Wabaunsee High School's Student Newspaper
WHS track qualified in nine events at the state track meet. At the end of the weekend, sophomore Payton Wurtz added four medals to her resume and the team earned its second-highest finish in school history at 7th place.
For the first time in at least 20 seasons, girls track came away from the home meet with a team victory.
While track season officially began last week at Lyndon, WHS track and field athletes competed against each other the week before in the annual decathlon.
The track team opened its season Friday at Lyndon, performing well despite extreme winds.
Senior Rebekah Stuhlsatz signed to run cross country and track at the University of Saint Mary during a celebration in the commons Friday afternoon.
Girls track completed an historic performance Saturday at state, finishing second as a team for the first state trophy in school history.
WHS track opened the season with a bang, with the girls earning six gold medals on the way to a first place finish at Lyndon.
Before baseball kicks off the spring season tonight, listen to coaches from each spring sport join the Charger to discuss their teams.
Spring sports season is underway. Head coaches for each sport joined the Charger to discuss their outlook on the season.
Junior Lauren Schutter needed all six attempts to achieve gold at Saturday’s state track meet in Wichita. Schutter, who medaled in the event as a freshman, took the lead on her second jump, 16’7.25”. It was good for a five-inch lead that looked like it might hold. But right before her sixth and final jump, two competitors pulled ahead. Horton’s Maliyah Soto jumped 16’9” and Syracuse’s Katelynn Riley jumped 16’8”, moving Schutter to third place.
The Charger 