Senior band members took the stage for their final concert performance of the year last evening. Pictured with Band Director Mr. Fannin and Choir Director Mr. Henry are the senior band members Graham Higgins, Logan Campbell, Ashlie Spencer, Selena Weaver, Nate Aldo, Maria Henderson, Noah Cline, Japan Marchal.
Check out this fun WLSAA raffle for a Splash Pad Party sponsored by the Splash Pad Committee and the Mad River Farm Market! Contact Amy for your tickets. Details are attached!
The West Liberty-Salem girls took the early lead on Day 1 of the Ohio Heritage Conference North Championships.
Team Scores: 1st WLS 38, 2nd Mechanicsburg 36, 3rd Fairbanks 22 4th Northeastern 11, 5th (tie) Triad and West Jefferson 8
The Lady Tigers 4x800 relay team of Megan Adams, Ashley Yoder, Madison Bahan and Katelyn Stapleton got things started winning the event in new OHC record time of 9:28.26. Senior Selena Weaver also claimed an OHC individual title winning the discus with a throw of 106'02".
Also scoring for the Tigers were:
Lena Kauffman 2nd Place Pole Vault 7'0
Tina Douthwaite 4th Place Pole Vault 6'6
Mandilyn Weaver 4th Place High Jump 4'8"
Claire Longshore 5th Place High Jump 4'2"
Kenzie Bahan 6th Place Discus 77'1"
Qualifying for Friday's finals were:
Grace Estes 100 meter dash 13.14
Kaylee LeVan 100 meter dash 13.39
Emily Hollar 400 meter dash 59.24
Madison Bahan 400 meter dash 1:00.73
Emily Hollar 200 meter dash 26.61
Mallory Bostick 200 meter dash 28.64
Thursday's finals will begin with field events at 5:00 p.m. and running events at 6:00 p.m.
Breakfasts of Champions hosted their annual ceremony this morning to honor fourth and fifth grade highest honor roll students. For the full story, and list of students honored, click here! https://www.wlstigers.org/article/458748
Congratulations to all of our students who attended!
Let’s give a big senior shout out to four of our awesome seniors! Congratulations Cooper, Maria, Graham, and Emma!
Youth football registration is set for June. Mark your calendars!
Union Station in Bellefontaine will host a youth summer program with exciting camp options, field trips and all around good time! For more information and to register a camper, please visit their website at https://www.unionstationoflogancounty.org/summer-program-registration!
The West Liberty-Salem girls track and field team hosted the Tiger Invitational sponsored by Reliant Mechanical, Inc. Friday evening at Tiger Stadium and placed first out of nine teams. What a way to celebrate senior night!
Team Scores: 1st WLS 169.5, 2nd Versailles 105, 3rd Botkins 85, 4th Ben Logan 82.5, 5th Lehman Catholic 67, 6th Northwestern 46, 7th Graham 42, 8th Bellefontaine 39.5 9th Bethel 22
Kiersten Franklin of Lehman Catholic was named meet MVP.
The Lady Tigers grabbed nine first place finishes with the 4x800 relay team of Megan Adams, Ashley Yoder, Madison Bahan and Katelyn Stapleton setting a new meet and stadium record in 9:36.99. Megan Adams also set a new stadium and meet record in the 3200 meter run with a 11:14.22. Also placing first for WLS were Kaylee LeVan in long jump (15'06.75"), Emily Hollar in the 400 meter dash (:58.35), Katelyn Stapleton in the 800 meter run (2:22.66), Ashley Yoder in the 1600 meter run (5:30.94), the 4x100 relay team of LeVan, Stapleton, Lilly Weaver and Grace Estes (51.71), the 4x200 relay team of LeVan, Estes, Bahan and Hollar (1:47.78), and the 4x400 relay team of Bahan, Stapleton, Estes, Hollar 4:09.38.
Second place finishes included Selena Weaver in discus (109'10" Career PR), Grace Estes in the 100 meter dash (12.97 Career PR), Addison McAuley 1600 meter run (5:31.11), Hollar in the 200 meter dash (26.70) and Claire Longshore in the 300 meter hurdles (50.42).
Finishing third (tie) were Selena Weaver in shot put (32'09") and Mandilyn Weaver High Jump (4'08"). Fourth place finishers included Lilly Weaver Long Jump (14'11.5") and Madison Bahan 400 meter dash (1:03.05). Finishing fifth were Kaylee LeVan in the 100 meter dash (13.49), the B team 4x100 relay of Hannah Bowman, Kerrigan Burgel, Megan Hollar and Ashley Good (55.58) and Taylor Kennedy in the 3200 meter run (12:47.67). Sixth place finishes included Mallory Bostick 200 meter dash (28.87) and Tina Douthwaite in pole vault (7'06"), and placing seventh were Sophia Hardwick in the 100 meter hurdles (18.98) and Lena Kauffman in the pole vault (7'06").
WLS will compete in the OHC Championship prelims this evening at Mechanicsburg with finals being held Thursday.
Photo credit: John Coffman
WLS Seniors
Kaylee LeVan
Jace Wade
Hello families, Due to patchy dense fog in our area, WLS is on a two hour delay for today, Monday May 10th. School will start at 9:40 for MS HS and 9:45 for the Elementary.
Hello WLS Families,
Community Health & Wellness Partners will be offering free sports physicals at West Liberty-Salem Schools on Wednesday, May 19 from 3:00-5:00 pm. Appointments will be scheduled every 5 minutes, but the appointment itself will last about 30 minutes. There is ONE FEMALE and ONE MALE appointment available during each 5 minute increment, so please be sure to sign up for the correct spot at this link if interested: https://signup.com/go/CdNJAji. Please obtain sports physical paperwork from the AD's office or stop by the nurse's office. ALL paperwork must be completed prior to appointment time.
Attention Seniors Considering a GAP year!! Logan County United Way will be hosting an 'AmeriCorps VISTA Year of Service Opportunity'. This is a formal 40-hour/week internship position that runs from July, 2021 through June, 2022. The person who becomes our VISTA will be immersed in a range of fundraising, marketing, programming, and special event activities, helping to build the capacity of our organization while accumulating a wealth of experience for a potential career in the non-profit sector. There are benefits, including a living allowance, and an end-of-service award that is either a lump sum payment OR a larger payment that goes toward further education. Visit this link to learn more or apply: https://www.uwlogan.org/americorps-vista-service-opportunity-0
The view from third base was a little distracting tonight!
State testing isn’t taking all of the fun out fifth grade this week! The whole grade complete In their FIRST Annual Break Out Box CLASS challenge. All classes participate and the winning class gets to carry the pride of the Gold Medal Allstars for BreakOut EDU for the year. In this challenge, students had to travel through Star Wars themed clues to decipher codes to 6 different locks. The first class to finish was Crowned Break Out Champions. Here are our winners! Mrs. Orahood’s fifth grade class! It was a close competition for sure! Great job, fifth graders!
Our high school students had so much fun with spirit week leading up to tomorrow’s prom! Today’s theme was Hawaiian Day and it looked like a luau at WL-S with all of the teachers and students who participated! Looking good, everyone!
West Liberty-Salem will be hosting DIII Softball, Monday May 10th at 5:00 at Sparks Field. OHSAA requires each attendee to purchase a ticket, and these are all done online now.
Log onto www.ohsaa.org
Select Tickets
Select Softball
Select Division 3- South
West
Type in: West Liberty-Salem
Tickets are not available until after 5:00 PM Friday. At time of printing, we are not aware of you needing a ticket code to purchase. If that changes, the coach will get ahold of you with that code. Save this info for future tournament games. Call at (937)465-1149 or email jvitt@wlstigers.org if you have questions.
Photo credit: John Coffman
West Liberty-Salem senior Josh Spinner, son of Ellen and Scott Spinner, signed his National Letter of Intent to run Cross Country at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in a ceremony hosted by Athletic Director Jake Vitt on Thursday afternoon. Spinner is a four year varsity cross country runner, two time Team Scholar Athlete, and Academic All Ohioan. In addition he is a three year varsity track athlete, member of the choir, Key Club VP, Co-President of NHS, co-President of Calculus Club and Link Crew leader. Spinner plans to major in Human Physiology and Nutrition while running Cross Country and Track.
West Liberty Salem Varsity Cheerleading and Mascot Tryouts are now scheduled! Practices will take place on Monday, May 17 and Tuesday May 18 from 6-8 p.m. in the elementary gym. Tryouts will be held on Wednesday May 19 from 5:30-7 p.m. This tryout is being held for both football and basketball cheer seasons. Please stop by the Athletic Office to sign up for tryouts today. If you have have any questions, please contact High School Cheerleading Coach, Kim Long, 937-215-2079. We are looking forward to another great year - Go Tigers!
Today is National Nurse’s Day and we are proud to say that we are blessed with the best at West Liberty- Salem! Jennifer Douthwaite and Beth Wing always go above and beyond the call for our families, staff, and students, so THANK YOU for all you do for us!
Let’s celebrate a few more seniors! Today’s Senior Shout Out goes to Koby Griffith, Dylan Gruber, Andrew Hardwick, and Layne Harman! Congratulations, guys!
Check out what’s been happening in the HS Science Wing! Thanks, Mrs. Smith’s class, for showing us around!
https://www.wlstigers.org/article/454353
