Anatomy and Physiology got to get the big box of bones out today to study the skeletal system!
On Friday, September 22 Bluford Schools will be doing a hat day to raise money to show our support for the school communities of Benton and West Frankfort. Students can pay $1 to wear a school, appropriate hat.
Mrs. Willett and Mrs. Lowe's first grade classes celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Ms. Holtz second grade practiced their graphing skills with Skittles.
It was an exciting weekend for the HS and MS Cross Country Programs!
The Middle School squads headed to Mt Vernon High School running the Summersville Invite. All the kids ran great, and the Varsity boys squad came home with another 1st place finish! This is the 3rd first place finish as a team this season! Lily Rains also medaled for the girls team! Overall great performances for the middle school teams!
The High School squads headed to a huge meet in Peoria, with over 3000 runners! It was one of the most competitive meets in the state, and our kids stepped up to the task! 9 of the 11 runners from our program this weekend had new personal records against tough 2A and 3A competition. There were over 70 different teams at the meet!
Races of the day include Jr. Jaxon Dalby who broke 16:00 minutes for the first time in his career, running 15:51! SO. Axtyn Sherlock broke 20:00 minutes for the first time, doing so in exciting fashion running an official time of 19:59.9! Before this meet Axtyn had never broke 21:00 minutes before! What a race!
Lost and found in the grade school.
We celebrated our eighth grade softball and baseball athletes before Friday's game.
We celebrated our eighth grade softball and baseball athletes before Friday's game.
Please keep our fellow school communities of Benton and West Frankfort in your thoughts and prayers as they suffered a tragic loss yesterday involving students from both communities.
In a world of negativity, we need to stand together to support each other and our local schools. Trojan Nation is behind you!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the JH SB regional Thursday Sept 21st first game start time has been changed from 4:00 to 3:30. We are sorry for this but it is unavoidable.
This is a second reminder to anyone who may have missed first notice. The JH CC County Meet that was scheduled for Sept. 20 has been moved to Sept. 27, 4:00 at the MV Airport.
Just a reminder, JH SB 8th Grade Night ceremony will start at 5:00 tonight. JH BB 8th Grade Night will start after it, roughly 5:20 or so.
JH SB Regional information. Our tournament is here Sept. 19, 21, and 25.
We play 4:00 Sept. 19 vs OBR. Should we win that we would play 4:00 Sept. 21. Should we win that its on to the Championship Sept 25, 4:30.
There will be 2 games on the 19th and 21st, 4:00 and 5:30.
The JH CC meet Saturday, Sept 16. Is at MVTHS and starts at 9 00
MS Cross Country Results from Salem Invite on 9/13
The Trojan and Lady Trojan MS XC squads took on a very large meet @ Salem yesterday. The meet included a majority of Class L schools such as Salem, Olney, Benton, Highland, Casey(Mt. Vernon), Centralia, and Breese. It also included many class S schools as well.
Out of 16 full Varsity Boys teams, and countless other schools in participation as well, the Bluford-Farrington boys took home 4th place, only getting beat by St. Joe(Olney), Aviston, and Olney Middle school. The boys had 3 medalist to lead the team to their 4th place finish.
The girls squad and JV boys also ran very well, with Lily Rains medaling in the Varsity girls race! Many of these runners had much better times than last season, even with the course being longer than last year!
The Trojans and Lady Trojans just keep rollin!
Full Results below:
JV Boys:
Brantley Lowery: 56th
Lukas Woodcock: 76th
Brock Forristal: 113th
Hank Lewis: 131st
Varsity Girls:
Lily Rains: 23rd
Emma Hardy: 55th
Kenzlie Verdeyen: 96th
Kylie Snow: 101st
Christine Gentry: 111th
Boys Varsity:
Bryden Dalby: 7th
Jacob Marlow: 8th
Zaydun Withrow: 30th
Hudson Burke: 54th
Shiloh Hails: 57th
Brett Snow: 89th
Carson Korte: 93rd
Picture day is tomorrow.
The Webber HS HOF is now accepting nominations for the HOF class of 2023.
Forms can be obtained at the school or by contacting Webber HS Athletic Director/HOF Chairman Bob Hamerski 618-732-8242 ext. 215 Forms can be emailed to you upon request. Sponsors must have the graduation date of the nominee and all supporting statistics. Nominations are being accepted until October 13, 2023.
JH BB Regional pairings are out. Our very own Bluford Trojans are the 1 seed and will play Monday Sept. 18, 6:30 at Woodlawn Chapman Complex vs 8 seed Spring Garden.
If they win that they would play Thursday Sept 21, 4:30 same place vs winner of Summersville-Woodlawn. Should they win that they would be in the championship game Monday Sept 25, 4:30 at Chapman Complex. Go get em JR Trojans! Bluford Nation is behind you.
HS Cross Country Results from Mt. Vernon.
The High School cross country squads went to a quad meet at Mt Vernon on Tuesday and came away with a second place finish, beating out 2A Salem and 2A Centralia. 2A Mt Vernon boys won the meet going 1,3,5,6,7. The Trojan boys placed 2nd going 2,4,13,14,20. Trojan runners were the only thing separating Mt Vernon from a perfect score. Overall a great day for both sides as many runners had PR performances! The Trojans keep getting better!
On the Girls side, Alexis Johnson placed 14th and Chloe King placed 34th.
Full Results are below:
3 mile PR performances are represented by a *
14. Alexis Johnson 22:34.18 *
34.Chloe King 30:38.37
2. Jaxon Dalby 16:14.99 *
4. Nathaniel Marlow16:33.11 *
13. Brennan Tate 18:40.73 *
14. Colter Stone 19:02.84 *
20.Axtyn Sherlock 21:20.96 *
22.Ashton James 21:50.73 *
23.James Gentry 22:20.34 *
25. Connor Withrow 24:38 *
26.Magic James 25:15.55 *
3rd grade painted some beautiful apples for September's bulletin board.
