Bluford Unit School District 318

We have a few track changes to report. JH Regional Meet is May 1, 9 15 at Fairfield HS. The HS Boys meet scheduled for May 2 at Mt. Vernon HS has been moved to May 1, 4:00. There will be no HS BB/SB at Webber April 18 after all. I exhausted all my resources in trying to find replacement and could not. The May 6 Baseball Tournament at Elverado has officially been done away with this year I'm told.

Our Wayne City/Webber baseball team beat Norris City 14-1 yesterday! It was a dominant performance and if you haven't caught a game yet come see these young men play!

Results from Yesterdays Lady Foxes Invite @ Hamco: Girls HS Track Posted by Coach JP The Girls HS Track team had their best showing of the season with 6 PR's! The 4x200 and the 4x400 meter relays both PR'd with 2nd place finishes. The 4x200 went 2:05.4, while the 4x400 meter relay went 4:59.9 breaking 5 for the first time! Addison Seidel of Wayne City started the 4x400 relay off well with a first leg time of 1:07. She also anchored the 2nd place 4x200 and placed 3rd in the high jump! Other Pr's on the day included Jayden Taylor and Laney Hails in the 100, and Lexie Frazier in the 200. Savanna Hulbert had a PR for the season in the Discus. Great job Ladies! 100 Meters Varsity - Finals Jayden Taylor 13.9PR 13. 10 Laney Hails 14.4PR Lexie Frazier 15.8 200 Meters Varsity - Finals Lexie Frazier 33.7PR 800 Meters Varsity - Finals Savanna Hulbert 3:02.0 Anna Frey 3:05.2SR 1600 Meters Varsity - Finals Alessia Lonano 7:39.0 4x200 Relay Varsity - Finals Jayden Taylor Laney Hails Greenlea Vaughn Addison Seidel 2:05.4 4x400 Relay Varsity - Finals 1Savanna Hulbert Addison Seidel Greenlea Vaughn Anna Frey 4:59.9 Discus - 1kg Varsity - Finals Savanna Hulbert 82' 4SR High Jump Varsity - Finals Addison Seidel 4' 6 Pictured is the 4x400 with Seidel, Frey, Vaughn, Hulbert, as well as Anna Frey and Savanna Hulbert.

Sports updates Webber Nation: COR had to cancel BB-SB here April 18 to make up a game with their other conference. However, I am looking to gain that date back with our own make-ups. Stay tuned. The May 6 BB Round Robin at Elverado has also went by the wayside. Oh well, easy come, easy go they say. That's all for now. Have to get back to the phone lines to do some rescheduling.

Results from last Thursdays home High School Track Meet: Post by Coach JP It was a historic day for the Webber-Wayne City Track and Field Program, as we hosted our first ever high school track meet on our new track. The boys did not disappoint, taking first in 7 of the 19 possible events! This included 3 of the 4 possible relays, 2 field events with Hunter Danberry in Discus and Weston Hails in Long Jump, and two more open running events with Weston Hails getting another win in the 200 and Chase Smith winning the open 800m. Several of our younger runners also got PR's as well including James Gentry, Gavin Hardy, Jaxon Dalby, Cale Sneed, Nathaniel Marlow, and Ashton James, all of which are sophomores or under. Full Results Below: 100 Meters Varsity - Finals James Walker 12.5 Grayson Fairchild 12.6 200 Meters Varsity - Finals Weston Hails 23.9SR 400 Meters Varsity - Finals Ashton James 55.8PR Carter Bain 1:07.1PR 800 Meters Varsity - Finals Chase Smith 2:05.0SR Brennan Tate 2:30.0 1600 Meters Varsity - Finals Jaxon Dalby 4:54.4PR Nathaniel Marlow 5:01.6PR 3200 Meters Varsity - Finals Gavin Hardy 14:51.8 110m Hurdles - 39" Varsity - Finals James Gentry 20.1PR 300m Hurdles - 36" Varsity - Finals Axtyn Sherlock 51.4 4x100 Relay Varsity - Finals Weston Hails Aidan Reed Ashton James Elijah Marlow 46.6 4x100 Throwers Relay - Throwers Varsity - Finals Hunter Danberry Clayton Drew Grayson Habbermass Clayton White 1:00.8 4x200 Relay Varsity - Finals Weston Hails Aidan Reed RJ Hargrove Elijah Marlow 1:42.0 Damian Fleener James Walker Cody Nguye Grayson Fairchild 1:44.5 4x400 Relay Varsity - Finals Ashton James Chase Smith Aidan Reed RJ Hargrove 3:43.8 4x800 Relay Varsity - Finals Jaxon Dalby Nathaniel Marlow Brennan Tate RJ Hargrove 9:14.4 Shot Put - 12lb Varsity - Finals Clayton White 33' 4 Clayton Drew 25' 9PR Ezekiel Fulk 23' 2 Discus - 1.6kg Varsity - Finals Hunter Danberry 135' 11PR Grayson Habbermass 95' 4PR Cale Sneed 70' 1PR Long Jump Varsity - Finals Weston Hails 18' 10 Axtyn Sherlock 15' 6

HS softball 🥎 and baseball ⚾️ scheduled for today(4/6) at Elverado has been postponed. Reschedule date is in the works.

The Lions Club HS All-Star Basketball game at RLC has been reschedule to April 21, I am told. Our girls will play in the 6:00 game and our boys will play in the 8:00 game.

April 5 is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. Shout out to all of our parapros at BUSD #318 that invest in and serve our students, staff and community! Each one of you play a vital role in the success of our school🤩

The HS softball and baseball games scheduled for today (4/5) have been cancelled. 🥎 ⚾️

The HS baseball and softball games that were originally scheduled to be at Waltonville will be played in Bluford today, 4/3.

Results from Benton: COED HS Track Teams: Harrisburg, Benton, Herrin, CORLHS, Pope County, Goreville, Johnston City, Massac County, Okawville, Sesser, Vienna, West Frankfort The boys have another strong showing with 8 top 6 scoring boys which were highlighted by a fantastic day by senior Weston Hails who was a member of both 2nd place relay squads, as well as the winner of the Long Jump by 2 feet, jumping 20'1" into the wind. Other great performances were by Jaxon Dalby in the 800 with a huge open race PR of 2:12, Ashton James in the 200 with a huge PR of 25.72, and Damian Fleener running his first ever 400 to a time of 1:00.32. Other strong performances were by Brennan Tate in the 1600, Grayson Fairchild in the 100, and Aidan Reed, Ashton James, and RJ Hargrove, who were both apart of the 2nd place relay squads The girls had several strong performances as well, highlighted by Savanna Hulberts 6th place finish in the discus. Savanna Hulbert and Anna Frey both had strong performances in the 800 for the conditions, as did Laney Hails in the 200. Freshman Jayden Taylor and Lexie Frazier also had solid showings in the 100 and 200. Full Results of the meet can be found at the following link. https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/498612/results/all

Congratulations to the girls 3rd/4th grade basketball team on winning 1st place in the Jefferson County PeeWee Tournament! Zayla made the all tournament team and Sloane was the MVP.

First grade had an "eggstrordinary" time this afternoon.

Mrs. Baine and Miss Ann receiving a check from Pepsi for $6,000 for the caps collected! Way to go and thanks to all who contributed!

The High School Baseball game for tonight, 03/31, has been cancelled.

Good morning everyone. I have been asked to let everyone know that the Lions Club All Star basketball game at Rend Lake College tonight has been postponed. A makeup date is TBA at this time. Please spread the word. Stay safe tonight and have a great weekend!! Ryan Miller Benton High School We had 5 participants in this game: Savannah Hulbert, Anna Frey, Elijah Marlow, Hunter Danberry, and Weston Hails. I'll let you know as soon as the TBA becomes A.

Shout out to our "man in the middle" Hunter Danberry for his selection onto the Southern Illinois Coaches Association All-South Team Congrats Big Guy!

Great day for the Webber-Wayne City Track and Field Program as both the boys and girls have great showings. Boys win all 4 relays WITHOUT their fastest legs for all four of them. Weston Hails jumps 20'7" in the long jump to win by over a foot. Hunter Danberry starts out his discus season with a win and only 7 feet shy of his all time PR. James Gentry wins the 110 Hurdles in his first ever HS hurdle race(Shoutout to Shanna Lusby for the training in middle school!) Finally for the boys Nathaniel Marlow wins the 800 with a PR of 2:13. The day included many PRs for a lot of our guys, I just cant list them all! On the girls side they won the 4x400 relay and placed 2nd in the 4x800 as well. Addison Seidel of Wayne City takes second in the high jump, and Savanna Hulbert takes 2nd in the Discus and anchors the winning 4x400 relay. Laney Hails slides into scoring position with a 6th place finish in the 200 meter dash. The ladies had a very strong showing without several of their girls as well, and we expect them to improve greatly over the course of the season! Highlights from HS Track at Fairfield: Boys: 4x100 1st(46.74) 4x200 1st (1:37.7) 4x400 1st(3:50) 4x800 NT(Only ran with 3 legs, 6:57 after 3rd leg with fastest leg missing) Discus: 1st (122' Danberry) Shot: 2nd (35' White-WC) LJ: 1st (20'7" Hails) 1600 2nd(4:57 Dalby) Girls: 4x400 1st(5:11) 4x800 2nd(13:07) Discus 2nd(77' Hulbert) HJ 2nd (4'4" Seidel WC)

A real good friend mine and amongst the bet coaches in Webber history is being honored with IBCA Coach of the Year honors for District 20. This honor is well deserved for the year they had and the numbers put up over a career. My congratulations goes out to Coach Brad Beaty for receiving this prestegous award/honor. I believe I speak for all of Webber Nation in relaying how proud we are of your achievement.

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