Play-off update: 3 teams headed to Regionals and 3 headed to State

Gymnasts head to state championship meet

The Lady Scots gymnastics team placed second at Regional Championships April 13-14 and have qualified for the Texas High School Gymnastics Coaches Association State Championship meet to be held April 27-28 at Trinity High School.

Freshmen Ana Simpson and Lily Ford and Junior Captain Kennedy Downing led the team during the two-day regional competition.

Simpson was the highest-finishing gymnast for HP, placing second on Floor, fourth on Vault and Beam (tie), ninth on Bars and fourth All-Around.

Ford placed fourth on Beam (tie), fifth on Floor 10th on Vault, 10th on Bars, and fifth All-Around.

Downing placed seventh on Vault, eighth on Beam, third on Floor, and seventh All-Around.

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The boys team also took second at Regionals and are state-bound April 27-28. The top three finishers for the team were:

Clayton Staunton - First place, every event and the All-Around
John Sartain - Fifth All-Around
Xander McLendon - Seventh All-Around

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3 Scots wrestlers headed for state tournament

The Scots wrestling team placed fifth at the Regional Championship meet April 16-17, and three team members will advance to the UIL State Tournament April 23 at the Berry Center in Cypress.

State qualifiers include:

Henry Hoy: Regional champion in the 170-lb. class
Cooper Chapman: Regional champion in the 106-lb. class
Jake Waskey: Regional runner-up in the 120-lb. class

Carter Barden (160-lb) and Tom Porter (138-lb) both took fifth place at the regional meet.

Scots tennis sweeps district tournament

The Scots took both first and second place in every event at the district meet April 5 and 8, and will send 16 team members to compete at the Regional Championship tournament April 27-28 at the Melissa Sports Complex:

Boys Doubles

First place: Leo Hall/Carl Newell
Second place: William Covin/ Carter Benson

Girls Doubles

First place: Campbelle Henderson/Hayden Bethea
Second place: Gabbi Rosas/Mia Rogozinski

Mixed Doubles

First place: Ray Saalfield/ Bella McElfresh
Second place: Bella Rosas/Hayden Holman

Boys Singles

First place: Noah Perhirin
Second place: Alexander Smith

Girls Singles

First place: Breanna Rees
Second place: Eden Rogozinski

Lady Scots track & field wins area meet, gears up for regionals

The Lady Scots track and field team won the area round meet April 17 and qualified team members to compete in 14 events at the Region II meet April 23-24 at Maverick Stadium at the University of Texas at Arlington.

High Jump - starting height 4’ 2” Fourth place: Claire Cochran - 4’ 10”	100 M Dash First place: Meredith Sims - 11.91 (New School Record)
Long Jump Second place: Raina Pietrzak - 16’ 11 ½” Third place: Hattie Speicher - 16’ 11 ½”	4 x 200 M Relay Second place: 1:46.14 - the team of Katelyn Tanner, Kate Rossley, Abigail Schott and Raina Pietrzak
Pole Vault - starting height - 7’ 6” Third place: Ailey Fidler - 9’ 6”	400 M Dash First place: Elle Thompson - 60.69 Second place: Izzy Blaylock - 60.83 Fourth place: Kayla Dickerson - 61.98
Triple Jump Third place: Hattie Speicher - 36’ 8”	300 M Hurdles First place: Savannah Hinze - 48.46
3200 M Run First place: Cameron Fawcett - 10:57.79 Second place: Alli Grace Ott - 11:39.53	200 M Dash Fifth place: Katelyn Tanner - 26.51 (Alternate)
4 x 100 M Relay Second place:49.62 - the team of Savannah Hinze, Kate Rossley, Claire Cochran and Katelyn Tanner	1600 M Run First place: Cameron Fawcett - 5:02.00 Second place: Grace Hathaway - 5:19.74 Third place: Alli Grace Ott - 5:24.96
800 M Run First place: Izzy Blaylock - 2:17.41 Second place: Charlotte Hudson - 2:23.17 Third place: Alli Grace Ott - 2:24.08	4 x 400 M Relay First place: 4:03.61 - rhe team of Elle Thompson, Izzy Blaylock, Kayla Dickerson and Raina Pietrzak
100 M Hurdles First place: Claire Cochran - 14.83 (New School Record) Fifth place: Savannah Hinze - 15.90 - (Alternate)

Click here for complete HP results and here for the regional meet schedule.

Tickets to the meet are available online only, for $10 each day for students and adults.

Flying Scots qualify 3 team members to compete at regionals

Three members of the Running Scots boys track and field team has also qualified for the region meet April 23-24 at UT-Arlington:

200 M Dash

First place: John Rutledge - 21.3, currently the fourth-fastest time in the state

100 M Dash

Second place: Grayson Schrank - 10.8

Pole Vault

Third place: Catcher Murphy

The top two finishers at the Regional Meet will qualify for the State Meet May 8-9 in Austin.