Tauny Gore was glad to be back at the state championships. And very happy to finish back on the medals podium. Gore, a Helias senior, capped her high-school track career Friday with a third-place finish in the Class 4 girls long jump at Adkins Stadium.
They are ready to throw some big numbers at trying to win state honors. A total of 29 athletes from Helias will take part in the Class 4 track and field state championships today and Saturday at Adkins Stadium.
If Thursday night’s match happens to be the last one at home for the Helias Lady Crusaders’ group of seven seniors, Dani Buker made it one to remember. Buker assisted on the first two goals of the match against the Hickman Kewpies and iced the contest with a late goal, ending the Lady Crusaders’ regular season with a 3-1 victory in Central Missouri Activities Conference play at the Crusader Athletic Complex.
There was no panic. “I have enough confidence in my players that even if we fall behind, we would be able to come back,” Helias coach Jon DeSha said Wednesday night after the Lady Crusaders defeated the Jefferson City Lady Jays 4-1 in Central Missouri Activities Conference soccer action at the Crusader Athletic Complex.