As the school year comes to a wrap up, so in turn do the spring sports. As these sports come to an end, many athletes start their pre-season training throughout the winter. For many this training will continue on into early March to fully prepare themselves for the tough season ahead. Despite this training, and the amazing job all our teams have been doing, they still had some serious competition coming their way with the start of districts and sectionals.

This however does not deter the Pirates whatsoever as they get better and better. The track team specifically have been champions for many meets. The girls and boys varsity teams have excelled in distance and sprints. Along with that, the throwers, jumpers, and pole vaulters have also pushed themselves to become better as time progressed. This hard work didn’t go to waste as the team showed outstanding results, with many people on both the boy’s and girl’s teams qualifying for sectionals. 

District results for track and field:

29 people total at sectionals on 13 events

All 4 relay teams qualified

Boy team district champions

4×400 champions: Isaac Black, Adones Smith, Kenneth Minion, D’Monta Bagby

4×800 team: Elijah Case, Hunter Wells, Will House, Jasire Tyler

Lyric qualified in highjump,

Placed in 300m hurdles: Adones Smith, Isaac Black

Hunter Wells: pole vaulting

4×100 team: D’Monta Bagby, Kenneth Minion, Jayvion Phillips, James Jackson

4×200: Julian DeAnda, Jayvion Phillips, Elijah Dorsey-Kilgore, Kenneth Minion

Girls placed second at districts

Addy Nottmeyer and Meredith Case 3-4 in mile

Avery Thro, Addie Blair, Natalia Rukavina, Chrisette Johnson placed second on mile relay

Charlotte Kulma fourth in long jump

4×800: fourth place with Lily Black, Matty Basler, Eleanor Curtis, Meredith Case

Lily Black placed third in open 800

Eleanor Curtis placed 3rd in the mile

Addy Nottmeyer is running the 2 mile at sectionals

Chrisette Johnson and Avery Thro 3rd and 4th in open 400m

Grace Basler fourth place triple jump also district champion for high jump 

Laurali-Grace Thomas placed third in shot put 

McKenzie Brauch qualified in fourth place for discus 

Laurali-Grace Thomas won district championship with discus

Rainey Simmons was first place in district championships for javelin

On top of track, soccer also did well. The girls team won 4-0 against Whitfield in their first round District game. Bella Rademacher scored the first point for the Pirates, with Avery Schneider scoring the second goal, and Rylan Orrick making the winning shots with the last two. With this win, they will continue their season by playing against Fort Zumwalt East on May 20.