There will be a lot of Huskies headed north on May 23-25. Their destination will be Howard Wood Field, in Sioux Falls, as many talented Elk Point-Jefferson track athletes go to work at the state meet. All classes in the state of South Dakota will be competing and EPJ looks to make their mark among the talented field of Class A schools.

It was a busy week of track and field for the Huskies as they were in Canton on May 14 and then hosted the Last Chance Meet on May 16. Elk Point-Jefferson had multiple student athletes perform well, at both meets, to end the regular season on an extremely high note.

It was a good day to golf on Monday, May 7 as the Huskies were at Central Valley Golf Course for the West Central Invite. It was a full field of teams competing. Elk Point-Jefferson faced opponents from Dakota Valley, Sioux Falls Christian, Tea, Vermillion, Lennox, Canton, Parkston, Winner, Madison, Beresford, West Central and Tri-Valley.

Double the games meant double the wins for the Elk Point-Jefferson softball squad on Tuesday, May 7. The Huskies went up against the Canton CHawks and earned a victory in game #1 by a score of 16-0 and then won game #2 with a final of 11-2.

The Elk Point-Jefferson baseball team saw a lot of action in the 2nd week of May. They had games on May 7, May 9 and May 12. Each game had them facing strong competition. Unfortunately none of the contests earned wins for the Huskies, but strong efforts in the field and at the plate were observed.

The annual Howard Wood Relays were held in Sioux Falls on May 3 and 4 with several Huskies competing. Many personal records and high achievements were earned by the Elk Point- Jef ferson athletes in what is always an exciting two days of track and field for the state.

The EPJ Girls golf team competed on Tuesday, April 30 at a very difficult course at Rockey Run in Dell Rapids. It presents many challenges that The Pointe does not, elevation and multiple water features.

The Huskies Girls Golf Invitational, hosted by Elk Point-Jefferson, happened on Friday, May 3. Eight teams attended and weather conditions were finally favorable for the student athletes to hit the links.

It was an away contest against Beresford/Alcester-Hudson (BAH) on Wednesday, May 1 for the Huskies. It was a game of defense for both sides as the scores were low with BAH winning 2-1.

The Elk Point-Jefferson baseball team played 2 games on May 5. It was a strong win for the Huskies versus Wagner by a score of 11-1. However, EPJ did not come out on top against the Cavaliers of Bon Homme.