Homecoming Week finally arrived in Wessington Springs this week after being postponed last month due to COVID-19 exposures and concerns within the school community.
From the halls of WSHS we begin our Artist's Corner for the school year. It has been wonderful being able to see the art students in person and get the year off to a great start! The first project we bring is from Advanced Art III senior, Mackenzie Roduner. Mackenzie chose to make her own st…
Spartans bring home four top awards including first overall
The future of golf in Jerauld County looks especially bright, after 21 youth-adult teams participated in a tournament Sunday at the Springs Country Club. Mild fall weather and abundant sunshine graced the golf course during the best ball tournament that was followed by a meal, fellowship and…
The Springs Country Club served as the venue last week as the Spartans hosted a regional cross country meet. Varsity runner AJ Neely fights for the lead early on. Results and the full recap from Coach Becky Krueger will appear in next week's True Dakotan.
The Jerauld County Trap Club along with local HuntSAFE instructors announced this week that the popular youth hunting safety course will not be held in person this year due to concerns around COVID-19.
After learning remotely last spring and navigating a strange summer due to concerns around the coronavirus, smiles and excitement couldn’t be contained as students and teachers returned to school last week. Friends and classmates greeted each other in front of the middle/high school last Wed…
On Friday in Forestburg, the Woonsocket/Wessington Springs/Sanborn Central Blackhawks opened up the season with a SESD conference victory over the Chamberlain Cubs 14-0.
Jerauld-Buffalo County Achievement Days took place on August 3-5, 2020. The first day took youth out to the 4-H barn to exhibit livestock. Entries were judged by Jeff VanderWal of Brentford, SD and poultry and rabbits were evaluated by Andy Jensen of Chester, SD.
Laughter roared through the grandstand as a group of local teener baseball players made up of close friends walked down memory lane together, pouring over the trophies, medals and awards they won together over the past three years. Their camaraderie is evident and from what their coaches say…
In game one of the South Dakota VFW 16U State tournament Wessington Springs played Canova. Canova scored first in the third inning on a Springs throwing error. Wessington Springs came back in the fifth inning and scored two runs to take the lead 2-1. Canova then scored in the top of the s…
Area youth wowed the judges in Monday’s culinary “Top Chef” competition held at the Ag Building in Wessington Springs. Kids drew a letter and a sweet or savory card to determine which dish to make for judges Deputy Paul Sheldon and Sheriff Jason Weber (above). Teagan Scheel, (above right) d…
The Wessington Springs 16U VFW Teeners thrilled local fans during tournament play Monday and Tuesday at home, coming out on top Monday against the FH Hitmen 4-3 and again versus Clark area on Tuesday 1-0, catapulting Springs into the championships, slated for Wednesday at 3 p.m. The team is …
Springs to Host VFW Teener Baseball Tourney next week
Tournament Results
Swimmers embrace new safety measures
As with many aspects of life during this unsettling time, uncertainty surrounded Little League Baseball season for area youth. Last week, however, some normalcy returned to the summer season as families cheered on kids at minors and majors baseball games against Kimball-White Lake at home. S…
Parents ask to register kids by June 29
Despite the unfortunate cancellation of the National Junior High Finals Rodeo, the South Dakota Junior High Rodeo Association chose to go forward with the state's finals event The rodeo was held May 22 and 23 in Rapid City, SD.
Despite daily schedule changes, summer ball season begins to come together
Six high-school seniors from Our Savior's Lutheran Church recently received quilts in an informal ceremony outside the church building.
Judged on an in-depth series of interviews, FFA record books and detailed information about his own cattle herd, Wessington Springs High School graduate Landon Wolter took home the coveted State Star Farmer prize.
Despite prom being canceled this year due to COVID-19, several WSHS seniors went ahead with the coveted prom dress/tuxedo photo. Shown above is WSHS senior Taylor Nelson.
Due to COVID-19, in lieu of an in-person, traditional graduation ceremony, Wessington Springs High School (WSHS) Principal Jason Kolousek announced that WSHS graduates will be honored with a procession in the elementary school parking lot east of the gym on May 16 at 3 p.m.
Opportunities available to sponsor WSHS seniors
While remote learning due to COVID-19, Connie McLaughlin organized an opportunity for her fifth graders to participate in a Zoom video conference call with Lauren Tarshis, author of New York Times bestselling series “I Survived.” Tarshis is shown at center in the lowest row, surrounded by im…
Shown above, Easter eggs and teddy bears fill the windows of local daycare center "Kelsey's Klubhouse." A popular activity for young children and their parents during social distancing has been scavenger hunting for a variety of stuffed animals and drawings of teddy bears perched in windows.…
Uplifting and practical messages (“South Dakota Strong” and “Wash your hands”) adorn windows along Main Street. JR Hine takes a break during a bike ride to check out the teddy bear in the window. A popular activity for young children and their parents during social distancing has been scaven…
On the heels of Tuesday’s announcement by Governor Kristi Noem that South Dakota schools will remain closed until May, Wessington Springs Schools Superintendent Dr. Pandi Pittman announced a new plan for remote learning and school meals.
Senior project aims to grow the future of winter park activities
Spartans fans of all ages lined Highway 34 as the boys basketball team made its way east via fire truck escort to Colman-Egan High School in Colman to take on DeSmet in the Region 3 Basketball Tournament last Friday. To make it to that place in the tournament, Wessington Springs scored 29 po…
Wessington Springs-Woonsocket-Wolsey-Wessington wrestlers Landon Wolter, Quinten Christensen, Seth Tebay and Keagan Haider competed at the state wrestling tournament held in Sioux Falls last week.
Last week the girls varsity basketball team lost two games.
Wessington Springs took down Miller 53-45 for its 10th boys basketball win of the season last Thursday.
Spartan boys basketball makes big strides on the seasonGood communication and “all out hustle” is the name of the game when it comes to Spartan boys basketball coach Joey Mitchell’s philosophy. “Our first game of the season, we had a ton of turnovers and we didn’t play very well, we gave up…
Hundreds of youth wrestling fans from across the state filled the Wessington Springs Elementary School gymnasium Friday night to cheer on wrestlers ranging in age from preschool to seventh grade. Three rounds of matches made up of wrestlers from Pierre, Miller, Redfield, Ipswich, Gettysburg,…
Last Friday, Wessington Springs robotics club coaches Julie Bruckner, Katie Jackson and Spartan Bots member Holden Jackson practiced the 4-8 grade team’s robot run in front of an audience of junior robotics team members made up of Kindergarten - third graders. Newly formed this year, the jun…
Home wrestling action was in full swing last Thursday evening, as Wessington Springs hosted Kimball/White Lake/Platte-Geddes, Warner/Northwestern and Howard in a quadrangular. WSWWW went 2-1 on the day, topping Howard 45-11 and Warner/Northwestern 60-9. Seth Tebay scored two wins, Howard’s…
BY GIRLS BASKETBALL HEAD COACH JASON KOLOUSEK
Mark the calendar for the one and only home wrestling quad, slated for January 16 at 5 p.m. in Wessington Springs.
As we head into 2020 and the full chill of winter, the Spartan sports schedule lends an opportunity to support student athletes and heat up chilly nights. . The complete sports schedule for the upcoming month can be found in the January community calendar inserted into this week's print issu…
The Spartan Girls basketball team picked up their first win of the season on Tuesday, December 17 over Iroquois/Doland by a score of 36-25. Through three quarters, it was a close game with Iroquois/Doland leading by a score of 22-20 going into the fourth quarter. However, the Spartans p…
The Spartan Girls Basketball team began their 2019-20 season with a 59-21 loss to Bridgewater-Emery on Saturday here at Wessington Springs. Piper Jones led the Spartans in scoring with 10 points. Grace Gran had four rebounds.
Holiday cheer in Jerauld County kicked up a notch last Friday evening as Wessington Springs School District K-12 students took the stage to perform “A Holiday Extravaganza” at the elementary school gymnasium.
From the halls of WSHS, we bring a pencil drawing to this week’s Artist’s Corner! This week’s project was created by Advanced Art IV Senior, Emma Lammey.
Four WSHS students selected for All-State Chorus
4-H beef project enthusiasts packed the Jerauld-Buffalo County 4-H grounds on a cold rainy Sunday, November, 3, 2019, to participate in the Eleventh Annual Springs Showdown Calf Show.
The Wessington Springs Elementary School Robotics team, along with help from their families and community members, recently participated in a snow hill clean-up day in the city park in Wessington Springs.
Telling “Our Story”
A big crowd decked out in pink filled the gym for the Lady Spartan volleyball game vs. Wolsey/Wessington Friday night. Thursday’s game was held in conjunction with Volley for a Cure, a cancer awareness event that raises thousands for Weskota Foundation's Cancer Awareness fund. The fund prov…
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