Welcome toHarper Creek Middle School

Happy Birthday today to: Olivia Frazer, Messiah Hampton, and Gabriella Henderson

Our Student of the Month Nominees for March are: 5th grade: Eleanor Westover, Evelyn Hutson, La’Niah Force-Fisher, Ryder Jozwiak, Ara Sharma, Tylor Arroyo, Lily Clark, Shaylynn Simonovic, Isabella Turnbull, and Kacie Hankinson. 6th Grade: Kasen Kelley, Jeremiah Roberts, Gracie Gates, Isaac Hantz, Mason Hamlin, and Finn Newburn. 7th Grade: Mila Heil, Amiya Glasper, Kendyl Smith, Xzaveon Settles, Maggie Herr, Zachary Antes, Sophia Zima, Colton Hess, Keira Stone, and Alyssa Whitaker. 8th Grade: Grady Kape, Lillian Udey-Hobbs, Peyton Nye, Lyla Zumer, Patrick Klein, Talayla Gudger, and Briella Fry. Great job and keep up the great work!

Get ready to lace up your sneakers! If you, a friend, or entire family want to show your support and join the Girls on the Run 5K, stop by the office to grab a flyer and sign up. Girls on the Run participants—no need to sign up, you’re already in! The race is Saturday, May 16 at 9:00 a.m. Let’s come out strong and show our support—hope to see you at the starting line! 

Harper Creek Middle School, in partnership with What A Do Theatre, Presents Matilda Junior! Join us for a magical and entertaining performance of Matilda Junior, brought to life by the talented students of Harper Creek Middle School. Performance dates will be Friday, April 24 at 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 25 at 3:00 pm and Sunday, April 26 at 3:00 pm. Come support our students and enjoy an evening or afternoon filled with music, laughter, and unforgettable performances. We hope to see you there!

In Sports News: 

The boys left the track last night after a commanding 97-35 victory over the Pennfield Panthers.  They began the night with a first-place finish in the 4 by 8 relay with the team of Keller, Millen, Dell, and Cotter.  

Dell also brought home the gold in the 2 mile and 1-mile races.  

Jeremy’ah Anderson dominated in the 200 meters and high jump with a height of 5 feet 4 inches.  

Malachi Heil finished the 400 ahead of the pack with a time of 57.34 seconds. Heil also led the 4 by 100 and 4 by 400 to a decisive “W” along with Ledbetter, Hampton, and Robinson in the 100 and Gallagher, Hess, and Tindol in the 400.  

Ledbetter and Robinson both added points to the team in the long jump.  Mason and Cooper also dominated the 70 meter dash with a time of 8.98 and 9.44 seconds respectively.  

Colton Hess and Messiah Hampton took 2nd and 3rd in the 100 meter dash.  

Jacob Gallagher could not be caught in the 800 meters with Colin Alday right on his heels.    

Brock Wagner scored a PR in the pole vault with a height of 8 feet 3 inches.      

Mabry-Glass soared in both the 55 and 200 meter hurdles taking first in both followed closely by Alday and Bolton.  

Other standout performances for the evening included Tate Ray and Brogan Temple in the shot put, Griffin Roberts in the 400 and 200, and Nolan Primm and Messiah Hampton  in the high jump.  

Come see the team's final home meet next Thursday when they take on the Cardinals of Coldwater. 

Harper Creek girls had a great night defeating Pennfield 120-13 in last night's action.  Many girls had personal records and a couple broke school records that have stood for decades.

Placing for Harper Creek:

70 Meters

1st Ryker Long

2nd RaymeeAna Trevino

100 Meters

1st Ryker Long

2nd RaymeeAna Trevino

3rd Joslyn Pop

200 Meters

1st Karson Martin

2nd Adi Waterson

3rd Kendi Rogers

400 Meters

2nd Abby Miller

3rd Fiona Grimm

800 Meters

1st Emersyn Green

2nd Abby Miller

3rd Fiona Grimm

1600 (the mile)

New school record by less than half a second...Mila Heil 5:52.20

2nd Piper Surls

3200 (the 2 mile)

New school record shattering the old record by nearly 20 seconds...Sophia Zima 12:24

2nd Piper Surls

55 Hurdles

1st  Lilyan Gandy

2nd Kennedy Winter

3rd Adreana Dimas

200 Hurdles

1st Gandy

2nd Winter

3rd Dimas

4x100 Relay 1st

Joslyn Pop

Lily Gandy

Jazmin Landerberger

Lyla Zumer

4x200 Relay 1st

Pop

Zumer

Long 

Zima

4x400 Relay 1st

Emersyn Green 

Kinsey Jozwiak (pronounced Jozavack)

Abby Miller

Mila Heil

4x800 Relay 1st

Kinsey

Zima 

Zumer

Grimm

High Jump

1st Green

3rd Emery Decker

Pole Vault

1st Ella Asher

Long Jump

1st Heil

2nd Sarah Murphy

3rd Trevino

Great job to the whole team and get ready for Marshall. 

The 5th/6th grade lacrosse team hosted Portage on Wednesday and won in dominating fashion, 15-4. It was a great team effort with several players getting their first ever goal, and having 10 assists as a team.

• Max Harrington, 2 assists

• Mick Stiles, Brogan Carleton, and Jim Rice each scored 1 goal

• Ripley Murray and Vinnie Ianitelli each had 1 goal and 1 assist

• Landon Casselman, 1 goal, 2 assists

• Grey King, 2 goals, 1 assist

• Maverick Peterson, 2 goals, 2 assists

• AJ Stap, 5 goals, 1 assist

Next game is at Lakeview this Friday, 5:30pm. Go Beavers!!!

Early Release Today

Happy Birthday today to: Sawyer Grindle, Amilyah Pejakovich, Bradyen Pieske, Cora Russell

Happy Birthday today to: Brenyn Decker, Maci McCloud, Aubrey Van Natta, and Mrs. McKendrick

Happy Birthday over the weekend to: Lucian Brown, Jayce Culver, Kyson Herrick, Emilie Krebs, Landon Rivera, Rhiley-An Wheaton, and Ms Strombeck

Happy Birthday today to: Lucille Graham, Gage Heckman, Evelyn Hutson, and Aleah Stafford