Elkton-Lake Benton defeats ORR

The Elkton-Lake Benton girls varsity volleyball team defeated Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Friday night in Elkton. Pictured above, Dani Busselman hits the ball as sister Sara Busselman prepares for their next move. —Submitted photo.

Elkton-Lake Benton defeats ORR in Lake Benton

Above: Elkton-Lake Benton players line up against Oldham-Ramona-Rutland on October 12. Although the weather was a little unfavorable at the beginning, only the die-hard fans stuck it out through the snow in the last half of the game (below). Elkton-Lake Benton defeated ORR 36-34.

-Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch (top). Submitted photo (below).

by Sara Koch
On Friday, Oct. 12, Elkton-Lake Benton football players took on the Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Raiders in Lake Benton.
Ashley Sixta, a senior from Lake Benton commented on watching the team play in her hometown again. “It feels the same to me as it did when we played here before, it’s my hometown and I like it,” she said.
Other fans that remembered the games before the schools consolidated showed their support as well.
“I think this is great,” said Lee Lustfield. “As long as they can win, I think it’s awesome. They have a good field here and it needs to be used. There’s a lot of history here.”
Players also showed their support for Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink on part of their uniform. Some even had their shoes spray-painted hot pink.
Friday was also parents night for the players as they were introduced one by one onto the field. Besides balloons and flowers, some parents also received pink boas to wear throughout the game.
Although a close game, Elkton-Lake Benton ended up pulling it off and defeating ORR 36-34, even in the blizzard that showed up in the second half.
Friday night’s game was the first win for Elkton-Lake Benton this year.

Elkton-Lake Benton JV defeats ORR 46-8

During the game in Lake Benton on October 9, Walker Sik hung onto the ball for a touchdown before being tackled by his ORR opponent. Elkton-Lake Benton Junior High defeated Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 46-8.

-Submitted photo.

7th and 8th grade girls win volleyball tourney

Both the 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams of Elkton-Lake Benton took first place at a tournament in Lake Preston last weekend. They were up against three other teams. The 7th grade, pictured above are, front row: Kati Finzen, Lexy Lynn and Shelby Kampmann. Second row: Debrisha Stevens, Sidney Jandahl, Shelby McCarthy. Back row: McKenzie DeRuyter, Coach Rebecca Beuckens and Elizabeth Hegerfeld.
8th grade girls, pictured below are, front row: Gabby Kampmann, Kelsey Kinner, Shelby Remund. Second row: Bailey Thompson, Brooke Jaacks, Brooke Kuehl. Third row: Courtney Mulder, Ella Peake, Ashley Bauer, Kelli Berger. Back row: Coach Rebecca Beuckens. —Submitted photos.

Elkton-Lake Benton falls to Dell Rapids St. Mary in homecoming defeat

Members of the Elkton-LB football team faced off against the Dell Rapids St. Mary Cardinals last Friday night. The Elks fell to the Cardinals 34-8.

-Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch

Elkton-Lake Benton girls beat Deubrook in Lake Benton

Courtney Nelson, Sarah Busselman and Megan Krogman watch for Deubrook's next move. The girls defeated Deubrook in the first three matches.

- Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch

*Check out the photo page for more sports pictures from homecoming week!

Elkton-Lake Benton JV downs Tea

The Elkton-Lake Benton JV volleyball team beat Tea on September 14. Above, Abbi Sudtelgte hits the ball. Also pictured is Becca Jurgens. —Submitted photo.

Elkton-Lake Benton defeated by Arlington

Above: The Elkton-Lake Benton varsity football team fell to Arlington Friday, September 18.
—Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch.
Below: Alex Trautman carries ball in the Elkton-Lake Benton win over Florence-Henry at Arlington. They hosted the junior high/junior varsity Football Jamboree September 19.
—Submitted photo.

Elkton-LB girls defeat Estelline Thursday night

Kelsey Jandahl hits the ball over the net during Thursday night's game against Estelline. The JV girls won in two matches and Varsity took the win in three.

-Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch.

by Buck Barber, Dusty Lund and Jared Schindler

Your very own Elkton-Lake Benton Lady Elks volleyball team picked up their first win of the season. The victory came with a win over DVC (Dakota Valley Conference) rival, Estelline Lady Redmen.

After losing their first two matches of the season to quality opponents, the Elkton Lady Elks really seemed like they are starting to mesh together well as they got the sweep. The first match, the Lady Elks disposed of the Redmen with a 25-18 victory, but the Lady Redmen came battling back.

Their efforts didn't matter as the Lady Elks pulled out the second match with a close 25-23 win. The third match looked right away as if there was going to be a fourth match but the Lady Elks had an amazing come from behind victory and really shoed some clutch performances with another win of 25-23.

Look for the Elkton-Lake Benton Lady Elks to start making some noise this 2009 season as they have high expectations, and should have a good shot at getting a state berth. The whole team played well together and this trend should continue the rest of the way.

Elkton-Lake Benton falls to Castlewood in season-opener

Above: The Elkton-Lake Benton varsity football team (right) line up against the Castlewood football team on Friday night. The Elks were defeated 26-6.

--Lake Benton News photo by Sara Koch.

2009-2010 Elkton-LB Volleyball

Back Row: Virginia Gebhart, Sarah Busselman, Haley Denison, Rebecca Jurgens, Megan Krogman, Molly Koch, Kelsey Jandahl, Cassidy Gebhart.

Middle Row: Dani Busselman, Rachel Krogman, Raquel Becker, Jill Manzey

Front Row: Courtney Nelsen, Liz Otkin

2009-2010 Elkton-LB Football

Front row: Jon Barthel, Matt Speakman, Austin Krumm, Mark Speakman, Cody Clark, Marcus Kopecky, Dexter VanDyke, John Weise, Parker Leuning, Teron Olson.

2^nd row: Trevor Bauer, Dylan Schander, Cody Hendricks, Buck Barber, Tyler Kampmann, Cody Sommervold, Austin Farnham, Neil Rolf, Dylan Weekes.

3^rd row: Chase Gorter, Cody Huber, Colton Christensen, Taylor Rolf, Jon Christensen, Tyler Schindler, Ethan Pearson, Braden Carmody, Jake VanDyke.

Back Row: Wade Stein, Brant Tingle, Daniel Tollefson, Ethan Rasmussen, Tyler Eckern, Jordan Duis, Nathan Slegers, Cody Wiskur, Logan Wiskur, Cody Car.

Not pictured: Tucker Jaack and Nick Delaney

2009-2010 Elkton-LB Cross-Country

Bottom row (l to r): Amber Landsman, Dabrisha Stephens, Cassidy Gebhart, Abbi Sudtelgte.

Middle row :       Gabby Kampmann, Kelsey Kinner, Ashlynn Landsman, Alissa Landsman, Lacey Lynn.

Back row:          Jose Flores, Tyler Eckern, Cayden Christensen, MaCauley Hillson, Jacob Pulscher, Alex Schwing, Justin Sudtelgte.

The coach in the middle is Ervin Gebhart

And they're off!

Elkton-Lake Benton’s cross country team kicked off their season on August 29. Pictured above are Junior Varsity girls Ashlynn Landsman, Amber Landsman and Kelsey Kinner at the start of Saturday’s meet in Deubrook. — photo submitted by Susan Sudtelgte.

Elkton-Lake Benton Football meeting and practice beginning

There will be a meeting for all Elkton-Lake Benton 7-12th graders going out for football on Sunday, August 16 at 7 p.m. at the school. Equipment will be handed out afterwards.
Practice will begin Monday, August 17 at 8 a.m. and the bus taking students over from Lake Benton will leave here that morning by 7:30 a.m. sharp.

Elkton-Lake Benton
upcoming athletics

VOLLEYBALL

9/1/09 vs. Flandreau HS

9/3/09 at Arlington

9/10/09 vs. Estelline

9/12/09 at Clark Tournament 9 a.m.

9/14/09 vs. Tea Area School Dist.

9/15/09 vs. Flandreau Indian School

9/17/09 at Dell Rapids St. Mary’s

9/22/09 vs. Colman-Egan

9/24/09 vs. Deubrook

9/26/09 Don Magnus Memorial Tourney in Elkton 9 a.m.

9/29/09 at Garretson

10/1/09 vs. DeSmet

10/6/09 vs. Grant-Deuel 6:15 p.m.

10/8/09 at Lake Preston

10/17/09 DVC tournament at Estelline 9 a.m.

10/20/09 at Castlewood

10/23/09 vs. Oldham-Ramona-Rutland

10/26/09 at Iroquois

*All volleyball games are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. unless stated otherwise.

CROSS COUNTRY

8/29/09 Deubrook Invitational 9 a.m.

9/8/09 Jess James at Garretson 4 p.m.

9/16/09 Flyer Invitational at Freeman 1 p.m.

9/21/09 Deuel Invitational at Clear Lake 4 p.m.

9/23/09 Dell Rapids Public 4 p.m.

10/2/09 Oriole Invitational at Lennox 4 p.m.

10/7/09 DVC at DeSmet 2 p.m.

10/14/09 Region meet at TBA 2 p.m.

10/24/09 State meet at Rapid City 1 p.m.

FOOTBALL

9/4/09 vs. Castlewood

9/11/09 at Deubrook

9/18/09 vs. Arlington

9/25/09 vs. Dell Rapid’s St. Mary
(Homecoming)

10/2/09 at Colman-Egan

10/9/09 vs. Oldham-Ramona-
Rutland

10/16/09 vs. Estelline

10/22/09 at DeSmet/Iroquois

*All football games are scheduled for 7 p.m.