The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team won its second consecutive DIII Southwest District championship Saturday at Graham High School. The top four individuals in each event qualified for next week's DIII Southwest Regional meet at Troy.
Team Scores: 1st WLS 144, 2nd Botkins 110, 3rd Anna 92, 4th Triad 62, 5th Lehman Catholic 55, 6th Houston 47, 7th Fairlawn 41, 8th Cedarville 39, 9th Legacy Christiabn 17, 10th Jackson Center14, 11th (tie) Yellow Springs & Springfield ECA 10, 12th Calvary Christian 8 14th (tie) Southeastern, Greenview & Northeastern 4, 17th Catholic Central 1
Delaney Jones powered the Tigers with three individual first place finishes in the 100 Meter Dash (12.15-District record), 200 Meter Dash (25.13-District record and school record) and Long Jump (16'7.25). Jones also ran on the first place 4x100 Meter Relay with Tori Douthwaite, Gwen McCullough and Chloe Griffith. The team also set a new district record (49.89).
Second place finishes for WLS included Sophia Hardwick in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.31) and 300 Meter Hurdles (47.53) and Malia Miller in the 1600 Meter Run (5:24.53).
Third place finished included Claire Longshore in the 100 Meter Hurdles (16.41) and 300 Meter Hurdles (48.74), Ashley Yoder in the 1600 Meter Run (5:29.96), Addison McAuley in the 800 Meter Run (2:26.08), Malia Miller in the 3200 Meter Run (11:58.97) and the 4x200 Meter Relay team of Tori Douthwaite, Mallory Bostick, Claire Longshore and Gwen McCullough (1:49.97).
Rounding out the Regional qualifiers for the Tigers in fourth place were Chloe Griffith in the 100 Meter Dash (12.93) and Mallory Bostick in the 400 Meter Dash (1:01.78).
Scorers for WLS included the 4x400 Meter Relay team of Ashley Yoder, Gwen McCullough, Claire Longshore and Mallory Bostick 5th place (4:12.69), Elise Longshore Pole Vault (9'0) 5th place, Tori Douthwaite Pole Vault 6th Place (8'6) and 200 Meter Dash 7th place (28.27), Taylor Kennedy 6th Place 3200 Meter Run (13:13.14), Sophia Hardwick 7th Place Discus (95'0), Gwen McCullough 800 Meter Run 8th Place (2:38.55).
The Tigers will compete at the DIII Southwest Regional Meet on Wednesday, May 22nd and Friday, May 24th at Troy Stadium.
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Come out and support the Tigers on Monday! Go Tigers!
Please join us in celebrating the Class of 2024 in a graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 26th, at 7:00 pm. The ceremony will be held at Tiger Stadium or in the gym in case of inclement weather.
All graduates should arrive to the cafetorium no later than 6:00 PM. More information for seniors and families can be found at Senior Info.
The sophomore class had their annual pizza and ice cream lunch outside yesterday! Perfect weather made for a perfect way to end Sophomore year!
Fifth graders in Mrs. Orahood and Sertell's classes are dressed to impress for FFA day!
FFA continued their week of celebrating the chapter with the annual senior cookout today. Seniors were treated to a great lunch and joined by fellow chapter members for a final farewell on their last day. Congratulations, seniors!
Mrs. Stayrook's class had fun wrapping up our maps/landforms unit by making landform cookies. We used different candies to resemble mountains, hills, the ocean, and an island. This is always a tasty and fun class favorite!
Help our Ag Science students continue to celebrate FFA with FFA day tomorrow, May 17th! Elementary and Middle School students are invited to dress up to represent FFA. They can dress in their country best, represent their love for trucks and tractors with their favorite shirt, or dress in blue and gold, the official colors of FFA.
Congratulations to senior Maxwell McCombs! Maxwell will enter the workforce upon graduation!
Congratulations to senior Addison McAuley! Addison will attend the University of Kentucky where she will major in Speech and Language Pathology!
Looking for a sport where you can have individual growth, a supportive team culture and no sitting the bench? Cross Country is your sport! Sign-ups for the Big Orange Girls Cross Country team for girls in grades 9th-12th are at www.bornandracedinwestliberty.com.
7th and 8th graders should see Coach Lauck for sign up information.
The Ohio Heritage Conference has announced the OHC North Baseball All Conference Team and OHC North Player of the Year.
Senior Eli Allen clenched the Player of the Year title! Allen pitched a total of 35 innings this season, had a 5-0 record, and an impressive 56 strikeouts. Allen will continue to play baseball at the University of Rio Grande. Congratulations, Eli!
For the Tigers, Eli Allen and Jake Evans were named 1st team, Isaiah Reames and Isaac Sertell were named to 2nd team, and Caleb Hershberger was an Honorable Mention.
Congratulations to senior Dillan Maurice! Dillan plans to enter the workforce upon graduation!
Congratulations to senior Claire Longshore! Claire is attending Columbus State where she will major in American Sign Language to pursue a career as an interpreter!
The rain held out between classes to host our annual Ag Science day when students in grades K-5 get to learn from high school Ag students about all things agriculture. We have students, local farmers, and farm equipment dealers who are kind enough share their own animals and implements with us making this a favorite event for many students! Thank you to Russ Delay with Heritage Co Op of Mechanicsburg for loaning us gates, Austin Olejinczak and Nathan Webb for picking them up and returning them, as well as Alysson Cotrell for helping coordinate the event with our elementary teachers and students.
Today is National College Colors Day, so we encouraged seniors to wear anything that represents their future plans! Many seniors participated! Here are some pictures, but as always, feel free to share any other photos in the comments!
Congratulations to senior Payton Lightner! Payton will attend The Ohio State University at Lima to major in Zoology!
Seniors enjoyed hosting their families for one last family lunch today. They also received their first grade time capsules full of memories, handwritten notes and photos. It was a sentimental but fun afternoon!
Congratulations to senior Kendall LeVan. Kendall will attend Miami University and major in International Studies!
Update:
The OHC North champion Tigers baseball team will host Indian Lake in their first OHSAA tournament game this season tomorrow, May 16th, at home at 5:00. Come out and support the Tigers!
(Disregard graphic dates, as the game for tonight is rescheduled for tomorrow.)
