Our Lions have been hard at work the past few weeks in sports, academics, and more. Here are some highlights:
Track & Field:
- The following athletes qualified automatically for state based on their AMAZING marks:
- Bridger Blauer qualified for state in the javelin
- Zayden Cook qualified for state in the shot put
- Ethan Olson qualified for state in the 110m hurdles
- Olivia Nielson qualified for state in the 200m dash
Theater:
- Moving on to State IE Drama Competition, Saturday, April 13th:
- Dramatic Monologues: Tanika Lavery, Azure Marrott, and Conner O'Brien
- Humorous Monologues: Alanah Tate, Taylie Brooks, and Shaely Walker
- Classic Scenes: Lemon Kunz & Mytchie Baxter; Kaylie Durfee & Sion Martin; Tommy Nielsen & Cali Webb; and Nova Roy & Kylie Earl
- Contemporary Scenes: Brayden Hammond & Zach Hugjes; Tyler Kitchen & DC Christensen; and Ella Jewell, Emma Moore and LaNea Allred
- Pantomime: Danny Wheeler; Jimmy Reilly & Sean Reilly; and Kaylie Kerr & Brooklyn Loveless
- Musical Theatre: Katie Coates & Morgan Lines; Pheobe Farnsworth & Henry Kearns; AJ Rindlisbacher, Aaron Rindlisbacher, Alex Risenmay & Zach Wright; Jill Craig, Tenacious Elliot, Kayla Wright & Mekhia White
- **Kendal, Ellie, Sky, Malcolm, Mara, Emily, Sierra and Katherine- will be student coaches, as we prepare for State, and also help with State Competition Celebrations!!
- Placing at Region Individual Events in the top 3:
- Dramatic Monologue: Tanika Lavery, 3rd place
- Contemporary Scenes: Brayden Hammond and Zach Hughes, 3rd place
- Class Scenes: Lemon Kunz and Mytchie Baxter, 3rd place
- Pantomime: Danny Wheeler, 2nd place
ASL State Competition:
- Fingerspelling Level 2
- Gavin Lewis 3rd place
- Deaf Art (Drawing)
- Allayna Chidester 1st place
- Deaf art (Painting)
- Izzie Wilkey 3rd place
- Deaf art (3D)
- Abbygale Rowley 1st place
- ASL Debate
- Mckenna Mecham / Aliceson Thomas 2nd place
- McKenzie Ainscough / Izzie Wilkey 4th place
Girls Baskeball Team:
- Our basketball team advanced to the semi finals for the first time in 20 years! They didn't advance to the next game, but played well and had a great season. (See some clips of the team playing against Ridgeline here.)
Attributions
Derick Marchant, Rock White, Jak Kadish, Photo from payson_lions Instagram