Sanborn Journal

JH Blackhawks hoop it up at weekend tournament

SCW boys defeat WS, JVC to win

By: admin
Published January 12, 2024, in Headline News, Sports

On Saturday, Jan. 6, the girls’ and boys’ junior high basketball teams traveled to Huron to participate in the James Valley Christian tournament. The SCW girls took third place with a record of 1-1 in the tournament, and the SCW boys placed first with a 2-0 record, defeating Wessington Springs and James Valley Christian.

The girls kicked off the morning of games. The young Lady Blackhawks played hard in a close matchup with Wessington Springs but came up short losing their first game with a score 18-19. In their second game, the Lady Blackhawks played the Mitchell Christian Eagles. They got off to an early lead and never looked back, defeating the Eagles 39-10.

The SCW boys’ first game of the tournament was against Wessington Springs. The boys hit the court running and jumped off to a quick lead that they never gave up, winning with a final score of 36 SCW, 15 WS. The win brought them up against the James Valley Christian Vikings to determine the tournament’s winner. Once again, the Blackhawk boys started the game with the lead that expanded to 13 points by half time. The young JVC boys tried to make a comeback in the second half, but the SCW boys held them off to win the game and the tournament with a final score, 35-34.

…See teams pictures and pictures of the games in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

Farrell-Poncelet wins National Citizenship Award

By: admin
Published January 12, 2024, in Headline News, School

The Department of South Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary are proud to announce that Susan Farrell-Poncelet, middle and high school English teacher at Sanborn Central, has won the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) National Citizenship Education Teacher Award for the 2023-24 Command Year in South Dakota.

This award is given to the teacher who best promotes civic responsiblity, flag etiquette and patriotism.

Each year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars selects elementary, middle and high school teachers to participate in the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher program. VFW Post Teacher Award Chairpersons may submit one candidate in each grade level to their District. The Department then selects a single candidate in each grade level and submits them to VFW National Headquarters for national judging. Department Teacher winners that are received at National Headquarters receive a VFW National citation for both the winning teacher and their school.

According to Corey Flatten, superintendent at Sanborn Central, “[Susan Farrell-Poncelet] has always been an A+ teacher in our books, wearing many hats, but she has won this award because of her abilities as a teacher to change society one day and one student at a time.”

Farrell-Poncelet has been invited to the awards program in Pierre on Jan. 21-22 where winners of Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen, and Teacher of the Year will receive their awards.