By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team shot for their fifth week in their second true completion last week showing steady improvement. The team will eye a strong finish to their season as the seniors look to head to the state tournament. “Another week of...
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Trap team competes
Trap team competes By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team continued their season last week with improved weather and shooting. This was their first week of competition with other teams, as they look to continue their improvement before the State...
Track teams continue strong start
Ellie Travnicek hands off to Jenna VanVelzen during a recent meet (submitted) By Shane Merrill | Sports With the track season now fully underway, the Pheasants have been putting together impressive results in the early season. With some of the earliest competition...
Pheasants stay hot in Freeman
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker track team continued their hot start last week at the Freeman Invite, with the girls taking second as a team with several top finishers. Leading the pack was senior Lexi Even who took first in both the 100 and 400 with times of...
Pheasants battle wind last Sunday
Shane Merrill | Sports Last Sunday the Parker trap shooters battled strong winds as they took to the field for their second day of shooting competition. “It was really windy at the range so some of the kids had a hard time with shooting,” commented coach Paul...
Trap team reports scores for April 10
Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team battled wind once again last week on April 10, and managed a mixed bag of results despite the wind. “It was another windy day to shoot,” said coach Paul Muller. “We had another tough day at the range, it was calm until about...
Trap shooters open season
Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team entered their first week of the season posting impressive numbers while battling the wind last weekend. Several participants showed steady improvement as the season gets underway. Each Round is 25 clays, with a 50 being a...
Pheasant baseball topples EPJ
Shane Merrill | Sports In a wild game Monday night, the Parker Pheasant HS baseball team traveled to Elk Point to face the EPJ Huskies. Parker put together one of their best games of the season, coming away with a 5-4 victory in extra innings. Pitching on the night...
Golfers start season
Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker golf team opened their season last week first at the class ‘B’ classic and then at the Garretson Early Bird which was counted as a practice round. At the classic, the Phesants golfers struggled through the cold and windy conditions....
Christensen named to HOF
By Shane Merrill | Sports Former Parker volleyball coach Jill Christensen will be inducted into the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in September at their annual banquet in Sioux Falls. Christensen guided the Pheasants from 1983-2018, winning 837 matches in her...
Pheasants open season at Vermillion
By Shane Merrill | Sports Battling tough weather conditions in recent week, the Parker Pheasant track team traveled to Vermillion in late March to compete in the annual Dan Lennon indoor Track meet. The Pheasants came away with some impressive finishes on the day,...
Robertson named third team All-State
By Shane Merrill | Sports Parker senior Carter Robertson was named to the 3rd team Class ‘A’ All-State team last week, after eclipsing 1100 career points this season. Robertson averaged 20.5 points per game in his senior campaign. First Team: Isaac Bruns (Sr), Dakota...
Parker baseball opens season with win
By Shane Merrill | Sports The reboot of the Parker HS baseball team found the Pheasants opening with a bang last week as Parker traveled to Beresford on a chilly Monday night to face the Watchdogs. Parker came away with a solid 9-5 victory. Pitching for Parker...
Parker trap team enters 2nd year
By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker trap team officially got off the ground one year ago, and head coach Paul Muller is excited to continue to grow the sport this season. The Trap Team, which is a non sanctioned ‘Club’ sport, boasts 17 members. Muller will be...
Parker spring baseball back in 2022
Back row: (Coach) Mitch Sheaffer, Levi Berens, Seth Vanvliet, Logan Bridges, Ethan Sheaffer, Gabe Gillespie, Ray Travnicek, Ethan Kasten, Brendan Pesicka,(Coach) Trent Kuchta. Front Row: Devin Kuchta, Cale Sheaffer, Alek Kuchta, Jevin Erickson By Shane Merrill |...
Parker track eyes strong season
Parker track seniors back left to right, Macy Kippes, Jaivyn DeBoer, Jacob VanVelzen, Joe Mahan. Front left to right, Maddie Marsh, Lexi Even, Desiree Pierce, Josie Leberman. Not pictured: Bogdan Marushkevych. By Shane Merrill | Sports The Parker track program has...
Golfers welcome large group
Pictured Back row left to right: Katie Bialas, Dawson Maska, Benson Jones, Devin Kuchta, Tagg Weller, Landri Holzwarth, Landon Wieman, Ray Travnicek, Jackson Buche. Front row left to right: Lauren Patten, Abbigail Rezac, Neil Haase, Brenden Pesicka, Luke Travnicek,...
Winter sports awards presented
Shane Merrill | Sports The Annual winter sports awards were presented last week at the Parker High School gym. The Pheasant wrestling, boys basketball and girls basketball all received the South Dakota High School Activities association academic team award for...
Pheasants fall in regional opener
Senior Ashton Ross brings the ball up last week in Dakota Valley. (Photo/Shane Merrill) By Shane Merrill | Sports When the horn sounded last Tuesday night, six seniors said goodbye to their Parker basketball careers as the Pheasants fell to number one undefeated...
Parker Rec Board off and running
The Parker Park and Rec board is up and running once again in 2022, and is excited for another summer of fun. The Rec board consisits of community members Shane Merrill, Tigh Lessman, Tami Berens, Trent Kuchta, Steph Jibben, Brady Temple, Trevor Christiansen and Roxie...