Marion’s seven athletes competing in Class 3A at the state track and field championship earned three top-three medals Friday and Saturday, including one first-place finish. Tyler Palic was named the Class 3A discus champion with a first-place throw of 175 feet, 11 inches, more than 20 feet beyond second place. Palic also placed sixth in the shot put (48-5.5). Jack […]

Competing at the Russell Class 3A regional meet, the Marion track and field team qualified seven athletes for state in nine events. Tyler Palic led the boys’ team by qualifying in two events. He won the discus with a throw of 165 feet, 10 inches, and placed fourth in the shot put (45-3). Marion recorded four third-place, state-qualifying finishes: Bryce […]

Two-time state champion pole vaulter Marah Franz displays the gold medals she’s won at the Kansas Track & Field Championships the past two years. Franz set the Hillsboro High School record in the pole vault at state last year as a junior by clearing 10 feet, 6 inches, and won gold again this year by clearing 10-3. Franz has signed […]

Franz The past weekend was the culmination for many high school athletic teams as they participated in one state championship performance or another. The Hillsboro High School track and field team was no different, as it descended on the campus of Wichita State University to compete for various titles in Cessna Stadium. I?ve always held the state track meet in […]