Grandview Heights Roundup: Balance lifts Bobcats boys track team to MSL-Ohio title
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The Grandview Heights boys track and field team used muscle and depth to win its first league championship since 2017.
The Bobcats scored 176 points to outdistance runner-up Bexley (109) in the MSL-Ohio Division meet May 11 and 14 at Whitehall. Collin Haj Abed won three events and Owen Billiter and Matthew Taylor dominated in the throws to help secure the victory.
“To score that many points, you need a lot of points from a lot of different areas,” coach Brian Schoch said. “We had a big day in the field, and we were able to score a lot across the board in the (running) finals on the second day.”
System Recitation Contest Winners
NCSS Elementary and middle schools held poetry competitions at their schools and sent their grade level winners to participate in the districtâs recitation contest. Competitors were judged on a number of criteria in the poetry recitation contest, including stage presence, articulation, interpretation, memory and accuracy, and difficulty of the piece.
⦠Jaylee Oats, kindergarten, Newton County Theme School, âProud Wonderfully! Made Childâ
⦠Brick Baker, first grade, Newton County Theme School, âSuzanna Socked Meâ
⦠Eliana Hutchinson, second grad, Newton County Theme School, âI Wonderâ
⦠Xander Wheeler, third grade, Live Oak Elementary, âTry, Try Againâ
⦠Loghan Dudley, fourth grade, Middle Ridge Elementary, âBooker T. And W.E.B.â