From the AP:
The best small high school track team in Texas is once again a freckle-faced girl named Bonnie Richardson.
Valedictorian of her 14-student senior class in the tiny farming town of Rochelle, Richardson won the Class A girls team state title by herself for the second consecutive year Saturday by single-handedly beating 56 other schools.
Her reward was a second state championship trophy she won’t have to share with anyone – there are no other girls on the Rochelle High School track team.
“It’s great. It’s over. It’s done,” Richardson said. “It’s nice that I can relax now.”
The daughter of a Rochelle High teacher and a rancher, Richardson won four individual medals in five events: gold in the long jump and high jump, silver in the discus and bronze in the 200 meters. She also finished fourth in the 100 meters.
Since becoming the first girl in state history last year to win a team title solo, her celebrity has put her in national magazines and gotten her a Texas A&M track scholarship. It may even lure more than one girl next year to replace Richardson on the Lady Hornets team.
Good for her. But seriously, how demoralizing would that be for the other 56 teams she beat?
The word "underachiever" comes to mind. This girl needs to get on the ball. I was gonna give her a Ginger power shout-out after the "freckle-faced" description in the article, but it turns out she's a wannabe Jinj. Good seeing you last weekend - hope your birthday week treated you well.
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