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

More than 2,000 FFA members, advisors and guests gathered April 20–22 at South Dakota State University’s First Bank & Trust Arena for the 2026 South Dakota State FFA Convention, and the Lennox Sundstrom FFA chapter made its presence known with award recognition and leadership at the state level. Centered around this year’s theme, “Step Up,” the convention highlighted student achievement, leadership development and personal growth. The message encouraged members to take initia

The Lennox School District will host a series of community meetings to provide information and gather public input regarding its budget and a potential opt-out vote. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, April 28. Two additional meetings are scheduled for Saturday, May 2 at 9 a.m. and Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. Both will take place in the high school lunchroom. School officials emphasized that the meetings are strictly informational, and no official action will be taken. The

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

LENNOX, S.D. – On April 20, 2026, S.D. Highway 44 closed from the south side of the Oriole Avenue intersection to the intersection of Highway 44 (280th Street) to begin grading work by Lennox. A signed detour route is available using 465th Avenue on the west side of Lennox and 280th Street to travel east and west on Highway 44. The project includes several roadway improvements on Highway 44. The north/south segment from 279th Street to 280th Street will be reconstructed wit

The Lennox School Board met April 13. Superintendent Adam Shaw presented on the budget. He supplied a budget report dating back to 2020 to give the board an idea of where state aid has been. Shaw said they spent cash reserves down year after year to follow state law and they haven’t taxed the taxpayers. He noted business manager Angela Arlt has done what the state said to do in spending down cash. He noted the fund balance has gone down about a million dollars over a five-yea