Runners Adorned with Awards
The Milbank Area boys and girls cross country teams held a season-end awards potluck November 20. Seven seniors were honored for their years of commitment to the program and were given the Senior award. Concluding their high school careers were: Andrew Falk, Shawn Stemsrud, Luke Wold, Shea Hooth, Christina... Read more
Milbank Cross Country Awards Night Scheduled
The Milbank Bulldog cross country team will have an awards night Monday, November 20, at 7 p.m. in the Milbank High School lunchroom. The ceremony is for any athlete who participated in cross country this season along with their families. Pizza will be provided. Bulldog head coach Eric Townsend... Read more
Nick Batchelor Earns All-State Honors at State Cross Country Meet
Milbank eighth grader runner, Nick Batchelor, was the lone Bulldog to earn All-State honors at the State Class A cross country meet in Rapid City Saturday, October 21. He finished 25th overall in the boys varsity race. “Being a top 25 finisher at the state meet, especially as an... Read more
Cross Country Teams Punch Tickets to State
Milbank High School is sending both the boys and girls cross country teams to the State Class A meet next weekend in Rapid City. The teams punched their tickets during the Region 1A meet in Webster on Thursday, October 12. According to Milbank’s head cross country coach, Eric Townsend,... Read more
Girls Cross Country Team Repeats as Conference Champs
The MHS girls cross country team repeated as Northeast Conference champions October 5, in Webster. The Lady Bulldogs claimed their second consecutive NEC title with 22 points to top the field of seven teams. The boys team finished as the NEC runners-up; they were edged out by one point... Read more
Girls X- Country Team Wins at Sisseton
The Lady Bulldogs cross country team ran to the top of the team standings at the Sisseton Invitational September 28. They won the meet with 37 points. Four runners placed in the top 15 of the varsity races. Maurina Street led the way with a fifth place finish. Amaya... Read more
Batchelor Places 47th out of 499
The Milbank High School cross country teams faced humidity and temperatures nearing 90 degrees during the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational meet at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on September 23. The races were cut to two miles instead of the traditional 5K or 3.1 mile race because of... Read more
Runners Place Well at Lac Qui Parle Valley Invitational
The Milbank High School cross country teams earned top places at the Lac Qui Parle Valley Invitational on Tuesday, September 19. The girls team finished third in the team standings while the boys took sixth place. Danica Schulte sparked the girls team with a seventh place finish. Maurina Street... Read more
Bulldog Runners Place at New London-Spicer
Four Milbank High School girls and one boy placed in the top 20 of the New London-Spicer Invitational cross country meet in Spicer, Minnesota on September 14. Thirteen teams competed in the meet – 86 runners in the boys varsity race, and 72 in the girls. Nick Batchelor led... Read more
Milbank Runners Finish With High Marks at Hardee’s Invitational
The Milbank High School boys and girls cross country teams finished with high marks in their home Hardee’s Invitational meet Saturday, September 9, at Pine Hills Golf Course. “This was a fantastic meet for both teams,” expressed Bulldog head cross country coach Eric Townsend. “The conditions were perfect and... Read more