The Thursday evening Phoenix football practice will be open to the public. It will be held from 7:00 - 8:30 PM in Freeman on the practice field south of the elementary school. Come on out to watch the Phoenix gear up for the August 18th home opener against Burke!
Get your 2023 Phoenix Football Apparel! Deadline to order is August 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM.
https://phoenix-fb-23.itemorder.com/shop/home/
The 2023 Freeman Flyers Volleyball store is now open! This store is a fundraiser for the Flyers volleyball program, and they will receive a portion of each purchase. The store closes on Saturday August 12th at midnight. Get your gear now!
https://www.thedesigntab.com/fhsvb23
Reminder that the fall sports meeting is tonight at 6:30 pm in the HS gymnasium.
Fall Sports Meeting for Parents & Athletes Grades 6-12 on Tuesday Aug 1 at 6:30 PM in HS Gym. Parents and athletes will have an opportunity to meet with coaches and receive information on practice schedules, communication protocols, expectations, and any forms required.
The Freeman Flyers Cross Country online store for t-shirts and sweatshirts is now open. Support the cross country runners and get your gear today! Store closes on August 15 at midnight.
https://https-sungoldsports-com.printavo.com/merch/freeman-cross-country-2023-merch
The start of the fall sports season is coming. Note the HS practice start dates:
Soccer - July 31
Football - August 2
Cross Country and Volleyball - August 10
23-24 Physical form and sports schedules found on the AD home page: https://www.freeman.k12.sd.us/page/athleticdirector
Reminder: The SDHSAA mandated summer moratorium runs from today, July 1, 2023 until Friday, July 7, 2023. There are no activities allowed during this time.
FFA officers Emily Knodel, President, and Claire Hofer, Treasurer, attended the East River FFA Leadership Camp with advisor Mrs. Penner last week at Swan Lake.
Our FHS band and chorus students and their chaperones returned from a wonderful Florida trip this past Tuesday evening. Catch up on all the happenings and more fantastic pictures of the trip at the blog created by Jeremy Waltner: https://jeremywaltner.com/f/the-florida-experience
Congratulations to the following Phoenix Softball players receiving All State Recognition:
Claire Loofbourrow – outfielder
Cami Fransen – infielder Honorable Mention
Great job, ladies!
The Flyers golfers finished their first round yesterday, and will be on the course today for the final round. Check https://www.sdpb.org/hsactivities/sports/golf/boysb/ for live scoring updates. Go Flyers!
Good luck to our Flyers golfers today and tomorrow at state. They left for Watertown yesterday to get in a practice round in preparation for today's first round. Go Flyers!
The Freeman Flyers golf team heads to Watertown this weekend for the state golf tournament on Monday and Tuesday, June 5th and 6th. Visit the following link for all the details.
https://www.sdhsaa.com/activity/golf-championships/
The Flyers basketball program just finished up their first camp of the summer. Pictured are the 3-6 group, the 7-12 group, and the coaches: Lynn Frederick, Brian Stoebner, Jim Stoebner, Chris Stoebner, Lance Friesen, and Jenny Peters.
The Flyers track coaches recognized these outstanding team members at their send off breakfast on Thursday. Justice Mehlhaf - T & F Spirit Award, Kate Miller and Tate Sorensen - Flyer Award, Peyton McCune - Shock Award, and Joey Baer and Rylee Peters - 2023 MVP awards. Great job!
The Flyers Track team wrapped up a great season yesterday at the 2023 state meet. Highlights from the third day: Rylee Peters finishing 2nd in the 100m (15.47s) and 300m (47.67s) hurdles, the girls 4 x 100m finishing 2nd, and the girls 4 x 400m finishing 5th. Full results below!
Day 2 of the 2023 State Track Meet is underway. On day 1, Joey Baer and Rocky Ammann both earned a 6th place medal and PR of 11'6" on the pole vault. Congratulations to them both. You can watch the state track meet online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_2KOPoHLw
Summer hours for public access to the FHS gym facilities are now in effect. Hours are 5:30 AM - 10:00 PM 7 days a week. Summer camps and summer training programs will take precedence over public access. See the attached image for dates and times of some of those activities.
The Flyers Track team heads to the 2033 State Track Meet this morning. Join us for a send off this morning at 7:15 am. Good luck, Flyers!
