Laracuente-Huebner won gold medals in the long jump, high jump, triple jump, and 60-meter hurdles. “And then I went up on the podium for triple jump, came down, and yelled out to my coach - because all the events were done at that point - ‘I just won the team title!’ He started going crazy. “Oh, I was so excited, but I tried to keep it calm because I didn’t want to boast or anything,” she said. In March, at the Ohio Indoor State Championships held by the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches, Laracuente-Huebner won four individual titles, which ended up giving her enough points to single-handedly win the Division 2/3 team state title. “It was crazy being like, going up against teams that have 15 girls there and I was the only one who was representing Highland, and it was like, ‘Oh well, I just beat them out all by myself,’” she said with a shrug. Larry Hulse, 1954, Sparta, football and basketball. Vaughn Tobin, 1950, Chesterville, football and basketball. The first inductees came from Highland High School along with former high schools at Sparta, Marengo and Chesterville which consolidated to form Highland in 1962. It may not be your normal kind of shoe collection, but it helped the Highland High School senior secure a state indoor track and field championship - by herself. The hall is debuting in Highland’s 50th year of existence.
