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Seniors Shiloh Wilson and Lucchese Reilly bid farewell to their high school careers at Perrin-Whitt as they joined junior Callie Weddle and sophomore McKieran Murphy in competing in the 4x200-meter relay at the Class 1A State Track and Field Meet on May 16.

The quartet clocked a time of 1 minute, 53.20 seconds inside Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin for a ninth-place finish.

It’s the second straight season the foursome has qualified for state in a relay. In 2025 they advanced together in the 4x400.

Jossy Whitfill concluded her sophomore season with a fifth-place finish at the Class 1A State Track and Field Meet. She cleared 5 feet, 2 inches at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin on May 16.

The jump was 2 inches higher than her regional-winning jump of 5-0. She also moved up four places from her No. 9 seeding coming into the event.

In winning district, Whitfill jumped 5-5 for a new school record.

Jossy Whitfill is making her debut at the University Interscholastic League Class 1A State Track and Field Meet on May 16 at the University of Texas at Austin, and she's hoping to jump high enough to make all of her supporters jump with joy.

Whitfill, a sophomore, is competing in the high jump. She qualified with a clearance of 5 feet at the Region III Meet.

The quartet of seniors Shiloh Wilson and Lucchese Reilly, along with juniors Callie Weddle and McKieran Murphy are no stranger to competing in Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin. It was only last season at around this same time they were competing at the University Interscholastic League Class 1A State Track and Field in the 4x400-meter relay.

They're back this season. And while they're running half the distance in the 4x200, the goal is the same as they take the track on May 16.

To say it was a rough week for the Jacksboro Tigerettes softball team would be quite the understatement. It just doesn’t get more disappointing than the week they had this past week. 

The Tigerettes thought they were moving on to greater things and would continue to compete for a state championship. Instead, they learned their season was over, just like that.

Jacksboro’s Emory Inman and Armando Saucedo Salazar are making their debuts at the Class 3A State Track and Field Meet this week. Inman, a sophomore, was competing in the 100-meter dash, while Salazar, a freshman, was competing in the wheelchair shot put at press time.

Each qualified after finishing second in the Region I Meet. Inman clocked a personal-best time of 12.35 seconds and Salazar had a personal-record throw of 12 feet, 6 inches. 

The quartet of Shiloh Wilson, McKieran Murphy, Callie Weddle and Lucchese Reilly qualified for the Class 1A State Track and Field Meet by virtue of their runner-up finish at the 1A Region III May 1-2 at Waco Midway High School. 

The quartet clocked a time of 1 minute, 51.76 seconds in the finals. It bested their fourth-place preliminaries time of 1:54.38 by almost 3 seconds.

The University Interscholastic State Track and Field Meet is May 14-16 at the University of Texas in Austin.

Class 1A Region III Meet
May 1-2 at Waco Midway High School

Joslyn Whitfill of the Bryson Cowgirls is headed to the state track and field meet after winning the Class 1A Region III Meet at Waco Midway High School May 1-2. 

Whitfill actually finished in a four-way tie among jumpers who cleared 5 feet. However, she had the fewest misses to win the tiebreaker for the top spot.

Emory Inman of the Tigerettes and Tiger Armando Saucedo Salazar will be competing at the state track meet this season following their runner-up finishes at the Class 3A Region I Track and Field Meet in Bullard on May 1-2.

Inman posted a time of 12.35 seconds in the finals of the 100-meter dash. Salazar had a throw of 12 feet, 6 inches in wheelchair shot put.

Inman also placed sixth in the 200, clocking a 25.98, and was 11th in the long jump with a leap of 15-9.25.

The Perrin-Whitt Pirates (11-1) are enjoying perhaps their best season in program history as they enter the Class 1A baseball playoffs. The Pirates, who have won 10 straight, were playing 11-5-1 in bi-district at press time at Wichita Falls Memorial High School.
Perrin-Whitt has advanced in the playoffs each of the past five seasons, including four rounds in 2025.
The Pirates ended the regular season with wins of 13-2 at Bellevue on April 22 and 12-2 at home against Bryson on April 24.