The HHS Forensics team has been busy!! Coach Hirsch is sorry for the tardiness of this post. Be ready for three tournaments worth of information! :)
#qualifies for state festival
*qualifies for state champs
February11th @ Salina South
The team had a great time in Salina. Really large schools were present and gave the Railers an uphill climb. They didn’t get all they wanted to finals but still came in strong. Numbers were incredibly close. 4 events broke into finals with another 5 right below the cutoff. The team also finished 6th out of 22 teams. The following medaled:
#Brooklyn Schroeder & Aiden Souza-IDA-3rd
Adrian Harrison & Courtney Naylor-IDA-5th
Tucker Morris & Sophia Weber-IDA-6th
*Sophia Weber-Poetry-2nd
February 18th @ Sedgwick
The team brought their largest group to date. Strong rounds really started and students started getting into the groove of their pieces. Again, big schools were present and scores were close. The students have been improving tremendously since the first tournament. We are excited for what broke into finals and how close things are still becoming. The team ended up with 4th place out of 18 teams. The following medaled:
Sophia Weber & Jaiden Vogt-IDA-4th
Alyssa Price-Humorous Solo-3rd
*Sophia Weber-Impromptu-1st
Korey Meier-Impromptu-6th
Aidan Thibodeau-Informative-5th
Mallory Arnold-Oration-5th
#Morgan Magnett-Poetry-6th
February 25th @ Sacred Heart in Salina
This is the moment we’d been waiting for. This is the culmination of all the team’s hard work so far. Hours and hours of practices and we start seeing big results! We took 8 students and 13 events and broke in 6 events and qualified new ones for state! 3 events were REALLY close to being in finals. The biggest takeaway is the team ended with 3rd place out of 18 teams!! Beating bigger schools and ones with more events. But in the end quality beat quantity. And the team was only 8 points from 2nd place!! Coach Hirsch and Assistant Coach Rookstool could not be more prouder! “Today was a huge win for us and we are extremely excited to keep the momentum going. Keep practicing and seeing kids flourish in something they love!” The following medaled:
Aiden Souza & Courtney Naylor-IDA-5th
*Sophia Weber-Impromptu-1st
Aiden Souza-Humorous Solo-3rd
*Sophia Weber-Informative-2nd
Aidan Thibodeau-Informative-5th
*Sophia Weber-Oration-2nd
*Korey Meier-Prose-3rd
This season is just amazing! The following students are qualified for state champs: Sophia Weber in Oration, Poetry, Informative, and Impromptu; Korey Meier in Prose; Hanne McDermott in Prose. The following are qualified for state festival: Aiden Souza & Brooklyn Schroeder in IDA; Morgan Magnett in Poetry.
March 4th we have a WELL deserved break. Then will have a HUGE team for Clay Center on March 11th. Go Railers!!!
The Herington Railers Archery Team traveled to Clearwater today for a tournament. We shot very well. We ended up bringing home 9 out of 18 of the individual medals for the tournament. 8 of the 9 medal winners also set new personal best score in competition.
In the team competition, our middle school team took 2nd place, shooting a 2932 combined score, which is second best score we have ever shot as a team.
Congratulations to a great bunch of 4th thru 12th graders that represented their school & community in Clearwater, KS today.
Once again a big Congratulations goes out to the HHS Wrestling Team and Coaches! What an awesome season. #railerproud
Benson came out with a fourth place finish lost by two points. Colson beat his opponent 15 to 0 for a 5th place finish. Cameron fell short for a sixth place finish. Pictures to follow later. We are very proud of our Railer Wrestlers and Coaching Staff and their showing at the State Tournament.
Cameron and Colson will be wrestling for 5th and 6th. Colson lost 5 to 4 and Cameron lost 14 to 2. Benson will be wrestling for 3rd and 4th.
Colson has just won 6-4 and Cameron just pinned his opponent. So the Railers will be coming home with three state medals. The next round will determine if it's third and fourth or fifth or sixth. Keep going boys! We are all so very proud of you.
Both Cameron and Colson have won their matches first round. Colson pinned his opponent in the second period and Cameron won by a technical fall with a score of 21-6. Awesome Job Railers!!!
Wrestling is done for the day. Justin fought hard today unfortunately came up short on his matches. Great season Justin!! We are proud of you. The other three advanced to day two but will have to battle up the back side of the bracket. Wrestling will resume tomorrow morning at 9 am. Good Luck HHS wrestlers.
Colson has lost his second round by two, five to three. Cameron lost his second round, seven to two. Justin will wrestle next round and then Ben will be in the following round for semi-finals
HMS Quiz Bowl @ Little River
Benson just won his second match 11 to 1, he will be an automatic place.
First round results are in from Hays. Benson, Colson, and Cameron have won their first matches. Justin lost to the number one ranked kid in the state 11 to 5 but wrestled his heart out.
More results will be posted as they come in.
HHS Wresters getting ready for weigh-in at State Wrestling!! Good Luck!
The Rail Cafe will be open tonight during P/T Conferences. Stop by and grab a drink. The cafe is located to the east of the high school office by Mrs Beye's room. We will close at 7:45.
Good luck to our HHS state wrestlers! Seniors Colson McIntyre & Justin Widler, and Sophomores Benson Eggleston & Cameron Svitak will compete tomorrow and Saturday in Hays. We are proud of you! https://youtu.be/uwhrgi0SgRs
Congrats to HMS Wrestling at Council Grove Tournament! They finished as follows:
Christian Camp - 3rd Place; Morgan Simmons - 2nd Place;
Pierce Schlesener - 2nd Place; Dax Eggleston - 1st Place;
Hunter Matthews - 3rd Place; Leland Urban - 2nd Place;
Kylie Dester - 2nd Place; Reid Griffiths - 1st Place; Dakarai Melcher - 2nd Place
HHS Basketball Sub-State Update!
HHS Boys will travel to Ell-Saline High School on Monday 2/27.
HHS Girls will travel to Chase County High School on Tuesday 2/28.
Games will start at 7:00pm
The spring track store is currently open. Get your orders in soon. The store will close before spring break.
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A special thank you to Chris Barnes for helping the coffee shop finance team come up with spreadsheets to track financial information needed for our records. The finance team includes Mason Mortensen, Lucas Vinduska, Aiden Souza and Colson McIntyre.
HHS Basketball @ Home vs. Lyndon
