Crane R-III School District

Tonight, the Lady Pirates took on the Pierce City Lady Eagles in a hard-fought matchup. The girls battled from start to finish and left it all on the court, but came up just short in the final seconds of the game. We are proud of the grit and determination our Lady Pirates showed tonight! Crane 62: Pierce City 63

Here is the bracket for the Class 2 District 11 Boys Tournament. We are fortunate to be be hosting this tournament.

Mrs. Buckhannan's and Mrs. Simmons' class celebrated the 100th day of school today! We made headbands, and wrote about what we would do when we turned 100. They had many creative ideas!

Our Pirates won tonight at New Covenant. Great job to both JV (34-21) and Varsity (72-35)!

Here is the bracket for the 2026 Class 2 District 11 Tournament

The Lady Pirates played the New Covenant Lady Warriors this evening. The JV played hard but didn't pull out a win. However, the Varsity did get a win! Way to go, Pirates! Come out Thursday for their last regular home game of the season.

JV boys get a win as well as the Varsity in Morrisville. Final score for the Varsity

Halftime for the boys at Morrisville

Week 23 - Fridge Work
Dawson wrote a complete sentence all by himself! His kindergarten class was given a picture prompt on the board and he wrote a complete sentence about the picture.
Thompson answered all of his three digit subtraction problems correctly! Some of the problems required regrouping.
Keep up the great work!

Weekly Sports Events

Crane Archery recently competed at Republic High School on Saturday, February 14th against 50 schools, showcasing a total of 650 archers. The Crane High School Team achieved 5th place with a score of 3176, while the Crane Middle School Team secured 4th place with a score of 3104. Individual Achievements: Brady Cline earned 3rd place with a score of 290. Additionally, one more archer qualified for the state tournament, with several others just ten points shy of qualifying. Impressively, six archers recorded their personal bests during the tournament. Congratulations to all the archers on a successful team performance. The next tournament will be held at Clever Middle School on Saturday, February 21st, with shooting times at 8 AM and 10 AM. In between, there will be archery games starting at 9 AM.

The Crane Pirates faced off against the Spokane Owls tonight! The JV ended in a tie, while the Varsity had a big win! Another highlight of the evening was the wonderful half-time performance of our Elementary cheerleaders showing us what they learned from Cheer Camp this week! Thank you to our junior high and high school cheerleaders, our mascot, and our cheer coaches for organizing, and teaching the elementary cheerleaders throughout camp! It was a great night to be a Pirate!

If you would like to support or show some Crane spirit, please consider ordering a Junior High Baseball T-Shirt. Order forms went home today, 2/13/26. Orders are due by 2/27/26. Thank you!

For those students participating in the Cheer Camp Performance tonight, 2/13/26- Be at High School Gym by 6:45 PM. Wear pink camp shirt, black shorts or leggings, and tennis shoes. Bring Poms from camp. Parents need to pick their child up from the Cafeteria after the performance.

That's a win for our Lady Pirates tonight in Spokane!

Fishing Team

We all remember the best days in PE were when we got the scooters out and PARACHUTE DAY!

We had a wonderful evening last night celebrating our senior basketball players and cheerleaders. GOC rival Greenwood came to play. Our girls team came up short and our boys got a big win. Thanks to all that came out to support and cheer on our teams, especially our seniors!