Area Sports and Education

The Frisco League All Conference teams were recently announced. Licking coaches and players were both honored this year. Both Wildcat Coach Mike Phillips and Lady Wildcat Coach Steve Rissler were named Coach of the Year in the Frisco League Conference. Keyton Cook was the Boys’ Frisco League MVP and Hannah Medlock was the Girls’ Frisco…

By Supt. Cristina Wright Licking R-VIII School District is excited to announce the hiring of Mrs. Angela Loughridge as Junior High Principal/Curriculum Director following the resignation of Mr. Doug Dunn at the end of this school year. Mrs. Loughridge earned a specialist degree in Educational Administration from William Woods University after earning a master’s degree…

  By Supt. Cristina Wright Licking R-VIII School District is excited to announce new Elementary Assistant Principal Mrs. Crystal Reiner. Mrs. Reiner graduated from Fayetteville State University with a degree in Elementary Education. She completed her master’s degree at Liberty University in Special Education, and obtained a postgraduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona…

The Licking Lady Wildcats entered the District 10 tournament as the second seed, behind first seed Mansfield, with both teams earning first round byes. Number three seed Thayer defeated number six seed Houston, and number four seed Mtn. View/Liberty defeated number five seed Seymour in the first round of action on Tuesday, February 21. Licking…

The last regular season game for the Wildcats was a conference game against Plato on the road, on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Licking finished first in the conference with their win over Plato, 71-60. JV was equally successful, remaining undefeated in the conference (8-0) with their 72-55 win, which ended their season with a 20-2 overall…

The Licking Archery team traveled to Mtn. Grove Saturday to compete. Individual scores were as follows: Albert Gyory, 271, 2nd out of 6 in 10th grade boys Dawson Havens, 248, 4th out of 6 in 11th grade boys John Gyory, 223, 5th out of 6 in 10th grade boys Adam Hagler, 223, 13th out of…

By Mrs. Stacie Hutsell On Monday, February 13, FBLA Members attended the in-person, twice rescheduled, District 14 Conference at Hartville. After a day of events, time keeping, workshops and performances, we attended the Awards Ceremony. Twenty-one total medals were earned from online and production testing in January! Each year presents its challenges, but we have…

Coach Steve Rissler The Lady ’Cats finished off an unbeaten run in the Frisco for the second year in a row last Monday, Feb. 13, with a 73-31 victory over Dixon. The Lady ’Cats have now won back to back Frisco Tournament titles and undefeated regular season titles, with 28 consecutive wins against Frisco competition.…

    It was a week of honors as Licking Boys Basketball and Cheerleading held their Senior Night Tuesday and Licking Girls Basketball recognized their seniors Thursday before their varsity games. Six cheerleaders and one boys basketball player were honored, and two girls basketball players. Marianna Sanchez, daughter of Oscar and Kerrie Sanchez, was the…