Jasper girls win fourth straight sectional title at Perry Central

Jasper’s girls track program kept the Perry County sectional in its grip at Perry Central High School in Leopold, where the Wildcats won a fourth straight title and moved more athletes into the next round of the Indiana High School Athletic Association tournament.

Jasper finished with 144 points on May 20, 2025, ahead of Tell City’s 94.5. Southridge placed third with 88, followed by Forest Park at 81.5, Boonville at 72, Perry Central at 63, Heritage Hills at 55, Northeast Dubois at 17 and Shoals at 9. The total gave Jasper another clear sectional championship, even though the winning margin was smaller than the year before, when the Wildcats piled up 181 points at the same meet.

That repeat success matters because the sectional is the first major gatekeeper in the postseason. Under IHSAA rules, the top three finishers in each individual event and relay advance, along with any athlete or relay that meets the 3 Participant Standard in sectional finals. For Jasper, that means the sectional title was not just about team points, but about building the roster for the next stage of the postseason.

Perry Central hosted the girls sectional on its own track, and Perry Central Community Schools promoted the meet with a 5 p.m. start, turning the night into a home-field showcase for the Commodores and a county-level postseason stop for local families. Perry Central’s 63 points put the home team sixth in the nine-team field, while the larger local picture showed Jasper continuing to set the pace for girls track in the area.

That sectional form carried into the state meet, where Jasper’s results included a fourth-place finish in the 4x400 relay and Katherine Woebkenberg’s 11-6 pole vault. Those marks confirmed that the sectional title was more than a local milestone. It was the front end of another postseason run that kept Jasper represented on the state stage and reinforced the strength of the program’s pipeline from sectional competition to the final round.