On Monday, April 15, the junior high Blackhawks track team traveled to Wessington Springs to participate in their second meet of the year. The day was sunny and windy for the tracksters to compete in.

Individuals in the seventh-grade division who placed in the top four of their events are as follows: Carley Edwards – third in shot put (19 ft. 6.5 in.), fourth in discus (43 ft. 7 in.); Sawyer Larson – first place in the 400M dash (1:16.1), second in long jump (11 ft. 6.75 in.); Gavin Scofield – fourth in 100M dash (15.75 seconds).

Relay teams in the seventh-grade division who placed for the girls were: medley (Kaidence Fridley, Evie Olson, Cheyann Larson, Sawyer Larson), second place, 2:26.1; 4X100M (Cheyann Larson, Brooklyn Larson, Kaidence Fridley, Evie Olson), third place, 1:03.8.

Individuals in the eighth-grade division who placed in the top four of their events were: Kaylee Viktora – first in shot put (26 ft. 5.5 in.); McKenzie Uecker – second in shot put (25 ft. 10 in.), fourth in discus (62 ft. 9 in.); Teagen Eggleston – first in 400M dash (1:03.1); Westen White – third in 400M dash (1:06.0); Ledoux Bracha – fourth in 400M dash (1:10.1).

The relay team in the eighth-grade girls division who placed were: 4X200M (Evie O., Cheyann L., Ramsey Fouberg and Kaidence F.), third place, 2:17.0.

Relay teams in the eighth-grade boys division who placed were: medley (Mathias Lindgren, Ledoux Bracha, Westen White, Teagen Eggleston), first place, 2:07.7; 4X100M (Bracha, White, Eggleston, and Gavin Scofield), first place, 55.90 seconds; 4X200M (Bracha, Scofield, White, Eggleston), first place, 2:00.21.

The junior high team traveled to Alexandria to participate in the Hanson Eager Beaver meet on Monday, April 22, and then head to Wessington Springs again on Monday, April 29, to compete in the 281 Conference meet.

The Blackhawks varsity team was supposed to participate in two track meets last week, the Howard Relays in Howard and the Greenway Relays in Mt. Vernon; however, rain led to both meets being canceled. To replace the missed track meets, the varsity SCW team joined a meet in Miller on Tuesday, April 23, and they then travel to Miller for a second time in a week to compete in the Rearick/Warbird Relays on Friday, April 26.

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

On Tuesday, April 9, the SCW Blackhawks enjoyed their first official varsity track meet of the season in Chester.  It was a good start for the Blackhawks with the boys’ team finishing in fifth place and the girls ending the day in seventh place as a team.

The weather has been a little uncooperative with the first track meets for both the varsity and junior high having to be cancelled, but it looks like things should start to get going for the Blackhawk tracksters. The high winds and rainy forecast did cancel the Howard Relays that were supposed to take place on Tuesday, April 16, but hopefully things will die down weatherwise, and the spring schedules can get back on track. If so, the varsity team will be competing in the Greenway Relays in Mt. Vernon on Friday, April 19, and the junior high kids will be in Alexandria for the Hanson Eager Beaver meet on Monday, April 22.

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

Sanborn County 4-H Shooting Sports is enjoying a successful season learning safety, reaching personal bests, breaking county records and qualifying for the State Shoot. There is currently 42 4-H members qualified for the State Shoot in 123 various disciplines. The gun disciplines include BB Gun (BB), Air Pistol (AP), Air Rifle (AR), .22 CMP Rifle (22CMP), .22 3-Position Rifle (22-3P), and .22 Pistol (22P). Archery disciplines include Compound Bow Without Sights (CWOS), Compound Without Sights with Release (CWOS-R), Compound With Sights (CWS), Compound With Sights with Release (CWS-R), Recurve Bow With Sights (RWS), Recurve Without Sights (RWOS), and Compound Open (C-Open).

Congratulations to these Sanborn County 4-H Shooting Sports record breakers in Archery! Kash Kilcoin set a new record in RWS Beginner with 120.03, crushing the record set by Carter Christian in 2017 at 105. Riley Kneen has a new record in RWS Senior with 131.06, edging out the record set by Toby Kneen in 2023 with 131.05. Whitney Hagman has taken the record in CWOS with 98.02 nudging out the record set in 2022 by Carter Christian with 96.04.

     In Guns, we first congratulate Hannah Hinker who set a new record in BB Gun Beginner Girls with a 354.11, breaking the record set by Baylee Rostyne in 2023 with 353.07. Two weeks later, Harper Torgerson set a new record in BB Gun Beginner Girls with 357.07, taking out the record just set by Hannah Hinker.

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