The EPJ Husky track teams were one of six teams present at the Beresford Lions Invite along with West Central, Canton, Tea Area, Beresford and Vermillion. With yet another windy day, the conditions were great for the short sprints with a strong north tailwind, and rough for the longer races with the vicious headwind on the back stretch.

The EPJ Huskies Track teams sent 11 athletes to the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls. This elite twoday event on May 5 and 6 features track and field athletes from the surrounding states. Although the forecast called for storms on both days, both days went off without a hitch.

On Thursday, April 27 the EPJ Huskies Boys and Girls Track teams headed west to Yankton to compete in the First Dakota Relays. With 17 teams in participation, the day promised to be highly competitive. The chilly, windy and rainy weather conditions, coupled with the meet being over nine hours long, made this not only a test of speed, endurance or strength, but also of fortitude!

On Tuesday, April 26, the EPJ track girls and boys made the short drive to North Sioux City to participate in the Dakota Valley Invite. This meet was highly competitive in some of the events with the addition of top-tier teams. The ten teams at the Invite were Sioux Falls Christian, Dakota Valley, Elk Point-Jefferson, Canton, Dell Rapids, South Sioux City, Tea Area, West Central, Lennox, and Vermillion.

The Huskies decided it was time act like it was a Homerun Derby during their last week of softball games. Multiple players for Elk Point-Jefferson were speeding around the bases after their crack of the bats and seeing homeplate as a result.

Dakota Valley hosted their _rst golf meet of the season at the Two Rivers Golf Course Monday, April 24. It was Elk Point-Jefferson’s _rst 18-hole event.

The Elk Point-Jefferson Huskies played two contests with varying results on April 28 and 30. Starting off the weekend, the Huskies went up against the Canton C-Hawks in an away game.

The Huskies had four contests from April 13-21. The Elk Point-Jefferson softball team played Gayville- Volin April 13, Beresford April 14 and West Central April 17.

A contest against rival Dakota Valley had Elk Point-Jefferson pushing themselves to do better. The Huskies worked hard, but fell just short of winning the baseball game April 17 at home.

The Elk Point-Jefferson Boys Basketball team held their awards night Tuesday, April 18. The team had 19 letter winners.