As of January 27th, the girls basketball team's record is 7-11 overall and 5-6 conference. Stat leaders consist of Sophomore, Aniya Mitchell, who is leading the team in points (Free Throw, Three-Point) as well as rebounds with an average of 5.2 per game. Sophomore, Kamarice Jackson, leads her team in assists with 2.7 per game and 40 all season so far as well as 3.5 steals per game. Finally Senior, Paige Powers, leads the team in blocks with 1.0 per game and 13 overall. Lady Prexy’s held their senior night on January 28th at home against Clear Fork High School and celebrated two seniors, Gracey Thompson and Paige Powers.
As of January 26th, the boys basketball team’s record is 13-4 overall and 8-2 conference. Presidents stat leaders consist of Junior, Marquis Long, who is leading the team in three-pointers with a 37.9%, assists with 39 this season overall, 23 steals, and 27 deflections. Junior, Braylyn Dyer, leading in free throws with a 75%. Finally Senior, Jeffery Jones, leads his team in rebounds with a total of 91 so far this season. The Presidents will be holding their senior night on February 11th at 7:15 against Mansfield Senior at home to celebrate two seniors, Jayden Jones and Jeffery Jones.
The Harding boys and girls bowling teams are having an excellent season with win after win. On January 9th, Senior Jayden Combs, bowled a 300 game at Coopers Bowl during a home match with Kenton High School. This is Jayden’s second career 300 game! Latest update on bowling is that both the boys and girls took a dub against River Valley High School on January 17th. The boys record as of January 24th is 12-1 overall and 9-0 conference. The girls record as of January 24th is 4-8 overall and 4-5 conference. The Presidents will be holding their senior night on February 2nd at Coopers Bowl to celebrate seniors; Jacob Beaschler, Jayden Combs, Gavin Houseworth, Chord Mull, Cam Rayner, Austen Valentine, Jordan Hensley, and Kenzi Vaught.
The Marion Harding Swim team is coached by Ryan Kelly and Aaron Prinstill. This year there are a total of five seniors on the swim team. Aubrey Boehm, Taylor Iden, Jayde Pineda, Ayris Rich and Taryn Simmers are those seniors.
The captains of the swim team are Audrey Boehm and Alexander Lisiecki.
Aubrey Boehm stated swimming is definitely an individual sport, but “...Only when you’re in the water during a race, as soon as you step back on that pool deck it’s about the team.” She claimed to have seen a huge amount of growth with so many people from the start of the season to now.
Some advice Aubrey has to offer to underclassmen is to make sure you’re where you need to be on time, listen to coaches and, “Even if you feel dumb doing what they {the coaches} are saying, I promise you will be happy you listened.”
Recently the team had their senior night on January 18th, which was held at the Marion YMCA. Girls placed second to Ontario and boys placed fourth. Most recently, on January 20th, at the MOAC meet the girls placed fifth at the meet and the boys placed 6th.
Wrestling
Marion Harding’s Wrestling team is coached by head coach Jeff Ratliff, assisted by AJ Sentieri, Mitchel Gruber and Adi Tamarapoo. Two members of the team, Samson St. Germain and David Backus, are seniors.
Samson, 113 lbs is currently 21-2 and David, 126 lbs is currently 24-0.
The wrestling team also has a girl on the team. Freshman, Sophie Holt, 125 lbs, currently has a record of 8-2 against other girls.
At the Annual Marion Harding Classic, which was held December 28-29th, 3 of Harding's wrestlers placed. Samson St. Germain finished 5th in his weight class of 113 lbs. David Backus finished as the champ of his weight class, which is 126 lbs. Finally, freshman Kile Sentieri finished 8th in his weight class of 150 lbs.
Recently on January 14th, the wrestling team traveled to Fredericktown for the Freddie Invite, where 4 wrestlers were champs, 4 members of the team placed and overall the wrestling team won Team Runner Ups.