BASEBALL UPDATE: Southwest lost a tough one to Miller 7-9 on a Go-ahead 2R Home run in the 7th. Charlie Pippin 4IP 3ER 7K, Zak Corwin 2-4 2B, Tristan Morgan 1-2 2RBIs.
JH TRACK UPDATE: Sidney Roe blows away her competition at the Mc Donald Co Track meet! She scored 1st in the 1600, 800 and 400m runs. She is only 5 seconds from setting a new school record in the 800 set back in 1991. Addison Palmer PR'ed in the 200m placing 3rd, only 2/10 of a second behind second place. She also PR'ed in the 100 cutting a whole second off her time. The boy's relay team also scored points for their team placing 6th in the 4x200. Ian Quick placed 7th in the discus beating his last distance by a foot and Skyler Reines placed 7th in the high jump.
HUMPHRIES WINS 800 METERS AT DIAMOND: Robert Humphries won the 800 meters in 2:12 and was third in the mile and three girls relays medaled at Diamond Tuesday night in track and field. Additionally, Robert anchored a 3rd-place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:56) that included an electric leg by Sophomore Braydan Eggleston. The girls were second in the 4x800 and 4x400 and third in the 4x200. Senior Cally Bowyer and Junior Abi Floyd were part of all three relay groups. Cally's final 40 meters in the 4x400 was memorable as she slid by a Lockwood runner for second. Others who scored included: Ezra Sprowes in the 100, Viv Villegas in the 800, Vic Tellez, and Kameron Kelley in the 2-mile and both 4x100 relays. The team returns to action Tuesday at Reeds Spring.
FFA DISTRICTS JUDGING RESULTS: The following are the results of the district contest. There are 77 schools in this district. Saige Miller- Employment Skills- 1st- State Qualifier...Dairy Cattle- 3rd-- State Qualifier, Allen Hendirx- 6th individual, Tristan Morgan- 8th individual , Trey Ray, Colten Phillips...Horse- 4th-- State Qualifier
Case Jennings- 5th individual, Madison Miller, Jack Cornell, Jaretsi Quintanilla....Agronomy- 6th-- State Qualifier Lilly Wolf- 3rd individual, Caleb Ayer, Faith Outhouse, Montana Skelton...Soils- 8th-- State Qualifier Brandon Brooks- 8th individual. Zak Starr, Rayden Balckburn, Michael Freeman...
Knowledge- 15th Lyndon Vanzandt, Cecilia Goines, Bri Hoover, Ivan Suchowski...
Floriculture- 19th Saige Miller, Becca Swanepoel, Aubrey Taylor, Addi Cotton...Livestock- 23rd Luke Delossantos, Landon Colf, Sophia Pippin, Addi Pendergraft...Entomology- 24th Bentley Eubanks, Makaila Anderson, Bri Hufford,
Bailey Stephens...Creed Speaking Kindred Durossette, Silver Rating.
JH TRACK AT DIAMOND:
Here is an update from the JH Meet last night at Diamond -
Sidney Roe had a strong showing in both the 1600m and the 800m getting 2nd in both. She PR in both getting a 2:48 in the 800 and set a new school record for the 1600 with a time of 5:53.07. Sidney also placed 4th in the 400m with a time of 1:11.
Skyler Reines placed 3rd in the high jump with a height of 4'8" and 6th in the triple jump with a distance of 28".
The boys relay team (Ian Quick, Andy Day, Kai Miles, and Easton Tinsley) placed 8th in both the 4X100 and 4X200 scoring points for their team.
Addison Palmer also scored points placing 8th overall in the 200m.
Holly Johnson scored 6th in the Triple jump with a distance of 19'9".
ALL 4 GIRLS RELAYS PLACE AT REPUBLIC MEET:
Junior Robert Humphries narrowly missed a 5-mile mile (5:00.73) and finished 4th and all four girls' relays placed at Republic Monday night. The girls were 6th in the 4x800 (12:02.90) and 4x200 (2:11.69) and 7th in the 4x100 and 4x400 (4:55.62). Other highlights: Ezra Sprowes 7th in the 100 at 12.27, Robert 7th in the 800 at 2:18.07, Kali Jones 8th in the 800 in 2:57.27, and Cally Bowyer 9th in the 400 at 1:12.44, Gene Rainer 13th in the disc at 93-6, and the boys 4x400 relay 6th in 3:59.35. The team returns to action tonight at Diamond.
Bowyer, Humphries lead Southwest Track:
Led by Senior Cally Bowyer and Junior Robert Humphries, the track and field team started the season at the McDonald County Relays Wednesday. Cally helped all 4th relay teams score with two 4ths and two 6ths. Robert was 5th in the 800 (2:18.43), 7th in the mile (5.24.24), and helped the 4x400 earn 6th (4:02.05). Other highlights:
Freshmen Case Jennings and Ivan Suchowski were 7th and 8th in the high jump. Ivan was also 7th in the 110 hurdles (22.19).
Junior Ezra Sprowes was 5th in the 100 at 11.87.
Freshman Vic Tellez was 8th in the two-mile (13.24.06).
Sophomore Kali Jones was 6th in the 800 (2:52.67)
Freshman Cecilia Goins earned a medal in the JV 800 (4:01.20).
The Trojans and Lady Trojans are back in action Monday and Tuesday at Republic and Diamond.
Summer Softball and Baseball Sign-up are Saturday, March 11th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Middle School Gym Lobby.
Summer Softball and Baseball Sign-up are Saturday, March 4th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the Middle School Gym Lobby.
The boys' basketball team will be playing the Sectionals Game at Carthage vs. Sparta on Monday, February 27th at 7:45 pm. Admission Prices: Sectional/Quarterfinals --$8.00 (+ processing fee); All tickets (Sectional, Quarterfinal, Show-Me Showdown) must be purchased digitally through the MSHSAA website. There will be no tickets sold at the door. All tickets are on sale within 24 hours of qualifying. One ticket is good for all games on that day at that venue. For digital ticketing questions, please contact digitaltickets@mshsaa.org. Only purchase your tickets at MSHSAA.org because there are scammers trying to sell tickets.
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I regret to inform everyone that school is cancelled on Friday, February 3, 2023, due to hazardous early morning travel conditions. Although the main highways are clear, the back roads are packed and will refreeze overnight. No AMI-another old-fashioned snow day-make up status to be determined later.
The Southwest girls game tonight, February 2, at home vs Galena is canceled.
School is cancelled on Thursday, February 2, 2023, due to inclement weather and hazardous travel conditions. No AMI-another old-fashioned snow day-make up status to be determined later.
School is cancelled on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, due to inclement weather and hazardous travel conditions. No AMI-another old-fashioned snow day-make up status to be determined later.
The boys home game vs Purdy and the girls away game at Wheaton for tonight, January 31, are canceled due to weather and road conditions.
School is cancelled on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, due to inclement weather. No AMI-another old fashioned snow day-make up status to be determined later.
School is cancelled on Monday, January 30, 2023, due to inclement weather. No AMI-old fashioned snow day-make up status to be determined later. Be safe. It is slick out there with the potential for more to come during the day.
School is cancelled on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, due to inclement weather.
