Homecoming royalty

Hendricks High School’s Royal Homecoming Court, includes, from left to right, Heather Digre, Christian Hofer, Abigail Satterlee and Max Schumacher. See next week’s issue for more homecoming pictures!

Hendricks Public School will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 7-13

Hendricks High School’s Senior Class Royal Homecoming Court, pictured left to right— Max Schumacher, Abby Satterlee, Heather Digre and Christian Hofer.

By Violet Nelson
vanelson70@gmail.com

This year’s Homecoming slo­gan is “This Is Us.” It’s all about the students. The week will kick off with the Estelline-Hendricks Cross Country team running a game-ball from Estelline, South Dakota to Hendricks on Sunday, Oct. 7, starting at 12 p.m. Each runner on the team will run the ball a mile or two to take the game-ball from Estelline High School to the Hendricks Golf Course. The ball should arrive in Hendricks around 3:30 p.m.
If interested, you can support their efforts by standing along the road as they make their way to Hendricks…

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Heartbreaker for Redhawks

Kaylee Johnson is ready to serve for the Redhawks, who suffered a loss in Castlewood on Sept. 27.

By Grizzly Sportswrit­ers

After winning the first two sets, the Estelline- Hendricks Redhawks fell to Castlewood on Sept. 27 in volleyball action (25-20, 25-16, 17-25, 23-25, 11-15). The loss brings the Redhawks to an overall record of 10-8 on the season.
Brinn Begalka led the Redhawk offense, tally­ing 34 set assists on the match…

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Victory for Redhawks volleyball team three sets

Redhawk defense— Abby Satterlee, Chandelle Thompson and Sophie Johnson (front to back) get ready to defend. The Redhawks defeated Flandreau Indian School in volleyball action on Sept. 25 in straight sets.

By Grizzly Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hendricks volleyball teams traveled to Flandreau, South Dakota on Sept. 25 to take on the Flan­dreau Indian School Indi­ans. The Redhawks proved to be too much for the In­dians, winning the match in three straight sets (25-10, 25-12, 25-12).

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Redhawks Cross Country Team head to White for Valley Conference Meet

Mavik Siverson runs his first 4,000 meter race at the Sioux Valley Cross Country Invitational held in Volga, South Dakota on Sept. 25. Siverson finished 52nd in the junior varsity boys 4K.

By Grizzly Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hendricks Cross Country teams at­tended the Sioux Valley Invite on Sept. 25 in Volga, South Dakota.
Arlington, Clark-Willow Lake, DeSmet, Deuel, Es­telline-Hendricks, Flan­dreau, Florence-Henry, Garretson, Great Plains Lutheran, Madison, West Central and host Sioux Valley were on hand to run for top honors.

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Hendricks school board discusses Estelline bus transportation

By Sirrina Martinez
Pioneer Reporter

 
The Hendricks School Board covered a range of topics at its regular meeting held Monday, Sept. 24. In his report, Superintendent Bruce Houck raised concerns regarding the school’s need for expanded transportation, in light of the athletic merger between Hendricks and Estelline.
“Mr. Chick and I have discussed the need for better transportation for Hendricks students who are participating in activities in Estelline,” said Houck.

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Redhawk runners have full week

Ready, set, go! Claire Dagel, Sadie Johnson, Dawson Bury and Colton Luckhurst (second row) start the 3,000 Meter race at the Castlewood Invite. The JV boys and girls ran in a combined race on a chilly September morning.

By Grizzly Sportswriters

The Estelline-Hen­dricks Redhawks started last week in Clear Lake, South Dakota, partici­pating in the Deuel Invi­tational on Sept. 17. On Sept. 19, the team went to Dell Rapids, South Da­kota, but the meet was cancelled due to storms. The Redhawks were able to finish out the week on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Castlewood Invite.
The Estelline-Hen­dricks varsity boys team finished in fifth place as a team at Deuel, and were runners-up at Castle­wood, falling to second after the tie was broken by the fifth runner. The girls also finished in sec­ond place at the Castle­wood Invite.

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Redhawk senior Jacob Buschenfeld finishes in 13th place at Castlewood. Buschenfeld finished the Boys 5K in 18:58.79, helping the team finish second overall.

Youth football

The 1st-2nd grade Estelline-Hendricks flag football teams scrimmaged with each other on Sept. 22.

Pictured center is No. 25 Michael McCandless in the 3rd-4th grade Estelline-Hendricks vs. Howard game.

No. 39 Charlie Olsen carries the ball for the 5th-6th grade Estelline-Hendricks football team in their game versus Howard in Estelline, South Dakota.

Redhawks volleyball sweeps Lake Preston in three sets

By Grizzly Sportswriters

On Tuesday, Sept. 18 the Estelline-Hendricks Red­hawks hosted the Lake Preston Divers, winning the match in three sets (25-21, 25-10, and 25-15). The Redhawks also de­feated the Lake Preston JV and Junior High, giving the Redhawks victories across the board.

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.

Hendricks celebrates Homecoming Oct. 7-13

Hendricks will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 7-13 with many activities all week long.
On Sunday, Oct. 7, will be the Cross Country Team Football Run to kick off Homecoming starting at 12 p.m., running from Estell­ine, South Dakota to Hen­dricks, finishing around 3:30 p.m. at the Hendricks Golf Course. Come Cheer the team on!

For the full story, read this week’s Hendricks Pioneer.