Wolsey-Wessington girls edge Lady Patriots for 281 title

Hitchcock-Tulare boys pull away to win conference championship

May 14, 2026

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Wolsey-Wessington’s Sawyer Nelson clears the final hurdle en route to a victory in the boys’ 110-meter hurdles during the 281 Conference Meet on Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.

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Sanborn Central/Woonsockets Liz Boschee takes off after getting the baton from teammate Lainey Goertz during the girls’ medley relay in the 281 Conference Meet on Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.

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Rayson Timm of Iroquois/Lake Preston competes in the boys’ shot put during the 281 Conference Meet on Tuesday at Tiger Stadium. He won the event.

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Autumn Fallis of Highmore-Harrold leads the girls’ 3,200 race en route to the victory.

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Logan LaBrie of Hitchcock-Tulare records the win in the boys’ 200 race on Tuesday.

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Hadlee Holt of Iroquois/Lake Preston competes in the girls’ discus. She won the event.

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Giddeon Waldner of James Valley Christian hands the baton to teammate Asher Kasperson during the boys’ medley relay on Tuesday.

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Tess Hinman of Sunshine Bible Academy wins the girls’ 200 race during Tuesday’s meet.

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Wolsey-Wessington’s Caleb Richmond takes the baton from teammate Breydyn Skipper during the boys’ medley relay.

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Lainey Goertz of Sanborn Central/Woonsocket clears the final hurdles en route to a win in the girls’ 300 hurdles on Tuesday in the 281 Conference Meet at Tiger Stadium.

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Sunshine Bible Academy’s Dalton Hinman competes in the boys’ 800 run.

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BY PLAINSMAN STAFF

HURON — It came down to the final event to decide the girls’ champion at the 281 Conference Track Meet, which was held Tuesday at Tiger Stadium.

Hitchcock-Tulare held a 1-point edge over Wolsey-Wessington heading into the 1,600-meter relay. The Lady Warbirds would finish in second place in the event, while Hitchcock-Tulare was fifth. The Wolsey-Wessington girls tallied a winning total of 143 points, while the Lady Patriots were second with 140.

James Valley Christian was third in the final girls’ standings with 99, while Sunshine Bible Academy was fourth at 87.

Rounding out the field of teams were Highmore-Harrold at 74, Iroquois/Lake Preston at 70; Sanborn Central/Woonsocket at 68 and Wessington Springs at 64.

Hitchcock-Tulare didn’t leave an opportunity for any of the other teams to catch them late in the meet in the race for the boys’ conference title.

The Patriots pulled away to secure the 281 boys’ championship with 155 points.

James Valley Christian was second in the final boys’ standings with 124, while Wolsey-Wessingotn was third at 118 and Wessington Springs was fourth at 112.

Iroquois/Lake Preston was fifth at 97, followed by Sunshine Bible Academy at 60, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket at 50 and Highmore-Harrold at 20.

Selected as the 2026 Carr Chiropractic/Rich Starsburg Senior MVP award winners at the meet were Liz Boschee of Sanborn Central/Woonsocket and Sawyer Nelson of Wolsey-Wessington.

Boschee won the girls’ 100 hurdles, javelin and high jump events, along with being a member of the winning medley relay team of the Lady Blackhawks.

Nelson won the 110 hurdles and javelin events for the Warbirds. He was also second in the 300 hurdles and a member of the winning 1,600 relay team.

281 Conference Track Meet

May 12 at Tiger Stadium in Huron

Boys

Team scores: 1, Hitchcock-Tulare 155; 2, James Valley Christian 124; 3, Wolsey-Wessington 118; 4, Wessington Springs 112; 5, Iroquois.Lake Preton 97; 6, Sunshine Bible Academy 60’ 7. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 50; 8, Highmore-Harrold 20.

Individual events

100: 1, Logan LaBrie, HT, 11.15; 2, Isaac Wipf, JVC< 11.62; 3, Devin Enander, HT, 11.66; 4, Teegan Eggleston, SCW, 11.71; 5, Aiden Query, ILP, 12.04; 6, Penuel Richmond, WW, 12.08; 7, Josiah Malone, WW, 12.40; 8, Carter Crump, SBA, 12.44.

200: 1, Logan LaBrie, HT, 22.83; 2, Isaac Wipf, JVC, 24.25; 3, Nathan Gaikowski, WS, 24.28; 4, Teegan Eggleston, SCW, 24.34; 5, Devin Enander, HT, 24.61; 6, Penuel Richmond, WW, 24.86; 7, Rio Zaher, WW, 25.00; 8, Hudson Hansen, HT, 25.19.

400: 1, Isaac Wipf, JVC, 55.13; 2, Jackson Wolter, SCW, 55.57; 3, Josiah Stiegelmeier, SBA, 57.57; 4, Hudson Hansen, HT, 58.38; 5, Owen Wienk, ILP, 59.90; 6, Tate Koester, WW, 1:00.89; 7, Ezra Anson, WS, 1:01.62; 8, Kohen Mebius, WS, 1:)7.72.

800: 1, Kaden Ober, JVC, 2:06.72; 2, Max Mebius, WS, 2:14.53; 3, Levi Crandall, JVC, 2:15.17; 4, Kolby VanDerWerff, JVC, 2:15.29; 5, Case Carlson, ILP, 2:16.60; 6, Jordan Erfman, HH, 2:24.10; 7, Tate Koester, WW, 2:25.98; 8, Mathias Lindgren, SCW, 2:35.97.

1,600: 1, Levi Crandall, JVC, 2:57.79; 2, Kaden Ober, JVC, 4:58.39; 3, Kolby VanDerWerff, JVC, 5:02.47; 4, Sutten Jensen, WS, 5:08.98; 5, Case Carlson, ILP, 5:11.77; 6, Brooks McPeak, HH, 5:20.87; 7, Jase Bult, WW, 5:42.75; 8, Westin White, SCW, 5:56.69.

3,200: 1, Kaden Ober, JVC, 11:07.04; 2, Levi Crandall, JVC, 11:33.18; 3, Kolby VanDerWerff, JVC, 11:39.70; 4, Sutten Jensen, WS, 11:41.04; 5, Case Carlson, ILP, 12:09.83; 6, Kasen Ober, JVC, 12:23.66; 7, Shane Waikel, ILP, 13:13.95; 8, Brady Wipf, JVC, 13:49.39.

110 hurdles: 1, Sawyer Nelson, WW, 16.93; 2, Carter Arbeiter, ILP, 18.86; 3, Brycen Blue, ILP, 19.75; 4, Chase Wenzel, WS, 20.73; 5, Seth Smith, HT, 20.75; 6, Keaton Hasty, WS, 22.70.

300 hurdles: 1, Logan LaBrie, HT, 44.06; 2, Sawyer Nelson, WW, 45.13; 3, Jordan Erfman, HH, 50.18; 4, Carter Arbeiter, ILP, 52.70; 5, Chase Wenzel, WS, 52.80; 6, Brycen Blue, ILP, 54.23; 7, Keaton Hasty, WS, 55.29; 8, Seth Smith, HT, 56.60.

400 relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington 47.83; 2, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 48.50; 3, Hitchcock-Tualre 48.99; 4, Sunshine Bible Academy 50.06; 5, Wessington Springs 50.95; 6, Iroquois/Lake Preston 52.58; 7, James Valley Christian 56.33.

800 relay: 1, Wessington Springs 1:38.97; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 1:39.74; 3, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 1:42.42; 4, Hitchcock-Tulare 1:42.76; 5, Iroquois/Lake Preston 1:45.81; 6, James Valley Christian 1:48.46; 7, Highmore-Harrold 1:49.07; 8, Sunshine Bible Academy 1:49.09.

1,600 relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington 3:46.90; 2, Sunshine Bible Academey 3:52.14; 3, Highmore-Harrold 4:00.02; 4, Hitchcock-Tulare 4:01.20; 5, James Valley Christian 4:08.11; 6, Iroquois/Lake Preston 4:13.90.

3,200 relay: 1, Sunshine Bible Academy 9:12.41; 2, Wessington Springs 9:15.41; 3, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 10:40.96; 4, James Valley Christian 10:47.65; 5, Iroquois/Lake Preston 10:52.60.

Medley relay: 1, Wessington Springs 3:52.62; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 3:56.73; 3, Sunshine Bible Academy 4:18.84; 4, James Valley Christian 4:19.76; 5, Hitchcock-Tulare 4:34.74.

Shot put: 1, Rayson Timm, ILP, 43-7.25; 2, Hunter Fenske, SCW, 42-8; 3, Grady Gran, WS, 40-11.5; 4, Dalton Rathjen, HT, 40-3; 5, Jaspur Gran, WS, 39-0.5; 6, Patrick Maynard, HT, 37-10.75; 7, Ryder Jensen, WW, 36-1.75; 8, Isaac Hague, SBA, 35-7.5.

Discus: 1, Rexton Blue, ILP, 134-5; 2, Ryder Jensen, WW, 131-8; 3, Dalton Rathjen, HT, 120-9; 4, Ben Curd, ILP, 116-3; 5, Tucker Gilbert, HT, 109-11; 6, Grady Gran, WS, 108-7; 7, Jaspur Gran, WS, 105-11; 8, Rayson Timm, ILP, 103-10.

Javelin: 1, Sawyer Nelson, WW, 126-2; 2, Patrick Maynard, HT, 124-4; 3, Jaspur Gran, WS, 123-7; 4, Keeghan Hood, JVC, 121-9; 5, Jacob Hague, SBA, 119-10; 6, Welsey Molnar, WS, 118-6; 7, Nathan Gaikowski, WS, 117-5; ; 8, Brandan Evans, SCW, 116-9.

High jump: 1, Carson Finn, WS, 6-1; 2, Deegan Moes, HT, 5-7; 3, Josiah Malone, WW, 5-7; 4, Tarrence Mickelson, SBA, 5-5; 5, Demone Odum, WW, 5-5; 6, Keaton Hasty, WS, 5-3; 7, Toby Mickelson, SBA, 5-3; 8, Gavin Scofield, SCW, 5-3.

Pole vault: 1, Seth Smith, HT, 8-6; 2, Tristan Nowell, HT, 7-6. Long jump: 1, Devin Enander, HT, 21-2.5; 2, Josiah Malone, WW, 19-6.5; 3, Lucas Peskey, ILP, 19-5; 4, IsaacWipf, JVC, 19-4; 5, Demone Odum, WW, 18-2.25; 6, Jase Bult, WW, 17-9.25; 7, Penuel Richmond, WW, 17-8; 8, Peyton Hope, ILP, 17-0.

Triple jump: 1, Logan LaBrie, HT, 40-5.75; 2, Tarrence Mickelson, SBA, 38-9; 3, Brecken Estey, HT, 35-4; 4, David Bixler, HT, 31-11.5; 5, Tade Menzel, ILP, 29-10; 6, Avery Hall, SBA, 29-9.75.

Girls

Team scores: 1, Wolsey-Wessington 143; 2, Hitchcock-Tulare 140; 3, James Valley Christian 99; 4, Sunshine Bible Academy 87; 5, Highmore-Harrold 74; 6, Iroquois/Lake Preston 70; 7, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 68; 8, Wessington Springs 64.

Individual events

100: 1, Tessa Hinman, SBA, 12.98; 2, Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 13.23; 3, Danika Peterson, WW, 13.56; 4, Dakota Boersma, SBA, 13.63; 5, Harper Fliehe, HT, 13.79; 6, Eastlyn Burton, WW, 13.86; 7, Dara Olowu-Davies, JVC, 14.25; 8, Kenley Miedema, WW, 14.44.

200: 1, Tessa Hinman, SBA, 27.46; 2, Whitley Baloun, HH, 27.90; 3, Dakota Boersma, SBA, 28.06; 4, Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 28.40; 5, Kaylie LaBrie, HT, 28.50; 6, Eastlyn Burton, WW, 29.44; 7, Autumn Stahl, JVC, 29.55; 8, Dara Olowu-Davies, JVC, 29.72.

400: 1, Kenzie Kolousek, WS, 59.52; 2, Ciera Mickelson, SBA, 1:03.87; 3, Abby Huntsinger, WW, 1:04.89; 4, Daraby Boersma, SBA, 1:06.07; 5, Logan Mohling, WS, 1:07.47; 6, Mykelti Olson, JVC, 1:07.64; 7, Soleil Mickelson, SBA, 1:07.94; 8, RaeAnna Knock, HT, 1:11.11.

800: 1, Kendal Uttecht, WW, 2:26.52; 2, Kenzie Kolousek, WS, 2:32.66; 3, Emma Salathe, HH, 2:37.80; 4, Soleil Mickelson, SBA, 2:40.50; 5, Hadasah Olson, JVC, 2:40.67; 6, Khloe Olson, ILP, 2:49.04; 7, Mykelti Olson, JVC, 2:50.53; 8, Karina Wipf, SBA, 2:50.68.

1,600: 1, Emrie VonEye, SCW, 5:37.10; 2, Hadasah Olson, JVC, 5:$0.14; 3, Autumn Fallis, HH, 5:45.86; 4, Rylin Wipf, JVC, 6:19.37; 5, Khloe Olson, ILP, 6:23.81; 6, Lilly Faul, JVC, 6:24.42; 7, Mya Flemming, WW, 6:49.50; 8, Heidi Carlson, ILP, 6:56.29.

3,200: 1, Autumn Fallis, HH, 13:15.13; 2, Hadasah Olson, JVC, 13:44.23; 3, Addy Ihnen, HT, 14:32.71; 4, Lilly Faul, JVC, 14:55.27; 5, Micaiah Brantner, JVC, 15:29.12; 6, Vera Lind, WW, 15:55.72; 7, Masynn Mebius, WS, 16:31.58.

100 hurdles: 1, Liz Boschee, SCW, 16.16; 2, Lainey Goertz, SCW, 16.29; 3, Dara Olowu-Davies, JVC, 16.86; 4, Aunnika Heumiller, WS, 18.93; 5, Janiyah Waldner, JVC, 18.98; 6, Alise Hope, ILP, 19.06; 7, Daytona Finch, WW, 19.44; 8, Avah Newman, ILP, 20.68.

300 hurdles: 1, Lainey Goertz, SCW, 49.91; 2, Whitley Baloun, HH, 50.83; 3, Dara Olowu-Davies, JVC, 52.47; 4, Kaylie LaBrie, HT, 53.62; 5, Janiyah Waldner, JVC, 53.98; 6, Alise Hope, ILP, 54.33; 7, Aunnika Heumiller, WS, 56.33; 8, Tyla Boomsma, WW, 59.05.

400 relay: 1, Wolsey-Wessington 53.97; 2, Hitchcock-Tualre 56.13; 3, Highmore-Harrold 1:00.93; 4, James Valley Christian 1:02.57; 5, Iroquois/Lake Preston 1:11.99.

800 relay: 1, Sunshine Bible Academy 1:53.23; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 1:53.64; 3, Hitchcock-Tulare 2:02.11; 4, Wessington Springs 2:04.71; 5, Iroquois/Lake Preston 2:05.58; 6, Highmore-Harrold 2:07.27; 7, James Valley Christian 2:13.30.

1,600 relay: 1, Sunshine Bible Academy 4:20.11; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 4:23.10; 3, Wessington Springs 4:39.01; 4, Highmore-Harrold 4:41.13; 5, Hitchcock-Tulare 4:44.98; 6, James Valley Christian 4:52.32.

3,200 relay: 1, Hitchcock-Tulare 11:19.84; 2, James Valley Christian 11:33.39; 3, Wolsey-Wessington 11:52.28; 4, Highmore-Harrold 12:07.07; 5, Wessington Springs 12:32.01.

Medley relay: 1, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 4:45.67; 2, Wolsey-Wessington 5:07.88; 3, Hitchcock-Tulare 5:16.16; 4, James Valley Christian 5:23.34; 5, Wessington Springs 5:39.76.

Shot put: 1, Hadlee Holt, ILP, 41-11.75; 2, Anna Arhart, WS, 33-11.5; 3, Bentlee Holt, ILP, 32-10; 4, Rebecca Huizenga, HT, 32-9.75; 5, Kenly Hooks, HT, 32-0; 6, Laina Puffer, HT, 31-7; 7, Elisabeth Hamilton, JVC, 30-5; 8, Maria Nelson, WW, 29-1.5.

Discus: 1, Hadlee Holt, ILP, 129-8; 2, Kenli Hooks, HT, 107-11; 3, Anna Arhart, WS, 98-10; 4, Bentlee Holt, ILP, 93-9; 5, Destiny McCauley, HH, 90-11; 6, Rebecca Huizenga, HT, 88-9; 7, Kaydence Sievers, WW, 85-9; 8, Maria Nelson, WW, 83-10.

Javelin: 1, Liz Boschee, SCW, 137-3; 2, Shae Uttecht, WW, 101-9; 3, Keilee Schone, HT, 94-5; 4, Destiny McCauley, HH, 93-11; 5, Cora Hofer, HT, 86-4; 6, Taylor Eichstadt, WW, 82-7; 7, Carly Stephenson, HH, 82-6; 8, Kylee Rose, WW, 80-7.

High jump: 1, Liz Boschee, SCW, 5-2; 2, Ciera Mickelson, SBA, 4-9; 3, Autumn Fallis, HH, 4-9; 4, Soleil Mickelson, SBA, 4-7; 5, Abby Huntsinger, WW, 4-5; 6, Manon Houze, WW, 4-5; 7, Sidney Stoddard, SBA, 3-11.

Pole vault: 1, Marley Boomsma, WW, 7-0; 2, Timber Haeder, WW, 7-0; 3, Peyton Knox, HT, 6-6; 4, Lily Toupal, WW, 6-0; 5, Kenley Miedema, WW, 6-0.

Long jump: 1, Emmerie Arthurs, HT, 16-2; 2, Manon Houze, WW, 14-6.25; 3, Alise Hope, ILP, 14-5.75; 4, Timber Haeder, WW, 14-3; 5, Harper Fliehe, HT, 13-9.5; 6, Cora Hofer, HT, 13-9.5; 7, Marley Boomsma, WW, 13-8; 8, Rylee Knock, HT, 13-6.

Triple jump: 1, RaeAnna Knock, HT, 30-11.5; 2, Alise Hope, ILP; 3, Eliana Van Scharrel, JVC, 30-0; 4, Arianna Langbehn, WW, 28-7.5; 5, Addy Ihnen, HT, 27-2.25; 6, Rylee Knock, HT, 27-2; 7, Brianna Blue, ILP, 24-5.5.

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One response to “Wolsey-Wessington girls edge Lady Patriots for 281 title”

Tara

May 16, 2026

Wow, what an incredible finish for the Wolsey-Wessington girls! Coming down to the very last event is as thrilling as it gets for high school track. Seeing Sawyer Nelson and Liz Boschee take home the MVP awards is well-deserved given their dominant performances across multiple events. Since this meet had so much local excitement and shifting odds right up to the 1,600-meter relay, does anyone know if local platforms or sites like https://guiadebetsafeperu.com/apuestas/dota-2 ever include regional North Dakota/South Dakota high school championship events or regional sports in their specialty sports markets, or is it strictly limited to major professional esports and traditional leagues?

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