2018 - What a great year in Adrian!

Check out the many things that took place for the Blackhawks and the Adrian community in 2018! As long as there is an interest in the Adrian News Leader, we will continue to bring you what we can! Thank you, friends!

BEAUTY & THE BEAST

WRESTLING MEET

JH/HS CHEER SHOWCASE

High School Cheer

Junior Dylan Piveral

Junior High School Cheer (left) - High School Cheer (right)

Junior James Keating

Freshman Trevor Thompson

MINI-CHEERLEADERS - AHS BASKETBALL GAME

COURTWARMING KING & QUEEN

TRENTON BAGBY & WHITNEY WILLERTON

SENIOR NIGHT - BASKETBALL

Madison Markel (left) - Nicholas Preston (right)

Kaylie Chancellor, Manager

Leron Diamond (left) - Kerigan Wimsatt (right)

Remi Pittman (left) - Skyler Ketcher (right)

JENNA SHIPLEY HITS 1,000 POINTS

BLACKHAWKS BASKETBALL

LADY BLACKHAWKS BASKETBALL

BASKETBALL CHEER &

NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMERS

AHS TRACK

AHS PROM 2018

BLACKHAWKS ARTWORK - SPRING 2018

SENIOR TRIP

GRADUATION - CONGRATS, CLASS OF 2018

William Kussmaul, Valedictorian (left) - Maly Sears, Salutatorian (right)

Baccalaureate at Adrian Christian Church

Diplomas - Dylan Bell, MaryGrace Ward, Will Sears

Awards/Honors - Baccalaureate - Graduation
Josh Collins, Kerigan Wimsatt, Nicholas Preston, Sami Costigan, Payton Ritter

Diplomas - Keegan Goosey, Courtney Jones, Robert Reece

END OF YEAR AWARDS

Left: Senior Remi Pittman, All Girls Sports Award; Nick Preston, Jimmy Sexson Award

Middle: Hunter Nelson, John Phillip Souza Award

Right: Baxter Lowe receives Joe Clark Spirit Award from Shannon (Clark) May.

Spring Band & Choir Concert

BLACKHAWKS BASEBALL

Senior Chase Dillon-Newport

Left: Senior Denton Cunningham - Right: Freshman Drew Burris

Left: Freshman Trevor Thompson - Right: Sophomore Billy Cameron

Coaches Schacher and Noland with the seniors (players/managers)

Left: Freshman Cole Ritter - Right: Coach Noland with Brady Talley

LADY BLACKHAWKS SOFTBALL

District Champs and Quarterfinalists!!!! A first in school history for softball!

District Champs! Senior Skyler Ketcher is full of emotion as she hugs her teammates.

District Champs! Senior Kaylie Chancellor throws down her glove and helmet to celebrate with her team as they head to the quarterfinals!

VFW MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY

Junior Hunter Nelson plays Taps.

Left: This brother and sister duo, Gerold Stephens and Hannah Newkirk, are Adrian Alum who sang a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem. Right: Adrian students Harlee Newkirk and Maggie Jacobs brought the crowd to tears as they sang, "Hallelujah."

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

An Adrian Community Theater Production

TSA NATIONALS IN ATLANTA

Front: Mary Wood, Robert Reese, Dylan Piveral. Back: Gavin Reed, Zach Underwood, Dakota Harris, James Keating, Brady Talley

40th ANNUAL WMAT&MA SHOW

Adrian Alum Katie Pugh

AHS student Hayley Bolling

Courtney Jones, AHS Class of 2018

ADRIAN OPTIMIST'S 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION

Leroy Edmiston, Grand Marshal

MISSOURI LIONS ALL-STAR GAME

Class of 2018 Grad Nicholas Preston represents the Blackhawks courtesy of the Adrian Lions Club in the Missouri Lions All-Star Game at UCM. Preston's family and Head Coach Matt Cochran were in the stands to cheer him on.

BATES COUNTY MIZZOU CLUB SEND-OFF

Left: Jim Sterk, Presenter. Right: Class of 2018 Grad Payton Ritter receives the Bates County Mizzou Club Endowment Scholarship.

True Tiger Award Winners Gabe and Allison Davis

AHS CHEER BRINGS HOME HARDWARE!

The AHS cheer squad attended a summer camp at the Razorback Indoor Baseball Stadium. They came home as the 2018 Large Varsity Camp Champs!

Fall 2018 Sports Teams

Football, Volleyball, Cheerleading and the Class of 2019 Seniors

9-11 PROCESSIONAL AND PROGRAM

The Adrian Fire Department honored emergency personnel and those who have served or are serving in the US military in remembrance of September 11, 2001.

Father and son, Jesse Burhart and Vander Grooms, were honored by Adrian Fire Chief Gary Dizney and those in attendance for their service.

Left: Vander Grooms left for active duty in North Carolina shortly after this program. Right: The processional began with this symbolic group of men.