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West Platte Cross Country Girls Reached the podium in the Class 2 State Championship for the second straight year with a second place finish.  The Lady Jays’ runners had 116 points with freshman  Charlotte Gillis leading the team and earning All State honors.
The top three teams in the Class 2, District 4 competition, Lexington, West Platte, and Lafayette County also finished 1, 2, and 3 in the State Championship race.
Charlotte Gillis was 23rd in individual standings with a time of 20:27.1.  Senior Payton Reber was the Lady Jays second runner, 32nd overall finishing in 20:58.5. Senior Addison Bailey was the Lady Jays third runner, 38th overall in21:17.0, the fourth runner was freshman Megan Cline who was 47th overall in 21:34.4, and the fifth runner was sophomore Jersey O’Neal, 53rd overall in 21:42.5.  The top five runners for each team count for team points.
Other West Platte runners were freshman Reber 82nd overall in 22:14.6 and junior Breanna Leffall 136th overall in 23:46.2.  There were 172 individual Class 2 girl runners finish the race.
West Platte boys finished in ninth place at State with North Platte in 10th.  West Platte and North Platte finished first and second in the Class 2, District 4 race.
Sophomore Charles Trease was the top Blue Jay runner with a 32nd place finish in 17:20.6, senior Noah Rees  was the second runner with a 54th place finish in 17:46.9. third runner was junior Benjamin Pendergast 65th in 17:56.3, fourth runner was sophomore Collin Frederick 68th overall in 17:58.3, and fifth was Samuel Miller 79th overall in 18:06.3.
West Platte’s sixth and seventh runners were freshman Michael Deffet, 129th overall in18:52.2 and freshman Lochlan Bailey, 132nd overall in18:56.0.  There were 170 boys finish the Class 2 race.

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Members of the Weston Boy Scouts and Lions Club held a flag retirement ceremony Saturday, November 8 at City Hall. The scouts are, Left to right:  James Campbell, Mariah Roediger, Rhys Shroyer, Tyler Beard,  Elise Wajda, Lillian Yates, Eva Weeks, Vivian Coad, Waylon Hill, Wyatt Roediger, Shelby Owens, Everette Clark. After the demonstration, using one tattered flag, the Scouts retired stacks of flags too worn to fly again. If you have a flag that should be retired, you can place it in donation boxes at City Hall and Sharp’s Market.

--Cross Country Girls Second In State

West Platte Blue Jays justified their number one seed in Class 1, District 6 with a 42-0 win over number four seed Penney Hornets.  The Blue Jays dominated on offense and defense  in what Coach Taylor Gallagher described as “their continued focus, effort, and commitment to growing together as a team.”  Earlier this season the Blue Jays narrowly beat the Hornets 13-7.
This Friday the Blue Jays host the North Platte Panthers in the District title game.  The second seed Panthers beat third seed Gallatin 30-22 to reach the finals.  Coach Gallagher described the Panthers as a really talented team.  The Blue Jays narrowly defeated the Panthers 41-34 in the regular season.
The Blue Jays recorded 18 first downs and didn’t punt, gaining 462 yards to the Hornets 155 yards.  
Quarterback Jhett Chandler passed for two touchdowns, both in the first half, a 61 yard bomb to Mark Sanders and the 37 yards to Blaze Masoner.  
Brady McMillan and Canton Wilkins each rushed for two touchdowns. Jhett Chandler was the Blue Jays leading rusher with 186 yards on18 carries.  He completed 7 passes for 146 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Alex Kinslow had a 43 yard kickoff return to start the second half, providing  the Blue Jays great field position.  Joe Blake intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards and Jhett Chandler had a fumble recovery.  Joe Blake was perfect on extra point kicks, going 6 for 6.
Alex Allison was the leading tackler with 9 and handled all the seven kick offs.  
Alex Kinslow and Blaze Masoner each had 5 tackles and with 4 each were Xander Shroyer, Jhett Chandler, Jaxon Davis, and Canton Wilkins.

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Blaze Masoner headed for the end zone, catching a pass from Jhett Chandler with no defenders nearby.