It was an exciting few days for area high school sports
On Friday, Stroud high jumper Kileigh Mixon won her second straight Class 2A state championship and tied the state record by jumping 5 feet, 8 inches.
She is pictured at left on the top of the medal stand at Catoosa, with teammates Brynlee Wages and Savanna Collins, who finished second and sixth, respectively.
Drew Clovis from Stroud won the Class 2A high jump championship. A sophomore, Clovis went 12 feet, 6 inches
Mattox Motley from North Rock Creek won the 110 hurdles on Saturday at the 4A state meet, held simultaneously with the 2A meet.
His state championship was the first in the short history of North Rock Creek’s high school.
Two days later, NRC’s slow-pitch softball team won the school’s second championship, beating Perkins-Tryon 15-0 in a game featuring NRC coach Chance Griffin facing his dad, David Griffin, who coaches Perkins.
Just before NRC’s win at Hall of Fame Stadium, Dale made its 10th straight appearance in the slow pitch state finals.
The Lady Pirates had won the last five titles,but came up short against long-time rival Washington, falling 17-7.
Earlier in the day, the DLPs played Prague, and downed the Lady Devils, 10-4, behind two home runs from Karsen Griggs.
Chandler came within a second and a half of a state championship at the Class
3A state track meet at Western Heights on Saturday as seniors Jessie, Annie and Leah Brannon and freshman Cali Hilgenfeld took silver, finishing just behind the foursome from Beggs.
Stroud’s Mixon almost brought home another gold, as she turned in a time of 15.62 in the 100 meter hurdles, just off the 15.53 run by Bella Driver of Velma-Alma.