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Congratulations to the Lady Bulldogs cross country team for their second place finish and the boys team 3rd place finish at the MEAC conference Cross Country Championships today in Bethalto. Leading the ladies was Retta Frey with a 3rd place finish with a time of 12:34.6, Paige Korte would finish 5th with a time of 12:56.4 while Alaina Zobrist finished 15th,Hattie King finished 16th and Madeline Gourley in 25th place. The boys finished third in the meet behind conference champion O'Fallon Fulton and second place finisher Triad. Alex Reckmann led HMS with a 3rd place finish with a time of 11:25.4, Jace Cox who finished in 6th place with a time of 11:53.3, Max Busacker with an 8th place finish with a time of 11:58.5 and Anthon Schmitz with a 23rd place finish.

Team 7 Black Magnificent Seven Award Winners -- Congrats!!

Team 7 Black September Birthdays

7Red celebrated September birthday's today!

Mrs. Resillez's Geography class got to play BattleShip for Grid practice this week!

🎀 Dolly Day was a huge success at HMS! 🎀

Our students had a blast honoring the late, legendary Dolly Parton by wearing pink, donating to her Imagination Library, listening to her music, and joining in on a fun game at lunch! 💕🎶

Even our teachers got in on the fun - grabbing a “Cup of Ambition” and a sweet treat to keep the day going! ☕✨

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated and helped make the day so much fun! 🩷

And don’t worry—more dress-up days are ahead! 🎉 Be sure to check out the schedule and join in on the fun!

Cross Country Bethalto Invite Champions

Congratulations to the varsity boys and girls cross country teams for taking home 1st place at the Bethalto Invite while the JV boys and girls teams took home 2nd place. Retta Frey placed 2nd, Paige Korte 4th and Hattie King 10th place to lead the girls while Alex Reckmann placed 1st, Jace Cox 4th, Max Busacker 5th and Blake Zobrist 10th to lead the boys! Molly Basye placed 6th for the JV girls while Anthony Schmitz placed 2nd and Lukas Trombley placed 8th for the JV boys! Way to go Bulldogs!

Go Dawgs!

The Bulldog baseball team fell in the IESA Regional Championship against Vandalia tonight. Congratulations to Braxton Volmert for being the HMS recipient of IESA Sportsmanship pin. Way to finish the season strong boys!

Go Dawgs!

Go Dawgs!

Final team scores from the cross country meet at Granite City yesterday. Go Dawgs!

Upcoming Dress Up Days at HMS!

Go Dawgs!

HMS Parents: This morning we are participating in one of our yearly fire drills. Please do not be alarmed as you may see additional police and fire presence at our building for a short time. We work with the Highland Police and Fire Departments to help facilitate these drills. Thank you and have a great day!

Results from the Summersville Cross Country Meet today! Way to go Dawgs! Varsity and JV boys - champions Varsity girls - 2nd; JV girls - 5th Medalists Varsity Boys Alex Reckmann - 4th Jace Cox - 8th Max Busacker - 10th Liam Fitzpatrick - 23rd JV Boys Blake Zobrist - 1st Joel Robards - 3rd Blance Davis - 9th Lucas Schlecte - 18th Quincy Dettmers - 24th Varsity Girls Hattie King - 10th Alaina Zobrist - 14th Madelyn Spiezio - 15th Madeleine Gourley - 20th Norah Zobrist - 25th JV Girls Brea Schmitz - 21st Open Girls Ava Spitzer - 2nd Juliet Knobloch - 5th Open Boys Evan Spitzer - 3rd

The HMS Bulldog 8th grade baseball team advances to the Regional Championship on Wednesday with a big win today over Taylorville 5-0. The Bulldogs got solid pitching from Hubbard and Blake along with the hitting of McPherson, Tracy and Volmert who each added two hits a piece. Way to go Dawgs!