6th Grade Cross Country practice will begin on Monday, August 23rd after school at the Yankton Middle School. Parents need to fill out the Athletics Online Form which can be found on the YSD website Activities Department under Activities forms.
PARENTS: Reminder to sign up for In Town Busing before the start of school! Signing up before the start of school ensures that your student receives a bus pass and has a seat on the bus to school. Please go to https://www.ysd.k12.sd.us/apps/pages/Transportation-Busing to find the In Town Busing form and waiver. The request form and waiver can also be picked up at the Yankton School District Administration office located at 2410 West City Limits Road. Return the forms to the District Administration office as soon as possible.
Cross Country practice for all runners grades 7-12th begins this Thursday at 8 AM. We will be meeting in the YHS gymnastics room. Athletes will need to turn in their physical forms at practice. For any questions about necessary paperwork check with the YHS activities office.
Come see the YHS Dance Team & Competitive Cheer Team preview night on Tuesday, August 10th at 7:30 in the YHS Gym. Admission is a case of water or Powerade.
Varsity football starts one week from today. Final reminder that a completed physical or recert will need to be turned into your coaches to practice that day. Physical forms can be found on the school activities page yhs.ysd.k12.sd.us/apps/pages/ind…
Last day of gazelle basketball middle school and high school open gym! Excited for fall activities to start and eventually the winter season!
Go GREAT Gazelles!
FRESHMEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS:
Equipment checkout will be 10:30 am August 7th in the athletic hallway at YHS.
First practice will be on August 16th at 4:00pm. Please help spread the word!
Looking for the school supply list? Go to https://bit.ly/3BMtrg9 to see what your student needs for school.
YHS Dance Team helped out Yankton Area Arts with the Meridian En Blanc. Great night to make art happen.
Great job Gazelles golfers! Great playing today to move up 2 places to get 6th place at state! Congrats to Halle Stephenson & Jillian Eidsness who placed 12th & 23rd individually!
YHS Dance Team Car Wash this Saturday, June 12 from 10:30-2:30 at HyVee Gas in Yankton. Free will donation. Bring us your dirty cars & we will make them shine!
Gazelle Basketball finished up a week of camp for 1st - 12th graders today!!! Kids did great! Coaches had a blast! Coach Krier lost his voice!!! Thanks to our group of seniors who helped out with the younger groups!!! Looking forward to more time in the gym this summer!!! :-)
For the third straight year Matthew Mors has been selected as the SOUTH DAKOTA GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR! Congratulations Matthew!
We continued with an 8th place finish in the 300 m hurdles for Cody Oswald and a 4th place finish for Sydnee Serck in the 800.
It was another great day for the Bucks and Gazelles. It started off with an 8th place finish in the shot put for Carson Haak. Austin Gobel placed 4th in the 400 m dash. Annika Gordon took 4th, while Shae Rumsey took 3rd in the girl’s 400.
What a way to end the day—our girl’s 4 x 400 team of Shae Rumsey, Josie Jensen, Sydnee Serck, and Annika Gordon won the AA gold medal and the overall gold medal for all classes. Unbelievable finish! Way to go, girls!!
What a great day at State! We have some place winners on day 1. Girl’s 4 x 800 team of Annika Gordon, Thea Chance, Shae Rumsey and Sydnee Serck placed 2nd. Tierney Faulk placed 6th in the triple jump.
And more boy’s place winners for day 1: Cody Oswald placed 3rd in the 110 m hurdles and Carson Haak got 5th in the discus and Bodie Rutledge got 8th in the discus.
Now for the boy’s place winners on day 1: boy’s 4 x 800 placed 8th, Austin Gobel placed 7th in the 100 m dash, and Zach Fedde placed 3rd in the 3200.
Yankton Bucks and Gazelles up and at ‘em getting ready for the day. Track and field events both start at 3:00 in Sturgis. Best of luck to all athletes. Go get it!!
