South Pike County School District

Thank you to the dedicated Rattlers that helped put on the 2018 MHS Athletic Banquet. Congratulations to all of our student athletes!

Reminder: Athletic Banquet - 5:30 pm/MHS Activity Room/Athlete entry is free/Non athlete entry $10/Follow MHS on Twitter @spcsdrattlers

Sophomore Elizabeth Evans competed in the Arkansas Heptathlon in Cabot on May 16th and 17th. Evans scored 2,954 pts total and finished 38 out of 81 participants. Evans was the highest scoring 2A finisher in the competition, and finished behind 29 participants from 5-7A classifications.

The Rattler family sends our warmest thoughts and prayers to our friends in Foreman during this difficult time.

Congrats to Carol Hill on winning the Mossberg Patriot .270 last night in our gun raffle. Next week we will be raffling off a Mossberg Patriot 30-06. Tickets are still available to be purchased. #GoRattlers

Athletic banquet will be May 21st at 5:30 in the Activity Room. Athletes get in free, and all non-athletes will be charged 10 dollars for entry.

Congrats to Angie Hammonds on winning the Savage Axis .243 last night in our gun raffle. We have now given away 2 guns with 3 more to go! Next week we will be raffling off a Mossberg Patriot .270. Tickets are still available to be purchased. #GoRattlers

We have a winner! The number selected for tonight was 801, however due to that ticket not being sold we go back until we have a winning number that has been sold. The official winning number for tonight is 965. To check winning numbers please go to this link: https://www.myarkansaslottery.com/games/cash-3

One gun down and four to go! The Gun Raffle fundraiser is going great! The winner of the Savage Axis .223 from this past Wednesday was Eugene Hill. Tickets are still available for purchase.

Lady Rattler softball Regional Tournament has been postponed due to rain. They will play tomorrow at 1:30 in Poyen.

Rattler Baseball team beginning play now, ahead of schedule due to impending weather concerns. Go Rattlers!!

Congratulations to the Lady Rattlers competing at the 2A state meet today. The Lady Rattlers finished: Lainie Baxter- 7th pole vault Abby Maroon- 7th discus Madison Humphry- 2nd shot Elizabeth Evans- 2nd high jump, 7th 400m 4x8- Emma Corbitt, Lainie Baxter, Lainy Alexander, Brady Hignight- 4th place 4x1- Loran Wilcher, Lainy Alexander, Brady Hignight, Elizabeth Evans- 6th place

Rattler Athletics Fundraiser: The Murfreesboro High School athletic department will be having a 5 gun raffle to raise funds for uniforms, gear, etc. for our athletes. Info about tickets are provided in the picture attached. Cost is $10 per ticket. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, you can contact any student-athlete in 7-12 grade or contact Coach McRae. First drawing will be May 2nd!

Congratulations to the Sr Lady Rattlers at District Track meet finishing runners up as a team! Several athletes qualified for state. This will be held May 2nd at Mineral Springs State Qualifiers: Madison Humphry- 1st place shot Elizabeth Evans, 1st place high jump, 2nd 400m Abby Maroon- 1st place discus Lainie Baxter- 2nd pole vault 4x1- Elizabeth Evans, Lainy Alexander, Loran Wilcher, Brady Hignight- 2nd place 4x8- Emma Corbitt, Brady Hignight, Lainie Baxter, Lainy Alexander- 1st place

South Pike County students will be taking their State mandated tests April 30-May 4. 3rd-6th grades will test Monday-Friday & 7th-10th grades will be testing Tuesday-Thursday! Good luck to all!

The Sr District track meet has been moved to Saturday at Magnet Cove. Field events start at 10:00 am

The senior high district track meet will be Wednesday April 25th at Magnet Cove at 2:00 pm. If weather postpones it, it will be made up Saturday April 28th at 10:00 am.

There has been a change to the previous date for the Foreman make up games. The baseball/softball games vs. Foreman will be made up on Wednesday, April 11th at 4:30. Sorry for the confusion.

MHS Promenade is at 7:00 on the front lawn tomorrow April 7th and the prom will follow at 8:00.

The track meet for April 12th has been moved from Mineral Springs to Gurdon due to track resurfacing.