Dental Safari is October 16th!
Notice of Lockdown Drill
Bluford Nation, the JH BB‐SB Regional sites have been announced. Woodlawn will be hosting the BB regional, while we are hosting the SB regional. I have set the dates for our regional Sept 19, 21, and 25. There will be 2 games on the 19th and 21st, with Championship set for 25th. Seedings are not out yet so we do not know what our game times are. I will post when that becomes known.
As we enter Week 4 of the school year, it is important to note how crucial attendance is!
Webber/Bluford Nation: I have to turn in orders and money Tuesday for the HOF domino's pizza cards. If anyone did not get one call me at school 618 732 8242 ext 215 first thing Tuesaday morning
Thanks for your support. I appreciate everyone's efforts.
In the news...
MS Cross Country Results @ Woodlawn: Posted by Coach JP
15 Trojans and Lady Trojans ran at Woodlawn on Saturday morning going against stiff competition as they faced several county schools, but several outside the county as well which included the Class L Salem Wildcats.
The Bluford-Farrington runners were undeterred, with 10 of our 15 runners taking home medals, all 15 kids shattering their expected times for the day, the girls varsity squad pulling together a very nice 3rd place finish, and the boys varsity squad stepping up and pulling out the upset over the class L school, taking home 1st place in a 47-48 win!(lowest score wins)
Full Results are below(I apologize for any misspelling of names!) I cannot emphasize enough how great all these kids ran!
Top 20 received medals
JV Boys:
Brantley Lowery: 7th place
Lukas Woodcock: 13th place
Hank Lewis: 43rd place
Varsity Girls: 3rd overall
Lily Rains: 3rd place
Emma Hardy: 13th place
Kinzlie Verdeyen: 20th place
Kylie Snow: 25th place
Christine Gentry: 31st place
Varsity Boys: 1st overall
Bryden Dalby: 2nd place
Jacob Marlow: 4th place
Zaydun Withrow: 10th place
Hudson Burke: 13th place
Brett Smow: 18th place
Carson Korte: 22nd place
Shiloh Hails: 26th place
Thank you to everyone who has completed our School Store Fundraiser. Our school is currently at over 60% completion rate. If you haven't filled it out yet, but still want to, there is still time. I have ordered more prizes that will be here next week. I will continue to collect completed prize codes through next Friday.
I do not know if this has EVER happened before but it is at least very rare. Our JH baseball and softball teams both won today at Wayne City with each pitcher throwing a no hitter in their respective games. You read that right. 2 no hitters we threw today. Maryn Sneed struck out 11 in her no hitter, while Owen Burke struck.out 21 in his gem. All I can say is WOW!
Webber HS is sponsoring our first blood drive for the new school year on Wednesday, September 6th from 1-5pm in the Grade School Gym. Donating blood helps earn our senior Beta Members scholarships to use towards their college education. We hope to see you there!
Results from Murphysboro: Full 5K Race
Posted by Coach JP
31 schools were represented, with 18 teams on the boys side sporting full squads. A solid 8th place finish in a tough field for the boys, as well as PRs across the board for the boys and girls. 8th is the best the boys have ever finished at Murphysboro, and all the boys agreed they could have had better races. Nothing better than a good result and room to improve. Both girls had major PRs at the course. The next meet will be next Thursday at West Frankfort.
Girls Individual Results: 118 Total Girls
43.Alexis Johnson 24:04.2
84.Chloe King 27:42.1
Boys Individual Results: 142 Boys
6. Jaxon Dalby 16:54.0
12. Nathaniel Marlow 17:18.2
61. Colter Stone 19:41.3
73.Brennan Tate 20:20.0
97.Axtyn Sherlock 22:28.7
125.James Gentry 24:43.5
140.Magic James 29:07.9
Boys Team Scores: 8th out of 18
Benton 33
Pinckneyville 64
Herrin (H.S.) 91
Carterville 180
DuQuoin (H.S.) 188
Murphysboro 194
Centralia (Christ Our Rock Lutheran) 201
Bluford (Webber) 206
Anna (A.-Jonesboro) 228
Breese (Central) 249
Okawville 266
Metropolis (Massac County) 280
East St. Louis (Sr.) 347
Nashville 349
Golconda (Pope County) 406
Sparta 435
Vienna 454
Christopher 532
Reminder:
Friday, September 1st will be a 11:30 dismissal.
No School on Monday, September 4th - Labor Day.
The Grade School Booster Club is having a school spirit wear sale. Orders are due by September 10.
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I've been Athletic Director here for (seems like 13 years) a while now. I have supervised MANY events. If last nights HS VB game wasn't thee best event I have seen, it is certainly in the top 5.. Our gals played their hearts out, could have given up numerous times, was 1 point away from defeat on several occasions, yet managed to gut out a very intense, hard fought conference win beating rival Wayne City 2 games to 1. I applaud our VB gals and coaching staff for an impressive effort last night.
Second, I have to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of our student section. It was Barbie Night (which made me a little nervous to start with), and they cheered their guts out for our gals. VERY appropriately I might add. They were well behaved and really, really supporting our gals. That's exactly what I envisioned that area being when I created it long ago. I give the students an assist in that one. Good job group!
All things considered, the intense game, the emotions, the crowd, the students, the outcome, I was very proud to be a Trojan. Great job all.
High School XC heads to the Murphysboro Invitational to take on 20+ other programs in their first race of the season! Results will be posted after the meet!
Any student in grade 5-8 interested in joining Robotics Club can sign up on Wednesday, August 30th from 5-6 in Mrs. Snow's room. If you are unable to attend, you can also email Mrs. Snow at asnow@blufordschools.org.
Mrs. Sherwin's 3rd grade is using the heat to do a science experiment.
In the News: HS Cross Country
Mr. Gowler's Conservation class practiced tying fishing knots today.
The Field JH CC meet Saturday itself was not canceled. We are just canceling our participation given the circumstances.