Nick Batchelor was the individual winner at the Ipswich cross country invitational Saturday, September 14, and paced the Bulldog boys team to first place in the team standings. The Lady Bulldogs claimed second in the meet.
The Milbank Area Lady Bulldogs volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Sisseton Thursday, September 12, at Sisseton. Set scores were 17-25, 17-25 and 17-25.
The score was tied at six after one quarter of play when the Bulldogs hosted the Dakota Valley Panthers football team Friday, September 13, but the home squad could not contain its opponent in the final quarters and suffered a 27-14 set back. Milbank Area falls to 1-3 overall.
The Milbank Area girls tennis team fell to the Watertown Arrows Tuesday, September 10, in Milbank. The squad also competed in a two-day tournament in Brandon Valley Friday and Saturday, September 13-14, and matched up against Montevideo, MN, Monday, September 16, in Montevideo.
The 2019 Milbank High School homecoming king and queen will be crowned Monday, September 23, during the homecoming coronation ceremony in the Milbank armory.
Led by new head coach Abbey Trapp, the Milbank Area girls tennis team will open its season at a triangular meet against Brookings and Yankton on Thursday, August 15, in Brookings.
The Milbank Area boys golf team will look to its lone senior, Eli Fischer, for leadership during its upcoming 2019 season.
The Bulldogs will open their season Monday, August 19, against Sioux Valley in Volga. Milbank hosts an invitational on Thursday, August 22, at 10 a.m.
THERE ARE MANY new faces on the Milbank School District’s staff for the 2019-2020 school year. The new employees attended an in-service on Monday, August 12, at the high school.
The Milbank School District is preparing for the first day of school on Wednesday, August 21, and numbers indicate that 995 students were enrolled during registration last week.
Four Milbank High School chorus members, Alaina Rausch, Aiden Boerger, Landon Brown and Lars Andersen, were selected to perform in concert with the 46th South Dakota High School Honor Choir Friday, August 2, in Sioux Falls.
