CHEROKEE COUNTY
Local wins world title
Local real estate developer John House was crowned the Hyrox World Champion in his age group on May 14. House, 66, has always pushed himself exercising, including running half marathons, doing duathlons and triathlons, obstacle course racing, weightlifting and body building.
He recently found Hyrox, which is the name of the European competition for hybrid athletics. The competition includes some exercises he’s done before as well as heavy sled pushes and pulls, broad jump burgess, weighted lunges, weighted walls balls, rowing, weighted and sit-ups.
House participated in various competitions throughout 2021 and win the USA National Hyrox Competition on Jan. 22 in Chicago. After being crowned world champion, House is planning to compete at the Dekafit World Competitions on Nov. 19-20 in Atlantic City, N.J. Dekafit is the American version of Hyrox that was started in 2018, one year after Hyrox was founded.
ANDREWS
Andrews Middle School is seeing if there’s enough interest to form a middle school soccer team this fall for grades 6-8.
If you’re interested, call 321-5762 to add your name to the list.