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Superintendent: Kirk Easton
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ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB The Spearfish High School Spartan Athletic Booster Club would like to extend gratitude to all of the businesses who advertised within the sports programs this year. Your support of SHS athletics is greatly appreciated.
mementos. About 325 students participated in SHS athletics during the past school year.
Please show your support for Spartan athletics by giving a monetary donation to the Booster Club. It can be mailed to SHS Spartan Athletic The Spartan Booster Club promotes all sanctioned sports at Spearfish High School. Its mission is to boost school spirit and community pride, recognize the Booster Club, PO Box 853, Spearfish, SD 57783, or dropped off at the accomplishments of student athletes, and encourage a positive environment Spearfish High School Office. for participants, coaches, and fans. The Booster Club is comprised of volunteers who have a vested interest in SHS athletics. If you would like to become involved, please visit The Spartan Booster Club provides funding for athletic scholarships, wish list our website at www.spearfishboosterclub.com for more information. items for teams, strength/conditioning clinics, sports game programs design The 2019-2020 SHS Spartan Athletic Booster Club Board of Directors inand printing, homecoming activities, Fall BBQ, team camps, Special Olympics, cludes, President Leah Rafferty, Treasurer Amber Symonds, Secretary Tashi pep and marching band support, student athlete recognition, and awards Braun, Past President Amy Cermak, Grants Coordinator Jill Trimble, Publicibanquets. ty Organizer Rosie Heinert Spearfish Middle School Parent Representative Randy Parks, At Large Voting Member Kristi Delahoyde, Homecoming In 2018, the Booster Club donated nearly $42,000 to the SHS Activities Parade Joanne Millis, Queen City Classic Tournament Director Mark Gould, Department to help supplement the school budget. Post-secondary scholarand Advertising Sales Coordinator Kelsey Ruzicka with Moxie Marketing. ships, valuing a total of $6,000, were presented at the 2019 Athletic Awards Recognition Banquet and all senior athletes were honored with special For More Info Go Online: www.SpearfishBoosterClub.com
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SCHOOL SONG: ANCHORS AWEIGH Spearfish we honor you And to the end we’ll fight for you. And keep your colors flying high, high, high We’ll do our best for you at every turn We’ll show you what it is to have a loyal, Rough, and ready school. Fight team, fight! Spearfish for you we stand maroon and white. We’ve got the pep Now listen to our great big Rah! Rah! Rah! Roll out the score. Spearfish cheer for your team. We’ll show you what it is to have a loyal; Rough, and ready school.
SCHOOL COLORS: MAROON & WHITE
WRESTLING
VARSITY Name Grade
Oakley Blakeman Quinten Carlson Cael Citrowske Landon Citrowske Austin Crotteau Clayton Donovan Taylor Fierbach Jaden Guthmiller Cole Hansen Evan Hehr Josh Hoffman Dylan Irion John Jeffery Maraia Kruske Isaiah Lahoe Aiden O’Connor Max Sailor Mason Schlup Mason Schmitz Andrew Skillingstad AJ Veldman Derek Webster Eli Zuniga
10 8 11 9 11 10 9 9 12 12 11 9 8 9 9 9 11 9 8 9 10 11 12
Head Coach: John Bokker Assistant Coach: Chase Tyson, Cody Powers, Joel Martin Managers: Kindra Jund
WRESTLING Date Opponent
Site
Time
12/6-12/7 Custer Invitational Custer 3:00 p.m. / 9:00 a.m. MT 12/13-12/14 Rapid City Invitational Rapid City 2:00 p.m. / 8:00 a.m MT 12/19 Rapid City Central Dual Rapid City Central 7:00 p.m. MT 12/21 Madison Invitational Madison 9:00 a.m. CT 12/30 Sioux Falls Lincoln Invitational Sioux Falls Lincoln 9:00 a.m. CT 1/09 Belle Fourche Quad Belle Fourche 4:00 p.m. MT 1/10-1/11 Lyman Invitational Lyman 11:00 a.m. CT 1/16 Spearfish Douglas Dual Spearfish 5:00 p.m. MT 1/18 Spearfish Conference Spearfish 10:00 a.m. MT 1/23 Lead/Deadwood Triangular Lead/Deadwood 5:00 p.m. MT 1/24-1/25 East/West Invite Pierre HS TBD/ 10:00 a.m. CT 1/30 Rapid City Stevens Spearfish 5:00 p.m. MT 1/31-2/1 Belle Fourche Invitational Belle Fourche 12:00 p.m./ 9:00 a.m. MT 2/8 Hill City Invitational Hill City 10:00 a.m. MT 2/13 Sturgis Sturgis 6:30 p.m. MT 2/22 Regions Sturgis Brown 10:00 a.m. MT 2/27-2/29 State Sioux Falls TBD
GIRLS BASKETBALL
VARSITY BASKETBALL No. Name
Ht.
Pos. Grade
1
Tayler Duncan
5’3
G
9
2
Grace Karp
5’3
G
11
3
Hannah Schoon 5’7
G
10
4
Stella Marcus
5’6
G
10
5
Kylie Stalder
5’7
G
11
10 Madison Watts
5’11
F
11
11 Erin Rotert
5’9
F
11
12 Sydney Gusso
5’0
G
11
13 Lyndey Dean
5’7
F
12
14 Anna Engen
5’9
F
11
15 Bella Reid
5’9
G
12
20 Ashtyn Reiners
5’7
F
12
F
10
21 Kylee Jo Symonds 5’10
VARSITY SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
12/13 12/14 12/20 12/21 1/03 1/07 1/11 1/14 1/18 1/21 1/24 1/28 2/04 2/07 2/08 2/13 2/18 2/20 2/25 2/27 3/6 3/19-3/21
Yankton Brandon Valley Aberdeen Central Pierre Sturgis Rapid City Stevens Douglas Belle Fourche Red Cloud Hill City Sturgis St. Thomas More Lead-Deadwood Huron Mitchell Custer Rapid City Stevens Douglas Hot Springs Rapid City Central Round of 16 State Tournament
Site
Time
Yankton 6:00 p.m. CT Brandon Valley 12:30 p.m. CT Aberdeen 7:00 p.m. CT Pierre 3:00 p.m. CT Spearfish 6:30 p.m. MT Rapid City 6:30 p.m. MT Spearfish 3:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 5:30 p.m. MT Red Cloud 6:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 6:00 p.m. MT Sturgis 6:30 p.m. MT STM-Rapid City 6:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 6:30 p.m. MT Spearfish 7:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 1:30 p.m. MT Custer 7:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 6:30 p.m. MT Box Elder 6:30 p.m. MT Spearfish 6:30 p.m. MT Rapid City 6:30 p.m. MT TBD TBD Sioux Falls TBD
Times reflect start of match with oppenent. May not reflect Varsity game times.
No. Name 1 2 3 4 5 10 10 11 12 14 20 21 22 23
Ht.
Tayler Duncan 5’3 Grace Karp 5’3 Hannah Schoon 5’7 Maddison Doren 5’7 Kylie Stalder 5’7 Cloie Tracy 5’8 Madison Watts 5’11 Lily McCarty 5’3 Sydney Gusso 5’0 Olivia Engelhardt 5’9 Ava Muth 5’8 Kylee Jo Symonds 5’10 Halle Parks 5’5 Kaylene Delahoyde 5’10
Varsity Head Coach: Eric Lappe
Pos. Grade
G G G F G F F G G F F F F F
9 11 10 11 11 11 11 9 11 10 9 10 10 11
Asst. Coaches: Bryan Heck, Jaime Bentley, Jennifer Reiners Managers: Elle Barth, Addie Lebsack, Mia Schultz
C-TEAM BASKETBALL No. Name 1 2 3 4 5 5 11 12 13 14 15 15 20 21
Tayler Duncan Callie Wince Madison Kelly Myah Franke Keira Keyes Halli Rabenberg Lily McCarty Lania Ornelas Anna Peldo Olivia Engelhardt Alivia Heairet Annelie Vesper Ava Muth Alexis Sheeler
22 Halle Parks
Pos.
Ht. Grade
5’3 5’4 5’4 5’3 5’6 5’5 5’3 5’6 5’5 5’9 5’5 5’6 5’8 5’7
G G F G F F G F G F G F F F
9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 12 9 9
5’5
F
10
GIRLS BASKETBALL
COACHING STAFF
JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
VARSITY BASKETBALL No. Name 0 1 2 3 4 5 11 13 15 21 23 25 31 33 35 41
Ht.
Aiden Woods 6’1 Bridger Niehaus 5’10 Ryan Peldo 6’1 Jake Powell 6’0 Cade Lyon 6’2 John Nickles 6’5 Seth Hamilton 5’10 Carter Lyon 5’10 Rylan Palmer 5’10 Logan Ammerman 6’1 Aiden Haught 6’1 Nick Hamann 5’10 Trey Wood 6’0 Antonio Serrano 6’0 Timmy Moore 6’4 Bridger Janvrin 6’0 Logan Langenfeld 5’10
Pos. Grade G G G G G F G G G G F G G F F F G
12 9 12 12 12 12 8 9 9 12 9 10 10 9 11 12 11
JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL No. Name
Pos.
11 Seth Hamilton
1
Bridger Niehaus 5’10
Ht. Grade
G
9
5’10
G
8
13 Carter Lyon
5’10
G
9
15 Rylan Palmer
5’10
G
9
23 Aiden Haught
6’1
F
9
24 Tyson Morrison 6’0
G
11
25 Nick Hamann
5’10
G
10
31 Trey Wood
6’0
G
10
33 Antonio Serrano 6’0
F
9
35 Timmy Moore
F
11
6’4
No. Name
COACHING STAFF Varsity Head Coach: Erik Skoglund Asst. Coaches: Tory Devall, Josh McGillvrey, Michael Yost
VARSITY SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
12/13 12/14 12/20 12/21 1/03 1/07 1/11 1/14 1/18 1/21 1/24 1/28 2/04 2/07 2/08 2/13 2/20 2/25 2/27 3/03 3/7 3/19-3/21
Yankton Brandon Valley Aberdeen Central Pierre Sturgis Rapid City Stevens Douglas Belle Fourche Red Cloud Hill City Sturgis St. Thomas More Lead-Deadwood Huron Mitchell Custer Douglas Hot Springs Rapid City Central Rapid City Stevens Round of 16 State Tournament
Site
Time
Yankton 7:30 p.m. CT Brandon Valley 2:00 p.m. CT Spearfish 7:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 3:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 8:00 p.m. MT Rapid City Stevens 8:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 4:30 p.m. MT Spearfish 7:00 p.m. MT Red Cloud 7:30 p.m. MT Spearfish 8:00 p.m. MT Sturgis 8:00 p.m. MT STM-Rapid City 8:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 8:00 p.m. MT Huron 7:00 p.m. CT Mitchell- Corn Palace 1 :30 p.m. CT Custer 8:00 p.m. MT Box Elder 8:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 8:00 p.m. MT Rapid City Central 8:00 p.m. MT Spearfish 8:00 p.m. MT TBD TBD Sioux Falls TBD.
2 3 4 5 10 11 13 14 22 23 25 31
Ht.
Drason Craig 5’11 Connor Comer 5’10 Ty Sieber 5’10 Alec Sundsted 6’0 Drew West 5’10 Tommy Hubbard 6’3 Zander Brost 6’2 Will Brien 5’8 Nick Hamann 5’10 Trey Wood 6’0 Brandon Peay 5’10 Chase McArthur 5’10
Pos. Grade
G G G G G F F G G G G G
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
C-TEAM BASKETBALL No. Name 1 15 21 22 24 30 31 33 34 41 41 42 45 50 54 55
Pos.
Rylan Palmer 5’10 Kaden Kirk 6’2 Seth Hamilton 6’0 Bridger Niehaus 5’10 Josh Sundsted 6’3 Carter Lyon 5’10 Jack Ammerman 5’9 Aiden Haught 6’2 Riley Besler 6’1 Tayte Schatz 5’9 Antonio Serrano 6’0 Michael Gonzalez 5’11 Brady Hartwig 5’10 Boone Williams 5’10 Kooper Dana 5’9 Smith Funke 5’10 John-Aage Hamnvik 5’10 Florian Hansen 6’0
Ht. Grade
G G G G G G G F F G F F G G G G F F
9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 12 12
BOYS BASKETBALL
SOPHOMORE BASKETBALL
GIRLS GOLF
GIRLS GOLF Roster - TBA.
GOOD LUCK SPARTANS!
VARSITY SCHEDULE
Head Coach: Eric Ligtenberg Asst. Coach: Tory Devall
Date Opponent
Site
4/14 Spearfish Invitational Home Spearfish Canyon Golf Course
Time
3:00pm
4/21 Sturgis Quad Sturgis 3:00pm w/ Rapid City Central and Rapid City Stevens Boulder Canyon Golf Course 4/23 Belle Fourche Invitational Belle Fourche Country Club
Belle Fourche 10:00am
4/28 Douglas Invitational Prairie Ridge Golf Course
Box Elder
10:00am
4/28 Pierre Invitational
Pierre
TBA
5/1 Sturgis Invitational (Pre-BHC) Boulder Canyon Golf Course
Sturgis
9:00am
5/5 Spearfish Invitational Home Spearfish Canyon Golf Course
9:00am
5/7 Hot Springs Invitational Southern Hills Golf Course
Hot Springs 9:00am
5/12 Black Hills Conference Boulder Canyon Golf Course
Sturgis
3:00pm
5/21 West River Challenge Meadowbrook Golf Course
Rapid City
3:00pm
5/21 Douglas (JV) Prairie Ridge Golf Course
Box Elder
9:00am
6/1-2 STATE AA Hillsview Golf Course
Pierre
TBA
Roster - TBA. Head Coach: Doug Dexheimer Asst. Coach: Tim Doerges
GOOD LUCK SPARTANS!
SCHEDULE Date Opponent
4/2 4/3 4/9 4/13 4/14 4/16 4/21 4/23 4/28 5/1 5/2 5/7 5/12 5/15 5/16
Site
Time
West River Invitational Rapid City 1:00pm West River Invitational Rapid City 10:00am Brookings Brookings 10:00am w/ O’Gorman and Brandon Valley Rapid City Central Home 4:00pm Rapid City Christian Home 4:00pm Campbell County Gillette, WY 4:00pm Rapid City Stevens Rapid City TBA w/Rapid City Central and St. Thomas More St. Thomas More Home 4:00pm Pierre Pierre 1:00pm w/ Huron Rapid City Invitational Rapid City 12:00pm Rapid City Invitational Rapid City 8:00am Rapid City Central Rapid City 4:00pm w/ St. Thomas More Rapid City Christian Rapid City 4:00pm East/West Invitational Sioux Falls TBA East/West Invitational Sioux Falls TBA 5/18-19 STATE Rapid City TBA
boys tennis
BOYS TENNIS
TRACK
BOYS & GIRLS TRACK 2020 SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Site
Time
3/28
Rapid City Developmental Rapid City
4/4
Douglas Invitational
Box Elder
9:00am
4/7
JV - Douglas
Box Elder
1:00pm
4/9
Queen City Classic
Home
9:00am
4/14
JV - Spearfish Invitational Home
1:00pm
Varsity Head Coach: Aaron Nida
4/17
Track-O-Rama
Rapid City
9:30pm
4/18
Center of Nation
Belle Fourche
9:00am
(Pole Vault and High Jump)
4/21
JV - Rapid City
Rapid City
12:00pm
4/25
Basin Nation Invitational Gillette, WY
9:00am
4/28
Belle Fourche Qualifier
Belle Fourche
12:00pm
5/1
Howard Wood
Sioux Falls
TBA
5/2
Howard Wood
Sioux Falls
TBA
5/2
Lead/Deadwood Invitational Lead/Deadwood
9:00am
5/5
JV - Sturgis Invitational
Sturgis
1:00pm
5/5
Rapid City Christian
Rapid City
10:00am
5/9
Sturgis Invitational
Sturgis
9:00am
5/12
Rapid City Qualifier
Rapid City
12:00pm
5/15
JV/V- Black Hills Conference Belle Fourche
10:00am
5/19
Last Chance Meet
Home
12:00pm
5/24
STATE AA
Sioux Falls
TBA
5/25
STATE AA
Sioux Falls
TBA
10:00am
COACHING STAFF
Assistant Coaches: Andy VanDeest - Distance Chad McCarty - Hurdles Callie Ackerman - Girls Sprints Brynn Crotteau - Throws Erik Skoglund - Boys Sprints Cassie Schuurmans Long Jump/Triple Jump Volunteer: Jerry Rhodes - Throws
track
Thank you to the SHS Band for creating a great atmosphere for so many athletic events throughout the year!
SPARTAN SENIORS
Alivia Ruff, Sandra Danielson, Rachel Woods, Kaitlyn Irvin, Chloe Drolc, Alira Termes, Temeya LaFountaine, Ashni Marshall; Coach: Pamela Waterson
BAILEE ACKERMAN
LOGAN AMMERMAN
JACK BERINGER
MAX BRAUN
Track
Basketball
Football, Track
Track
TYLER CERMAK
Football Cheer, Basketball Cheer
Track
JOURNEY CHILDERS
LYNDEY DEAN
Track
Soccer, Basketball, Track
CHRISTIAN GREEN
JOHN-AAGE HAMNVINK
Track
Football, Basketball, Track
COLE HANSEN
FLORIAN HANSEN
Cross Country, Wrestling, Track
Basketball
EVAN HEHR
COLE HERRMANN
Football, Wrestling
Track
SPARTAN SENIORS
ASHLEY BURR
SPARTAN SENIORS
BRIDGER JANVRIN
JACOB JOHNSON
Football, Basketball Track
Football, Track
ALEXIS LOUIS
TAYA LUCAS
Track
Soccer, Track
CADE LYON
LEXY MCELROY
Football, Basketball, Track
Cheer, Golf
EMMY MOORE
MARISSA MOULTON
Track
Track
JOHN NICKLES
RYAN PELDO
Basketball, Track
Soccer, Basketball, Track
RYAN RAFFERTY
Basketball
Soccer, Track
BELLA REID
ASHTYN REINERS
Basketball
Volleyball, Basketball, Track
ALIVIA RUFF
EDEN SHANK
Football Cheer, Basektball Cheer
Track
NATE TERRASAS
SAM TOBIN
Football, Track
Track
TIFFANY VALENTINE
LYRIC WILLIAMS
Soccer, Golf
Golf
SPARTAN SENIORS
JAKE POWELL
SPARTAN SENIORS
OLIVIA WILLIAMS
AIDEN WOODS
ELI ZUNIGA
Soccer, Golf
Basketball, Track
Wrestling
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Call Kelsey Ruzicka at 605-568-0181 for more information. Dee Sleep (Chicken Creek Communications) sold her business to Kelsey with Moxie Marketing of the Midwest, LLC in 2018.