HS Softball game tonight at home vs Midwest Central is good to go. Game starts at 4:30 PM and is a varsity ONLY contest. Go Ducks!
Congrats to Jessilyn White for signing her letter of intent to attend Lindenwood next year for shooting sports! Go Ducks!
HS Boys Baseball game scheduled for today, 4/29, in Havana against Macomb has been cancelled due to poor field conditions
Update on the JH wrestling meet at Beardstown...only two visiting spectators allowed to attend per athlete to keep attendance under the requirements.
Updates on the HS Boys Baseball and HS Girls Softball games for today will be posted to the district social media page as soon as additional information exists early this afternoon
JH wrestling travels to Beardstown tonight for a meet with the Tigers. Meet starts at 6:00 PM. Visiting spectators are allowed for the meet but need to wear a mask. Meets will also be livestreamed by accessing the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/140423261389234/
Varsity wrestling travels to PORTA High School tonight for a quad meet. Meet starts at 5:00 PM. Good luck to our high school wrestlers!
JH Track hosts a home meet today with a start time of 4:00 PM. We ask that all spectators mask up and socially distance if they plan to attend. Also, we ask that people avoid congregating in large groups when watching the meet. Go Ducks!
Blast Off to Kindergarten was a huge success last night! Thank you pre-K and New Central staff for your help with introducing our incoming students to Kindergarten. We had amazing attendance, so many thanks to the parents for supporting their students. If you have a child who will be entering kindergarten at New Central in the fall of 2021 and were not able to attend last night's informational meeting, please call Mrs. Cunningham at the JH or Mrs. Cowell at New Central to make arrangements to pick up your packet.
No Junior High Track practice today 4/28.
Mrs. Tomm's science classes are investigating topics in forensic science, such as latent prints, toolmarks, and blood spatter. Next week they will apply what they have learned to create mini crime scenes and challenge their classmates to solve the cases!
High School Wrestling ended the night 2-0 with a 53-22 win over Lincoln and a 42-32 win over Morton. Thursday we are at PORTA. Go Ducks and Jays!
HS Girls JV Softball makes the trip to Canton tonight for a JV only contest. Start time of the game is 4:30 PM. Visiting spectators allowed at Canton home events. Again, fans should mask up and do their best to socially distance. Good luck to JV girls softball!
HS Boys Baseball travels to Midwest Central tonight for a varsity contest followed by some JV innings in the first game of the season for the Ducks. First pitch is at 4:30 PM against the Raiders. Visiting spectators are allowed but are asked to wear masks and socially distance. Good luck to the boys baseball team!
HS Wrestling travels to Lincoln High School tonight for a triangular meet. Start time is 4:00 PM. Visiting spectators are allowed to attend and will have an assigned seating area. Reminder to wear a mask indoors. Those that cannot attend may stream the event by accessing the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ogdP-8CYG06vr_4xZSt4g
HS Boys Baseball scheduled for Friday at Rushville has been cancelled. However, the boys baseball team has added a varsity ONLY game with Macomb at Havana High School this Thursday, April 29. Game will start at 4:30 PM.
HS Track ran an excellent meet yesterday at Midwest Central in their first meet of the season! The boys team placed first overall in the four-team boys side of the meet, while the girls placed first overall in the triangular girls meet. Several boys and girls had great individual days as well! Go Ducks!
Congratulations to the following boys on being named Prairieland All-Conference South Division for HS football: Keane Shaw was 1st team defensive back, Dane Olson 2nd team guard, Branson Shaw 2nd team running back, Dylan Valderrama special mention running back, and Dom Barner special mention center. Go Ducks!
Congrats to Tayden Friend and Reese Smith on earning Prairieland All-Conference South Division for the HS Volleyball team. Friend was a unanimous all-conference first-team selection and Smith was a second-team selection. Way to go girls! Go Ducks!
Results from yesterday's JH Big 5 Track Meet. 7th grade boys finished 2nd and 8th grade boys finished 3rd. Both the 7th and 8th grade girls finished finished 4th overall. As a team, the track team earned 19 medals overall. Notable medalists that received one or more medals were Madison Curless, Karlie Hurst, Haleah Perkins, Samara Stephens, Shelby McDaniel, Deagan Brown, Anthony Foster, Owen Smith, and Cayden Green. Deagan Brown and Cayden Green earned 4 medals each. Anthony Foster and Samara Stephens earned 3. Owen Smith earned 2. Congrats to the JH track team! Go Ducks!