YANKTON HIGH SCHOOL FASTPITCH SOFTBALL

    Hi everyone,    Welcome to the Yankton Gazelles High School Softball Teams web site. The 2016 season is fast approaching! Dates and times for the informational meetings and signups will be coming soon! YANKTON GAZELLES SOFTBALL MEETINGS The Yankton Gazelles Fastpitch Softball teams will be holding informational meetings and registrations on Monday July 13, 2015 and Wednesday July 15, 2015 at the Summit Activities Center meeting rooms. Meetings for girls in grades 6 thru 8 will be at 6:00 PM and for girls in grades 9 thru 12 will be at 7:00 PM. ALL girls in grades 6-12 interested in participating on any of the Gazelles softball teams this fall and their parent need to attend one of these meetings. These will be the only meetings and registration times. Your attendance is required at one of these meetings if you want to play this fall. For more information call Bob at 661-7434 or Bernie at 661-6870. . We will be adding some team history in the near future. CHECK THE MY SITE NEWS PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION!!! Please Feel Free to Sign Our Guestbook CHECK OUR ALBUMS PAGE FOR MORE PICTURES

The varsity and JV teams will be heading to Rapid City to play 4 games on friday September 24, 2004 and saturday September 25, 2004. After the games on friday the teams will be going to the football game in Rapid city, as the Yankton Bucks are playing the Rapid City Stevens Raiders. Rapid City Softball Schedule: Friday: 4:00 Yankton Varsity vs Douglas 5:30 Yankton JV vs Sturgis JV Saturday: 9:30 Yankton JV vs Stevens Soph. 11:00 Yankton Varsity vs Central Yankton JV vs Stevens JV 12:30 Yankton Varsity vs Sturgis Yankton JV vs Central JV 2:00 Yankton Varsity vs Stevens The Yankton Gazelles fastpitch softball teams will be holding informational meetings and registrations for the 2004 Fall season on Tuesday July 27th and Wednesday July 28th at 7:00 PM at the Summit Activities Center meeting room. All girls interested in participating on any of the Gazelles softball teams this fall and their parents need to attend one of these meetings. These will be the only meetings and registration times. Your attendance is required at one of these meetings if you want to play this fall. For more information call 665-8145 or 665-5747. We are looking forward to the 2004 Fall season. We will be posting information on meetings and registration for the 2004 fall season in the near future! Our 2003 Fall season has just ended with the Gazelles Varsity team finishing 4th in the state tournament. Ashley Bodden and Emily Freng were honored as members of the all tournament team! The Gazelles JV team successfully defended their JV state tournament title. CONGRATULATIONS to all the JV players and coaches on a very entertaining and successful season! Our 2003 awards program was held at The Pizza Ranch. It was great to see so many of the players and their families and friends were able to attend. The following awards were handout for the 2003 season: 2003 VARSITY AWARDS: Letter winners: Ashley Bodden(4 yrs varsity), Jessica Marquardt(2 yrs), Stephanie Ekeren(2 yrs), Keelin Schurrer(2 yrs), Stephany Anderson(2 yrs), Sara Stevens, Carisa Mudder, Brittany Jones, Emily Freng, Kim Velk, Breanna Grode Team Captian: Ashley Bodden Hardest Working Senior: Ashley Bodden Hardest Working Player: Stephanie Ekeren & Kim Velk Outstanding Pitcher: Stephany Andersen Miss Defense: Keelin Schurrer & Sara Stevens Most Improved: Carisa Mudder & Brittany Jones Miss RBI: Emily Freng Miss Offense: Ashley Bodden Miss Contact: Emily Freng Utility Player: Jessica Marquardt Perfect Attendance: Stephanie Ekeren & Kim Velk Ashley Bodden & Emily Freng were also recognized for being chosen on the state tournament all tournament team and awarded their all tournament trophies. 2003 JV AWARDS: Certificates of participation and JV pins: Shayna Diede, Erica Schurman, Emily Stevens, Addi Schurrer, Krista Novak, Jessica Kokesh, Katie Wagner, Quincy Greaves, Britney Anderson, Kylie Gross, & Jamila Hussein Outstanding Leadership: Breanna Grode Miss RBI: Krista Novak Miss Offense: Emily Stevens Miss Defense: Katie Wagner & Quincy Greaves Most Improved: Britney Anderson & Addi Schurrer Hardest Worker: Kylie Gross Perfect Attendance: Katie Wagner & Breanna Grode CONGRATULATIONS to all of our 2003 award winners. Keep up the good work!!!!! The Fall of 2001 marked another first for the Yankton High School softball team. Softball has been approved as a club sport for the first time in Yankton. We are now able to use the school's team name, Gazelles, the school colors, and the girls will be able to earn a varsity letter in softball.

We have completed the 2002 Fall season! The Gazelles Varsity finished 5th in the state tournament. They were also awarded the Sportsmanship Award and Ashley Bodden was chosen as the second baseman on the all tournament team. Congratulations to Ashley for a great tournament. And congratulations to the whole team for showing such outstanding sportsmanship. These awards were voted on by all the coaches of the participating teams and by the umpires. The Gazelles JV team had a great season and capped that off with an outstanding showing in the State JV tournament, taking home the CHAMPIONSHIP! Congratulations to all the JV players on your great season. Keep up the good work!!!! We held our 2002 awards program at the Yankton Pizza Ranch. It was great to see the awards program so well attended by the players and their families and friends! The following awards were handed out for the 2002 season: 2002 VARSITY AWARDS: Letter Winners: Teresa Alink, Celine Covey, Danielle Dracy, Elizabeth Brende, Ashley Bodden, Megan Zweber, Jessica Marquardt, Stephanie Ekeren, Keelin Schurrer, Stephany Anderson, & Laurisa Hofmann Team Captians: Teresa Alink, Celine Covey, Danielle Dracy, & Elizabeth Brende Hardest Working Senior: Elizabeth Brende Hardest Working Underclassmen: Stephanie Ekeren & Ashley Bodden Outstanding Pitcher: Stephany Anderson Miss Defense: Danielle Dracy & Keelin Schurrer Most Improved: Laurisa Hofmann & Ashley Bodden Miss RBI: Jessica Marquardt Miss Offense: Jessica Marquardt Miss Contact: Teresa Alink Perfect Attendance: Ashley Bodden, Elizabeth Brende, & Stephany Anderson Ashley Bodden was also recognized for being chosen on the state tournament all tournament team as the 2nd baseman and awarded her all tournament plaque. The team was also recognized for being awarded the sportsmanship award(which is a traveling trophy) at the state tournament. The state tournament awards were voted on by the participating coahes and the umpires. JV AWARDS: Certificates of participation and JV pins: Sara Stevens, Elizabeth Hunhoff, Carisa Mudder, Breanna Grode, Emily Stevens, Addi Schurrer, Katie Wagner, Brittany Jones, Kim Velk, Nicole Albers, & Quincy Greaves Miss Offense: Emily Stevens & Kim Velk Miss Defense: Breanna Grode & Brittany Jones Miss RBI: Carisa Mudder Most Improved; Elizabeth Hunhoff Hardest Worker: Sara Stevens & Katie Wagner Miss Utility Player: Katie Wagner Perfect Attendance: Katie Wagner & Brittany Jones The JV team was also recognized for winning the state JV tournament. GREAT JOB JV'S!!!!!!!!

The 2004 season is set to start on sunday August 29th!!!

The South Dakota High School League and State Tournament will be played in the fall in 2003!!!! The season is tentatively set to begin the week of August 24th.