The Pleasanton trapshooting team had a good season before their State meet in June as the team won their conference.
The Jays are part of 2A Conference 2 and placed first after a five week total of 9,469 points. The best week for the Jays came in week one when they scored 2,194.5 points. Week two they scored 1,771 points, week three 1,870.5 points, week four 1,767.5 points and week five 1,865.5 points.
The Jays also had multiple boys and girls top 25 shooters in the conference.
Brylee Doleshal was 12th for the girls with a season average of 15.2 targets while Remi Rothlisberger was 18th with an average of 13.6. Rees Chapman was 20th for the girls with an average of 12.
The boys had five top 25 shooters. Hunter Bowman was seventh averaging 22.6 targets while Garrett Conley was 11th with 21.9 targets. Dakota Wallace was 12th averaging 21.7 targets while Dylan Rodgers was 15 with 21.5 targets. Hunter Holt was 25th and averaged 20.9 targets.
SPORTS
Jayhawk track wins the Pleasanton Invitational

The Jayhawk Linn track team traveled to Pleasanton on April 15 for the Pleasanton Invitational. The Hawks did very well as both the boys’ and girls’ teams won the meet. The girls won with a score of 188 points while the boys won with a score of 127 points. There were... [More]
Pleasanton track places in top three at home invitational

The Pleasanton track team hosted their home invitational on April 15. The Jays did well as both the boys’ and girls’ teams placed in the top three out of nine teams. The boys were second with 92 points while the girls were third with 107.5 points. “It was... [More]
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NEWS
SPECIAL: Legislative Update

April 18, 2025 Kansas Land and Military Installation Protection Act, SB 9, prohibits foreign adversaries from purchasing property within 100 miles of a military installation and any foreign adversary ownership of non-residential real property purchased prior to July 1, 2025,... [More]
16 criminal cases from Tanglewood Lake incident dismissed

Late Wednesday afternoon, April 16, orders were filed dismissing all 16 current cases on file in Linn County District Court concerning the Tanglewood Lake gate incident, 14 of which were filed against separate individuals that stemmed from the incident in May 2023. According... [More]
Tanglewood seeks clarification, aid from county

During the April 21 meeting, Linn County Commissioner Jason Hightower reported to his fellow board members that he had met with the Tanglewood Lake board president and a resident the previous week and noted that they wanted a resolution or motion that clarified if the roads are... [More]
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COMMUNITY
Jayhawk Linn to present ‘Maid to Order’ for spring play

Students from Jayhawk Linn Junior High and High School will present their spring play, ‘Maid to Order’ on Thursday, March 27 and Saturday, March 29. The play, under the direction of faculty member Dawn Carlson, is a comedy set in the mid-to-late 1940s in the... [More]
Students surprise teacher with bell ringing

In an effort to honor a teacher who recently completed his chemotherapy treatments, students at Pleasanton High School worked with educator Melinda Dent to organize a “fire drill” on Thursday of last week in order to surprise that teacher. PHS teacher Norman Jones,... [More]
Shillito selected for Heartland Youth Tour

Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative recently announced that homeschool sophomore Louis Shillito has been selected as one of several young persons to participate in their annual Youth Tour this summer. Louis is the son of Chris and Carissa Shillito who operate the Shalom Retreat... [More]
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- JLHS cheerleaders to perform in Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade