Vonheuvel Signs with Bacone College
Senior Gavin Vonheuvel signed a letter of intent to run at Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Pictured with Gavin are Coaches Lynn Cook and Jonathan Ryle.
Panthers Participate at Regionals
STEPHENVILLE-On May 3-4 several PHS students competed at the Regional meet at Stephenville. Here are the students that are made the trip:
Results of the 2A competition can be found here...
Panthers Advance to Regionals
JACKSBORO-On April 15 Paradise had several students run at the district track meet. The JV boys won their division and our JV girls finished second. Varsity girls who advanced to the Regional Meet include the following:
Boys Results at District
JACKSBORO-Last week the boys track teams traveled to Jacksboro to compete in the District Meet. The JV won the meet with 191 points. The Varsity was 5th with 69 points. The boys competed the best they had all year - we represented PHS very strongly.
JV Boys Results
3200 - Dalton Blankenship - 1st, 5:13
4x 100 relay - Taylor Goforth, Toi Glover, Andrew Simms, Josh McDowell - 2nd, 46.42
800 - Aaron Gilbert - 8th, 2:30
110 Hurdles - Taylor Goforth - 2nd, 16.94; Zach Fletcher - 7th 19.4
4 X 200 relay - Andrew Simms, Chase Reynolds, Jarrett Roper, Toi Glover - 1st, 1:37.19 (took 6 seconds off their best time)
400 - Josh McDowell - 2nd, 54.8; Nacona Ferrell - 5th, 59.02
300 Hurdles - Taylor Goforth - 1st, 43.5; Zach Fletcher - 6th, 47.8
200 - Chase Reynolds - 8th, 24.9
1600 - Dalton Blankenship - 1st, 5:13
4 X 400 relay - Josh McDowell, Chase Reynolds, Drake Trachta, Toi Glover - 1st, 3:45 (took 13 seconds off their best time)
Pole Vault - Alejandro Lopez - 1st, 10'6; Cody Torres - 2nd, 8'6"; Josh McDowell - 3rd, 8'
Triple Jump - Chase Reynolds - 1st, 36'7"; Toi Glover - 2nd, 35'6"; Drake Trachta - 3rd, 35'
Long Jump - Chase Reynolds - 2nd, 18'1"; Toi Glover - 3rd, 18'
High Jump - Taylor Goforth - 1st, 5'4"
Discus - Garrett Henry - 3rd, 98'10"
Shot Put - Jarrett Roper - 2nd, 36'7"
Varsity Boys Results
3200 - Jacob Garza - 3rd, 11:28
800 - Gavin VonHeuvel - 1st, 2:04
110 Hurdles - Andrew Hill - 3rd, 16.07
300 Hurdles - Andrew Hill - 2nd, 42.6
1600 - Gavin VonHeuvel - 1st, 4:45; Jacob Garza - 4th, 5:05
Triple Jump - Nathan Lamb - 2nd, 41' 1/2" (first varsity competition for this Sophomore)
Discus - Josh Talley - 6th, 118' 1"; Jackson Cunningham - 8th, 98' 8"
Panthers Battle Wind at VV
The Paradise Panthers competed on April 1 at the Valley View track meet. See photos of the event on our photo gallery page.
Girls Results from Jacksboro
Varsity Girls:
Nikki Graves: 2nd - 200 meter dash - 28.4
Sky Mayfield: 3rd - 400 meter dash - 68.03
Haley Mitchell: 5th - 800 meters - 2:46.10
Lauren Brinson: 5th - 1600 meters- 6:18, 4th - 3200 meters- 13:22
Haley Mitchell, Nikki Graves, Shanee Gober, Ashley Sparks; 4 x 200 relay: 4th - 1: 58.6
Haley Mitchell, Ashley Sparks, Sky Mayfield, Shanee Gober; 4 x 400 relay: 5th - 4:47
Hannah Runnels: 3rd - discus - 91'3"
JV Girls:
Savannah Smith: 5th - 200 meter dash - 31.49
Sam Bednorz: 6th 200 meter dash - 31.72
Sidney Grisham: 5th 800 meters - 2:59.98
Molli Read: 5th 300 hurdles - 1:00.7
Elora Smith, Hailee Foster, Abbi Read, Tina Lippencott: 4x100 relay: 6th - 59.6
Elora Smith, Tina Lippencott, Samantha Bednorz, Kourtland Smith; 4x400 relay: 5th - 5:20
Boys Results from Jacksboro
Varsity Boys:
Andrew Hill: 6th in the 110 Hurdles (took .7 seconds off his best time of the year), 4th in the 300 Hurdles (took one second off his prelim time)
Gavin VonHeuvel: 1st in the 800- 2:11, 3rd in the 1600- 5:06
Jacob Garza: 6th place in the 3200- 11:41
JV Boys:
competed against 1A varsity teams and several GOOD 3A JV teams
Nathan Lamb: 3rd in the high jump- 5'6"
Taylor Goforth: 6th in the high jump- 5'4"; 4th in the 110 Hurdles- 17.87 (fastest time of the year); 2nd in the 300 Hurdles - 46.9 (4 sec. faster than prelim time)
Garrett Henry: 8th in the discus- 95'10"
Alejandro Lopez: 2nd place in pole vault- 9'
Zach Fletcher: 6th place in the 110 Hurdles - 18.89 (4 tenths faster than the prelims)
4x100 relay: Taylor Goforth, Toi Glover, Jarrett Roper, Nathan Lamb (only 2A/ JV school in finals: 6th place- 48.49
4x200 relay: Drake Trachta, Chase Reynolds, Jarrett Roper, Toi Glover (only 2A/ JV school in finals): 5th place- 1:46.23
4x400 relay: Nathan Lamb, Chase Reynolds, Drake Trachta, Toi Glover (only 2A/ JV team to place): 6th place- 4:00
PHS Does Well at Alvord
ALVORD-The Varsity and JV Girls track teams competed at the Alvord Track meet last night and represented Paradise very well. The varsity team had 8 girls and finished second with 96 points. The JV girls won the meet (two weeks running!) with 212 points! The JV Boys won with 167 points, and the varsity boys finished 4th.
Varsity girls:
Hannah Runnels - 1st Discus, 5th shot put
Lauren Brinson - 3rd 3200 m, 4th 1600 m
Ashley Sparks - 2nd 400 relay, 800 relay, 200
Shanee Gober - 2nd, 400 relay, 800 relay, 1600 m relay
Brandi Erwin - 2nd, 400 relay, 800 relay, 1600 m relay
Nikki Graves - 2nd 400 relay, 800 relay, 3rd 100 m
Haley Mitchell - 1st 800 relay, 2nd 1600 m relay
Sky Mayfield - 5th 400 m, 2nd 1600 relay
JV Girls:
Elora Smith - 1st long jump, 1st triple jump, 1st 400 relay, 1st 800 relay, 1st 1600 relay
Hailee Foster - 2nd long jump, 1st 400 relay, 1st 400 m, 1st 1600 relay
Abbi Read - 3rd triple jump, 1st 400 relay, 3rd 100 hurdles, 2nd 300 hurdles
Tina Lippencott - 2nd shot put, 2nd discuss, 1st 400 relay, 2nd 800 relay, 5th 200 m
Kim Sadler - 1st 3200 m, 2nd 1600 m
Kourtland Smith - 2nd 3200 m, 1st 1600 relay
Sidney Grisham - 5th 800 m, 4th 1600 m
Lexi Gilbreath - 1st 800 m, 1st 1600m, 1st 1600 relay
Sierra Warren - 3rd 100 m, 5th 400 m
Molli Read - 1st 100 hurdles, 2nd 800 relay, 3rd 300 Hurdles
Savanah Smith - 2nd 800 relay, 3rd 200
JV Boys
First Place with 167 points
Drake Trachta - 4th place Long Jump - 15' 9", 2nd place Triple jump - 34' 3" ( 1st time to ever try this event )
Nathan Lamb - 1st place Triple jump - 38' 4 1/2", 1st place High Jump - 5'4", 2nd place 400 - 58.5
Taylor Goforth - 1st place 110 Hurdles - 17.76, 2nd place High Jump - 5' 2", 1st place 300 Hurdles - 48.57
Riley Bruton - 6th place 200 - 25.89
Nocona Ferrell - 6th place 100 - 12.69
Jarrett Roper - 3rd place Shot Put - 34' 5 1/2"
Alejandro Lopez - 1st place Pole Vault - 9'
Zach Fletcher - 2nd Place 110 Hurdles - 19.28
Dalton Blankenship - 2nd Place 3200 - 11:51 (39 seconds better than last week's time!) 1st place 1600 -5:37
4 X 100 - 1st Place - 48.35 - Drake Trachta, Josh McDowell, Jarrett Roper, Nathan Lamb
4x200 - 4th place - 1:45.67 - Drake Trachta, Josh McDowell, Chase Reynolds, Alejandro Lopez
4X400 - 2nd Place - 4:02 - Nathan Lamb, Taylor Goforth, Drake Trachta, Josh McDowell
Varsity Boys
Got 4th with 54 points (8 competitors)Andrew Hill - 5th place Triple Jump - 35' 10 1/4", 1st place 110 Hurdles -16.92 (personal best), 1st Place 300 Hurdles - 43.25
Josh Talley - 4th Place Discus - 111'3"
Jacob Garza - 3rd place 3200 - 11:24 (24 seconds faster than last week), 5th place 1600 - 5:25
Gavin VonHeuvel - 1st place 800 - 2:04, 1st place 1600 - 5:00
Check out our photo gallery page for photos that were shot during the Alvord track meet.
Paradise Track Meet Results
The Varsity placed 4th overall with 66 points.
The JV placed 1st overall with 133.5 points.
Lexi Gilbreath
Bridgeport Track Meet Results
JV Boys Results
Nathan Lamb-1st place, high jump with a 5'8" jump
Taylor Goforth-3rd in the high jump with a jump of 5'2", placed second in the 300 hurdles with a 45.79, placed 4th in the 110 hurdles with a 18.06
Dalton Blankenship placed 5th in the 1600 with a 5:34
Chase Reynolds-5th in the triple jump with a 36' 5"
Drake Trachta, Chase Reynolds, Nathan Lamb, and Toi Glover got 5th in the 800 relay with a time of 1:44.97
Varsity Boys Results
Jackson Cunningham placed 5th in the discus with a 110' 10 1/4" throw
Jacob Garza placed 6th in the 3200 with a 12:20
Andrew Hill placed 2nd in the 300 hurdles, and 3rd in the 110 hurdles with a time of 18.19
Gavin VonHeuvel placed the 1600 with a time of 4:58