All State 9B Football
Jared Weisbeck LB
Kaden Russell DL-Honorable Mention
All Conference
Jared Weisbeck
Kaden Russell
Porter Gregg
Houston Hauge
Keegan Russell
Honorable Mention
Luke Fieldler
Thatcher Khine
Reminder- the VB team will leave Selby at 7:45am tomorrow morning with an escort. Come out and honk your horn as the girls head to Rapid City!
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The Wolverines' volleyball team competed at the Sodak 16 game on Tuesday the 11th. They played the Burke Cougars. This was a very intense game with both teams constantly firing back at each other. The winner for this game advances to the State Championship, so it was a long battle. Going into the first set, the Wolverines started off strong and won 25-18 showing Burke that they are here to win. In the second set, Burke put up a very big fight, wanting to stand their ground, and they won that set with a score of 25-12. But that did not discourage the Wolverines, and in the third set they made a comeback and won a very close match of 25-23. Then in the 4th set, Burke still stood their ground and won a close set as well winning it 25-21. Then the final set came up - the 5th set - and for the 5th set, the score only goes to 15 instead of 25. The Wolverines and Cougars were battling this one out. The score was 14-13 with HSA in the lead when the Cougars went to spike it, and Katie Allbee blocked it, leading the Wolverines to a win with a score of 15-13. The crowd went crazy when that happened. Most of us lost our voices from how much we were cheering and yelling throughout this game. We had a huge cheering/ student section watching this game and supporting the Wolverines. The girls are now off to the State Championship in Rapid City next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Good job and good luck Wolverines' Volleyball!
Written by Journalism student, Gavin Hirsch (12th)
Written by Journalism student, Gavin Hirsch (12th)
Congratulations to Porter Gregg and Jerzie Wudel, our October Students of the Month! They were chosen for their outstanding integrity and the positive example they set each day. Keep up the great work!
The middle school girls basketball game for today Monday November 10th vs Wakpala has been postponed. The team will be practicing in Herreid on November 10th.
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Come support the Wolverine volleyball team as they play the Sunshine Bible Crusaders in Herreid tonight at 7:00 pm. The doors will be open to the public at 6:00 pm. Activities tickets will not honored at this event since it is a state sanctioned event. Admission for the game will be $5 for students and $7 for adults.
Good luck to the Wolverine volleyball team as they play the winner of Wakpala and Sunshine Bible Academy in the second round of the region 6B tournament. The game will be in Herreid on Tuesday November 4th at 7:00 pm in Herreid. Activities tickets will not honored at this event since it is a state sanctioned event. Admission for the game will be $5 for students and $7 for adults. Information for region volleyball can be found on the following website-https://gobound.com/sd/sdhsaa/volleyball/2025-26/brackets/h20250617015946387ec5c7fa7a51646.
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State Cross Country just got over and it was a lot of fun. The state meet was in Huron, but we still made sure to make the most of it. We all hung out and played a bunch of games to keep us occupied the day before. We also walked around the course, memorizing where certain meter marks were at. This course at Huron wasn’t an easy one; it is a pretty hilly course, but everyone still pushed through. In the girls’ varsity race there were over 110 runners. Evelyn Shearer got 30th place and Jentry Hubner got 43rd place. Brynnly Huber got 65th place, Anniah Russell got 77th place, and Ella Perman got 105th place. Overall, the girls did very well because this was a tough course and there were tough weather conditions with the wind and cold.
For the boys’ varsity race, there were over 120 runners. Gavin Hirsch got 5th place overall. This was a tougher race for me because I did not run as good as I was expecting or capable of. Sam Ernst got 94th place and Jack Huffman got 116th place. Will Stiegelmeier got 117th place and Faren Nelson got 121st place. The top 5 boys in this race are all amazing runners, and all had the potential to win this race. If we ran this race 5 different times on 5 different days, there would have been a different winner each time. I just want to say congratulations to the Philip boys for getting 1st place as a team for the 4th year in a row, and I am looking forward to seeing them in track season this spring.
Since it is my senior year, I am hoping for nothing but the best for my whole team next year. The last four years were the best years of my life and I am really going to miss high school cross country, this team, and all the friends I have made along the way from this sport, but it is time to start the new journey going into college sports. Another shoutout to Coach Yackley who always holds the team up, pushes them to do their best, and makes sure to make everyone laugh. I couldn’t have asked for a better high school cross country experience and career. To everyone else on the team, I am going to continue to be cheering you on and I will come watch as many races as I can. Never forget to keep pushing to do your best, and go make everyone proud.
Go Wolverines!
Written by Journalism student Gavin Hirsch (12th)
For the boys’ varsity race, there were over 120 runners. Gavin Hirsch got 5th place overall. This was a tougher race for me because I did not run as good as I was expecting or capable of. Sam Ernst got 94th place and Jack Huffman got 116th place. Will Stiegelmeier got 117th place and Faren Nelson got 121st place. The top 5 boys in this race are all amazing runners, and all had the potential to win this race. If we ran this race 5 different times on 5 different days, there would have been a different winner each time. I just want to say congratulations to the Philip boys for getting 1st place as a team for the 4th year in a row, and I am looking forward to seeing them in track season this spring.
Since it is my senior year, I am hoping for nothing but the best for my whole team next year. The last four years were the best years of my life and I am really going to miss high school cross country, this team, and all the friends I have made along the way from this sport, but it is time to start the new journey going into college sports. Another shoutout to Coach Yackley who always holds the team up, pushes them to do their best, and makes sure to make everyone laugh. I couldn’t have asked for a better high school cross country experience and career. To everyone else on the team, I am going to continue to be cheering you on and I will come watch as many races as I can. Never forget to keep pushing to do your best, and go make everyone proud.
Go Wolverines!
Written by Journalism student Gavin Hirsch (12th)
The Selby Area Volleyball girls had a great game against South Border. Junior Varsity and Varsity won their games. A couple of new personal records were set, as Alyssa Kaup had hit her one thousand digs mark as a sophomore. Then Katie Albee reached her 1,000 assists milestone as a junior. The girls knew they had it made from the start of the games, as confidence and morale were high.
Sophomore Alyssa Kaup stated, “I am so proud of Katie on her 1000 assists, as well as this team staying together even though we knew it was going to be a slower game. Just keeping the mentality of state in the back of our minds every time we step on the court, I think, is really important to really go places.” Alyssa Kaup
“We were very proud of the win, and I'm proud of our team," says sophomore Briley Helm.
Sophomore Gracin Thorstenson added, “When we trust each other and have energy throughout the game, everything comes together."
It was a good game for Selby Area High School. The first set was 25-9. The second set was 25-17 with South Border coming out strong, but the Wolverines finished the set. The third set was 25- 8. The Wolverines needed to finish this set to win the game and they sure did! Everyone played together and had great energy. This game showed that these girls are an unstoppable force, not to be reckoned with.
Written by Journalism student, Taylah Skyberg (10th grade)
Good luck to the Herreid/Selby Area football team as they play the Colman-Egan Hawks on Thursday October 30th at 6:00 pm in Colman for the 2nd round of the 9B playoffs. Activities tickets will not honored at this event since it is a state sanctioned event. Adult tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults.
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Good luck to the boys and girls cross country teams as they compete in the State B cross country meet in Huron on Saturday October 25th. Qualifying runners include Gavin Hirsch, Sam Ernst, Will Stiegelmeier, Jack Huffman, Faren Nelson, Evelyn Shearer, Jentry Hubner, Brynnly Huber, Ella Perman, and Anniah Russell. Boys will be racing at 1:00 pm and the girls will be racing at 2:30 pm. Information for the state meet can be found on the following website-https://sdhsaa.com/activity/cross-country-championships/. There will be a send off in Selby at the gymnasium at 8:30 am on Friday October 24th.
Come support the Herreid/Selby Area football team as the play the Canistota Hawks in the first round of the 9B playoffs on Thursday October 23rd in Herreid starting at 6:00 pm. Activities tickets will not honored at this event since it is a state sanctioned event. Adult tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults. The game can be viewed on the following link-https://www.youtube.com/live/zbtJpoSg-Y4?si=rkk0_7DsApyqojR7
The Selby Area Wolverines competed at the Cross Country 4B region meet this week. This meet was held at Gettysburg golf course. Everyone ran an amazing race. The rules to qualify for state is to either get in the top 20 individually or get your team as a top 3 team.
The girls’ team won the whole region and got 1st place, bringing Selby back a plaque. They all ran in the top 20, running very well. They all set either a season record for themselves or an all-time personal record for themselves. Evelyn Shearer got 5th place with a time of 19:55 setting a new personal record by 29 seconds for herself, and also getting the new school record by a long shot. Jentry Hubner got 6th place with a time of 20:23, also setting a new personal record by 24 seconds and beating the old school record time as well. Brynnly Huber got 12th place with a time of 21:32 which is a new season record for her, beating her old season record by 56 seconds. Anniah Russell got 14th place with a time of 21:50 which is also a new season record for her, beating her old old season record by 8 seconds. Finally, Ella Perman got 19th place with a time of 22:21 getting a new season record as well, beating her old season record by 40 seconds. Overall, the girls ran amazing and are ready for state.
For the boys' run, the whole team finished 2nd, also bringing Selby back a plaque. Gavin Hirsch got 1st place with a time of 16:12, beating second place by a whole minute. Sam Ernst ran great, getting 9th place with a time of 18:26 which is a new personal record for him. Sam beat his old record by 37 seconds. Will Stiegelmeier got 30th place with a time of 20:32, also getting a new personal record for himself and beating his old record by 40 seconds. Jack Huffman finished in 36th place with a time of 21:07, setting a new personal record for himself as well beating his old one by 11 seconds. Finally, Faren Nelson got 43rd place, also getting a new personal record for himself and beating his old one by 1 minute and 4 seconds.
With the boys getting 2nd place as a team and the girls getting first place as a team, in addition to all getting top 20, this means that everyone on the team will get to go to state and compete. The state meet will be at the Huron golf course on October 25th, with the time yet to be determined. Everyone is looking forward to going to the state championship, and hopes to see you all there!
Written by Journalism student Gavin Hirsch (12th grade)
The girls’ team won the whole region and got 1st place, bringing Selby back a plaque. They all ran in the top 20, running very well. They all set either a season record for themselves or an all-time personal record for themselves. Evelyn Shearer got 5th place with a time of 19:55 setting a new personal record by 29 seconds for herself, and also getting the new school record by a long shot. Jentry Hubner got 6th place with a time of 20:23, also setting a new personal record by 24 seconds and beating the old school record time as well. Brynnly Huber got 12th place with a time of 21:32 which is a new season record for her, beating her old season record by 56 seconds. Anniah Russell got 14th place with a time of 21:50 which is also a new season record for her, beating her old old season record by 8 seconds. Finally, Ella Perman got 19th place with a time of 22:21 getting a new season record as well, beating her old season record by 40 seconds. Overall, the girls ran amazing and are ready for state.
For the boys' run, the whole team finished 2nd, also bringing Selby back a plaque. Gavin Hirsch got 1st place with a time of 16:12, beating second place by a whole minute. Sam Ernst ran great, getting 9th place with a time of 18:26 which is a new personal record for him. Sam beat his old record by 37 seconds. Will Stiegelmeier got 30th place with a time of 20:32, also getting a new personal record for himself and beating his old record by 40 seconds. Jack Huffman finished in 36th place with a time of 21:07, setting a new personal record for himself as well beating his old one by 11 seconds. Finally, Faren Nelson got 43rd place, also getting a new personal record for himself and beating his old one by 1 minute and 4 seconds.
With the boys getting 2nd place as a team and the girls getting first place as a team, in addition to all getting top 20, this means that everyone on the team will get to go to state and compete. The state meet will be at the Huron golf course on October 25th, with the time yet to be determined. Everyone is looking forward to going to the state championship, and hopes to see you all there!
Written by Journalism student Gavin Hirsch (12th grade)
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The Wolverines ran at Highmore on October 4th. For the girls’ Varsity race, Jentry Hubner got 7th place and Eveyln Shearer got 9th place. Brynnly Huber got 15th place and Anniah Russell got 19th place. There were a total of 36 runners in this race. For the boys’ Varsity race, Gavin Hirsch got 1st place beating 2nd place by 4 seconds. It was a close race, but I really kicked it in at the end. Sam Ernst got 11th place, getting his new season record. Jack Huffman got 32nd, also getting his new season record. Will Stiegelmeier got 34th, also breaking his season record. Faren Nelson got 36th, getting his new personal record and running varsity for the first time. In the girls’ Junior High race there were 42 runners and Della Ernst got 1st place out of all of them.
Gavin Hirsch got to compete at an additional meet on September 7th at Wall, SD. I raced against very good runners there, and I got 1st place. I broke the old Lions’ record set back in 1976 by Les Miller. I ran a time of 15:18 beating the old record by over a whole minute. It was a perfect day. There was no wind, it was 60 degrees, and a pretty flat course.
The Wolverines’ ran at the YTC meet at Gettysburg on October 8th. This was a very windy meet with wind up to 35 mph but we all still made sure to push through it and not use it as an excuse. For the girls’ varsity race, the girls won the Yellow Stone Conference getting first place as a team. Evelyn Shearer got 5th place with a time of 20:24 breaking the Selby Area School Record, and Jentry Hubner got 6th with a time of 20:47 which is a new personal best as well.
Anniah Russell got 12th with a time of 21:58 which is a new season record for her, and Brynnly Huber got 17th place with a time of 22:36 also getting a new season record. Ella Perman got 22nd with a time of 23:01 also getting a new season record. For the boys’ varsity race, Gavin Hirsch got 2nd with a time of 16:03. I was only 1 second behind first place, but I did end up getting cut off at the end which made me lose my momentum and almost trip. Sam Ernst got 19th place with a time of 19:03, which is a new personal record for him. Jack Huffman got 49th place with a time of 21:18, getting a new personal record as well. Will Stiegelmeier got 53rd with a time of 22:01, which is a new season record for him. And Faren Nelson got 59th with a time of 23:47, which is a new personal record for him too. Finally, for the girls’ junior high race (3000 meters), Della Ernst got 1st place with a time of 13:02, beating 2nd place by 21 seconds. Overall, the Wolverines had a great race and their next meet will be Regions at Gettysburg on September 15th.
Written by Journalism student, Gavin Hirsch (12th grade)
Gavin Hirsch got to compete at an additional meet on September 7th at Wall, SD. I raced against very good runners there, and I got 1st place. I broke the old Lions’ record set back in 1976 by Les Miller. I ran a time of 15:18 beating the old record by over a whole minute. It was a perfect day. There was no wind, it was 60 degrees, and a pretty flat course.
The Wolverines’ ran at the YTC meet at Gettysburg on October 8th. This was a very windy meet with wind up to 35 mph but we all still made sure to push through it and not use it as an excuse. For the girls’ varsity race, the girls won the Yellow Stone Conference getting first place as a team. Evelyn Shearer got 5th place with a time of 20:24 breaking the Selby Area School Record, and Jentry Hubner got 6th with a time of 20:47 which is a new personal best as well.
Anniah Russell got 12th with a time of 21:58 which is a new season record for her, and Brynnly Huber got 17th place with a time of 22:36 also getting a new season record. Ella Perman got 22nd with a time of 23:01 also getting a new season record. For the boys’ varsity race, Gavin Hirsch got 2nd with a time of 16:03. I was only 1 second behind first place, but I did end up getting cut off at the end which made me lose my momentum and almost trip. Sam Ernst got 19th place with a time of 19:03, which is a new personal record for him. Jack Huffman got 49th place with a time of 21:18, getting a new personal record as well. Will Stiegelmeier got 53rd with a time of 22:01, which is a new season record for him. And Faren Nelson got 59th with a time of 23:47, which is a new personal record for him too. Finally, for the girls’ junior high race (3000 meters), Della Ernst got 1st place with a time of 13:02, beating 2nd place by 21 seconds. Overall, the Wolverines had a great race and their next meet will be Regions at Gettysburg on September 15th.
Written by Journalism student, Gavin Hirsch (12th grade)
Congratulations to the September Students of the Month, Wyatt McNamara and Evan Olson! Students of the month are nominated by teachers based on effort, attitude, and character. These students have been exemplary in each of those categories. Keep up the great work!
