LICKING R-VIII SCHOOL DISTRICT - Home of the Wildcats

Good luck to the baseball team as they play Hartville for the district championship today at 4:30. The game is at Hartville. We will be posting in-game updates on our Facebook and Twitter pages as long as cell services allows. Our Twitter page is @LickingSports.

The 8th grade citizenship award winners this year are Evy Phillips and Jaxon Kuhn. This prestigious award is voted on by the teachers. We appreciate the character you’ve shown this year!

Congratulations to to our 8th grade valedictorian and salutatorian! Valedictorian is Addison Floyd and salutatorian is Jadyn Barnes.

Those interested in attending state track this weekend in Jeff City will need to purchase tickets in advance. That link is below. Also, the attached pictures contain information for parking, traffic, and event locations. https://www.mshsaa.org/CMSPages/tickets.aspx

Junior high and high school students who earned the high honor roll for 1st semester spent the day at Elephant Rock State Park, then enjoyed a meal & ice cream at Arcadia Academy. We are so proud of our students!

The Wildcats beat Mansfield today 8-1. They’ll play for the district championship tomorrow at 4:30 in Hartville versus the winner of Hartville and Houston. (Photos courtesy of Amber Stephens.)

Licking R-VIII School District is currently seeking two additional elementary paraprofessionals for the 2022-2023 school year. These positions require 60 college credit hours or a passing score on the paraprofessional exam offered through the state department. Applications may be found online at www.licking.k12.mo.us under the "District" tab and "Employment Opportunities". Please call Mrs. Tammy Cooper at (573) 674-3211 for more information. Licking R-VIII School District is an equal opportunity employer.

Congratulations to our track athletes who qualified for state today! Allie Hock - high jump Finley Sullins - long jump Oscar Phillips - pole vault Below are our results from today’s state sectional meet at C of O. The top four in each event advance to the state championships. Long Jump 4th Finley Sullins 14'11.5" 6th Winter Murray 14'4" 100m 6th Finley Sullins 13.60 200m 6th Finley Sullins 29.09 Pole Vault 4th Oscar Phillips (new PR of 11’6”) Discus 8th Levi Venker 106' Triple Jump 5th Allie Hock 31'4.5" High Jump 4th Allie Hock Discus 6th Kaida Cook Shot Put Levi Venker 5th 41'8" 4x100m girls 8th BUT ran a season best 55.10 800m 8th BUT Kasey Richards ran a season best 2:43

Coach Leah Sullins says, “Good practice at C of O tonight, did a little shopping and getting ready to eat at Olive Garden. Just missing our Seniors Winter & Kasey but we know they had Big Senior things to do tonight.” Tomorrow is state sectionals for track. Our qualifiers went down a day early to practice and to avoid an long, early morning drive to Branson for the meet. We wish Kasey, Winter, Finley, Kaida, Levi, Oscar, and Allie all the best tomorrow! Go Wildcats!!!

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Again with the parade…

Parade continued…

The rain is holding off in town! The seniors are ready to head down Main. Step out and give them a wave.

Come out tonight to Main Street in Licking to honor the graduates of 2022 as they will be parading through town. The parade begins @ 6 pm from the elementary parking lot and will conclude at The Christian Church.

In a matchup of the #1 and #3 ranked teams in Class 3, Springfield Catholic defeats the Wildcats today 10-4. We begin district competition on Monday. (Photos courtesy of Jimmie Stephens.)

Graduation for the Class of 2022 is 3 PM at Sherman Hill Field House! 🌟

The high school drama club performed their school play today for the junior high. They will be live tonight in the junior high gym at 6:00 with their only public performance of “Shhh! Don’t Say It!!!”

Juniors are on a field trip to Jefferson City to hear a debate on the floor about property tax today!

Our baseball program from 1983-89 will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame one week from today. Tickets may be purchased by calling (417) 241-1551 or emailing booher@mosportshalloffame.com.

Happy National School Nurses’ Day to Nurse Anne and Nurse Godi!! We ❤️ our School Nurses!!!