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Lady Raiders on a tear
On Tuesday, March 22, the Lady Raiders softball team scored a 1-0 upset over a nationally-ranked Newsome Lady Wolves team, thanks to a fifth-inning Morgan Slater RBI single (scoring Savana Garrison) and a two-hit, 10-strikeout complete game by pitcher Ashley Blessin.
They followed that up with an 8-6 win over Bloomingdale Monday, March 28. Their final game of the regular season will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at home against Spoto.
Western Conference track and field winners
On Wednesday, March 23, all three area schools competed in the Hillsborough County Western Conference championships. Durant and Plant City competed in the Federal Division, while Crest ran in the National Division meet.
The following athletes recorded top-5 finishes:
Durant:
Shakeel Bovell (fifth place, boys 300 hurdles)
Haftom Fliegelman (first place, boys 3,200m)
Sierra Garrett (fifth place, girls long jump)
Olivia Graham (first place, girls 100 hurdles; fourth place, girls 300 hurdles)
Jacob Harris (fourth place, boys 800m; fifth place, boys high jump)
Ashlyn Myers (fourth place, girls high jump)
Imari Williams (fifth place, girls shot put; eighth place, girls high jump)
Plant City:
Noah Booz (fourth place, boys 1,600m)
Kenkhari Green (third place, boys discus)
Cassie Highsmith (third place, girls 1,600m, girls 3,200m)
Keyon Johnson (second place, boys 200m; third place, boys 100m)
Corey King (fourth place, boys triple jump)
Xavier King (fourth place, boys 200m)
Jamal Savage (second place, boys shot put)
Hannah Stowe (third place, girls 800m)
Luke Whitmore (first place, boys 1,600m)
Team (third place, boys 4×800 relay; fourth place, girls 4×400 relay, boys 4×100 relay, boys 4×400 relay)
Strawberry Crest:
Chase Blackmon (third place, boys discus)
Terra Brooks (second place, girls triple jump; fourth place, girls long jump)
Isabella Brown (fifth place, girls high jump)
Jack Ray (fifth place, boys 110 hurdles)
Kiersten Salley (second place, girls shot put; fifth place, girls discus)
Omar Williams (second place, boys shot put)
Team (second place, girls 4×400 relay; third place, girls 4×800 relay; fourth place, boys 4×800 relay)