TRACK: #204 Tigers bring home state hardware
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[ The Pinckneyville District #204 Tigers girls' track team returned home with a third place finish from the 2010 SIJHSAA Class S state meet in Salem this past Saturday, while Sophie Keith also claimied 3rd individually for the Tigers in the girls' division.
Keith's time of 12:26 was just nineteen seconds off of first place Emily Wade (Selmaville) and only eight seconds behind Holly Stallard (Noble) in the event held at Bryan Memorial Park.
Two other Dist. #204 girls also medaled - Savannah Cheek was 27th (13:28.36) and Shania Opp was right behind her in 28th (13:28.84).
Caleb Logan medaled for the Tigers in the boys' division, coming in 36th with a time of 12:36.
Also contributing to the Tigers' third place finish in the girls' race were Lindsey Taylor (47th), Lydia Petska (67th) and Caitie Opp (97th). Dist. #204 (score of 159) finished behind event winner St. Joe-Olney's team score of 61 and Norris City-Omaha's 121.
The boys' finished 14th as a team amongst the 24 competing squads, with Sam Simpson, Brandon Zelasko, T.J. Borque, Garrett Johnson, Kyle Kreger and Luke Zelasko joinging Logan in participation for the Tigers.