Fredericktown High School JROTC 10th Annual Raider Challenge
Photo provided by Chris Hudson, IC Photography
Fredericktown’s Dawson Cook competes in the 1 Rope Bridge event.
The Fredericktown High School JROTC 10th Annual Raider Challenge was held April 13.
There were 13 teams from 9 schools from Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas competing in 7 team events 5K Run, Gauntlet, 1 Rope Bridge, Cross Country Rescue (CCR), Physical Team Test (PTT), Obstacle Course, Excalibur and an individual Ultimate Raider event.
JROTC Army Instructor (AI) First Sergeant Brian Cofer said the home Raider Meet was held in honor of Paul McFerron who passed away recently and was a huge supporter not only of the Raider team, but the JROTC program as a whole. He said the JROTC will be naming the home competition in his honor from this point forward.
The school s competing were: Fredericktown High School; Missouri Military Academy (MMA), Mexico, MO; Nixa High School, Nixa, MO; Poplar Bluff High School, Poplar Bluff, MO; Scott Regional Technology Center (SRTC), Monnett, MO; Truman High School, Independence, MO
Auburn High School, Rockford, IL; Junction City High School, Junction City, KS; and Topeka West High School, Topeka, KS.
Fredericktown Team members were: Dawson Cook, Natanel Tash, Skyler Sandman, Leif Olson, Christopher Hudson, Jayden West, Brandon Guzman, Parker Terry, Little Williams, Colton Crowell, (Not pictured) Jadyn Yount, Luke Robbins, and Autumn Bess.
At the end of the day’s competition Fredericktown placed in 6 of the 7 team events and was 1st place overall. Fredericktown senior Dawson Cook placed 1st in the Ultimate Raider (male) event. Team event top 3 places were:
5K
1-Junction City Team 1
2-MMA Team 1
3-Fredericktown
Gauntlet
1-Junction City Team 1
2-MMA Team 1
3-Fredericktown
Rope Bridge
1-Topeka West
2-Junction City Team 2
3-Fredericktown
CCR
1-Poplar Bluff 1
2-Fredericktown
2-MMA Team 1
PTT
1-MMA Team 1
2-Junction City Team 1
3-MMA Team 2
Obstacle Course
1-Fredericktown
2-Poplar Bluff Team 1
3-Junction City Team 1
Excalibur
1-Fredericktown
2-MMA Team 1
3-Junction City Team 1
OVERALL
1-Fredericktown
2-MMA Team 1
3-Junction City Team 1
Cofer said the number of sponsors for this year’s event was the largest ever and helped make the event possible. Those business/individual sponsors include: Paul and Janet McFerron; 4C Sons Creations; Bess Insurance Agency; Fredericktown School District Foundation; Gifford Lumber Company; Underdown Trenching Inc; 72 West RVs; Liberty Tax; Bluebird Nest Organizing; Follis and Sons; Filtration Systems; Crazy Wildflower; JT Transportation; Family Chiropractic; Heartland Auto; Swinford Realty; Old Mine House; New Era Bank; Ratcliff Inc (Huddle House); Torrez Sanitation; Sargent Construction; Pettus Ford Fredericktown; Chuck’s Short Stop; JHI Inc (Subway); Fredericktown Animal Hospital; Domino’s; Goat Soap Lady; Matthews; Scoops; B & N Drywall; VFW Post #5896 Farmington; Cap America; Prairie Farms; Black River Electric; OPAA! Food Management Inc; and the Blackcat Battalion Booster Club.
“We would like to thank the individuals from the Fredericktown Police Department, Fredericktown Fire Department, Fredericktown City Personnel, parents, students and all other volunteers,” Cofer said. “Without everyone’s generous support it would not have been such a huge success.”
Photo provided by Chris Hudson, IC Photography
Fredericktown takes second place in the Cross Country Rescue event
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Fredericktown cadets win the Excalibur competition.
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Fredericktown wins the obstacle course competition
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Fredericktown competes in the Physical Team Test.
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Fredericktown competes in the 5K
