Board briefed on SHS athletics

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

SIKESTON -- Brent Keefer, R-6 athletic director, briefed the board on the 2009-2010 Bulldog athletics season. He said 221 boys lettered in a varsity or junior varsity sport and 138 girls lettered in a varsity or junior varsity sport, which are on track with the 10-year averages

Seventeen local scholarships were awarded in 2010. Twenty-seven students were first team all-conference selections, 19 students were first team all-district selections and four were named first team all-state.

"Our softball team was named first team all-state in academics for averaging a GPA of 3.33 with two girls, Sydney Davied and Sarah Dixon -- named individually for maintaining GPAs of 3.88 and higher," Keefer said.

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