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Tanner Meyers, a senior at Canton High School, looks to defend his state title at 195 pounds and extend his 40-0 winning streak, while Canton looks to take its sixth consecutive Class B state team title at the South Dakota High School State Wrestling Tournament in Rapid City this weekend. 

In addition to a 2022 state title, Meyers became a Fargo Greco All-American and won the Grappler Fall Classic in Kalamazoo, Mich. 

After the 2023 season, Meyers will travel with his club team Legends of Gold (Beresford) to Utrecht, Netherlands wrestling Greco at the Easter Tournament. The tournament will host over 700 wrestlers from over 24 countries.

After high school, Meyers is heading north to wrestle at Northern State University while pursuing a degree in biology.

Meyers is the son of Andy and Kayleen Meyers of Tea and the grandson of Gene Meyers, Judeen Schley and the late Kathy Meyers of Woonsocket and Tom and Laurie Chipman of Huron.

…See a picture in the Feb. 23 issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

On Saturday, Feb. 11, Tanner Christian of Woonsocket started a new season of bull riding. He participated in the Bulls and Broncs event in Sioux Falls in the novice division of the Raise ‘Em Rank series. Ten riders competed for the buckle, but only two covered their bull, and Christian won the event with a score of 76 for his ride. The season is just getting started with it really getting rolling late spring/early summer and going into the fall. 

…See a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

The Woonsocket Community Theatre is ready to present a comedy play, called “Anti-Biotic” by Keith Passmore on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3:30 p.m. Bars and hot apple cider will be offered free of charge by the Community Club for Saturday’s performance only. Enjoy your time, and support the cast for their hard work on this hilarious production and see the new curtains that were purchased.  No advanced tickets will be sold. Admission for the play is $10. All events will be held at the Community Event Center in Woonsocket.  Money raised will go towards community stage improvements.

In this hospital comedy script in two acts, Wally, who is an elderly man and a member of the great unwashed, creates havoc in the male ward, whilst an unfortunate male patient who is having a problem with his genitals is placed in the female ward due to overcrowding. Back in the female ward, the patients discover that two of them know the same man (rather well) and only one of them is married to him!

The cast and crew is includes Lisa Snedeker, Laura Freeman, Joe Davis, Becky Potrament, Jim Feistner, Kadin Schlenker, Abi Fry, Jordan Voneye and Tom Fouberg, Carrie Howard, Kathy McWhorter, Jason VonEye, April Larson, Jack Davis Connie Feistner, Bella Fry, and directors Bernie Davis and Emily George.

The Woonsocket Community Theatre and Event Center would like to thank the family of John Davis for the donation towards the curtains.

…See a picture of the cast in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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