Connor Doherty, a student a Chelle Danley’s Taekwondo, placed 1st in sparring and earned the exemplary Black Belt Behavior Award for his division at the ATA World Championship Tournament held in Little Rock on June 26th-27th.
He is the 6 year old son of Ryan and DeAnna Doherty.
Connor Doherty, a student at Chelle Danley’s Taekwondo, competed in the Karate Kid regional tournament in Little Rock.
He won 1st place in Sparring and 3rd place in Forms.
He is the 6 year old son of Ryan and DeAnna Doherty.
Max Sawyer, a 2008 Monticello High School Graduate, competed on Sunday April 18, 2010 in the Ochner Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in New Orleans. The Triathlon consisted of swimming 1.2 miles in Lake Pontchartrain, biking 56 miles through New Orleans, and finishing up with a 13.1 mile run into the French Quarter, ending in front of St. Louis Cathedral down town. (more…)
Laura Swain, Chelsea Burton, Summer Chase and Jamie fleming are members of the Monticello Jr. Gymnastic Team that won District at a recent meet in Camden.
All these girls are students at Kim’s Dance Factory. Laura and Chelsea are on the gymnastics staff at Kim’s as well.
Congratulations Girls!!!!!
MMS gymnasts won the Jr District gym meet last week in Camden.
In addition to the team win, team member Laura Swain scored high point overall and was named as the Junior District Champion.
Chelsea was ranked third in point overall.
Members of the team are: Ashley Temple, Keeli Leonard, Elizabeth Echols, Summer Chase, Chelsea Burton, Laura Swain, Jamie Fleming, My’Shellie Thompson, Anna St. John, Coach Amanda Terry, and Abby Phillips
David Rodela completed the 26.2 mile Marathon in Little Rock, Sunday.
This was his first time to enter a marathon and his time was only 5 hours 11 minutes 55 seconds, not bad for a 50 year old! David said he is looking forward to next year for a better time.
Rodella and his wife, Marie, drove home they planned not only how to run next year, but how they could work on living more healthy.
David said, “even though I didn’t win, as I crossed that finish line I felt like I was a winner. It was truly a awesome undertaking. to sum it up it was a honor to run along side so many winners ~ all of them.”
Congratulations, David!!
Bethannee Horn, the 16 year old daughter of Robert and Teresa Horn, placed 3rd in Best Appearance, 1st in Basic Strut, 1st in Basic Beginner Strut, 1st in Beginner X-strut, and 1st in Novice 2- Baton at Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas, the location for Arkansas Winter Twirling Festival, held January 16, 2010.
Competitors from Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Arizona competed for trophies and medals in several types of individual Solo routines, ranging from Novice to Advanced. The ages of these contestants varies from 6 years up to 23 years old.
Bethannee Horn is coached by Janice Jackson-Seamands, who has twirling studios in Conway, Arkansas, and Dallas, Texas. She also coaches noted feature twirlers on the Baylor University, TCU , Oklahoma State, Ohio State majorette lines, as well as several twirlers on the USA World Twirling Team .
Will Whiting, a former Monticello resident, is shown crossing the finish line at the New York City mMarathon.
He completed the 26.2 mile race in 4 hours, 11 seconds. (more…)
Ross Bolding, shown here competing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the USATF National Track and Field Championships.
Bolding won the 2000 meters steeplechase and set a new American single age group record of 8:09, breaking the old record of 8:15 set by Frank Haviland in 1998. His 4x400meters and his 4x800meters relay teams also won those two events and he placed third in the 10,000 meters, also.
Ross’ totals were three gold medals and one bronze and he has now won five national championships total.
Michael Hudson and Dailyn Johnston are pictured with the trophies they received at the Regional American Taekwondo Association Tournament in Conway Saturday.
Michael is currently a black belt reccomended and Dailyn is currently a camo belt.
Both students are instructed by Chelle Danley.
Saturday, eight Monticello residents went on a road trip to Paragould to tour their civic center and pool facility.
The photos shown in this series show a “splash park” that is located away from the primary civic center and pool area.
Spash equipment, water toys, and sprayers of all types were built into the play area.
Nearby benches, as well as a pavilion, were closely located, so that parent could keep a convenient watch over their children.
Paramedic Jason Beckman and Mr. Taylor are shown here in a phot taken from Taylor’s appearance Saturday night, here in Monticello.
SouthEast Emergency Medical Services had posted an ambulance at the matches, and Jason was present night of the fight and had the picture made.
Jermaine Taylor, the former undisputed Middleweight Boxing Champion of the World, was in Monticello Saturday night as a special guest for the boxing card held in honor of Dr. Randy McKiever.
On the card, Monticello’s Brandon Mayweather won his first professional fight, as he fought Darrel Davis, of Shreveport, and won with a 1st round knockout, shown here.
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