Just a reminder, JH SB 8th Grade Night ceremony will start at 5:00 tonight. JH BB 8th Grade Night will start after it, roughly 5:20 or so.
JH SB Regional information. Our tournament is here Sept. 19, 21, and 25.
We play 4:00 Sept. 19 vs OBR. Should we win that we would play 4:00 Sept. 21. Should we win that its on to the Championship Sept 25, 4:30.
There will be 2 games on the 19th and 21st, 4:00 and 5:30.
The JH CC meet Saturday, Sept 16. Is at MVTHS and starts at 9 00
MS Cross Country Results from Salem Invite on 9/13
The Trojan and Lady Trojan MS XC squads took on a very large meet @ Salem yesterday. The meet included a majority of Class L schools such as Salem, Olney, Benton, Highland, Casey(Mt. Vernon), Centralia, and Breese. It also included many class S schools as well.
Out of 16 full Varsity Boys teams, and countless other schools in participation as well, the Bluford-Farrington boys took home 4th place, only getting beat by St. Joe(Olney), Aviston, and Olney Middle school. The boys had 3 medalist to lead the team to their 4th place finish.
The girls squad and JV boys also ran very well, with Lily Rains medaling in the Varsity girls race! Many of these runners had much better times than last season, even with the course being longer than last year!
The Trojans and Lady Trojans just keep rollin!
Full Results below:
JV Boys:
Brantley Lowery: 56th
Lukas Woodcock: 76th
Brock Forristal: 113th
Hank Lewis: 131st
Varsity Girls:
Lily Rains: 23rd
Emma Hardy: 55th
Kenzlie Verdeyen: 96th
Kylie Snow: 101st
Christine Gentry: 111th
Boys Varsity:
Bryden Dalby: 7th
Jacob Marlow: 8th
Zaydun Withrow: 30th
Hudson Burke: 54th
Shiloh Hails: 57th
Brett Snow: 89th
Carson Korte: 93rd
Picture day is tomorrow.
The Webber HS HOF is now accepting nominations for the HOF class of 2023.
Forms can be obtained at the school or by contacting Webber HS Athletic Director/HOF Chairman Bob Hamerski 618-732-8242 ext. 215 Forms can be emailed to you upon request. Sponsors must have the graduation date of the nominee and all supporting statistics. Nominations are being accepted until October 13, 2023.
JH BB Regional pairings are out. Our very own Bluford Trojans are the 1 seed and will play Monday Sept. 18, 6:30 at Woodlawn Chapman Complex vs 8 seed Spring Garden.
If they win that they would play Thursday Sept 21, 4:30 same place vs winner of Summersville-Woodlawn. Should they win that they would be in the championship game Monday Sept 25, 4:30 at Chapman Complex. Go get em JR Trojans! Bluford Nation is behind you.
HS Cross Country Results from Mt. Vernon.
The High School cross country squads went to a quad meet at Mt Vernon on Tuesday and came away with a second place finish, beating out 2A Salem and 2A Centralia. 2A Mt Vernon boys won the meet going 1,3,5,6,7. The Trojan boys placed 2nd going 2,4,13,14,20. Trojan runners were the only thing separating Mt Vernon from a perfect score. Overall a great day for both sides as many runners had PR performances! The Trojans keep getting better!
On the Girls side, Alexis Johnson placed 14th and Chloe King placed 34th.
Full Results are below:
3 mile PR performances are represented by a *
14. Alexis Johnson 22:34.18 *
34.Chloe King 30:38.37
2. Jaxon Dalby 16:14.99 *
4. Nathaniel Marlow16:33.11 *
13. Brennan Tate 18:40.73 *
14. Colter Stone 19:02.84 *
20.Axtyn Sherlock 21:20.96 *
22.Ashton James 21:50.73 *
23.James Gentry 22:20.34 *
25. Connor Withrow 24:38 *
26.Magic James 25:15.55 *
3rd grade painted some beautiful apples for September's bulletin board.
Stop the presses, we have a last minute change. JH has volunteered to do the concession stand tonight for the HS BB game. Good, can still get my dog, bag of corn, and a pop and enjoy the game. Thanks JH!
We are not able to provide a concessions stand this evening for HS BB.
Just want everyone aware.
HS and JH Cross Country Results from the week of 9/4-9/9
Posted by Coach JP
This is a short recap of an overall great week for the High School and Middle School cross country squads! The week included several individual wins for the week, and many medals collected that included top finishes from several of our runners!
It all started at West Frankfort, where our HS and MS teams both competed and came back with a lot of PRs! The day was highlighted by 4 top 5 finishes from our MS squads and 2 top 5 finishes from our HS squads. Those finishers were:
MS
Bryden Dalby: 1st
Jacob Marlow: 3rd
Zaydun Withrow: 5th
Lily Rains: 4th
HS: Team place of 4/9 teams.
Jaxon Dalby: 1st
Nathaniel Marlow: 3rd
The great week continued with the MS squad hosting our very own Bluford Bash, and it included lots of medalists and a Varsity boys team win! The 8th graders were celebrated, and many of them followed it up by taking several top spots in the meet!
Medalists include:
Bryden Dalby: 1st
Jacob Marlow: 3rd
Zaydun Marlow: 7th
Shiloh Hails: 12th
Hudson Burke: 16th
Lily Rains: 3rd
Emma Hardy: 11th
Kinzlie Verdeyen: 18th
Lukas Woodcock: 11th
Brantley Lowery: 12th
(Some of the places may be off)
Attention Bluford Nation, 8th grade night for JH SB will be Friday Sept
15 at 5:00. The game will still be played at 5: 30 but the ceremony will begin at 5.
The JH BB ceremony and game remain unchanged, also on Sept. 15.
Mrs Willett's class enjoyed the sunshine this afternoon drawing with chalk during their fun Friday.
HS BB vs AGAPE at Marion Ray Fosse Park has been rescheduled from tomorrow to Sept.29, 4:30 same place. No HS BB Saturday.
Third grade practiced adding 3 digit numbers.
Attention Families:
This is a friendly reminder that we must have a note or phone call from a parent/guardian to allow your child to ride the bus home to a different location other than their normal drop off. This includes if they are not riding the bus and are going to be a car rider.
Please call no later than 2PM. If we don't have a note or phone call, the student will be required to ride their normal bus route and be dropped off at home.
Thank you for your cooperation.
This is information sent to me for T-shirt orders for the DuQuoin Pre-State JH CC Meet, now called the Fall Classic. Click on the link they provided and order your shirts.
Information (registration, t-shirts, etc.) for the 2023 Du Quoin Fall CC Classic (formerly pre-state)
can be found at the following link.
https://www.duquoinschools.org/page/2023-dms-cross-country-fall-classic-meet
High School and Middle School Cross Country head to West Frankfort today. The race is located at West Frankfort park! Race Schedule is below!
JH Varsity Girls @ 3:30
JH Varsity Boys @ 4:00
HS Varsity Girls @ 4:30
HS Varsity Boys @ 5:00
HS Open Race @ 5:30
We had a great turn out for our first Robotics Club meeting of the year. Students worked with a partner to start constructing each Mission station for this years Masterpiece themed competition. The Robotics competition will be in the Belleville area on Saturday, December 2nd. Our next two Robotics Club meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 20th and Friday, Sept. 22nd after school until 5:30.
