⭐️Congratulations to Drake Skaggs for earning a place on the podium with 2nd place in the Discus at the IESA State Track Meet!⭐️. Way to represent Havana and your track team! Go Ducks!💪🦆
⭐️Ruger Hilst represented Havana well today at the IESA State Track Meet!⭐️. He competed against a tough group of 8th graders in the 800m, placed 13th, and ran a PR of 2:14.55! Way to work!
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⭐️CONGRATULATIONS to our 7th grade boys 4x100 relay team for earning 6th place and getting on the podium at the IESA STATE TRACK MEET!⭐️
Team members are Noah Dembinski, John Shrake, Jordan Kinkead, Graham McCausland, Kaydan Dembinski(alt) and Ben Young(alt).
They ran a PR as well! Way to go, boys!!!!💪🦆🏃♂️
⭐️Day 2 of the IESA State Track Meet⭐️
Parade of athletes! Good Luck to all of our Ducks competing today!
A huge congratulations to our six proud members of the New Central Bluestem 20 Club! 📚🦆
These students successfully read all 20 books from the 2026–2027 Bluestem Book List — and impressively, they finished months ago! Their dedication, excitement for reading, and positive energy made this such a fun accomplishment to celebrate.
This year’s Bluestem 20 Club members are:
⭐ Fourth Grade: Emma Strauman, Lincoln Bals, and Oliver Davis
⭐ Third Grade: Jinora Thomas, Bonnie Hammond, and Elijah Unruh
A big thank you to New Central PTO for sponsoring the student plaques, and to Mrs. Witherell for leading this program and helping it remain such a successful and highly participated tradition at New Central year after year. Most importantly, thank you to our students for embracing reading and showing what determination and hard work can accomplish!
We celebrated with a beautiful walk to Riverfront Park and a picnic lunch with the principal. The weather was perfect, and a great time was had by all. ☀️🥪
We can’t wait to see who joins the Bluestem 20 Club in the years to come!
🦆 ⚾️ Win 11-3 at Canton under the lights! Jones picks up the win on the mound! Turner, Brooks, and McDaniel with multiple hits! Ducks back in action Monday vs Tremont. #GODUCKS #BUYIN
Just a reminder about IHSA regional softball games, which Havana hosts this year.
The ticket price for (5/18) Monday's preliminary game is $5.00 for ALL spectators.
Per IHSA, NO passes of any kind are accepted for these games.
Ticket price for the Semi-finals and Finals (Tues., Wed., & Fri.) is $8.00 for ALL spectators.
Per IHSA, NO passes of any kind are accepted.
Lady Ducks earn their 4th win of the week with a victory over Illini West 7-4. Shelby Hill goes all seven innings to pick up the win and Madolyn Howerter hit two absolute bombs for home runs as the Lady Ducks overcame a 4-1 deficit. The girls begin regionals Monday at home vs Delavan at 4:30.
⭐️Day 1 of the IESA State Track Meet⭐️
AJ Griffin and Myiah Alexander represented Havana well in the hurdles and long jump!
Tomorrow we will have competitors in the 4x100, Discus, and 800!
Go Ducks!💪🦆
🏃♀️HS Girls Track 🏃♀️had their Sectional last night. We are very proud of all the girls that competed this year.
The girls 4x100 team (Greer, Smith, Hall, Curless) ended the year with a season best 5️⃣3️⃣.9️⃣1️⃣
The girls 4x200 team (Greer, Hall, Markley, Curless) ended with a HUGE season best 1️⃣:5️⃣8️⃣.3️⃣1️⃣. This was 6.6 seconds faster than their best time of the year.
Jilian Dyson had a personal best in the discus with a distance of 22.32 meters (73' 2.75"). This was an massive PR by over 2 meters.
Other than her there weren't any personal bests in the field events (shot put, discus, high jump, long jump) but all the girls ended with pretty solid marks.
Congratulations to Kasyn Jibben for qualifying for state in the 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ and the 3️⃣2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣. Prelims for the 1600 will be ran on Thursday the 21st, finals for the 1600 and 3200 will be Saturday the 23rd.
Congratulations to the HHS April Student Athletes of the month! Max Layton- track, Owen Smith- baseball, Kaydi Miller- softball and Madi Curless- track. Go Ducks 🦆
DUCKS @ Little Giants
New Central Families, mark your calendars!
Lady Ducks win 3-2 over Porta-AC behind Madolyn Howerter's pitching. Howerter helped herself with a home run and the girls held on. The girls will be at home again tomorrow.
May community outings for Mrs Brady's class included a trip to Los Charros to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, bowling and pizza at the bowling alley, and a walk to Peaches and the park for lunch and ice cream.
1. Family -
Kendra & Russell Henderson
2. Favorite Events -
800
3. Future Plans -
Attend NIU and focus on Pre-Med
4. Favorite team tradition -
Singing with Korey on the bus after meets
5. Favorite Workout -
Ladder
6. Favorite Memory -
Hanging out with friends during meets
7. Proudest Moment -
Every time I got a new PR
8. Biggest Takeaway -
Stronger resilience
1) Family:
RJ and Ashley Chapin
2) Favorite events:
4x100 and 100
3) future plans:
Attend SIUE this fall with a major in Nursing; plans to eventually become a Nurse Anesthetist.
4) Favorite team tradition:
4x100 Shuttle Hurdles
5) Favorite track workout:
10m Flies
6) Favorite track memory:
Trying to prevent myself from tripping over 30 in. hurdles while jumping them for the first time with zero practice.
7) Proudest moment:
Consistently improving our relays throughout the season.
8) Biggest takeaway from track:
No matter how fast you get, there’s always another level.
🦆 ⚾️ fall to Mt. Pulaski. Ducks will be back in action for a 7 o'clock night game Friday at Canton. #GODUCKS #BUYIN
Lady Ducks take down West Prairie 16-4. Shelby Hill was the star with 5 RBIs and 7 strikeouts in 6 innings of work on the mound. Kaydi Miller got the Lady Ducks going with her 4th homer of the season. The girls are home the next two days.