Grant VanAartsen

2024 A Year in Review

A look back on events, people and places that we covered in the year 2024 This issue of The Special includes the first seven months of year 2024 in review January 4An open house will be held for Marcella Bartmann at the Montrose Legion Hall on Saturday, January 13th....

Canistota tops Oldham-Ramona-Rutland

BECKER EYES THE HOOP VS. GAYVILLE-VOLIN Canistota junior (#3) Ellie Becker looks to drive to the hoop Saturday, December 28 during the Hawks doubleheader vs. Gayville-Volin. The Lady Hawks lost the contest 16-45. Canistota Girls’ Basketball The Canistota girls...

Cansitota’s Easton Miller Drives For Two

Canistota junior (#10) Easton Miller drives the lane and puts up two points against Gayville-Volin on Saturday, December 28 in Canistota. The Hawks lost 31-48. Stats on the game were unavailable at press time.

MCM boys lose to Wall, defeat Kimball/White Lake, Scotland/Menno

MCM’S DORR PREPARES ON DEFENSE McCook Central/Montrose junior Dawson Dorr gets ready on defense during a basketball game in Salem earlier this season. After hosting and defeating Scotland/Menno this past Monday evening the Fighting Cougars will travel to Beresford on...

Bridgewater-Emery and Hanson boys’ basketball roundup

BE’S WEBER DUNKS THE BALL AT HOOP CITY CLASSIC Bridgewater-Emery’s Ben Weber, #12, dunks a basketball during Bridgewater-Emery’s win over Platte-Geddes at the Hoop City Classic game at Mitchell’s Corn Palace. (Photo/Owen Reitzel) Owen Reitzel | Editor...

Top wrestlers match up at MCM Girls Invitational

On Friday, January 3, 2025, MCM hosted their annual Girls Invitational Tournament. The girls wrestling numbers across the state have grown substantially and this was also the case for this year’s tournament. Last year we had 80 girls compete and this year there were...

Bridgewater-Emery and Hanson girls basketball roundup

WEBER PUTS UP TWO FOR BRIDGEWATER-EMERY Bridgewater-Emery’s Oakley Weber goes up for a layup in a win against Oldham-Ramona-Rutland. (Photo/Owen Reitzel) Owen Reitzel | Editor Bridgewater-Emery 72Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 51Oakley Weber scored 23 points, 10 rebounds, and...

Garretson Wrestling Quad Schedule Announced

The McCook Central/Montrose wrestlers will travel to Garretson today (Thursday, January 9, 2025) for a quad with Howard, Parker, and Garretson starting at 5:00 p.m.Match 1 will have Garretson vs. Parker and MCM vs. Howard followed by Match 2 with Garretson vs. MCM and...

MCM boys wrestlers off to the “Mid-Dakota Monster” tournament

The McCook Central/Montrose boys wrestling squad will be competing in the “Mid-Dakota Monster” tournament this Friday and Saturday, January 10 and 11, 2025 at the Lyman Gardens in Presho, SD.On Friday wrestling starts at 11:00 a.m. and will run on a rolling schedule....

Canistota Wrestling Results From Past Week

POPKES WORKS TO CONTROL HIS OPPONENT Josh Popkes, sophomore at Canistota, is on top of his opponent, working to control him at the McCook Central/Montrose tournament in Salem last weekend. December 30, Girls at Floyd Farrand Invitational, Sioux Falls Lincoln235:...