Mr. Richardson’s classes have been busy throughout the year! Last Fall, they spent time in class forging metal, building carports, and prepping meal bags for the band fundraiser. His Animal Science classes took a field trip to the Panhandle Plains Museum as well as toured the Meats Lab. Another thing that Mr. Richardson has done is he has taken his class to help unload food with the South Plains food bank delivery truck. His Welding class also helped to distribute to our community! We are working our kids hard, taking them to experience museums and getting them involved in our community with service projects!
#GreatDayToBeASundownRoughneck
Baseball Bi-District Playoff UPDATED Information
*** Due to Rain & Availability of Playable Fields ***
Game 1 & 2 held in Sundown (Turf Field)
Sundown vs New Deal | 3 Game Series
Game 1 & 2 | Doubleheader
Friday, May 5th @ 5:00 PM
Game 3 | Saturday @ 11 AM
*** Game 3 held in New Deal | if it rains... @ Sundown 9 AM ***
The class of 2023 has overstocked sodas for sale next week. As we prepare for the end of the year, we need to unload as many overstocked items as possible. If you would like a case (or more) of sodas, we will be at the football concession stand Monday and Tuesday from 4-6PM. You can come and buy as many as you can carry. Each case of 24 count 20oz bottles will be $20 (that's $0.83 a bottle!). Please bring exact cash, check or card.
We also have frozen meats from our previous fundraisers. You can order at the link https://forms.gle/XZJgX9WcmVVy6CAi9
If you have any questions, please email jtownsend@sundownisd.com or contact a senior sponsor. Thank you for your continued support.
At the time of this email, we have the following cases of soda and powerade:
24 cases of Coke
4 cases of Dt. Coke
5 cases of Coke Zero
17 cases of Sprite
2 cases of Diet Dr. Pepper
21 cases of Red Powerade
24 cases of Yellow Powerade
1 case of Blue Powerade
7 cases of Unsweet Tea
The Pride of the Oil Patch Continues to Shine at Abernathy Band Festival
The Roughneck 5th, 6th, and 7th grade Bands competed April 20th in the Abernathy Band Festival. The 2 concert and 1 Sight Reading judges each rated all 3 bands as "First Division," resulting in an over-all Sweepstakes award. This is the best rating possible for the ensembles.
At the conclusion of the 4 day contest, it was shared that the judges also chose the 5th and 6th grade bands as Outstanding or "Best in Class" for their respective age groups! This is an exciting accolade considering this year's 6th grade class won as 5th graders in 2022! Sundown 5th grade helped earn back-to-back champion awards while 6th grade holds 2 champion trophies!
Mr. Mauldin, Mr. Bibb and Mrs. Blount are very proud of the work these young student musicians do in the band hall, but more importantly, they represent the school and community well as proud Sundown Roughnecks.
Champions Begin Here!
Please make plans to come hear these fine performers, along with the Pride of the Oil Patch HS Band, in their last concert of the year at 6:00pm on May 11th in the Sundown Auditorium.
Psst…there’s only 10 books left in this order for the 2023 Gusher Yearbook.
Order yours now and don’t miss out on the best student publication around.
You can go online at https://bit.ly/3ZtrCQd and place your order.
If you have any questions, you can email Mrs. Bratcher at mbratcher@sundownisd.com
Sundown Middle School Golf Brings Home Individual Gold & Bronze, and Gold & Silver Team Awards at the District Golf Tournament!!!
Congratulations to Coach Kyle Igo and the Sundown Middle School Golf Team! Sundown Middle School took 10 boys and 2 girls to the District Golf Tournament held at Yoakum County Golf Course on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023. Isaiah Igo shot a 33 to become the back to back District Champion, while Brock Bufe followed strong with a 54 for the Bronze! Together they helped to elevate the Sundown Blue Team to a Team District Championship consisting of Isaiah Igo (33), Brock Bufe (54), Rylan Carr (60), Riley Martin (65), and Tristan Wisdom (69). The Sundown Red Team finished with a strong 2nd Place Team finish and consisted of Jake Carranza (61), Gordon Mata (63), Athan Peralez (66), Clay Holdman (69) and JC Jenkins (76). On the girls side, we had 2 individuals compete for the Roughettes as Kyndal Taggart shot a 63 for the Individual Bronze medal, while Maddy Medrano finished with a 70.
We are so proud of our golfers! They competed very well for us! We managed to finish the 9 holes before we were hit by the storm, but even better, we managed to bring the rain to Sundown with us!
#WeAreSundownSmart
#WeHaveSundownHeart
#WeAreSundownStrong
Baseball Bi-District Playoff Information
Sundown vs New Deal
3 Game Series @ New Home
Game 1 & 2 | Doubleheader
Friday, May 5th @ 4:30 PM
Game 3 | Saturday @ 11 AM
Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 3rd, seniors only will be released at 10:00 AM due to 2 grade levels STAAR testing.
What a great afternoon of Middle School Tennis! We have a couple of medalists walking our halls, as well as District Champions!
Bailey Corley and Avy McGlasson, 7th Girls Doubles District Champions!
Dhaya Marinelarena & Kyndal Taggart, 8th Girls Doubles District Champions!
Sarah Reyna, 8th Grade Girls Singles, 2nd Place
Lillie Rodriguez & Alejandro Rodriguez, Mixed Doubles, 2nd Place
Silver Pando & Ryder Stanley, Mixed Doubles, 3rd Place
Last Update for MS Athletics for this week:
MS District Tennis Meet on Monday, May 1st in Sundown after school.
MS District Golf on Tuesday, May 2nd at Yoakum County after school.
Sorry for the confusion. This is FINAL!
State Qualifier!!!
A HUGE congratulations to Koy Torres as he is the Regional Champion & State Qualifier in the 1600m! Koy Torres is a Senior and has committed many years towards his craft of running! He is a repeat qualifier for the State Meet, and we look forward to seeing him run in Austin! His mile time of 4:42.37 is quite an accomplishment! We are so proud of Koy!
Regional Track Results
We are so proud of our Regional Track Athletes that competed well over the past 2 days! They competed well, and many of them managed to run or throw the best time or distance of the season! All we can ask is that they give it their all and leave it all on the track… and they did exactly that!
Prelims on Friday
Girls:
Camry Jourden | 100m Dash | 11th Place | 13.01
Ariel Hernandez | 200m Dash | 11th Place | 26.83
Boys:
Nathan McAdams | 110m Hurdles | 14th Place | 16.78
4x200m Relay | 14th Place | 1:38.54 | Branson Sanders, Watson Evans, Jaryn Flores & Marcus Solis
Nathan McAdams | 300m Hurdles | 15th Place | 46.30
4x400m Relay | 15th Place | 3:51.06 | Briar Miller, Hayden Powell, Dago Chagoya & Branson Sanders
Finals Results
Girls:
4x100m Relay | 4th Place | 50.83 (PR) | Allie McCormick, Camry Jourden, Ariel Hernandez & Natalie Urias
4x200m Relay | 5th Place | 1:49.11 | Allie McCormick, Ariel Hernandez, Jaelin Wylie & Natalie Urias
Boys:
Koy Torres | 1600m Run | 1st Place | Regional Champion | 4:42.37
Koy Torres | 3200m Run | 8th Place | 10:52.80
Jaxon Rodriguez | Discus | 13th Place | 127’ 3 “
Hunter Tindol | Discus | 16th Place | 110’ 7”
Sundown Elementary will be accepting registrations for the 2023-2024 school year for EE (3 year olds); PreK (4 year olds); and Kindergarten (5 years old). Students will need to provide an offIcial birth certificate, a social security card and current immunization record. Students will not be officially registered without a current immunization record. Registration will take place in the Elementary Office. If you have any questions, please call (806) 229-3021 ext 4.
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The SHS Cheerleaders are excited to bring the annual golf tournament to you on June 24th!! I know we have several people in Sundown that love to golf, so grab your friends and make a team!! All are welcome!!!
Thank you for always supporting these kids! Your help and generosity is what makes Sundown what it is!
The Roughettes season came to an end with an 11-4 loss to Forsan. These young ladies battled their tails off all game. We are very proud of you! Already can't wait for next season! Seniors, thanks you for your leadership and getting this program going in the right direction.
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