Purcell Schools are closed Friday 2-25 due to slick roads.
1st Round of bball regionals moves to Sat, 2-26 @ Meeker. Girls play @ 7PM and Boys @ 8:30. Coty Sessions will still wrestle Friday @ 7PM @ Fairgrounds. Now you can do both! I'll post updated bball brackets soon
Just a reminder to PHS parents that students pre-enrolled for 2022-23 academic courses last Friday during advisory. This means they pre-selected courses for 22-23. Check with your student to view selections. Detailed info provided in Parent Newsletter: https://www.smore.com/a39p4
It might be cold today but Tues 3/1/22 is projected in the high 60's and more importantly PHS Baseball season gets underway with a home game vs. Destiny Christian. Varsity @ 5PM followed by JV. Looking forward to an exciting season. NOTE: tomorrow's scrimmage is canceled.
Purcell Public Schools will be closed and activities canceled on Thursday, February 24th due to inclement weather. Stay safe.
Championship Weekend!
What: Oklahoma State Wrestling Championships
Where: State Fairgrounds
Who: Freshman Coty Sessions: West Regional Champ
When: 1st Round Friday @ 7PM
Buy tickets @ http://www.ossaa.com/
Thanks to our multi-talented students for performing the National Anthem during home games. Senior Hailey Carpenter, Sophomore Marlee Spencer (sorry no live pic!) and our talented senior trio of Cooper Hall, Raleigh Savage, and Dalton Holder helped honor our nation this season.
Due to the inclement weather in the forecast this week, we are going to reschedule the bonus auction for March 3rd at the Purcell Ag Building.
Due to inclement weather the following changes made to bball/wrestling playoffs:
CLASS 2A-4A BBALL REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS—GAMES ORIGINALLY
SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY WILL BE PLAYED IN ONE SESSION ON FRIDAY. LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
GAMES TIMES ARE 4 PM; 5:30 PM; 7 PM AND 8:30 PM.
GAMES ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY WILL BE PLAYED ON SATURDAY—SAME LOCATIONS AND SCHEDULE.
GAMES ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY WILL BE PLAYED ON MONDAY—LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN THE
SAME. THERE WILL BE 2 SESSIONS ON MONDAY.
First round matches for wrestling will begin @ 7:00PM on Friday @ State Fairgrounds
Attention Senior Parents: The spring calendar of senior events is rapidly approaching. Please click on link to review important upcoming events and all relevant information.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WgTZAWNgKsbfXiSp7Ck-bquP_cDO1I1/view?usp=sharing
Tickets for State Wrestling Tournament are available @ OSSAA website: http://www.ossaa.com/. Coty Sessions will wrestle in Session 1 on Friday, 2/25/22. You can also scan QR code attached below
Tickets for Basketball Regionals @ Meeker are available @ OSSAA website: http://www.ossaa.com/
You will need to purchase tickets for Session 2; Thursday, 2/24/22 @ 6:30PM. You can also scan attached QR code. Cash tickets are available @ door for $10
Exciting week ahead for PHS Athletics. Baseball season gears up for 3/1 season opener with two scrimmages. Boys and girls bball compete in regional winners bracket this Thurs @ Meeker. Coty Sessions competes as a top seed @ Wrestling State Tourney this Friday! Go Dragons
PHS Placed 2nd @ Chickasha Powerlifting. Great job Coach Gray!
Titus Mason 2nd place 168lb
Rowan Ardery 2nd place 181lb
Zicorrie Davis 2nd place 220lb
Jake Scott 2nd place 242lb
Ty Jasperson 3rd place 145lb
Luke Edelman 3rd place 181lb
Adam Edelman 5th place 168lb
Fun learning experiences increase student engagement and therefore more meaningful student learning. Enjoyed watching our Freshman English students host a Poetry Cafe on Friday. Nice work Jasmine Quinonez and thanks to Assistant Principal Carolyn Anyong for sharing pics!
Congratulations to both Lady Dragons and Dragons: District Champs! Lady Dragons defeat Christian Heritage 57-40 and the Dragon Boys beat CHA 61-48. Both teams advance to winners bracket of Regionals next Thursday @ Meeker. Keep it up PHS! Dragon Proud.
ROAD, Rely on a Dragon, week is March 7th -10th at PHS. We will be raising money for this year's charity the Purcell School's Student Needs Fund. We have several students, elementary through high school, that need assistance. We will be donating to food pantries and to any supplies these students need. We are selling ROAD shirts designed by our own Senior, Jordan Ingram. Shirts will be on a purple heather t-shirt. Adult sizes only. Small - XL $15 and 2x-3x $17. Please contact Ms. Matthews or the high school office for orders. Orders are due February 28th. matthewsk@purcellps.org
We are also accepting donations, monetary or any items for our raffle at school to be held on March 10th. Thank you!
#onceadragonalwaysadragon
Playoff Basketball tomorrow!
what: boys and girls districts
who: Purcell vs. Christian Heritage Academy
when: 6:30/8:00 PM
where: PHS Gym - Reimer Center
thanks to David Hilger and Stephanie Knowles for graphics and pictures.
Upcoming Purcell FFA Events:
Friday, Feb 18: 10:30 AM- around 2ish will be the McClain County Cattle Show
Saturday, Feb 19: 10:30- around 3ish will be the McClain County Pig Show
Saturday, Feb 19: 7 PM will be our local show where all students will be showing.
All 3 shows this weekend are at the McClain County Expo Center located South of town behind the Chickasaw Buildings.
Thursday, Feb 24: 6 PM is our Bonus Auction where students are recognized for their accomplishments in the local show and businesses provide sponsorships for each student. We have a dinner and time to watch each student show off their project. (This is held in the Ag Building by the HS School)
Lauren Holmes and Lincoln Eubank: PHS Athletes of the Month. Lauren is the daughter of Jennifer and Matt Holmes. Lauren's favorite class is Leadership. Lincoln is the son of Shelly and Mike Eubank. His favorite class is Pre-Engineering @ MATC. We are proud of their success!
Just a few more pics from Coty Sessions West Regional 6A Wrestling Championship today! We are thrilled so many students came out to support Coty's great performance. On to State!
