Avon School District 4-1

Results from the Burke Cross Country Meet: Varsity—Boys Tyler Tjeerdsma 16 John Fathke 35 Rance Kuhlman 43 Haden Cahoy 51 Varsity—Girls Rilyn Thury 26 Maesa Kuhlman 29 Mylie Bares 30

The October 2021 school board agenda is available at the below link. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 PM on Monday, October 11th in the board room. https://5il.co/zv3d

The Avon Pirate Oral Interp Team had a retreat today to work on their pieces. Their first competition is Saturday, October 9th from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM at the Avon School. The meet is open to the public. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Congratulations to Superintendent and Head Football Coach Tom Culver on being a finalist for the National Coach of the Year for football through the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA). Coach Culver's career record currently stands at 174-79. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Information for the Great Plains Volleyball Tournament at Gayville-Volin this Saturday: We will have livestream of all three courts. Direct anyone to our website and their will be a heading for GPC Tournament Livestream. I don’t have the URL’s yet. Also, the livestream of the two main courts in the gymnasium may change once the court gets turned for the bracketed portion. That should all be spelled out on the links on the www.gayvillevolin.k12.sd.us website homepage.

Great Plains Conference 2021 Varsity Volleyball Tournament Gayville-Volin Gymnasium Pool A: Court 1 Pool B: Court 2 Pool C: Court 3 #1 Avon #2 Burke #3 Gayville-Volin #6 Corsica-Stickney #5 Colome #4 Tripp-Delmont-Armour #7 Scotland #8 Andes Central/DC #9 Alcester-Hudson #12 Marty #11 Freeman Ac/Marion #10 Centerville Pool Play Schedule: Start time 9:00 AM Pool A: Corsica-Stickney vs Scotland Avon vs Marty Corsica-Stickney vs Marty Avon vs Scotland Scotland vs Marty Avon vs Corsica-Stickney Pool B: AC/DC vs Freeman Academy/Marion Burke vs Freeman Academy/Marion Colome vs AC/DC Colome vs Freeman Academy/Marion Burke vs AC/DC Burke vs Colome Pool C: TDA vs Alcester-Hudson Gayville-Volin vs Centerville TDA vs Centerville Gayville-Volin vs Alcester-Hudson Alcester-Hudson vs Centerville Gayville-Volin vs TDA **Teams will be seeded after pool play in the championship bracket. **Top two teams from each bracket will advance to the championship bracket.

The Great Plains Conference Volleyball Tournament will be held this Saturday in Gayville. The tournament starts at 9:00 AM. The Lady Pirates are the number 1 seed in the tournament.

Addition to Platte-Geddes Cross Country Results: Varsity: Haden Cahoy 59

Results of the Platte-Geddes Cross Country Invite Girl's Varsity Maesa Kuhlman 23 Mylie Bares 29 Boy's Varsity Tyler Tjeerdsma 26 John Fathke 37 Rance Kuhlman 40 Boys JV Jack Fathke 22 Pierce Jonkers 27

Results of the Platte-Geddes Cross Country Invite Girl's Varsity Maesa Kuhlman 23 Mylie Bares 29 Boy's Varsity Tyler Tjeerdsma 26 John Fathke 37 Rance Kuhlman 40 Boys JV Jack Fathke 22 Pierce Jonkers 27

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjaQw3EWMorXHGwW6NSv4EA Here is the link for Pirate Football game today with Gayville-Volin. Game time is 2:00 PM.

Go to the link below to vote the Avon Pirates Football game for viewers choice. https://www.keloland.com/sportszone/viewers-choice-poll/

The Bon Homme Cross Country meet scheduled for today has been postponed until Wednesday, October 6th at 2:00 PM. The meet will be varsity and JV only, no Junior High.

Avon Pink orders due by September 27. They should be delivered by the October 15th football game.

Here are the results from the Avon Punt, Pass, and Kick Contest last Friday and a few pictures of some competitors. #piratepride

Pirate Fans - Come check out the old trophies now displayed in the crow's nest at the football field. #piratepride #expectexcellence

Reminder: There will be a Punt, Pass, and Kick Competition at the football field immediately following the parade.

The Avon Booster Club will be selling Pirate apparel during the Homecoming Parade on Friday. They will be located at the football field by the concession stand. Also, the Booster Club will be hosting a Tailgate Supper at the football field from 5:00-7:00 PM Friday evening. Go Pirates!!

The Junior High and JV football games that were scheduled for Tuesday have been moved to Monday and will be played in Alcester. The track/football facility will be closed starting Saturday morning through at least Wednesday for the track resurface. The JV game will start at 3:45, followed by the JH game, due to Coronation for Alcester-Hudson Monday evening

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