Spoiler Athletics

WE ARE GOING TO STATE! The Spoiler Boys Basketball team has qualified for the State Division A Tournament by defeating Wahpeton today. The Spoilers play at the Fargodome March 14th, 15th, 16th to try bring home a state title! More details to come later! Way to go Spoilers!

The Grafton Concert Choir and High School Band participated in large group contest on Wednesday! Band received an excelent performance rating (2nd highest possible) and choir received a Superior Rating (Highest possible) The choir also received an Outstanding Performance award, which is only award to one vocal ensemble from the festival. Go Spoilers! https://youtu.be/UcPPEVoN-E4?si=9C0PgmBQZtDMzeYw

We participated in the Central Valley Speech meet today. We had five students who all made it to finals in at least one event! Extemporaneous Speaking 💬: Bryce Kringstad 2nd Place Humorous 💬: Vangie Larson 4th Place Serious 💬: Bryce Kringstad competitor, Terry Denault 7th Place Poetry 💬: Cadence Kerner 4th Place Impromptu 💬: Dean Maney 7th

Grafton JH band traveled to fargo participated in NDSUs Raging Red band festival today! They were able to play for a panel of three esteemed band conductors and were awarded a silver award (score of 87) and an outstanding section award for percussion. Noah Suda was also awarded for an outstanding solo! After performing, they got to work with a judge and get feedback and advice on the best ways to improve and play their instruments! It was a great performance and clinic for these young musicians!

Boys Regions Starts Next Week in Mayville. The Spoilers take the number 1 seed into the tournament and will play the winner of Thompson and Hillsboro/Central Valley on Tuesday. The Spoilers will also play Thursday. Under the new format, the region champion advances to State the next week, while the 2nd and 3rd place teams will play Saturday, March 9th in Fargo vs Region 1 teams. We are anticipating extremely large crowds on Tuesday and Thursday of the tournament. If you want to guarantee yourself a seat, you will want to get there early. If the gym reaches capacity patrons will be turned away, so get there early to fill Mayville State with Maroon and Gold. Games will be live streamed for free on the "Your Live Event" YouTube Channel if you can't make it down. Go Spoilers!

The Spoiler Boys Basketball game scheduled for today vs HCV will be made up tomorrow Wednesday, February 28th at 4:00. It will only be a varsity game in Central Valley, no JV game.

Reminder when school is cancelled, extra curricular are as well, so that means no boys basketball at HCV today.

🏀Spoiler Boys Basketball 🏀 🆚Carrington High School 📍Grafton High School ⏰5:30 JV / 7:00 Varsity 📺 https://youtube.com/@GoSpoilers?si=A6moi3FFpti79gBC

Best of luck to Spoiler Senior Siri Olson as she competes for the Devils Lake Firebirds in the state tournament for girl's hockey. Siri is the second leading scorer in the state behind teammate Ashlyn Abrahamson. The Firebirds play Fargo North/South today at 5 pm

JAMMED PACKED Tomorrow, Wednesday February 21st, we will be playing a boys basketball game in front our student body. It is going to be a jam packed affair that will hopefully leave memories that will last for years. We know several parents and fans will also want to attend the game so here is the information for those attending. Our student body will be sitting behind our bench, behind the scorers table and on the north side of the "Spoilers" Bleachers. We are asking the general public to sit in the two sections to the south side of the gym (Stephen Argyle fans can sit behind their bench). This will be the area outlined in red in the picture attached. There will also be much congestion in the parking lot, so you may need to plan on extra time to get into the gym. Concessions will be available, if you are planning to duck in during a break from work. Starting line ups for the varsity are scheduled for 1:30. Reminder, the varsity will play before the jv. We will also be live streaming the game on our "Go Spoilers" YouTube channel, so if you can't make the game, you can still watch it online. Get out your maroon and gold gear and cheer on the Spoilers!

Best of luck to the Spoiler Girls Basketball team as they begin playoff action today. The Spoilers take on the Four Winds Minnewaukan Indians at 5:30 to kickoff the Region 2 Division A tournament in Mayville. Go Spoilers!

Congrats to Spoiler 8th grader Jack Green who has qualified for the State MathCounts competition to be held in Bismarck on March 25th! He earned this recognition by being one of the top individuals in the region following last week's county competition. Way to go Jack!

We participated in the Hatton-Northwood invitational speech meet on Saturday February 17. We had two students who picked up categories that morning to help make them state qualifying and they both made finals in those events! Inform 💬: Bethany Curtis 3rd Place Humorous Duo 💬: Vangie Larson/ Natalie Bina 4th Place Extemporaneous Speaking 💬: Cadence Kerner 1st Place and STATE QUALIFYING, Bethany Curtis 7th Place Humorous 💬: Vangie Larson 7th Place, Cadence Kerner 8th Place Entertain 💬: Natalie Bina 6th Place Serious 💬: Terry Denault competitor

There will be a welcome home parade for State Champion Kruiser Burns and the rest of his wrestling teammates and coaches at about 11:30 am today. Thank you to our emergency personnel for organizing everything on short notice! GET OUT AND BE LOUD AND PROUD!

STATE CHAMP! Spoiler Junior Kruiser Burns wins the state championship at 121 pounds. Way to make the Spoiler Community proud Kruiser!

Headed to the Ship! Spoiler Junior Kruiser Burns is headed to the state championship match of the 121 pound weight class after winning his semifinal match in overtime. Championship action starts tomorrow about 5:00. You can view it on BEK tv. Shaiden Thomas and Emma Johner both went 1-1 on the day and will wrestle tomorrow to try place. Their matches start about 10:00.

Here's the Region 2 Girls Basketball Tourney coming up next week. Go Spoilers!

GIGANTIC SPOILER SHOUTOUT Spoiler Seniors Jack Kern and Abram Sevigny have been named to the North Dakota Academic All State Teams. This award is given out annually by the North Dakota Association of Secondary School Principals, with selection based on GPA, ACT scores, extra curricular activities, community involvement, and leadership qualities. Jack was named to the Gold team and Abram to the Bronze team, putting both in the top 15 in Class A basketball schools. Jack is the son of Janice and Joe Kern. Abram is the son of Stacie and Ed Sevigny. Congrats to both young men on this outstanding recognition. #SpoilerPride

We went to the Northern Cass Invitational meet this weekend with 6 competitors, here is how we did! Inform 💬: Vangie Larson 2nd place, Bethany Curtis 7th place Humorous Duo 💬: Vangie Larson/ Natalie Bina 5th place Extemporaneous Speaking 💬: Cove Johnson, Cadence Kerner competitors Humorous 💬: Natalie Bina competitor Entertain 💬: Natalie Bina 5th place Persuade 💬: Charlie Taylor 8th place

REGION CHAMP! Congrats to Kruiser Burns who claimed the East Region Individual Wrestling Championship at 121 pounds today. Kruiser will head to state next Thursday and Friday along with Shaiden Thomas, who finished 7th at 145. They join Emma Johner who qualified yesterday.