April 5 is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. Shout out to all of our parapros at BUSD #318 that invest in and serve our students, staff and community! Each one of you play a vital role in the success of our school🤩
The HS softball and baseball games scheduled for today (4/5) have been cancelled. 🥎 ⚾️
The HS baseball and softball games that were originally scheduled to be at Waltonville will be played in Bluford today, 4/3.
Results from Benton: COED HS Track
Teams: Harrisburg, Benton, Herrin, CORLHS, Pope County, Goreville, Johnston City, Massac County, Okawville, Sesser, Vienna, West Frankfort
The boys have another strong showing with 8 top 6 scoring boys which were highlighted by a fantastic day by senior Weston Hails who was a member of both 2nd place relay squads, as well as the winner of the Long Jump by 2 feet, jumping 20'1" into the wind. Other great performances were by Jaxon Dalby in the 800 with a huge open race PR of 2:12, Ashton James in the 200 with a huge PR of 25.72, and Damian Fleener running his first ever 400 to a time of 1:00.32. Other strong performances were by Brennan Tate in the 1600, Grayson Fairchild in the 100, and Aidan Reed, Ashton James, and RJ Hargrove, who were both apart of the 2nd place relay squads
The girls had several strong performances as well, highlighted by Savanna Hulberts 6th place finish in the discus. Savanna Hulbert and Anna Frey both had strong performances in the 800 for the conditions, as did Laney Hails in the 200. Freshman Jayden Taylor and Lexie Frazier also had solid showings in the 100 and 200.
Full Results of the meet can be found at the following link.
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/498612/results/all
Congratulations to the girls 3rd/4th grade basketball team on winning 1st place in the Jefferson County PeeWee Tournament! Zayla made the all tournament team and Sloane was the MVP.
First grade had an "eggstrordinary" time this afternoon.
Mrs. Baine and Miss Ann receiving a check from Pepsi for $6,000 for the caps collected! Way to go and thanks to all who contributed!
The High School Baseball game for tonight, 03/31, has been cancelled.
Good morning everyone. I have been asked to let everyone know that the Lions Club All Star basketball game at Rend Lake College tonight has been postponed. A makeup date is TBA at this time. Please spread the word.
Stay safe tonight and have a great weekend!!
Ryan Miller
Benton High School
We had 5 participants in this game: Savannah Hulbert, Anna Frey, Elijah Marlow, Hunter Danberry, and Weston Hails. I'll let you know as soon as the TBA becomes A.
Shout out to our "man in the middle" Hunter Danberry for his selection onto the Southern Illinois Coaches Association All-South Team Congrats Big Guy!
Great day for the Webber-Wayne City Track and Field Program as both the boys and girls have great showings. Boys win all 4 relays WITHOUT their fastest legs for all four of them. Weston Hails jumps 20'7" in the long jump to win by over a foot. Hunter Danberry starts out his discus season with a win and only 7 feet shy of his all time PR. James Gentry wins the 110 Hurdles in his first ever HS hurdle race(Shoutout to Shanna Lusby for the training in middle school!) Finally for the boys Nathaniel Marlow wins the 800 with a PR of 2:13. The day included many PRs for a lot of our guys, I just cant list them all!
On the girls side they won the 4x400 relay and placed 2nd in the 4x800 as well. Addison Seidel of Wayne City takes second in the high jump, and Savanna Hulbert takes 2nd in the Discus and anchors the winning 4x400 relay. Laney Hails slides into scoring position with a 6th place finish in the 200 meter dash. The ladies had a very strong showing without several of their girls as well, and we expect them to improve greatly over the course of the season!
Highlights from HS Track at Fairfield:
Boys:
4x100 1st(46.74)
4x200 1st (1:37.7)
4x400 1st(3:50)
4x800 NT(Only ran with 3 legs, 6:57 after 3rd leg with fastest leg missing)
Discus: 1st (122' Danberry)
Shot: 2nd (35' White-WC)
LJ: 1st (20'7" Hails)
1600 2nd(4:57 Dalby)
Girls:
4x400 1st(5:11)
4x800 2nd(13:07)
Discus 2nd(77' Hulbert)
HJ 2nd (4'4" Seidel WC)
A real good friend mine and amongst the bet coaches in Webber history is being honored with IBCA Coach of the Year honors for District 20. This honor is well deserved for the year they had and the numbers put up over a career. My congratulations goes out to Coach Brad Beaty for receiving this prestegous award/honor. I believe I speak for all of Webber Nation in relaying how proud we are of your achievement.
In the news - ACES
The 4th grade's service project was a success. What a wonderful charity to raise money for. 💙💛
Webber Nation Basketball Junkies have we got more for you to scratch that itch you have for more HS BB. We have Anna Frey, Savanna Hulbert, Weston Hails, Hunter Danberry, and Elijah Marlow participating in the Lions Club HS Basketball All-Star games at RLC Friday, March 31. Girls game starts at 6pm and boys 8pm.
Congratulations to these fine representatives of Webber HS.
Beta Convention was a huge success and these students represented Webber well!
Webber Beta Students brought home the hardware from State Convention! This is a super talented group of kids!
Come out to the Ruritan Club tomorrow morning and get some breakfast.
The first day of state Beta Convention has been busy and so much fun!!
Congratulations to Savanna Hulbert and Wyatt Jackson for placing in the Sectional ACES competition on March 15th at SIUC. Savanna earned 2nd place in English and Wyatt earned 2nd in Engineering Graphics. They both will be attending the state competition in April!
