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VFB hosts Valle Catholic tonight at 8pm in the first home contest of the year. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Please make sure to hydrate as it will be steamy!
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BREAKING: Festus 2023 graduate Arhmad Branch won the Class 4 state championship in the long jump with a distance of 7.12 meters in Jefferson City.
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Festus senior Ian Schram is the Class 4 state champion in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 4:17.17.
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Festus senior Ella Shy is the Class 4 state pole vault champion with a height of 3.33 meters.
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Festus senior Arhmad Branch set the school record in the long jump in 22 feet, 7.25 inches (6.89 meters) Saturday at Herculaneum.
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Seckman senior Noa Isaia set the school record in the shot put in 16.25 meters at the Old Settlement Invitational in Ste. Genevieve on Thursday night.
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Jason Therrell is the new activities director at Festus High School. He replaces Eric Allen in July. Allen is retiring at the end of the school year.
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Get it boys!
8pm at Jefferson College Eureka vs Jackson #CultureWins
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Eureka AD Gregg Cleveland, left, and girls basketball 🏀 coach James Alsup after the Wildcats beat Parkway South in Class 6 District 2 final on Tuesday night.
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The 2022-2023 season came to an end. The coaching staff is so proud of every single one of these girls. The five seniors are going to go far in life and we are proud of each of you. What a great season and we can’t wait to see the rest of you girls put in the work this offseason!
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Incredibly proud of Michael Becker, Noah Barnes, and Brenton Shirk for getting it done on and off the court. These 3 were selected for a Windsor Way Award by our High School staff, and it’s no secret of the positive impact they have made on our program and others! #GreatCharacter
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Owls get a 59-58 win with a game winning 3 at the buzzer by Becker vs Festus in the first round of Districts! Incredibly proud of this group for their resilience all year. Next round vs 1 seed Cape this Friday. #BFT #MarchMadness
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Come out and support. Round 2 of districts. Herculaneum vs. Park Hills. We are so proud of our girls and wish them the best of luck!!!
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Peyton Shaver with the 7-0 victory in the second round! He will wrestle again tomorrow morning! @FESTUSAthletics @myleaderpaper
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More Leader Publications coverage of the state wrestling championships from Columbia on Saturday.
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What a win last night by the Varsity team against Hillsboro. They battled hard and fought to the end. Also, HUGE congrats to Coach Blair on his 200th win. We are lucky to have you! 🐾
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Safe travels and Good Luck to our 4 girls and 9 boys competing at the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships Friday and Saturday. We know you'll make us proud! Thank you to our cheer squad for supporting these student-athletes.
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Russell Korando retweeted
Congrats to Haiden for breaking the Class 2 Meet Record with a 23.13 for the 50 Free! Let’s go!🏊🏻‍♀️💪🏼💜💛
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Russell Korando retweeted
Class 3, District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament begins on Monday, 2/20. Jefferson will face off v. Grandview, game begins at 4:30pm in Arcadia Valley. Click on the link below for the full bracket. 5il.co/1p9fk
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