Cat Stackers excel at tourney

Cat Stackers Claw and Paw their way to the win Cassville Intermediate School students recently participated in the Cat Stackers Claw and Paw speed stacking competition. Participants are pictured above. In the front row, from left, are: Ryan McCoy, Oliver Tasset, Nefertiti Gautney, Shayla Sewell, Quixote Gautney and Elizabeth Ray. Second row: Landrey Parnell, Sharayah Seymour, Josh Case, Allison Marcucci, Faith Correia and Cutter Hicks. Third row: Abby Lasley, Mary Hayse, Carson Whittemire, Zane Mebruer, Tayler McCullah, Madry McCrackin and Kel Wilson. Fourth row: Austin Wilson and Issac Dodson. Not pictured is Pace Evans.

Carson Whittemire and Madry McCrackin won the 3-3-3 event with a time of 3.38 seconds. Issac Dodson placed first in the 3-6-3 event with a time of 3.62 seconds and in the cycle event with a time of 10.06. Dodson also joined Austin Wilson in the doubles event and earned first place with a time of 15.71 seconds.

All of the Cassville Cat Stacker award winners are listed below by division.

Eight and under division: Sharayah Seymour, first place, 3-3-3, third place, 3-6-3, and second place, cycle; Landrey Parnell, second place, 3-3-3, second place, 3-6-3, and third place, cycle; Cutter Hicks third place, 3-3-3, first place, 3-6-3, and first place, cycle.

Nine-year-old division: Carson Whittemire, first place, 3-3-3, first place, 3-6-3, and first place, cycle; Nefertiti Gautney, second place, 3-3-3, second place, 3-6-3, and second place, cycle; Pace Evans, third place, 3-3-3; and Oliver Tasset, third place, 3-6-3, and third place, cycle.

Ten-year-old division: Madry McCrackin, first place, 3-3-3, first place, 3-6-3, and first place, cycle; Tayler McCullah, second place, 3-3-3, third place, 3-6-3, and second place, cycle; and Kel Wilson, third place, 3-3-3, second place, 3-6-3, and third place, cycle.

Eleven-year-old division: Issac Dodson, first place, 3-3-3, first place, 3-6-3, and first place, cycle; Austin Wilson, second place, 3-3-3, second place, 3-6-3, and second place, cycle; and Mary Hayse, third place, 3-3-3, third place, 3-6-3, and third place, cycle.

The following teams also earned awards in the doubles event: 8 and under division, Landrey Parnell and Elizabeth Ray, first place, Faith Correia and Allison Marcucci, second place and Josh Case and Ryan McCoy, third place; 9-year-old division, Carson Whittemire and Cutter Hicks, first place, Pace Evans and Zane Mebruer, second place, and Oliver Tasset and Quixote Gautney, third place; 10-year-old division, Madry McCracken and Tayler McCullah, first place, and Kel Wilson and Sharayah Seymour, second place; and 11 and up division, Issac Dodson and Austin Wilson, first place, and Nefertiti Gautney and Shayla Sewell, second place.

Students who take part in the doubles event with a partner from a different age division were required to compete in the oldest partners age division.