Groton Area School District

This Week in Tiger Sports: Monday, the 6th: - Junior High Girls Basketball vs. Warner (7th Grade @ 5pm, 8th Grade @ 6pm) Tuesday, the 7th: - SoDak 16 Volleyball: Groton vs. Lennox (6:30pm at Watertown High School) Thursday, the 9th: - Junior High Girls Basketball at Webster (7th Grade @ 4pm, 8th Grade @ 5pm at the High School gym) Saturday, the 11th: - Junior High Girls Basketball at North Central Jamboree (in Roscoe)

Congratulations to our Groton Area Volleyball Team as they advance to the SoDak 16 with their win over Sisseton last night! SoDak 16 Game Information: Who: Groton vs. Lennox Where: Watertown High School When: Tuesday, November 7th @ 6:30pm Theme: Black Out! Adults - $6 Students - $4 Go, Tigers!!!

Congratulations to the following Groton Tiger Soccer Players for being selected to the 2023 South Dakota High School Soccer Coaches Association All-State Team. First Team All-State: Jerica Locke and Kennedy Hansen All-State Honorable Mention: Jacob Zak, Jaedyn Penning, and Laila Roberts Congratulations on this special honor!

Our Groton Tiger Volleyball Team has moved on to the second round of region play with a win over Waubay/Summit last night. Congratulations, ladies! Round 2 Game Information: What: #1 Groton Area vs. #4 Sisseton When: Thursday, November 2nd Where: Groton Area High School Arena Time: 6pm Cost: $6 for Adults, $4 for Students - No Passes are accepted for post-season games (#2 Roncalli will play #3 Milbank following our match...around 7:30pm) *The winners of these two games will move on to the SoDak 16 next Tuesday, the 7th. Best of Luck to our Lady Tigers!!

Earlier this season, Groton Area Junior, Liz Fliehs, broke the Groton career assist record of 1,672 assists held by Kaylin Kucker set in 2019. During tonight’s region game she surpassed 2,000 career assists! Congratulations, Liz, on an astonishing milestone and a record breaking season! **Thank you to J.Simon Photography for donating the banner!

Congratulations to the following Groton Tiger Football Players on being selected to the 2023 Northeast Conference Football Team: All-Conference Players: - Senior, Holden Sippel - Senior, Logan Ringgenberg - Senior, Lane Tietz - Senior, Colby Dunker - Junior, Christian Ehresmann - Junior, Teylor Diegel Honorable Mention Players: - Junior, Korbin Kucker - Sophomore, Keegen Tracy Congratulations, gentlemen!

The Groton Area School District will host its annual Veterans Day Celebration and Breakfast on Friday, November 10, 2023. The Veterans breakfast will be held at the Groton Area Elementary School from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM. If you're a veteran or current member of the armed forces, we'd love to see you and serve you a free breakfast. Our students truly love bringing their veterans in and having a breakfast with them during this special event. At 2:00 PM, we will hold our annual Veterans Day Program at the Groton Area High School Arena which will include the posting of the colors, musical selections, presentations, and the playing of TAPS. The community is encouraged to join us for this event. Part of our Veterans Day tradition is the community veterans slideshow. If a member of your family has served or is currently serving, we'd be happy to include them in our slideshow. If you'd like to be included or have your relative included, please email a photo or two and some basic information such as branch of service, years of service, any active duty, etc to Joe.Schwan@k12.sd.us. You may also send actual photos to school with your children. We will scan them and return them promptly. We look forward to celebrating the selfless service of these fine men and women with you all on November 10.

This Week in Tiger Sports: Tuesday, October 31st: Volleyball First Round Regions in Groton - Groton vs. Waubay/Summit @ 6pm - Redfield vs. Sisseton around 7:30pm Thursday, November 2nd: - Volleyball Second Round Regions at top-seed remaining Admissions Details: - $6 for Adults, $4 for Students - No Passes are accepted for post-season play Livestream: - Watch for FREE on GDILIVE.com Good Luck, Tigers!!

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to participate in All-State Choir and Orchestra in Rapid City this weekend. Pictured above are Camryn Kurtz; Axel Warrington; Natalia Warrington; Anna Bisbee; Gavin Kroll; Rebecca Poor; Kira Clocksene; and Ashlyn Feser. They will be performing eight songs along with almost 1000 other students under guest director Ryan Person from Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa. Some of their arrangements will also be performed with the All-State Oorchestra students. The Grand Concert will be livestreamed on SD PBS TV at 7:00 Mountain Time. Tune in to watch the largest musical event in the state!

Kindergarten celebrated learning the letter 'D' by inviting their Dads into the classroom to have Donuts with them on Wednesday morning! A special thank you to all the dads for taking time out of their busy schedules to spend this time learning with us!

The following have been chosen as Groton Area's MS/HS student of the month for October! From back Left: Axel Warrington ( 11th), Claire Heinrich (12th), Jaedyn Penning (10th), Ashlynn Warrington (9th) From Front Left: Neely Althoff ( 7th), Makenna Krause (8th), Hudson Eichler (6th)

Congratulations to our Lady Tigers, as they have secured the #1 seed in Region 1A! Pairings for First Round Games on Tuesday, October 31st: At Groton: #1 Groton Area vs. #8 Waubay-Summit at 6:00 pm #4 Sisseton vs. #5 Redfield (following the first match...Approximately 7:30 pm) At Roncalli: #2 Roncalli vs. #7 Tiospa Zina at 6:00 pm #3 Milbank vs. #6 Webster Area (following the first match...Approximately 7:30 pm) **The Highest Seed remaining after Tuesday will host the second round on Thursday, November 2nd: #1/#8 winner vs. #4/#5 winner—6:00 pm #2/#7 winner vs. #3/#6 winner—Approximately 7:45 pm Good Luck, Lady Tigers! **Photo Credits goes to Jamie at J.Simon Photography.

Tonight is the last regular season home match for these four volleyball seniors and their teammates. Anna, Carly, Sydney, and Emma - We thank you for your leadership and dedication that you have put into our volleyball program over the years. You have had a great career wearing black and gold. We are proud of you! *JV gametime is set for 6pm with Varsity to follow. Good Luck, Lady Tigers!

This Week in Tiger Sports: Monday, the 23rd: - Volleyball vs Faulkton (JV at 6pm, Varsity to follow) Saturday, the 28th: - JH Volleyball at Matchbox Tournament Good Luck, Tigers!

Coach Malsom and the girls took off for Sioux Falls earlier today. We send our best wishes to Ryelle Gilbert as she competes in the State Cross Country Meet tomorrow morning! Run hard and have fun! We are proud of you!

Our Junior High Volleyball team sure knows how to have fun! Each Friday, the coaches planned a dress-up theme, such as tie-dye, neon, jerseys, patterns, etc. Their last practice of the season called for a Crazy Day theme, with games and pizza! It was fun watching these girls grow and develop their volleyball skills this season with Coach Fuhrman and Coach Tracy. Great season, girls! Good luck to all of our volleyball teams as they head to Redfield tonight! 7th and C team begin at 5pm, 8th and JV at 6pm, and Varsity to follow. Good Luck, Tigers!

Good Luck to our Tiger Football team as they travel to Elk Point-Jefferson to play in the first round of playoffs today! Kick-off is scheduled for 6pm. A few ways that you can cheer from home for FREE: - GDILIVE.com with Mike Nehls, Paper Paul, and Jeslyn - EPJ Huskies Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHL-eHuuSOY Go Tigers!!

Mark your calendars for the Fall Sports Awards Night -- Thursday, November 30th at 7pm. We will recognize and honor all fall athletes on one evening. This event is open to the public. More details to come!

Congratulations to GHS senior, Sydney Leicht, on surpassing the milestone of 1,000 career digs last night! What an amazing accomplishment! Great job, Sydney!!

Last Friday, the kindergarten students learned about Fire Safety from local firefighters, Mr. Bahr and Mr. Anderson. Both classes even got to take a field trip to the fire station! Thank you Groton Fire and Rescue for taking the time out of your busy schedules to visit with us!