Crofton Journal

12/17/2024

To kick off the new season, the Lady Warriors are now 3-0, winning their first three games of the season against Tri-County on Thursday, Dec. 5 (86-9), LCC on Friday, Dec. 6 (86-39), and Boyd County on Thursday, Dec. 12 (70-12).
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12/16/2024

The Crofton-Bloomfield Girls Wrestling Team earned six total medals at the O’Neill wrestling meet on December 7. Freshman Bethany Arens came in first place at the wrestling team’s first meet of the season. Senior Annabelle Poppe came in third place, freshman Rylie Doerr placed sixth, along with junior Linkin Rahn. Sophomores Elizabeth DeRoos and Chelbi Ramponi came in seventh and eighth, respectively. Overall the team scored 86 total points and came in eighth place.
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12/16/2024

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12/15/2024

The Crofton High School One Act team made a strong impression at the District One Act competition performing Too Many Detectives at the Murder Mansion, ultimately bringing home the Runner-Up trophy. The team faced an unexpected challenge when they arrived at West Point: the stage at the competition had an unusually low ceiling. The Crofton team quickly realized they needed to make adjustments to their set, which was originally built with a taller frame. In a true display of quick thinking, the crew used the school’s shop tools to cut 14 inches off the base of the set to fit the space on stage. The work was completed in time, and Crofton’s performance proceeded without any further hiccups.
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12/14/2024

The Crofton Community Club has been busy the last few weeks tearing down, and installing new Welcome to Crofton signs at the entrances to the community.
There was a grant that assisted with the costs of the three new signs, in addition to the CCC’s fundraising efforts, and Club representatives said that the old signs were starting to look dated and old, and it was time for an update.

12/11/2024

Recently the players named to Mid-States All Conference were announced. The Lady Warriors had 3 named All-Conference with another two players runner up.
Those named All-Conference for the 2024 season are Cassie Allen, Sammie Allen, and Jaisie Janssen. Honorable mentions are Jaida Allen and Lexi Wiebelhaus.

12/10/2024

The Crofton One Act Team ended up getting Team Runner up and Best Overall Tech Crew Award out of ten teams at the Mid-State Conference Play Production contest on Tuesday, November 19.
The Outstanding Performance Awards went to seniors Rylie Arens, Grant Schieffer, Wyatt Tramp, and Jack Schieffer; juniors Sophia Wortmann, Katie Neuharth, Pamela Dennis, Lukas Schantz, and Morgan Stevens; and freshman Kaden Arens. Tramp was very happy with the way they progressed from their last competition saying, “I thought we were a lot sharper at this last meet and performed a lot better. Coming in second in an extremely competitive competition was a pretty cool experience and it was awesome our tech crew got the best tech award.”

12/09/2024

Four students participate in All State Choir

Written and submitted by Ashlynn Schieffer from CHS Journalism Four Crofton High School students t...

12/04/2024

Students at St. Rose of Lima School recently participated in the Operation Christmas Child program, preparing 63 shoebox gifts filled with small toys, school supplies, and hygiene items for needy children.
Operation Christmas Child is one of the many opportunities for St. Rose students to practice charity, to be of service to others, and to help the poor.

12/03/2024

Crofton Alumni Directory address book update

Submitted by the Crofton Alumni Association Family coming home for Thanksgiving? Maybe someone in ...

12/02/2024

Recently members of the Crofton Community Foundation Board presented to Mayor Bob Evans a donation of $4000.00 for the City of Crofton's Disc Golf Course project in the North Park.
In the above picture are from (l to r): Mick Reifenrath, Michael Guenther, Irma Arens, Bryce Rossman, Mayor Evans, Larry Cooper, and Terry Mueller.

11/27/2024

Crofton's girls and boys junior high wrestlers traveled to Randolph on Monday, November 18th for the Randolph Invite. Pictures from some of the matches can be found on the back page of this edition of the Crofton Journal.

11/26/2024

Annual Cowboy Christmas begins November 29th

The 22nd annual Cowboy Christmas will be held Friday, November 29th and runs through Sunday, Decemb...

11/25/2024

All women of Crofton and the surrounding community are invited to attend a long-standing Christmas tradition with the annual Crofton Congregational Ladies Aid Christmas Party scheduled for Sunday, December 1st starting at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon will begin with a potluck luncheon. All attending are invited to bring a holiday dish to share.

11/24/2024

Grant available for Knox County female students

Submitted Article To encourage other women to enter the teaching profession, Alpha Lambda Chapter,...

11/20/2024

On Saturday November 23rd the One Acts team offers Crofton a unique opportunity to enjoy a meal as well as some dinner theatre near to home as Crofton Elementary hosts a One Acts public performance, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m..
In addition to the performance by the team a meal will be served. The menu for the evening is pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and dessert.
Entry to the event is a free will offering with the proceeds going to support Crofton’s One Act team.

11/19/2024

The Crofton Warriors football team lost a thrilling game to the Summerland Bobcats and was eliminated from the State Playoffs in Crofton on Friday, November 8.

11/18/2024

“Mint Oreo Balls”

With it getting closer and closer to Christmas, sophomore Cameron Hansen decided to make Oreo Balls...