For those who have been checking in regularly over the last week or so, my apologies for the lack of updates. I’ve been down with some sort of bug that simply won’t go away, and after 10 days I’m still coughing. My suggestion would be to not get too terribly close to the screen ... I don’t know how this thing is spread, but you certainly don’t want it.

I’m working on a story for next week, previewing all of the upcoming Class 5A regional meets in Lubbock. I’m pretty sure I’ve gathered all of Abilene’s qualifiers, so I thought I’d post the list on here for you to see.

Quite a few athletes from both schools will be competing in Lubbock next week. Here’s hoping we move on a good majority of those to Austin.

Girls Region I-5A Golf Championship
Cooper Competitors
Brooke Bailey
Janina Quinn
Shandra Urey
Sarah Morris
Jordan Walterscheid

Region I-5A Tennis Championship
Mixed doubles — Jaclyn Walker and Karl Bein, Abilene High; Melissa Yeakle and Jason Williams, Cooper
Girls doubles — Kara Scott and Claire Partin, Abilene High
Girls singles — Hayden Scruggs, Abilene High

Region I-5A Track Championship
GIRLS
200 — Adrianna Rogers, Abilene High
1,600 — Jourdan Ellis, Abilene High
100 hurdles — Amanda McGill, Abilene High
300 hurdles — Amanda McGill, Abilene High
400 relay — Cooper
800 relay — Cooper
1,600 relay — Abilene High, Cooper
3,200 — Jourdan Ellis, Abilene High
Long jump — Stephanie Carpenter, Cooper
High jump — Keisha Collier, Cooper
Pole vault — Alanna Wise, Cooper
Triple jump — Talicia Gobert, Cooper
Shot put — Tenikka Collier, Cooper
Discus — Kalli Hickman, Abilene High

BOYS
100 — Jamar Sims, Abilene High
200 — Keith Brown, Abilene High
400 — Jordan Harris, Abilene High
800 — Jose Montalvo, Cooper
300 hurdles — Chad Dennis, Abilene High
400 relay — Abilene High, Cooper
800 relay — Cooper
Triple jump — Will Ford, Cooper
Pole vault — Micah Haile, Cooper
Long jump — Will Ford, Cooper
Shot put — Taylor Insall, Cooper
Discus — Garrison Hardin, Abilene High; Mitch Harvey, Abilene High