Pledge-A-Thon underway to benefit track

The Project 56 committee has distributed track pledge sheets to the entire LRS junior high and high school team athletes. The Pledge-A-Thon, which concludes April 11, allows students to have family members, friends or neighbors sponsor them for the remainder of the track and field season.

The pledges are made based on the events that the athlete participates in. Sponsors can choose to pay the athlete for personal records (PR), placing at a competition or for competing in the state championship.

Sponsors decide how much they would like to donate for each accomplishmetn, and the rest is left up...