SHILOH TODAY SPORTS SUMMARIES continued Tennis The 2023 Shiloh Tennis season was a great success! The boys and girls teams won the conference championships, with two boys and five girls qualifying for the 4A State Tournament. Shiloh boys singles players Justus Thurlby and Gabe Clevenger played each other in the boys 4A singles state tournament finals, with Justus winning the State Championship and Gabe finishing as runner-Up. The boys team collected enough points to win their second 4A Boys Team State Championship. In the girls' tournament, freshman Ella Armiger advanced to the girls' singles semi-finals. The girls' doubles team of seniors Kaitlyn Rogers and Olivia Grace Silvey also made it to the semi-finals. The girls' team finished 4th overall in girls 4A State Tennis. Nine players earned All-Conference awards, and Justus Thurlby, Gabe Clevenger, Ella Armiger, Kaitlyn Rogers, and Olivia Grace Silvey were named All-State. Track & Field The Shiloh track team competed at a high level this season and has a bright future! The junior high boys team won all but one meet, and the junior high girls team placed in the top two in every meet. Both junior high teams won the 4A Conference Meet. Sixteen high school athletes placed in the top three in several events at the conference meet, qualifying for the state championship. The boys' team finished as runner-up at the conference meet. At the 4A State Championships, Matthew Thurman won the 1600m and broke a 52-year-old state record with a 4:21. He also came in 2nd in the 800m. Chloe Blessing placed 3rd in both the 100m hurdles and the 300m hurdles, breaking school records. She competed in the heptathlon and placed 7th out of 69 girls. The 4x800 relay team (Matthew Thurman, Joby Butler, Cooper Sudduth, Carson Herron) broke a school record with 8:28 at the state meet. Cross Country This season, the Saints XC team hosted over 1,000 runners in their 14th annual Saints Invitational Meet. The junior high boys received five regular-season firstplace trophies and won the 4A Conference Championship. Five junior high athletes earned All-Conference honors, including Bryce Allen, Carson Herron, Cooper Sudduth, Angelica Bates, and Blakely Billings. The boys' team was runner-up at the 2023 4A State Meet. Jack Hoee earned All-Conference honors, and four athletes earned All-State honors, including Matthew Thurman, State runner-up, Cooper Sudduth, Carson Herron, and Joby Butler. Twelve athletes earned a combined total of 70 medals throughout the season. Baseball The 2024 Shiloh Christian Saints baseball team finished the season with a record of 15-5-1 overall, winning the conference regular season championship with a 6-1 conference record. The Saints then went into the district tournament as the overall #1 seed, beating Pea Ridge in the semifinals and Farmington in the finals to win the district tournament championship and moved into the regional tournament as the #1 seed from the 4A-1 Conference. The season came to an end at the regional tournament. Senior Brock Billingsley led the team in many offensive categories to earn All-Conference and All-State. Blake Ward, Jack Gibbs, Will Halberg, Chandler Kemp, Mason Mounce, Connor Shockley, Maddox Welborn, and AJ Ylanan earned All-Conference, and Coach Jamie Beers earned 4A-1 Coach of the Year. 24 SPORTS: SEASON SUMMARIES Check out what Shiloh's sports teams have achieved!
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