Lady Vikings wrap up a successful spring in the state meet

By Neill Kirkpatrick

Special to the HSSR

Denmark – Denmark-Olar High school does not compete in many spring sports but in the ones they do compete they represent Viking nation with talent and toughness as the boys’ soccer team won another region championship and the girls track and field team sent several young ladies to the class A state meet.

The Lady Vikings sent seven girls to the class A state meet with two in individual events and both the 4x100 and the 4x800 relay teams. While they did not score any points the girls, they did have a good showing.

Junior Shaleah Flowers and freshman Joy Johnson participated in the individual events as well as the relay teams. Flowers came off an upper state meet where she set PR’s in both the 200 and the 100 hurdles. She placed 10^th in the 200 with a time of 27.67 and she placed 11^th in the 100 hurdles in 18.45.  

Johnson did set a new PR in the high jump with a jump of 4-07 for an 11^th place finish.

The 4x100 relay team finished in 11^th place with a time of 52.90. Joining Flowers on the were Kimor Hammond, Amoria Wright and Hones Sanders.

Johnson ran the first leg of the 4x800 relay team which finished 12^th.Amoria Wright, Ma’Kiya Green, and Addyan Hudson make up the rest of the relay team.

The Boys soccer team captured their second consecutive region championship and ran their region winning streak to 13-games. They advanced in to the second round of the class A play offs.

The Vikings will say good bye to several seniors in Jamarion Wise (D/GK), Evan Carr (FB), Kenneth Hanberry, Makion Culbreath, Shamarion Palmer, and Treveon Hinton. Hinton was the team’s leading scorer this season after scoring a team high 16 goals and handing out a team high 10 assists for a total of 42 points.



Palmar tallied nine points on the season for the Vikings.

The Vikings will return a solid class next season led by the top athlete at Denmark-Olar in Robert Bovian. He was second on the team in scoring with 25 points. He made the upper state class A meet and jumped 18-07 in the long jump.

Junior Amari Keller tallied 11 points and should be one of the main offensives weapons next year.