The Hillsboro Recreation Commission is iniviting entries for the annual Hillsboro Festival Run at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 26.<p>Runners should meet at the Hillsboro Visitors Center located in Memorial Park. The 1-mile walk/run and 5-kilometer courses wind through the city of Hillsboro. <p>For registration forms call 620-947-3490 or e-mail
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
<p>The entry fee is $12 before May 21 and $14 after that date. Pre-registrants will receive a race T-shirt; after May 21, T-shirts will be available while supplies last.
Andrew Topham, a senior at Peabody High School, signed a letter of intent April 17 to attend Southwestern College. He will be participating in cross country and track.
“Andrew is an outstanding student and is the recipient of Southwestern’s Presidential Scholarship,” said Jim Helmer, Southwestern’s cross country and track coach.
“He possesses all the qualities we look for in our recruits—excellent academic record, character, work ethic and a love for running and competing.
“With Andrew, we obviously get the added bonus that he is a very talented, truly outstanding high school runner, having won two state championships in cross country and a state title in the 3,200 meters his junior track season.
“Andrew is the most talented distance recruit we have had in some time, and he has the ability and potential to become a national class college runner in our program.
Two Maize High School athletes have signed letters of intent with Tabor College.
Jordan Funk will participate in men’s basketball. According to Micah Ratzlaff, head coach, “At 6-4 Jordan, has the ability to play inside as well as outside. Jordan is the smartest and hardest working high school player I have recruited all year. He is very mature physically and a big time leader on and off the court,”
Maize High School won the Ark Vally-Chisholm Trail League championship this past season. The Eagles finished the season with a 16-6 record.
Funk was named to the first-team all-AVCTL and received all-state honorable mention.
Jaimie Williams signed a letter of to play women’s tennis at Tabor, according to coach Michael Hagen.
“Jaimie will be a great addition to our tennis team as well as our campus. I am really excited that she has chosen Tabor,” Hagen said.
Roger Schroeder rounds third base following a home run hit by Chris Huston. Huston homered twice against Saint Mary on Saturday to power the Bluejays to a pair of victories, 9-8 and 10-8. The Bluejays went 4-2 this week. Two wins came on Tuesday at home as Tabor swept Sterling, 5-4 and 8-5. Kansas Wesleyan twice defeated Tabor by a score 6-1.
