Our last YHS Softball Spotlight is #36 third baseman Tori Vellek! Come cheer #36 and the rest of the Gazelles on at their SoDak 16 game at Yankton Sertoma Park tonight at 5pm!
Post graduation plans: Early Childhood Development
Pregame Playlist: Country and Rap
Favorite Thing About Softball: "The memories I have made and all the friendships I have made along the way."
YMS representing South Dakota at the National Science Olympiad tournament at Wichita State University! Go Yankton!!!
Congratulations to the YMS Special Someone winners for this week! Thank you for making a positive impact at YMS!
YMS took 5th place at the Science Olympiad National Tournament in Wheeled Vehicle! Congrats to Isaac Paulson and Isaac Larrington!
A great finale to end the track season! The YMS 7/8 grade girls won first place and the boys received second place!
Zumba for a Cause & Empower for a Cause...YMS Science Olympiad thanks you for your fundraising and donations! It was so much fun!
Our next YHS Softball Senior Spotlight is #22 Kamella Kopp!
Post Graduation Plans: SDSU for Dental and Human Biology
Pregame Playlist: Mostly country but I have some pop in there, it mostly has Zach Bryan and Morgan Wallen.. but if I have to get super hype I'll be playing "Time of Our Lives" by Pitbull and Ne-Yo!
Favorite Thing About Softball: "I love softball because I get to play with girls I love and the practices we get to sing and dance to music, it is just very energetic, and I love it."
YMS Student Council hosted breakfast for the teachers this morning to thank them for all that they do! Thank you teachers and Student Council for making a positive impact at YMS!
A great afternoon for the 6th Grade Track Meet at YMS. Congratulations to all of the athletes!
Gazelles Softball swept Mitchell with a 10-5 JV win and a 17-6 varsity win! The team heads into Friday at home against Brookings with a 11-4 record.
The Yankton Gazelles Softball senior spotlight tonight is our varsity pitcher #12 Grace Behrns! Grace played a big part in the varsity softball win tonight against Sioux Falls Washington, ending 7-6. She racked up 2 hits, 4 RBIs, and pitched all seven innings of the game.
Post graduation plans: Grace will be attending Iowa Central to play softball and major in Art Education.
Pregame Playlist: Eminem, Drake, and lots of Rhianna
Favorite thing about softball: "My favorite thing about softball is definitely my teammates and the relationships I've built."
1:53.18 New 4x200 8th grade relay record!
Enjoying the beautiful weather, and writing fables in 7th grade ELA.
7th grade ELA writing fables in the courtyard.
7th grade ELA writing fables in the courtyard.
YMS artists are creating fantasy maps and creating stories about their worlds!
Artists start with a cup of rice placed on their paper to trace around. This reveals their continent and islands when the rice is removed. Then, artists have to create everything for their map!
Congratulations to the YMS Special Someone winners for this week! Thank you for making a positive impact at YMS!
It was a busy day with three games for Yankton Gazelles Softball in Sioux Falls!
Today’s Gazelles Softball Senior Spotlight is our varsity catcher, #25 Elle Feser!
Elle’s post graduation plans: attend Dakota Wesleyan University and double major in graphic design and business
Pregame playlist: lots of Pitbull and country
Favorite thing about softball: Being out on the field with all of her teammates!
The Gazelles defeated Vermillion 22-3. Senior Elle Feser led Yankton’s offense with a grand slam and a double.
