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6th grader, Weston Bierema places 1st at Gregory Tournament.
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The Lady Pirates played the Viborg/Hurley Cougars last Tuesday, January 18 where they lost 23-58.
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The Lady Pirates battled a hard fought game where they came out on top at the buzzer over the ACDC Thunder 36-33.
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The Lady Pirates traveld to Freeman to play their makeup double header on Saturday night.
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On Thursday evening the boys traveled to Lake Andes where they pulled ahead quick in the first quarter. The game got close in the last few minutes but the Pirates managed to sustain the lead and claim the victory.
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On Saturday the Pirates faced Freeman Academy/ Marion on the road.
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In my fifty years of column writing, I don’t believe that I have ever devoted a column to backpack survival gear on hunting/fishing adventures. In the January 2022 issue of American Hunter, Mark Kayser wrote that water and food are basic, with water being the first priority. He states that our bodies can be sustained through self-cannibalism (living off of our own body fat), but that we will only last 3-5 days without water. He goes on to say that we need to carry a minimum of two liters of water along with a compact water filter such as a Lifestraw. Food wise, Kayser recommends packing some energy bars.
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