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Night Hawks fall to Shiloh Christian at home
Students take a field trip to Bismarck
Weather a factor in one vehicle accident By COLE BENZ
Record Editor
she was operating nearly rolled after trying to avoid a collision with a semi truck on U.S. Highway 12 and mile marker 58, just east of Reeder. Adams County Deputy Ryan Serr, who was the responding officer, said an east-bound semi was partially in the woman’s lane
Weather played a role in a one-vehicle accident near Reeder on Wednesday, April 27. The driver was taken to West River Health Services for precautionary reasons after the vehicle
as she was heading west. She moved towards the shoulder to avoid the collision. It was snowing, and the temperature at the time melted the precipitation, turning it into slush. He said the slush was very heavy, and it pulled her vehicle (a Chevy Ava-
lanche pickup truck) into the ditch, causing her vehicle to tip and rest on some trees at the bottom. When asked if weather was a factor, Serr said “Yeah, I’d say the road conditions 110 percent [played a factor].” The woman did not suffer any serious injuries,
and there were no passengers with her at the time of the accident. The passenger side of the vehicle suffered damage, Serr said the side suffered multiple dents and scratches. As the vehicle slid down in the ditch it hit a tree stump, causing damage to the front end as
well. Serr said that four different agencies assisted him at the scene which including West River Health Services Ambulance, Reeder Fire Department and the Reeder First Responders were all present at the scene. No citations were issued.
A YEAR IN REVIEW School LOOKING BACK IN TIME
using ‘Step Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding County Up To Writing’ program
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By SHELDON CHRISTENSON For the Pioneer
of that, their 6’4” center Mason 26 but the Ranchers fell just Nighthawks. Harding County girls w Teigen left the game late in the short by two points. Sadowsky scored 34 for HS came in with a 1-3 record. first quarter with three fouls They had a chance to tie the which included five 3-point- Hettinger/Scranton girls a Harding County came to and would not return until the game with less than a minute ers and Brandon Pierce added jumped out to an early lead cranton on Dec. 18 and 19 to 2nd half. The Nighthawks built to go but, Sam Kludt blocked 21. I had Clayton Koch lead- they were head 16-1 after ake on the Nighthawk boys a 13-point lead at the end of the a close in shot by Teigen which ing Harding Co. with 23 points. first stop, and 25-15 at h nd girls’ basketball teams, and first half which was highlighted more than likely saved the The Nighthawk JV team also They held on in the second h eft going 0-2 for their efforts. remains undefeated as they although being outscored by a buzzer-beating long range game from being tied. Hettinger-Scranton’s boy’s 3-point shot by Haden SadThe Ranchers got the ball downing Harding Co. 63-53. 21 to pull off their second asketball team faced the owsky, which made the score back with 10 seconds left but Harding Co. came into the of the season to go along w anchers first and pulled out 38-25. could not get off a good shot. game with a 2-0 record and re- five losses. 64-62 win. The Nighthawk’s With the return of Teigen in Kludt was having a problem ceiving votes in the top five in Casey Joppa tallied 19 ull court pressure initially gave the second half, better shoot- finding his shooting touch but South Dakota Class B ranks. Kinsey Jahner added 11 he Ranchers trouble as they ing and rebounding, they out- his blocked shot was definitely COLE the BENZ The following night Bythe Nighthawks. Both had uickly fell behind 12-0. On top scored Hettinger/Scranton 37- one of the key moments for the Nighthawk girls downedRecord the Editor 3-pointers. Pictured are the members of the 1949 Hettinger baseball team that brought home the state championship. The team traveled to Watertown, S.D. for the Western Division Amateur Tournament. (Photo Courtesy of Loren Luckow)
Remembering Hettinger baseball and the historic Lake View Cafe By SHELDON CHRISTENSON For The Record
During the 1930s through the 1940s, almost every township and rural post office in the area had independent baseball teams and sometimes football teams. Rivalries were strong and the games were sometimes tough and bloody. People flooded to the games and cheered loudly for their favorite teams and for the most popular players. The 1936 independent Hettinger baseball team played every possible team in the area from Belle Fourche to Mandan, beating them all. The Hettinger independent baseball team also brought home the 1949 State Championship that took place in Jamestown, ND, starting on Aug. 30. They defeated Denhoff
7-1, Edgeley 4-3, Mayville 3-2 and Bowman 6-4 that put them in the championship game against Ellendale. It was reported that this game attracted the largest crowd ever to assemble in the Jamestown Park. Hettinger won 10-2. Hettinger pitcher Joe Stelmack was voted the outstanding player of the tournament. He later signed with the Pittsburgh baseball organization. With the victory, the team earned a trip to the Western Division Amateur Tournament at Watertown, S.D., Sept. 17-21. They lost to the Aberdeen Preds 4-2 in their first game, defeated Kalispell, Mont. 23-3 in the second game and then were eliminated by Willamette, Ore., 7-5. Playing for Hettinger were Lester and Allen Durick, Joe and Tommy Clement, Harry and Julius Goplin, Jerome
Sqanson, Stelmack, Fred Wolfe, Bud Severson, Leo Grunstead, Marvin Muggerud, Harvey McMullen, Don Berg, Billy Graves, Charles Stock and manager Larry Martin. An ad that ran in the Aug. 18 Adams Co. Record read: “COME TO HETTINGER, PEOPLE” “We’re proud of our baseball park. It is the best park of any city of comparable size in this area. Our night games draw huge crowds. There is plenty of seating space. Come to Hettinger, baseball fans, for good games and good times.” In these early years high school basketball teams from Haynes, Hettinger, Bucyrus and Reeder often traveled by train to and from area games.
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Writing isn’t what it used to be. Modern technology has limited students’ exposure to writing; with text messaging and emails, incomplete sentences and abbreviations have become a normal part of communication. And with the rising popularity of emojis, words are no longer a necessity when communicating. Hettinger High School Principal Ryan Moser said that in talking with various college institutions and employers, they indicated that the writing proficiency of students has been in decline recently. So the school felt like they had to do something. Recently, area schools have banded together to address the problem. In March, Hettinger Public School implemented Step Up To Writing, a program aimed at improving the writing skills of students in all areas of study. Moser said some teachers went to an in-service in Dickinson and learned about the program. They liked what they heard, and wanted to start utiliz-
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