The Lennox High School track and field team delivered a standout performance against some of the area’s top competition at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, held May 1–2 in Sioux Falls. Competing in one of the largest meets in the Upper Midwest, which featured more than 3,000 middle and high school athletes, the Orioles were led by a historic performance in the girls’ 4x200-meter relay. The team of Tori Gerdes, Jayla DeCou, Holly Gillick and Bergan Musser captured first place wh

The Lennox High School softball team delivered a dominant performance on Friday, April 24, shutting out Gayville-Volin 10-0 behind a strong outing in the circle from Layci Eli and a balanced offensive attack. Lennox wasted no time getting on the board at the bottom of the first inning. Hailey Seelen sparked the offense with a leadoff double before Eli reached on a bunt single and advanced on an error, allowing Seelen to score. Eli later crossed the plate on a groundout by Hay

It has already been a record-breaking spring for the Lennox High School track and field program—and if recent performances are any indication, the Orioles are just getting started. “We have actually had numerous school records set so far this year,” said head coach Jared Vlastuin. “It has been a really good year thus far.” From relay dominance to individual breakthroughs, Lennox athletes are not only rewriting the school record book but consistently placing among the top comp

The Lennox High School baseball team continued its strong stretch of play over the weekend, picking up two convincing wins over Vermillion and Groton before weather cut short a match-up with West Central. Lennox opened the weekend with a 5-1 victory over Vermillion on Friday, April 24, using timely hitting and a dominant performance on the mound from Mason Reischl. The Orioles struck early in the bottom of the first inning when Gabe Veurink and Talen Eich delivered back-to-ba

Riley Nelson gets the hit during play against Milbank On Monday, April 20, the Lennox High School boys’ tennis team traveled to Tomar Park in Sioux Falls for a triangular meet against Mitchell and SF Christian. The varsity squad started the day off playing doubles against Mitchell. The Flight #1 duo of Eli Plank and Wyatt Holland started off strong with a 6-3 first set win, but Mitchell battled back to take the second set 6-1 and the match tie breaker 10-3. Duncan Johnso

Sierra Wesseling Abbie Wildeboer and Jona Leo— all three lifters competed at the High School Nationals in Omaha A trio of Lennox High School powerlifters capped their seasons with strong performances against top competition from across the country at the Powerlifting America High School Nationals, held April 17–18 in Omaha. Under the direction of coach Jona Leo, powerlifters Abbie Wildeboer, Sierra Wesseling and Gavin Horner represented Lennox on one of the sport’s biggest hi

The Lennox High School boys’ tennis team hosted Vermillion on Thursday, April 16. The varsity started off with doubles where the team played some smart and consistent points to take the win at all three flights, taking a 3-0 lead into singles. The Orioles kept the momentum going and scored wins from Eli Plank at flight #1, Chase Lundquist at flight #4 and Riley Nelson at flight #6. This gave the team a 6-3 dual win and improved their record to 2-0 on the season. In JV

A fifth-inning RBI single from Jaxson Bittner proved to be the difference as Lennox edged Sioux Falls Christian, 1-0, on April 13 in a tightly contested pitchers’ duel. With both teams locked in a scoreless battle through four innings, Lennox broke through in the top of the fifth. Mason Reischl led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Justin Butler. After a walk to Cade Aasheim put runners on the corners, Bittner delivered with a ground ball single

Hailey Hahn throws out the pitch during play against Sioux Falls Christian. The Lennox High School softball team opened its 2026 season with a thrilling 12-11 extra-inning victory over Sioux Falls Christian on Thursday, April 9. Sioux Falls Christian struck first in the top of the opening inning, helping them push across the early run. Lennox answered quickly in the bottom half behind key at-bats from Abbie Wildeboer and Macy Wallenstein, who delivered an RBI single to even

Cole Spieler gets the out at first in the Orioles’ match-up against Beresford. The Lennox High School baseball team enjoyed a busy week that saw the team record four wins, improving their record to 6-0. On Monday, April 6 the Orioles battled back from an early deficit to earn a 13-10 win over Madison. Lennox struck first in the bottom of the opening inning, taking advantage of control issues on the mound. After three hit batters and a pair of walks, the Orioles pushed acro