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Molly Kraft rises to spike the ball during the Panthers’ game versus Bison last week in Timber Lake. Photo by Jon Flatland

Molly Kraft rises to spike the ball during the Panthers’ game versus Bison last week in Timber Lake. Photo by Jon Flatland

Scoreboard

FOOTBALL Timber Lake 58 Dupree 6 #2 Lemmon-McIntosh 50 Hettinger-Scranton, ND 0 Mobridge-Pollock 50 Lead-Deadwood 0 Faith 32 Harding Co. 26 OT Potter Co. 26 Sully Butte 24 Jones Co.
Lemmon-McIntosh quarterback Cody Thompson made 7 TD passes in the win over Hettinger-Scranton. Photo by Jon Flatland

Lemmon-McIntosh quarterback Cody Thompson made 7 TD passes in the win over Hettinger-Scranton. Photo by Jon Flatland

Thompson pilots Cowboys to big win with 7 TD passes

Back in the day, cowboys used the Pony Express when they wanted it to get there fast. Today, the Lemmon-McIntosh Cowboys rely on airmail to get the job done.
Flexin’ on ‘em ...

Flexin’ on ‘em ...

Flexin’ on ‘em ...

The Dupree Tiger football cheerleaders — Erin Lemke, Trinity Leithauser, Malory Peacock, Tristan Little Wounded and Maliyah High Elk — flex their muscles as they prepared to fire up the home crowd before the football game Friday night. Photo by Patty Peacock
LEFT: Timber Lake running back Hank Kraft stiffarms a Faith Longhorn defender during a run on Friday night in the Panthers’ home opener. Kraft caught three touchdown passes and ran for another in the 64-14 victory.

LEFT: Timber Lake running back Hank Kraft stiffarms a Faith Longhorn defender during a run on Friday night in the Panthers’ home opener. Kraft caught three touchdown passes and ran for another in the 64-14 victory.

OPENING STATEMENT

When Timber Lake scored on the opening drive of last Friday’s football season opener against Faith and the Longhorns responded by returning the ensuing kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, it was as if they’d thrown gasoline on a fire, igniting a response that resulted in a lopsided 64-14 Panther...
Lemmon/McIntosh senior offensive lineman Riley Lafferty and the Cowboy offense put on another display Friday in a 70-0 win over Newell. Photo by Robert Slocum

Lemmon/McIntosh senior offensive lineman Riley Lafferty and the Cowboy offense put on another display Friday in a 70-0 win over Newell. Photo by Robert Slocum

No. 2-ranked Lemmon-McIntosh lights up Newell gridders 70-0

Like a prairie fire, once the Lemmon-McIntosh Cowboys finally stop rolling, there’s a path of scorched earth where they’ve been.
Panthers run to fifth place at Mobridge-Pollock XC Invite

Panthers run to fifth place at Mobridge-Pollock XC Invite

Panthers run to fifth place at Mobridge-Pollock XC Invite

When Caleb Bieber turned the corner to face the uphill sprint to the finish line of the Mobridge-Pollock Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, he was seeing orange and black.

College group uncovers 1.5 ton triceratops skull near Lemmon

A group of students and faculty from Westminster College in Fulton, MO recently completed a two-month research excavation south of Lemmon near Shadehill, where they uncovered a rare triceratops skull measuring 7 feet in length and weighing 3,000 pounds.
Lemmon-McIntosh’s Isaiah Portwood (3) catches a long pass from Cody Thompson before he runs it in for a touchdown during the Cowboys’ season opening win over Mott-Regent-New England in Mott Friday.

Lemmon-McIntosh’s Isaiah Portwood (3) catches a long pass from Cody Thompson before he runs it in for a touchdown during the Cowboys’ season opening win over Mott-Regent-New England in Mott Friday.

Cowboys bring Thunder and Lightning to football opener

If the Lemmon-McIntosh Cowboy football team named its players the way real-life cowboys name their broncs, quarterback Cody Thompson and running back Isaiah Portwood would undoubtedly be known as “Thunder” and “Lightning.
Timber Lake vs. Dupree football rescheduled

Timber Lake vs. Dupree football rescheduled

Timber Lake vs. Dupree football rescheduled

Last Friday’s football season opener featuring Timber Lake at Dupree was postponed late in the afternoon, reportedly over concerns of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Dupree School after several student-athletes and a teacher-coach tested positive for the coronavirus.