On March 7th the 8th Grade Boys traveled to Valley View and competed with Collinsville, Era, Lindsay, Slidell, Valley View, and Whitesboro. The 8th Grade boys got second place overall. 

Running events: 

The first event was the 2400 meter run Hunter Ishmael placed 3rd with a time of 9:46:4, Andre Nordie and Jordan Weiland didn’t place and their times were unrecognized.In the 800 meter Makson Allred got 3rd place, with a time of 2:33.4. In 5th is Isaac Mendez ,with a time of 2:40.0. Finally in 8th place is Morgan Staton, no time was provided. In the 100 meter, Mason Shirley placed 1st with a time of 12.4 and Leom Bergara placed 5th but tied with 3 people with a time of 12.9. In the 400 meter run Rhyder Dugger placed 1st with a time of 1:00.6, and Andre Nordie placed 16th with a time of 1:33.3.

 In the 200 meter Leom Bergara placed 5th with a time of 26.9, Terrize Mills placed 6th with 27.3, and Noah Long with a time of 28.4 placed 10th place. In the 1600 Tyler Nickell got 8th place, this being the highest placing in this event. Jordan Weiland got 14th place. Finally in 15th place was Hunter Ishmael. No times were provided.   

Hurdles: 

Ponder had 3 people who placed in the 110m Hurdles were Rhyder Dugger,  AJ Reyes, and Jorge Alejandre. Rhyder Dugger placed first and ran 18.1 seconds. AJ Reyes placed second and ran 18.4 seconds, and Jorge Alejandro who placed seventh and ran 21.3 seconds. In the 300 hurdles AJ Reyes Placed 4th with a time of 49.4, Makson Allred placed 11th with a time of 53.9, and Issac Mendez placed 12th with a time of 54.4 in the 300m hurdles.

Relays:P

 Makson Allred, Isaac Mendez, Rhyder Dugger, and Braiden Brock placed fifth with a time of 4:27.9 in the 4×2 relay.  Gage Ersch, Terrize Mills, Noah Long, and Braydon Brock competed in the 4×2 relay, they got 5th place with a time of 1:54.6. Mason Shirley, Xenith Ngoh Dong, Leom Bergara, and Terrize Mills placed 4th place with a time of 50.9 in the 4×1 relay.