Annawan-Wethersfield Titans high school and Wethersfield Junior High School track and field athletes had one of their best overall seasons this spring with 5 Wethersfield high school students and 15 junior high school students bringing home a bus load of honors from their respective state meets including a state championship for a seventh-grade relay team.

State qualifiers from Wethersfield were honored Thursday by the Board of Education at its June meeting which opened with Athletic Director Tom McGunnigal introducing the students.

IHSA Girls Class 1A State Finals:
Jordan Nelson, Camryn Anderson,
Ava Landwehr and Lucy Landwehr.

IHSA Boys Class 1A State Finals:
Irvin Landwehr

IESA Class 2A Finals:

Eighth grade girls

Jorrie Miskinis, Kyleigh Anderson,
Bryer Ince, Cora Landwehr and Emersyn Peart.

Seventh grade girls

Olivia Shipley

Eighth grade boys

Isaiah Cornish, Jordan Draper, Xavier Landwehr, Wyatt Whitmer and Mason Mallery.

Seventh grade boys

Brenton Troxell, Colton Bivens, Grant Nelson and Remington Crabtree, who were the state champion 4X200 relay team.

Several junior high athletes placed third in their respective events including Olivia Shipley in pole vault, Jorrie Miskinis in the 100m, Kyleigh Anderson in the 400m, Xavier Landwehr in the 400m, and Grant Nelson in the high jump.

School board president Steve Newman said “Thanks for representing your school. You all did a great job and should be proud of your accomplishments.”

During the meeting board members discussed a letter from a parent asking if they would consider co-opting soccer with Kewanee High School which has a team. The parent said two Wethersfield High School students are currently on a traveling soccer team and three more students might be interested in participating in a co-op.

Board members were tentatively open to the idea but suggested that the parent also send a letter to the Kewanee School Board with her proposal. Superintendent Dr. Andrew Brooks also said he would contact Wethersfield’s co-op partner, Annawan, to make sure that there was no interest in adding soccer to their agreement.

The board also approved the FY2025 budget which showed positive balances in all major funds including education; operations, building and maintenance; and transportation, with an ending balance in all funds of $6,575,137. The fiscal year begins July 1 and runs through June 30, 2026.

The board approved a quote of $13,122 from Correct Digital Displays for installing shot clocks in the high school and junior gyms. In 2026-2027, the IHSA plans on bringing the shot clocks that are used in the NBA and NCAA to high school basketball games. The clocks are not required on the junior high level but some high school games in Wethersfield’s Wally Keller Tournament are played in the junior high gym where the clock will be required.

The board also approved a quote of $23,437 from Consolidated Construction Group for tuck pointing the chimney and removing and replacing the concrete steps to the west entrance, both at the Blish Building.

Following an executive session, the board approved the employment of Marianna Ponce as first grade teacher and seventh grade volleyball coach; Zac Bush as assistant high school volleyball coach; Cathy Dana as high school football and basketball cheerleading sponsor; Taryn DeClercq as junior high cheerleading sponsor; Jeremy Trill as assistant high school golf coach; Jeremy Welsh as assistant high school basketball coach.

The resignations of Pat Keane as high school baseball coach and Sayde Tapia as a translator in the high school, were accepted.