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The Boys Track team earned another SAC Central Division win yesterday with a convincing victory over the Martin Clippers by a score of 100 to 37. Congratulations to the following 1st place finishers: 100, 200 & High Jump – Hugo Martino 110m Hurdles, 400 Dash & Long Jump – Rhys Bedford Shot Put & Discus – Cooper Sandusky 300m Hurdles – Torren Mapes 4x200 Relay – Jace McPheeters, Martino, Francesco Monni, Mapes 1600 & 3200 Run – Ethan Rimmer Pole Vault – Ezra Smith 4x100 Relay – Monni, Sandusky, Asher Verstrate, Finney 800 Run – Landon Madden The Girls Track team earned another SAC Central Division win yesterday with a convincing victory over the Martin Clippers by a score of 72 to 60. Congratulations to the following 1st place finishers: 100m, 200m- Summer Ritchie 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles- Breanna Chandler Shot Put, Discus- Violet Kokx Long Jump- Josie Williams High Jump- Maddie Waller 4x100m Relay- Breanna Chandler, Maddie Waller, Josie Williams, Summer Ritchie 4x200m Relay- Maddie Waller, Bethany Butchbaker, Riley Perley, Josie Williams 4x400m Relay- Breanna Chandler, Kylie Main, Maddie Waller, Summer Ritchie The next meet for both teams is the Hastings Co-ed Relays on Friday.

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Middle School Track and Field Parents and Fans, Today's MS track meet at GA has had its start time changed to 4:00 pm start time in an attempt to get the meet in before the potential rain begins. Field events will start at 4:00 pm with running events starting as soon as the timing system is set up. Please make this adjustment to your schedules and if you are providing transportation for our Panthers, a huge THANK YOU is coming your way for your willingness and flexibility in getting our kids to their event. Departure time will be as soon as kids get out of school and the dust clears with buses headed out, etc. Any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at 269 623-1524. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The MHSAA Baseball and Softball District draw was held this past week and the results for our Panthers are as follows: Baseball will play Kalamazoo Christian in a Pre-District game on Tuesday, May 28th with the first pitch starting at 4:00 pm. The winner of that game will move to the Saturday, June 1st District Semifinals vs Comstock at 10:00 am. The winner of that semifinal will face off against the winner of the other noon semifinal game between G-A/Parchment. The District finals will begin at 2:00 pm, also on June 1st. For Softball, DK will face off against the winner of the Comstock/Parchment Pre-District match-up on Saturday, June 1st at 10:00 am. The winner of that game will advance to the District Finals vs. the G-A/K Christian semi at 2:00 pm. All games for District Baseball and Softball will be played at Parchment High School. Admission tickets can be purchased on GoFan.co. Card Readers will be available on-site as well. Any questions, please contact the Athletic Office at 269 623-1524. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The boys track team competed in the Ionia Relays on Friday. The team finished in 4th place. Congratulations to the athletes who earned awards in the following relays: Long Jump – Hugo Martinez & Wyatt Finney – 1st place High Jump – Hugo Martinez & Torren Mapes – 1st place Pole Vault – Nick Muday & Ezra Smith– 2nd place Discus – Cooper Sandusky & Michael Decker = 3 rd place The next meet is this Wednesday as DK travels to Martin to continue conference competition.

The DK Women's Track team traveled to Ionia Relays for the first time on Friday. The girls were able to walk away with some hardware in the following races: Shuttle Hurdles 100m- (1st) Breanna Chandler, Josie Williams, Summer Ritchie & Izabelle Gruber 4x100m- (1st) Breanna Chandler, Izabelle Gruber, Josie Williams & Summer Ritchie Discus- (2nd) Violet Kokx, Sarabeth Beeke 4x400m (2nd) Breanna Chandler, Kylie Main, Izabelle Gruber, Summer Ritchie LJ- (3rd) Josie Williams & Lillian Lester 4x200m-(3rd) Breanna Chandler, Riley Perley, Izabelle Gruber & Summer Ritchie

The DKHS Band is performing at the Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Congratulations to the Varsity Golf team for their 4th place finish in the DK Kent Enyart Invitational on Thursday at Mullenhurst. Grady Matteson finished in 5th place with an outstanding score of 80. Carter Brickley was also a top 10 medal winner and shot a career-low 86. Tyler Howland shot 93 to round out Delton's scoring.

Congratulations to the DK Varsity Baseball team getting 2 divisional wins last night against the Martin Clippers. Delton won game 1 by a score of 9-0. Chad Stopher pitched a 1 hit shutout while striking out 17 batters.in 7 innings, while Gauge Stampfler went 3-3 at the plate. DK took the 2nd game with a 10-0 score. Elliott Rogers also threw a 1 hit shutout while striking out 8 in 5 innings. Elliott also led at the plate going 3-3. Next up for the Panthers will be on Monday, April 22 at home against Holland Black River,

The underclassmen members of the Track & Field team competed in the Hartford 9th/10th Grade Invite on Saturday. Congratulations to the following athletes who earned awards in these events: 400m Dash- Landon Madden- 1st place Pole Vault- Nick Muday- 2nd place Shot Put- Evan Fleser- 4th place 4x200m Relay- Jace McPheeters, Deegan Castaneda, David LePert, Landon Madden- 6th place 100m Hurdles- Izabelle Gruber- 2nd place 400m Dash- Riley Perley- 3rd place 4x100m Relay- Bethany Butchbaker, Makayla Lutz, Riley Perley, Izabelle Gruber-4th place

DK Track Fans, Please make the following adjustments to your track meet schedule. Wednesday's (4/17) track meet at DK has been rescheduled to Monday, April 29th. The 4:30 pm start time for field events will remain at 4:30 pm. This will also be Senior Night for our Senior student-athletes as they participate in their final home meet at DK Panthers. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

DKHS Students & Families: April 16th PSAT 9, PSAT 10, SAT 11 Testing 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students all test in the morning, and they are allowed to leave after testing. They will have no school responsibilities in the afternoon. If a student decides to stay for transportation reasons, they will go to their AEP class for the remaining portion of the day. All online and Academy students will need to leave after testing is completed. 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will all register on the day of the test.12th Grade students do not report on this day (college visit day or career day). Spring athletic practices start at the regular time

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RSVP: bit.ly/AgPotluck Join us this Tuesday, April 16th at 6:00 pm for a community potluck in the high school cafeteria. Be part of molding the future of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Education at Delton High School! Everyone is invited to participate and share their ideas. See you there! Please, like and share this post!!

Today's (4/12) track meet at Olivet High School has been canceled due to the weather and the field event areas being unplayable. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

The DK Varsity Boys Track team hosted its first conference meet against Holland Black River this past Wednesday. The DK team came away with a 97 to 38 win. Congratulations to the following overall 1 st place finishers: 100 Dash – Francesco Monni 110m Hurdles – Torren Mapes 4x200 Relay – Jace McPheeters, Rhys Bedford, Hugo Martino, Torren Mapes 400 Dash – Landon Madden 3200 Relay – Mendan Phillips, Nick Muday, TJ Wright, Ethan Rimmer Long Jump - Rhys Bedford Pole Vault – Nick Muday 4x400 Relay – Madden, Phillips, Martino, Muday 300 Intermediate Hurdles – Bedford 3200 Run - Rimmer Shot Put & Discus – Cooper Sandusky The next meet is today(4/12) when DK travels to Olivet for the Lions Relays. The DK underclassmen will then be competing on Saturday at the 42nd Annual Hartford Freshman/Sophomore Invitational.

Congratulations to the Varsity Girls Track team for their victory over Holland Black River on Wednesday. Shout out to the following top finishers: 4x800m relay (1st-ElliTimmerman, Lillian Lester, Jillian Leclerqc, Kylie Main) 100m Hurdles (Izabelle Gruber-1st,Breanna Chandler-2nd & Brynlee Babbit-Smith-3rd) SWEEP! 4x200m relay (1st-Brynlee Babbit-Smith, Maddy Waller, Riley Perley, Josie Williams) 1600m (Kylie Main-2nd, Elli Timmerman-3rd) 4x100m relay(1st- Maddy Waller, Izabelle Gruber, Breanna Chandler, Josie Williams) 300m Hurdles (Breanna Chandler-1st, Izabelle Gruber 2nd) 400m (Riley Perley-1st, Jillian Leclerqc-3rd) 200m (Josie Williams-1st, Bethany Butchbaker-2nd, Makayla Lutz, 3rd) SWEEP! 800m (Kylie Main-2nd) 3200m (Elli Timmerman-1st, Lillian Lester-2nd) 1600m relay (1st-Breanna Chandler, Riley Perley, Maddy Waller, Izabelle Gruber) Field Events: HJ (Maddy Waller-1st, Braelynn Neel-2nd) LJ (Josie Williams-1st, Brynlee Babbit-Smith-2nd, Braelynn Neel-3rd) Discus (Violet Kokx-1st,Sarabeth Beeke-3rd) Shot (Violet Kokx-1st, Alexis Deliphiano-3rd) Their next event is Friday, April 12 at Olivet for the Olivet Relays.

Mother Nature has struck again! Today's MS track meet at DK and the Varsity Baseball game at DK, scheduled for today (4/11), have been canceled due to today's weather. We will attempt to reschedule both events in the near future. Thanks and Go Panthers!!

Due to the weather, tonight's MS Track meet is being canceled. We are hoping to reschedule.

Be a part of establishing an Agriculture Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE) program at Delton Kellogg High School. Reserve your place at bit.ly/AgPotluck and attend our community potluck on April 16th at 6:00 pm in the high school cafeteria. See the flyer for additional details.