Kingston’s bid for a sixth consecutive girls cross country state championship ended with the Lady Yellowjackets finishing second at the Class 1A state cross country meet at Hot Springs on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Three returning senior starters will lead the Kingston girls basketball team this season, with LeeLou Kilbourn anchoring the inside game, Whitlee Stacey providing defense and rebounding, and Kylie Weaver supplying a scoring threat.
Kingston senior Blane Villines finished his high school golf career with a trip to the Class 1A state tournament, shooting a 104 to place 36th at Glenwood Country Club on Oct. 6.
The Huntsville girls finished fifth overall and were the only team to post a score in the 1A-4A division at the Springdale Schools Invitational cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Kingston senior Gracie Weaver closed her high school golf career with a personal-best score and her first birdie at the Class 1A State Tournament on Sept. 29 at Paragould Country Club.
Kingston seniors Blane Villines and Gracie Weaver qualified for the Class 1A state golf tournaments with strong performances at the District 1A-1 Golf Meet on Sept. 17 at Diamond Hills Country Club in Lead Hill.
Elkins hosted 48 cross country teams in the Elkins Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 12, with Huntsville and Kingston competing.
Kingston Public Schools hosted their second annual peewee basketball camp on July 20-22. The camp was for students not only enrolled at Kingston, but for anyone who wanted to show up to learn more …
Elkins High School athletes competed at the Class 3A State Track and Field Meet at Ashdown on May 6 and turned out one state championship relay team.
Kingston senior Caleb Parker signed a national letter of intent with the U of A - Northark men’s golf team.
Kingston and Jasper’s track and field team did not go quietly in their last combined District 1A-1 West meet while preparing for state. Both the girls and boys teams recorded multiple first place finishes at Garrison Stadium in Harrison.
The Huntsville and Elkins senior high teams competed at Gravette on April 16 in the Lion Relays, while Kingston competed in the Senior Goblin Rosson Relays hosted by Harrison on April 18.
The Huntsville and Kingston track and field teams competed at the Senior Anstaff Relays hosted by Green Forest on April 9.
Kingston High School senior Emma Kivell and junior Leelou Kilbourn earned All-State honors in basketball.
Every spring Kingston High School goes through the grind of competing against bigger schools week after week during track and field season, but that only serves to sharpen the Yellowjackets, according to their coach, Patrick Drennan.
Good luck to all the archer’s going to compete at the State Archery Tournament at Hot Springs on Friday and Saturday.
Congratulations to the Lady Yellow Jackets for taking second place in the senior high district tournament. Both Kingston teams advanced to the Class 1A Region 1 Tournament that will be played in Lead Hill.
A big thank you to everyone that helped with and donated items for the junior high district tournament.
Kingston Athletics would like to thank Elkhorn Church for the free concessions on Friday night. We appreciate all you do for us and all your support.
All four teams traveled to Lead Hill on Friday night.