Come out tonight to Main Street in Licking to honor the graduates of 2022 as they will be parading through town. The parade begins @ 6 pm from the elementary parking lot and will conclude at The Christian Church.
In a matchup of the #1 and #3 ranked teams in Class 3, Springfield Catholic defeats the Wildcats today 10-4. We begin district competition on Monday.
(Photos courtesy of Jimmie Stephens.)
Graduation for the Class of 2022 is 3 PM at Sherman Hill Field House! 🌟
The high school drama club performed their school play today for the junior high. They will be live tonight in the junior high gym at 6:00 with their only public performance of “Shhh! Don’t Say It!!!”
Juniors are on a field trip to Jefferson City to hear a debate on the floor about property tax today!
Our baseball program from 1983-89 will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame one week from today. Tickets may be purchased by calling (417) 241-1551 or emailing booher@mosportshalloffame.com.
Happy National School Nurses’ Day to Nurse Anne and Nurse Godi!! We ❤️ our School Nurses!!!
Update to senior activities this week: baccalaureate is @ 7 pm, not 6 pm. All other information is correct on the senior flier. We hope to see many people at graduation on Sunday @ 3 pm.
Congratulations to Austin Stephens and Finley Sullins for being recognized for good citizenship by the American Legion Post #41. Great job!!
District softball underway in Mansfield. The Lady Wildcats are taking on Ava.
Wildcat baseball (15-3) defeats Ava (10-7) today at New Covenant in Springfield. They’ll next play at Plato on Tuesday at 5:00.
Our track team had some great performances and personal records at the district meet today.
Our girls team finished 4th out of 13 teams. They also had two individual champions - Kaida Cook in the discuss and Finley Sullins in the long jump.
The top four in each event advance to state sectional competition. Below is a list of our athletes who qualified for state sectionals:
FInley Sullins: long jump, 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay
Kasey Richards: 800m, 4x100 relay
Allie Hock: triple jump, high jump, 4x100 relay
Winter Murray: long jump, 4x100 relay
Kaida Cook: discuss
Levi Venker: shot put, discuss
Oscar Phillips: pole vault
Great job, Wildcats!!!
Live updates from today’s district track meet in Hollister can be viewed at the following link:
http://results.tfmeetpro.com/Runaround_Racing/MSHSAA_Class_2_District_5/
***New Baseball Update***
Our game at New Covenant versus Ava will be TOMORROW at 3:00. Not Monday as previously stated.
The Waynesville game on Monday is still cancelled as is the Salem Tournament. We play at Plato on Tuesday and still hope to add one more game before districts.
Our Wildcats secured the #1 seed in districts and will play in the first round on Monday, May 16th. Here is the link to the district bracket: https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictTournaments.aspx?alg=3&class=3&district=9&year=2021&fbclid=IwAR3YPL0xxpLy8Mb_wvBPPD1h9aKOc3iLQuZRRYLXmc6BhY-lFqH444TdNhQ
Baseball Updates:
The Salem Tournament has been cancelled.
There is a change to Monday's schedule. We will not be playing at Waynesville. Instead, we will travel to New Covenant in Springfield for a 3:00 contest versus Ava. This will be varsity only.
We will still play at Plato on Tuesday. We are currently working to secure one more game before districts, if possible.
Our Wildcats secured the #1 seed in districts and will play in the first round on Monday, May 16th. Here is the link to the district bracket: https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictTournaments.aspx?alg=3&class=3&district=9&year=2021
Softball Update:
Softball districts were supposed to begin today but will now be played on Monday at 1:00 in Mansfield.
Here is the link to the softball district bracket: https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictTournaments.aspx?alg=68&class=2&district=4&year=2021
The weather has caused a schedule revision for the Salem Tournament.
Licking R-VIII School District is proud of our 2022 graduates! Benjamin Jenkins' favorite LHS experiences include being with friends and hanging out during lunch. Benjamin plans to attend Millwright Apprenticeship Trade School in Denver, Colorado to pursue becoming a Master Welder.
Licking R-VIII School District is proud of our 2022 graduates! Cadrian Hutsell's favorite high school experiences were the many trips she was able to attend. Cadrian's ten year plan includes graduating college and practicing counseling and music therapy.
Licking R-VIII School District is proud of our 2022 graduates! Jarrett Huff says his favorite high school teacher is Mr. Coffey. In the future, JB plans to be successful and have a family.
