CAPPI HOETING spikes the ball during action on October 6 between Stockton and Hill City..

JANAE KELLER taps the volleyball over the net during the Lady Tigers’ match against Hill City on October 6 in Hill City..

Mid-Continent League Volleyball Tournament action began last Thursday with the Stockton Lady Tigers traveling to TMP for pool play. In their first match, the Stockton girls fell to TMP 19-25, 6-25.

The Stockton Tigers made another impressive showing last Thursday at the Mid-Continent League/ Phillipsburg Invitational Cross Country Meet held at the golf course. Freshman Johnny Hamel placed fifth in both the MCL and Invitational meets, with a time of 19:07.72, despite running the final 600 meters with only one shoe.

The Stockton Tigers hosted the Rawlins County Buffaloes last Friday night in non-conference, District 8 action with the Tigers being defeated 42-15. With the loss they fall to 0-6 on the season.

The Stockton Lady Tigers finished second in the 2020 Mid-Continent Elementary League Volleyball Tournament after going 1-1 in the triangular held at Phillipsburg this Monday. The Lady Tigers defeated TMP, but lost to the Lady Panthers to finish as runners-up.

After being in quarantine the past two weeks, the Stockton Lady Tigers were back in action last Monday, traveling to Downs to take on the Lakeside Lady Knights. Stockton won the first sets of both varsity matches, but ended up falling in the first match 25-22, 23-25, 19-25, and 25-25, 15-25, 13-25 in the second match.

Stockton has been chosen as one of eight sites to host a Class 1A, Div. I Sub-State Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, October 24. The host sites are as follows: #1 Montezuma-South Gray; #2 Kinsley; #3 Stockton; #4 Sylvan-Lucas Unified; #5 Little River; #6 Udall; #7 Centralia; and #8 Lebo.

DELANEE BEDORE, a member of the Spirit Squad, performs during halftime of the Stockton vs. Rawlins County district football game held last Friday at Tiger Stadium..

ALL EYES ARE ON THE VOLLEYBALL as Stockton’s Kaelyn Means goes up for a spike against the Hill City Lady Ringnecks in action last week. Also pictured are Chloe Plumer #4, and Cappi Hoeting #12..