Area Sports and Education

By Shari Harris, Publisher The Licking Lady Wildcats continued their winning streak through the end of the regular season. The Varsity Lady ‘Cats overpowered Eminence Thursday, October 14, in the final home game of the regular season. Three sets, 25-14, 25-9 and 25-14 was the outcome. The last regular season game came Monday night in…

  By Shari Harris, Publisher Wins by Varsity and Junior Varsity over Summersville on Tuesday night, October 5, set the tone for the week, as the Lady ‘Cats headed into senior night Thursday and their home tournament, the LHS Classic, on Saturday. Varsity won 25-14, 25-16 and 25-14. JV wrapped up their best of three…

  By Shari Harris, Publisher A little mud didn’t stop the Licking Wildcat Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday, October 7. Area junior high and high school teams gathered at Deer Lick Park for the contest, overflowing the park and parking lots for the afternoon. Licking fielded junior high boys and girls teams, a high…

By Coach Harv Antle ELIZABETH 6, LICKING 0 LICKING — The Licking Wildcats never got the bats going Monday night and were shut out by the St. Elizabeth Hornets 6-0 at Deer Lick Park. Silas Antle took the loss for Licking. He allowed four runs, three earned, on four hits over three innings. Rusty Buckner…

By Coach Harv Antle LICKING 14, STOUTLAND 4 STOUTLAND — It took the Licking Wildcats’ offense awhile to get going Monday night at Stoutland, but a six-run fourth inning broke the game open and the Wildcats beat the Tigers 14-4. Rusty Buckner went three-for-five for Licking and led a 13-hit attack. Malachi Antle also had…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Another winning week was seen by Lady Wildcat’s Volleyball. Licking capitalized on Mondays’ win over Waynesville with a win over Steelville on the road on Tuesday. It was a tight contest, but the Lady ‘Cats pulled out the win in four sets, 14-25, 25-18, 25-23 and 27-25. JV also won in…

By Coach Mike Phillips The Wildcat Cross Country team ran at the new course at Mtn. Grove last night and came home with a lot of medals. In the Junior High Boys division, Ethan Stout finished ninth and Isaac Rinne finished twelfth to bring home medals. On the Junior High Girls side, Keely Gorman finished…

By Supt. Cristina Wright This year, Licking R-VIII School District is excited to have the assistance of our two Teaching Methods Coaches, Mrs. Telena Haneline (elementary) and Mrs. Heather Hawn (secondary). While these ladies were resistant to being recognized for their work, they have already provided tremendous support to our entire staff. To shed light…