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Lady ‘Cats end second in district

The Licking Lady Wildcats entered the District 10 tournament as the second seed, behind first seed Mansfield, with both teams earning first round byes. Number three seed Thayer defeated number six seed Houston, and number four seed Mtn. View/Liberty defeated number five seed Seymour in the first round of action on Tuesday, February 21. Licking…

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Wildcats end season first in conference

The last regular season game for the Wildcats was a conference game against Plato on the road, on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Licking finished first in the conference with their win over Plato, 71-60. JV was equally successful, remaining undefeated in the conference (8-0) with their 72-55 win, which ended their season with a 20-2 overall…

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Licking Archery shoots in Mtn. Grove

The Licking Archery team traveled to Mtn. Grove Saturday to compete. Individual scores were as follows: Albert Gyory, 271, 2nd out of 6 in 10th grade boys Dawson Havens, 248, 4th out of 6 in 11th grade boys John Gyory, 223, 5th out of 6 in 10th grade boys Adam Hagler, 223, 13th out of…

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Licking FBLA competes at District 14 Conference

By Mrs. Stacie Hutsell On Monday, February 13, FBLA Members attended the in-person, twice rescheduled, District 14 Conference at Hartville. After a day of events, time keeping, workshops and performances, we attended the Awards Ceremony. Twenty-one total medals were earned from online and production testing in January! Each year presents its challenges, but we have…

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Lady ’Cats run the table in Frisco

Coach Steve Rissler The Lady ’Cats finished off an unbeaten run in the Frisco for the second year in a row last Monday, Feb. 13, with a 73-31 victory over Dixon. The Lady ’Cats have now won back to back Frisco Tournament titles and undefeated regular season titles, with 28 consecutive wins against Frisco competition.…

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LHS senior Wildcats and Lady ’Cats recognized

    It was a week of honors as Licking Boys Basketball and Cheerleading held their Senior Night Tuesday and Licking Girls Basketball recognized their seniors Thursday before their varsity games. Six cheerleaders and one boys basketball player were honored, and two girls basketball players. Marianna Sanchez, daughter of Oscar and Kerrie Sanchez, was the…

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Lady ’Cats roar on Senior Night

Photos by Shari Harris The Licking Lady ’Cats faced the Thayer Bobcats Thursday evening, February 9, at the Sherman Hill Field House. Varsity came away with a 61-57 win, but Thayer didn’t fall easily, tying the game with 4:10 remaining in the second quarter, and taking a single point lead at one time during the…

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Wildcats end week defeating St. James

Photos by Shari Harris The Licking Wildcats faced Newburg on Senior Night, Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Sherman Hill Field House. Licking came out with another conference win, 77-55. Licking took a 20-11 lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back. A lopsided 26-12 third quarter increased the gap and the…

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JV ‘Cats win Licking Boys JV Tournament

The Licking Junior Varsity Wildcats defeated Salem on Wednesday, February 1, to advance to the semifinal game of the Licking Boys JV Tournament Saturday. In Saturday’s first contest for the Wildcats, they took on the St. James Tigers and came out victorious, 59-44, to move on to the championship game against Waynesville. Lake Wade led…

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Three conference wins for Lady ’Cats

The Licking Lady ’Cats faced three conference foes in the past couple of weeks and maintained their undefeated record in the Frisco League. The Varsity Ladies defeated Stoutland on Thursday, Feb. 2, 60-40; Plato on Thursday, Jan. 26, 59-43; and Crocker on Monday, Jan. 23, 61-39. All three games were on the road. In their…

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