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JROTC Raider team takes first place
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Preparing to carry a rope 50 feet long and 5 inches in diameter and run a one-mile course are Pioneer battalion team members, from left, Jacob Baehman, Blake Walker, Abraham Villafuerte, Stephanie Rainey, Jaden Gannaway and Joe Meekins.
The Pioneer Battalion JROTC Raider team keeps marching its way to success.Two weeks after a second-place finish in Kentucky, Warren County captured first place against 15 other teams at a competition at Clarkrange High School. The Pioneers won the overall competition on the strength of three first-place finishes, one second-place finish, and four third-place finishes.“They pushed their way through seven events in the day-long challenge,” said JROTC instructor Tim Howard. “The team is training extremely hard for its quest to get to the United States Army JROTC Raider Nationals.