The Elk Point-Jefferson volleyball team was on fire last week on the road, winning against Lennox in 5 and Tea Area in 4. Between the two games, it was also a memorable moment for two senior Huskies.

Elk Point-Jefferson hosted their annual Husky Invite Sept. 15 at The Pointe Golf Course in Elk Point. Eight teams, including EPJ, participated in the matchplay event. In match play, 8 players from each school are paired together in brackets. The players then are given points that go toward their team’s overall score. First place finishers garner 12 points, 2nd 10 points, 3rd 8 points, 4th and 5th places 6 points, 6th place 4 points, 7th place 2 points and 8th place 1 point. The team with the most points wins the invite.

The volleyball team travelled to Tyndall Saturday, Sept. 17 to participated in the Cavalier Clash. The tournament had 16 participants broken into 4 pool brackets. EPJ played in pool 2 with Gregory, Bon Homme and Parker.

The Huskies were able to gain some experience last week with two exhibition meets – a dual against Vermillion Sept. 6 and a triangular in Canton Sept.

The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies participated in two meets the week of Sept. 12, with the Swan Lake Invite on Sept. 12 and the Freeman Flyer Invitational on Sept. 14. In the inaugural meet at the unique and hilly Swan Lake north of Viborg, the Huskies placed the most overall medalists in recent history with 13 and also had two overall race winners and a team title. In the varsity boys, Joe Cross took the win with a time of 15:51 on the roughly 3 mile course. Jackson Prouty ran to a 6th place medal and Mason Marx placed 15th in his first varsity race. Just out of the medals in 16th was Dean Harkness. For the varsity girls, Ashley Stark was in the mix the entire race finishing with the 9th place medal. Just out of the medals was Heather Stark. The JV boys on the 2.4 mile course placed an unprecedented 7 in the medals out of the 15 on offer. Overall winner was Husky Austin Clercx, with Cael Derochie 4th, Beckett Fennel 6th, Jackson Neal 8th, Isaiah Love 11th, Aiden Jansen 12th and Jack Heckathorn 14th. Ethan Brown was just out of the medals in 16th, with Noah Buhian, John Kjose, Jacob Pierce, Jayse Vande Vegte, Tyler Lagge and Carter Heckathorn also finishing. The JV boys won the overall team title. Finally, the JV girls saw Alexis Ludwigs medal in 10th, Grace Schuh in 15th, with Natalie Hailey, Olivia Neuharth, Alicen Colt and Nikki Norby completing the challenging course.

In this year’s typical Husky football fashion, the Elk Point-Jefferson defense refused to let their opponent on the board. The Huskies travelled to Salem, SD to play against Mc-Cook Central/Montrose (MCM) Sept. 16. It was MCM’s homecoming match-up. While the Huskies have played lights out, ending the last 3 games by the mercy rule, this time the Huskies played the full game with a 35-0 victory.

For the week ending September 18, 2022, there were 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 27 percent very short, 44 percent short, 28 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 24 percent very short, 43 percent short, 31 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus.

We hear it all the time. “Be safe!” or “Slow down and think twice!” But it’s easier said than done when running on little sleep and working through the thick of harvest. In 2017 alone, U.S. Census numbers reported that 416 farmers/farm workers died from a work-related injury. Transportation incidents were the leading cause of death in this data (cdc.gov). In addition, every day about 100 agriculture workers suffer a lost-work-time injury. Here are a few tips and reminders for this season.

Municipal tax is one indicator of economic activity. Below are percentage increases/decreases for the months of June and July.

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