Congratulations to Highland catcher, Haleigh Winter. Tonight she hit 3 home runs and drove in 6 runs, breaking two records in the process. Her 19 career homeruns, and 105 career RBI's, both surpass the records that were previously held by Becca Scott in 2018 (16 HR & 102 RBI).
Congratulations to Highland pitcher, Abby Lay. She struck out 8 batters tonight, and she has surpassed 300 career strikeouts.
Congratulations to Addy Abell. Tonight, she went 3 for 3 at the plate, with 4 RBI. She also scored 3 runs, taking her career total to 100 runs scored.
Congratulations to Bailie Crist. Tonight, she went 4 for 4, with 3 runs scored, & 6 RBI. She collected her 100th career hit and hit 2 doubles, breaking the Highland single season record for doubles (16). The previous record was 15, held by Payton Miller.
Just a reminder that the JH Softball games vs. Knox Co have been moved to Highland. Gold Team starts at 5pm. Varsity and JV will still travel to Knox Co for their games. GO COUGARS!!
2024 State Qualifying Lady Cougar Golf Team.
Congratulations to the Highland Varsity Girls Golf Team as they captured a district championship yesterday at Westran. The Lady Cougars will advance to the State Golf Championships at Farmington as a team. Morgan Crist finished 1st in the district. Josie Murphy finished 8th and Ava Hudson finished 11th all earning medalist honors. Natalie Bowen finished 20th. Congratulations ladies and Good Luck at State. GO COUGARS!
The Class 2 District 5 softball bracket is set. Highland is the #1 seed and will host the tournament. There will be three first round games on Wed, 10/16, two semi-final games on Thurs, 10/17, & the district championship will be on Sat, 10/19.
1st grade had their first Bat Museum today! They have been learning all about bats and showcased their knowledge by creating bat habitats. Mrs. Johnston's class enjoyed touring each classes Bat Museum to see their amazing creations.
The kindergarten team wants to thank the Highland Elementary PTO for our staff shirts and all their hard work!
JR High Girls Basketball practice will start on 10/14. If your player has signed up on the sheet outside the gym, but you are not yet on the Remind group, please do so ASAP. Class Code @692f4c
Practice schedule will be sent out this week on the remind.
Please join us Thursday for our annual football jersey auction! This is open to the public to help raise funds for our programs! Hope to see you there!
First Grade has been learning about bats the last couple of weeks! Today was Bat Museum Day! Mrs. Johnson's class loved touring all the 1st grade classrooms to check out all the bat habitat projects! We are excited to share our habitats too!
The LCC-1 School Board recently accepted Tiffany Fish's resignation from the Board. Per state statute and district policy, the board has begun accepting applications from eligible district residents interested in serving on the board. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3TPCveC
Highland softball Senior, Haleigh Winter, launched a solo homerun in the bottom of the 3rd inning of last night's game vs South Shelby. Her 4th homerun of the season tied the Highland career homerun record of 16 homeruns, which is currently held by Highland great, Becca Scott.
The LCC1 Board of Education will conduct their regularly monthly meeting tomorrow night (10/9/24) in the Central Office at 5:30pm, with Open Session beginning at 6pm. The full agenda can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/4gVwpDE
Special shout out to Tyler Seals on setting another Personal Record time with a 20:49 and Gary Wright for nearly matching his Personal Record time at the conference meet. Way to #GoCougars!!
The JH faced off against the conference at the CCC meet in Macon. While JH is not recognized as part of the conference, Connor Zulauf (2nd), Logan Frieden (3rd) and Evan Frieden (5th) would have been considered All-Conference runners. Isabelle Richardson finished in 29th.
The Highland Cross Country team competed well at Conference. Nathan Caudill (20th-19:59.8), Tyler Seals (25th-20:49.6), and Gary Wright (42nd-25:27.3). Eva Logsdon barely missed a medal and All-Conference honors with a 15th place 24:19.1 finish. AJ Caudill (20th-25:08.1).
Please see the following information on Highland's new chapter of Future Teachers of America (FTA)