-and NOW from our SPORTS DESK - Athletic Director Mike Papenberg reports:                                                                   Good Morning Everyone, we hope you were able to stay warm and dry over the weekend!  Here is a look at how our athletes performed last week:
 
The Boys & Girls Track & Field delivered an outstanding performance at the Fast Times at Cherokee Track Meet.

• The girls’ 4x100 relay team of Maddie Grimes, Khloe Hunter, Ava Sims, and Alivia Brown sprinted to a strong 9th-place finish, while the
•  boys’ relay team of Michael Monroe, Sy'keem Muse, Burak Sayin, and Rafael Gonzalez followed closely with a 10th-place finish.

In the individual events,

• Ava Sims placed 6th in the triple jump,
• Deanna Bailey earned 10th in the shot put, and
• Khloe Hunter secured 6th in the high hurdles.

The team celebrated two medalists on the night.

• Zaria Welch earned a medal in the girls’ discus, and
• Johnny Hammond delivered an incredible performance in the 1600 meters, placing 2nd while cutting 10 seconds off his season-best time!

On Thursday and Friday our top boys and girls track athletes were able to compete at the World Famous Penn Relays!

The Boys Tennis Team had a big week picking up 2 wins. The boys defeated Audubon on Tuesday, 3-2.  Jack Timlin won at 1st singles (6-3, 6-0). Rian Austin won at 3rd singles (7-5, 6-3) and the 2nd doubles team of William Rossignol and Marco Ordonez (7-6, 7-6) won to clinch the match. 
On Friday the boys traveled to Clayton High School and picked up another win, 4-1.  Jack Timlin (6-1, 6-2) won at 1st singles and Justin Smyth won at 2nd singles (6-4, 6-4).  The 1st doubles team of Aidan Finch and Elliot Wence (6-4, 6-0) won and the 2nd doubles team of Simon Jacobs and Joao Alves (0-6, 6-2, 10-7) also were victorious to finish the match.  The boys are now 2-5 on the season and will travel to Burlington Township today for their next match.
 
The Softball Team went 1-1 on the week.  The Lady Panthers opened the week with a tight 3-2 loss to BCIT Medford.  Olivia Lynch had the Panther hit.  Sydney Lim had an RBI and Jisselle Martinez scored both the runs.  Jasmine Martinez struck out 7 Jaguars. 
The girls rebounded on Thursday with a 16-0 win over the Burlington City Blue Devils.  Olivia Lynch and Jasmine Martinez each had 2 hits. Jasmine knocked in 3 runs while also striking out 7 Blue Devils to earn the win on the mound.  Gianna Guglielmucci, Sidney Lim, Jadiah Edwards, Elsie Kenson and Grace Stavely all had hits, with Grace also knocking in 3 runs.  The girls are 7-3 on the season and will return to action tomorrow at home against Collingswood High School.
 
The Baseball Team The baseball team picked up their 1st win of the season with a 10-0 win over Pennsauken Tech on Wednesday.  Justin Dellisanti led the offense with 3 hits and 3 RBI’s.  Declan Sharkey and TJ Peltz each added 2 hits.  Ian Smith and Dorrian Davis each had 2 RBI’s. The boys are now 1-8 on the season.  The Panthers will return to action today at Charles Street School against Burlington City at 345PM.
 
=====================MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS============================
The Middle School Track & Field Teams competed at Winslow Middle School on Thursday.

• Aurora Previch knocked 31 seconds off her previous best in the Mile, breaking our middle school record with a time of 6:49 (2nd place). She also ran a personal best in the 800m in 3:08.20, an over five second improvement.
• Jason Durant ran a personal best of 13.0 in the 100m.
• Jacob Henry placed 5th in the 800m with a time of 2:46.3 and also threw the shot put 26' 6 ½ ".
• Liz Youngblood is within striking distance of our 400m middle school record with a time of 73 seconds.

-The boys 4x100 relay team of Joey Malloy, Aaron Arevalo, Dominic Sawyer, & Jason Durant ran a 54.7, which was a 5 second improvement from our first meet. It was also faster than any boys relay last season.
-Cecilia Ostroff, Violet Lantigua, Liz Youngblood, & Lucy Campbell all jumped over 10 feet in the long jump.
-Ryan Culliton had a big jump of 14' 11 ½ " in the long jump.
The middle school track and field team will travel to Medford Middle School today for their next meet.
 
#GOPANTHERS  Here is a link to our schedule to come cheer on our amazing teams this week, for more schedules & other information find us on PalmyraSchools.com