 103-7; 3, Bentlee Holt, ILP, 100-0; 4, Kenli Hooks, WW, 94-6; 5, Payton Peterson, WW, 90-9.
High jump: 1, Liz Boschee, SCW, 5-5; 2, Zoe Nichols, CWL, 5-0; 4, Tatum Luce, WW, 5-0; 5, Shelby Begeman, CWL, 4-8; 6, (tie) Samara Clemente, WW, 4-6; Mirra Beck, DS, 4-6; Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 4-6.
Long jump: 1, Melanie Calmus, H, 16-8; 3, Emma Schneider, HT, 16-5.5; 5, Paige Werdel, M, 15-1.5; 7, Tatum Luce, WW, 14-6; 8, Aleah Schlechter, M, 14-5.
Triple jump: 1, Adison Renkly, SV, 34-4.25; 3, Samara Clemente, WW, 32-9.5; 4, Emma Schneider, HT, 32-8.75; 8, RaeAnna Knock, HT, 27-7.75

Spartans participate in Wagner Invitational
WAGNER –– The Wessington Springs Spartans boys’ and girls’ track and field teams participated in Tuesday’s Wagner Invitational.

Elk Point-Jefferson won the girls’ team title with 112 points. The Spartans finished with 26 points.

Gregory edged out Wagner 92-82 for the boys’ title. Springs posted 35 team points.

For the girls, Bailey Yost placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles and seventh in the 300-meter hurdles. Alexis Roesler finished fourth and Ella Kolousek finished seventh in the 3200-meter run, and Anna Arhart placed fourth in the shot put.

The Springs girls’ relay teams finished second in the medley relay, third in the 4x200 and fifth in the 4x400.

The boys were led by Colby Flowers with a fourth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles and a sixth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles. Ryder Michalek was the lone other individual place-winner for the Spartans, with a third-place leap in the high jump.

The Springs boys’ relay teams placed four, led by a second-place finish in the 4x800. The medley and 4x400 relays each placed third and the 4x200 relay finished fourth for Wessington Springs.

Bulldogs, Patriots compete in Brace-Hopfinger Relays

BY PLAINSMAN STAFF
VOLGA –– The host Sioux Valley Cossacks swept the team titles at Tuesday’s Brace-Hopfinger Relays.
The Sioux Valley girls amassed 145.5 team points for the title. The second through fourth place teams were separated by five team points, with Flandreau (129) second, Madison (126) third, and De Smet (124) fourth.
Hitchcock-Tulare was fifth with 85 team points.
The Cossack boys edged Elkton-Lake Benton 134-126 for the team title.
De Smet finished with 49 points and the Patriots finished with 41 points.
Individual winners from Hitchcock-Tulare included Logan LaBrie in the boys’ 200-meter dash, Katelyn Schroeder in the girls’ javelin, and Emma Schneider in the girls’ long jump. The Patriots also won the girls’ 4x100-meter relay.
Ivey Schoenfelder and Audi Currier continued a patter on the year for De Smet, taking first and second place in the shot put and discus, but trading who won each event, with Schoenfelder winning the shot put and Currier winning discus. Charli McCune took the 300-meter hurdles title.

Brace-Hopfinger Relays
April 15, Volga

Boys
Team results: Sioux Valley 134, Elkton-Lake Benton 126, Great Plains Lutheran 113, Madison 92, Flandreau 90, De Smet 49, Hamlin 45, Hitchcock-Tulare 41, Castlewood 23.

Individual results (winner and area place winners):
100M - 1. Zac VanMeeteren, H, 10.94; 4. Ganon Henrich, DS, 11.33; 5. Rogan Albrecht, DS, 11.52; 8. Logan LaBrie HT, 11.67.
200M - 1. Logan LaBrie, HT, 24.04; 2. Payton Chasing Hawk, HT, 24.46.
400M - 1. Brenton Westberry, F, 50.17.
800M - 1. Brady Hiltunen, SV, 2:05.47.

1600M - 1. Nate Timm, ELB, 4:48.07.
3200M - 1. Nate Timm, ELB, 10:45.66.
110M hurdles - 1. Shane Veenhof, M, 14.71.
300M hurdles - 1. Blake DeVries, ELB, 42.08; 2. Payton Chasing Hawk, HT, 43.54; 7. Matthew Salmen, HT, 52.18.
4x100 relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 43.77; 4. De Smet, 50.08.
4x200 relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 1:32.63; 3. De Smet, 1:36.47.
4x400 relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 3:29.77; 5. De Smet, 3:57.15.
4x800 relay - 1. Madison, 8:57.25; 6. De Smet, 9:46.46.
Medley relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 3:45.65.
Shot put - 1. Talton Boersma, ELB, 49-4; 3. Grant Wilkinson, DS, 43-9.75; 4. Samuel Gigov, DS, 42-8.5; 5. Payton Botkin, DS, 40-5.5; 8. Dalton Rathjen, HT, 37-11.
Discus - 1. Tate Everson, H, 130-2; 3. Grant Wilkinson, DS, 123-7; 6. Dalton Rathjen, HT, 117-7; 8. Payton Botkin, DS, 112-8.
Javelin - 1. Austin Rubendall, GPL, 150-3; 4. Neil Salmen, HT, 136-3.
High jump - 1. Lucas Johnson, GPL, 6-7.
Long jump - 1. Hessel Andringa, GPL, 20-4.75.
Triple jump - 1. Braden Danzeisen, SV, 43-7.5; 6. Logan LaBrie, HT, 37-7.

Girls
Team results: Sioux Valley 145.5, Flandreau 129, Madison 126, De Smet 124, Hitchcock-Tulare 85, Great Plains Lutheran 45.5, Elkton-Lake Benton 45, Castlewood 11.

Individual results (winner and area place winners):
100M - 1. Amari Ward, SV, 13.27; 4. Emma Schneider, HT, 13.90.
200M - 1. Morgan Sheppard, F, 27.93; 8. Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 29.07.
400M - 1. Morgan Sheppard, F, 1:02.34.
800M - 1. Liberty Trygstad, SV, 2:42.59; 6. Bella Wilkinson, DS, 2:51.67.
1600M - 1. Talya Vincent, SV, 5:50.73; 4. Cambria Gross, DS, 6:25.35.
3200M - 1. Faith Weise, F, 10:48.86; 3. Cambria Gross, DS, 14:57.06; 4. Alaina Albrecht, DS, 15:02.38.
100M hurdles - 1. Adison Renkly, SV, 15.86; 3. Charli McCune, DS, 16.90; 6. Mirra Beck, DS, 18.68.
300M hurdles - 1. Charli McCune, DS, 47.80; 4. Mirra Beck, DS, 51.65.
4x100 relay - 1. Hitchcock-Tulare, 54.38; 3. De Smet, 55.71.
4x200 relay - 1. Flandreau, 1:51.68; 3. De Smet, 1:56.26; 6. Hitchcock-Tulare, 2:00.49.
4x400 relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 4:19.76; 4. De Smet, 4:37.20; 6. Hitchcock-Tulare, 4:53.92.
4x800 relay - 1. Flandreau, 10:07.15; 3. De Smet, 11:21.81.
Medley relay - 1. Sioux Valley, 4:28.74; 2. De Smet, 5:02.79; 4. Hitchcock-Tulare, 5:21.40.
Shot put - 1. Ivey Schoenfelder, DS, 34-7.5; 2. Audi Currier, DS, 33-2; 3. Rebecca Huizenga, HT, 30-7.5; 5. Ella Johnson 30-0.5; 7. Jordyn Gilligan, DS, 28-8.25; 8. Izy Bendorf, DS, 27-10.75.
Discus - 1. Audi Currier, DS, 112-11; 2. Ivey Schoenfelder, DS, 110-11; 4. Ella Johnson, HT, 81-9; 7. Jordyn Gilligan, DS, 78-10.
Javelin - 1. Katelyn Schroeder, HT, 109-6; 2. Ella Johnson, HT, 91-3; 8. Kellee Schone, HT, 75-7.
High jump - 1. Lydia Nelson, M, 5-0; 3. Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 4-8; t-4. Mirra Beck, DS, 4-6.
Long jump - 1. Emma Schneider, HT, 16-0.5; 5. Charlotte Fields, DS, 13-3.25; 8. Gemma Luethmers, DS, 12-10.5.
Triple jump - 1. Adison Renkly, SV, 35-2.25; 2. Emma Schneider, HT, 34-0.25.