Members of Concert Choir and HS band were able to participate in the regional small group contest with their high school peers! It was a massive success with 14/27 of the entries receiving the highest possible rating and are eligible to move on to State Music in May! (Only 33% of entries can advance) Spoiler Freshman Emily Kerian also received an Outstanding Performance award, which are only awarded once per judge!
Congratulations to all students involved. We are proud to have such dedicated students. Spoilers rocked.
The following students have advanced to State Music! On to Bismarck!
Go Spoilers!
Izzy Jenkins
Cove Johnson
Mia Kasprick
Vangie Larson
Lexi Tompkins
Natalie Bina
Aubrey Tompkins
Kathleen Kerian
Bryar Morin
Summer Moberg
Vaya Stark
Emily Bjerke
Elsie Jelinek
Aria Braaten
Jen Reck
Alyssa Heidt
Summer Ebertowski
Emersyn Van Camp
Emily Kerian
Ruby Gerszewski
Trinity Parsons
Julia Heidt
Emma Narloch
Samara O
Izzy Cole
Jack Kern
Carther Stark
Terry Denault
Charlie Taylor
Max Sillers
Josh Lindberg
Nate Denton
Bryson Almen
Jackson Douville
Bryar Morin
Aiden Rahn
Jonathan Presteng
Go Spoilers!
We competed at our Regional tournament at Northwood this past Saturday. We have Bryce Kringstad who is a regional champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and will be competing at the state tournament. We also have Vangie Larson who took second place in the category of Inform. She will also be competing at the state competition. Congratulations to all of these kids and all of the hard work that they have put in this season!
Humorous Duo π¬: Vangie Larson and Natalie Larson 4th place
Impromptu π¬: Dean Maney 8th place
Entertain π¬: Natalie Bina 8th Place
Inform π¬: Vangie Larson 2nd Place
Poetry π¬: Cadence Kerner competitor
Radio π¬: Cadence Kerner 6th Place
Serious π¬: Terry Denault competitor
Extemp π¬: Bryce Kringstad 1st place
We competed at the Park River speech meet this past Saturday. Big thanks to Ms.Lopez for driving them. We are looking forward to Regionals this weekend in Northwood.
Humorous Duo π¬: Vangie Larson and Natalie Larson 6th Place
Impromptu π¬: Dean Maney competitor
Entertain π¬: Natalie Bina Competitor
Inform π¬: Vangie Larson 2nd Place
Humorous π¬: Natalie Bina Competitor
For anyone interested in playing at the next level, take a look at this.
Complete the form below to sign up for Summer Strength & Conditioning. All students going to be in 7-12th for the 24-25 school year can sign up!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEgvOib-tAE8l72x72eb4-E_2H1wLGbtS9iRWtBZtIOW4h5g/viewform?usp=sf_link
Come see what these hard working 6-8th graders have created!
Show runtime is 60 minutes!
Spoiler Youth Basketball Camp
Who: Boys/Girls K-4 (2023-2024 school year)
When: May 20th, 21st, 22nd
Time: May 20th, 21st ( K-1 4:00 to 5:00, 2-4 5:15 to 6:30) May 22nd ( K-1 3:00 to 4:00, 2-4 4:15 to 5:30)
Where: Grafton Century Gym
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IFMLr2y0VaS01UnychxbEww07dU13f-vD8YsZkLvlPM/edit?usp=sharing
Good Luck
We competed in the Hillsboro speech meet on Saturday March 23rd. We had five students competing. Natalie had to leave a little early so she is not pictured.
Humorous Duo π¬: Terry Denault and Charlie Taylor competitors
Serious π¬: Terry Denault competitor
Poetry π¬: Cadence Kerner competitor
Impromptu π¬: Dean Maney 8th place
Entertain π¬: Natalie Bina 6th place
Persuade π¬: Charlie Taylor 7th place
We forgot one winter sports award winner from yesterday. Boys Basketball Coach Riley Lillemoen was also named Region 2 Boys Basketball Coach of the Year.
Way to go Coach!
The Grafton Concert Choir represented at the North Dakota Music Educators association conference in Bismarck on Thursday! They were honored as the featured choir of the state for the concert hour! We are proud of all of these bright young kids and the joy that they bring through music!
You can watch the concert session here!
https://youtu.be/fHbVp6TcEvM?si=iSogz0b2xHXWUuV7
Our winter season wound down last weekend and we had several individuals receive individual accomplishments.
Hockey - Siri Olson was both All-EDC and All-State
Girls Basketball - Kate LeClerc was named All Region
Wrestling - Kruiser Burns, Shaiden Thomas, and Emma Johner qualified for state with Kruiser winning the state title at 121 pounds.
Boys Basketball - Braylon Baldwin, Tony Villarreal, and Kyler Droog were named All-Region. At the state tournament, Braylon and Kyler were named to the All Tournament team. Braylon also received All State Honors.
Congrats to our winter sport athletes!
Happening at the GPAC on March 25 & 26 at 7pm!
Congratulations to Spoiler Senior Tony Villarreal who went over the 1000 point mark in his last game of his high school basketball career, yesterday's win over Shiloh for 3rd place in state.
Way to go Tony!
Spoilers defeat Shiloh to finish 3rd in state! What a year for this group of young men! Congrats gentlemen!
Spoilers fall to the Firebirds. Will play for 3rd in state tomorrow at 3 pm.
After our big game tonight, stay tuned for the new look Parade of Champions. Spoiler Junior Kruiser Burns will be honored for his state wrestling championship!
THE SPOILERS BEAT BEULAH TO MOVE ON TO THE SEMIS TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 VS DEVILS LAKE.
GO SPOILERS
STATE BOYS BASKETBALL INFO:
Our boys basketball team will play in the Division A State Tournament this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Fargodome. The Spoilers begin tournament play Thursday at 2:45 vs Beulah. Our band will rocking the tunes before the game, so get out your Spoiler gear and have some fun.
Thursday the games will be broadcast on WDAY EXTRA or channel 8.2 over the air or Channel 592 on Midco. If we win, games Friday and Saturday will be ON WDAY/WDAZ or 8.1 or 608 on Midco. All tournament games can be streamed on the inforum website.
Tickets are available at the door or through ticketmaster. Spoiler parents are in section 25 if you are looking to get tickets near our section. Costs are $15 per session for adults, $6 for students. Tournament passes (for all 12 games) are $66 for adults, $30 for students.
Other events this week:
Wednesday at about 8:35 am, the boys will be led through the school by our band in our traditional walk-through celebration. Later that evening our local Emergency Personnel will lead the Spoilers out of town with a lap through Grafton. They will leave the school at approximately 6:00 pm so get out and line the streets for the fun.
Our awesome Booster Club is sponsoring hospitality rooms Thursday and Friday evening at the Delta Hotel in Fargo. If you would like to donate, please contact a board member.
Spoil Squad dress up days are Thursday-Western, Friday-Neon, Saturday-Spoiler Spirit.
This team has put in the work, sacrifice, and dedication to get to state, now it's time to go have fun and enjoy the opportunity. GO SPOILERS!
We competed at the Grand Forks Speech Classic today at Red River High School. This was a Class A meet so I am very proud of everyone who participated! Grand Forks always has a saying for their meet, todays saying was βMountains of Wordsβ
Extemporaneous Speaking π¬: Bryce Kringstad competitor
Humorous π¬: Vangie Larson competitor
Serious π¬: Terry Denault competitor
Poetry π¬: Cadence Kerner competitor
Impromptu π¬: Dean Maney competitor
Inform π¬: Vangie Larson 6th place