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FRESHMAN BRECKYN WILLIAMS glides over the last hurdle en route to her first-place finish in the 100 Meter Hurdles at the Stockton Invitational track meet..

Hunter Howell, an eighth grader at Stockton Junior High, won both the 100 and 200 Meter Dashes at the Phillipsburg Invitational track meet held last Thursday in Phillipsburg. Eighth graders Ava Dix and Brin Muir also captured gold medals with Dix winning the 200 and Muir taking first in the Discus.

Stockton Junior High hosted the Stockton Invitational track meet which was held last Tuesday at Tiger Stadium. Stockton’s 8th-grade girls won the meet, scoring a total of 146 points. Osborne was second with 114 points.

Stockton High School’s Ethan Means was among 30 senior boys and girls from around the state of Kansas chosen to play in the Kansas All-Star Basketball Game held at Dennis Lesh Sports Arena on the campus of Pratt Community College on Saturday, April 10 in Pratt.

The Rooks County girls’ softball team dropped a doubleheader to Lincoln/ Sylvan-Lucas last Thursday on a cold and breezy day in Plainville. Game One was close between the two teams until Lincoln/Sylvan-Lucas put together a five-run seventh inning to take an 11-3 lead.

BOWLERETTE Stockton Medical Clinic 37-19 Cikanek Law Breakers 27-29 Hamit Auction 26-30 WWB 22-34 High Game Scratch: Kalie Highland 175, Stephanie Snyder 153, Gail Gibbs 143. High Series Scratch: Kalie Highland 463, Stephanie Snyder 457, Gail Gibbs 366.

Olivia Dix, a junior on the Lady Tiger Basketball team received a postseason honor recently when she was named to the Wichita Eagle’s 2021 1A Honorable Mention All- State Team. Among the many highlights for Dix this season was a 41-point performance in a win against Plainville.

ROCO CATCHER ABBY JOHNSON reaches for the ball during action against Ellis on April 1 in Plainville.

Rylan Basart, Camden Iwanski and Kaelyn Means each brought home individual gold medals last Friday from their first track meet of the season, the Hoxie Invitational.

The Stockton Junior High Tigers were in Smith Center last Thursday for their first meet of the season. The Tigers made a good showing with several of them placing.