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PREP TRACK & FIELD: College Heights girls take first, boys second at the Class 1 District 6 meet

REEDS SPRINGS, Mo. — College Heights girls track and field took first place in the Class 1 District 6 team standings, while the Cougar boys placed second on Saturday to advance to the sectional meet.

On the girls side, the Cougars scored 123.5 points to best second-place Greenfield (84), which also advanced as a team. Jasper (82) took third and Thomas Jefferson (64) took fourth. In the boys team standings, Jasper took first place with 114 points, while the Cougars placed second with 109 to advance to the sectional meet. Wheaton (71) took third as a team and Greenwood (67) fourth.

While the top two teams advanced, individual athletes who finished in the top four also qualified for sectional competition. The Class 1 Sectional 3 meet is scheduled for Saturday at Sarcoxie.

 

LOCAL GIRL QUALIFYING RESULTS

In the girls 100-meter dash, College Heights’ Addie Lawrence finished in first place with a time of 12.82 seconds, while Thomas Jefferson’s Alivia Beard took second at 13.90. Lawrence also took first place in the 400 with a time of 58.12. CHC’s Jayli Johnson took second in the 200 with a time of 27.52, while Beard took third at 28.75. 

Grace Bishop took the tape in the 1600 and the 3200 for the Cougars after finishing in a time of 5:49.99 and 12:21.83, while Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller advanced to sectionals in the 1600 with a fourth-place time of 6:26.86. McAuley’s Kendall Ramsey took fourth in the 3200 in a time of 14:06.10. Bishop took third in the 800, crossing at 2:36.83.

College Heights’ Allie Fiscus took third place in the 100 hurdles in a time of 19.48. Lauren Ukena took second place in the 300 hurdles in a time of 51.41 for the Cougars, while Fiscus placed third in 55.95.

The CHC 4×100-relay team of Johnson, Fiscus, Ukena and Lawrence finished in first place with a time of 52.67, while Thomas Jefferson’s team of Avery Hocker, Mueller, Sydney Stamps and Beard took third place with a finish at 57.38. In the 4×200 relay, College Heights’ Johnson, Fiscus, Ukena and SuYeong Choe took first place 1:50.55. CHC’s Johnson, Ukena, Bishop and Lawrence won the 4×400 in a time of 4:39.15, while Thomas Jefferson’s team of Beard, Hocker, Nico Carlson and Mueller took second at 5:02.89.

Hocker took fourth place in the triple jump for the Cavaliers with a mark of 29-11.25, while Stamps placed second in the shot put with a distance of 30-7.5 and third in the pole vault with a clearance of 4-05. Maddy Colin took third place in the discus for the Cougars with a distance of 73-01.

 

LOCAL BOYS QUALIFYING RESULTS

Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry took first place in the 800 with a time of 2:12.34, while CHC had both second and third-place finishes in Derrick McMillan (2:12.96) and Rolen Sanderson (2:13.7). Atteberry took second in the 1600 with a time of 4:59.79, while McMillan placed third in 4:57.97.

College Heights’ Colson Dickens took third place in the 400 in a time of 54.49, while Dominic Gingerich took fourth place in the 200 in a time of 54.52. Thomas Jefferson’s Levi Triplett took third place in the 110 hurdles in 19.86.

In the 4×100, College Heights’ team of Gingerich, Dickens, Ethan Ukena and Matt Williams took third place with a time of 47.21, while the same team took second place in the 4×200 with a finishing time of 1:37.16. College Heights (Caleb Quade, Ukena, Corbin Thomas, Dickens) and Thomas Jefferson (Kelsey Atteberry, Elias Rincker, Triplett, Kip Atteberry) finished one-two in the 4×400 relay with times of 3:49.96 and 3:57.54. McMillan, Sanderson, Thomas and Quade placed first in the 4×800 for the Cougars with a time of 8:53.81. 

In the long jump, McAuley’s Jacob Bracich took second with a distance of 19-04.25. Ukena added a second-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 37-03. 

 

PREP BASEBALL: Bulldogs start fast and cruise to win over Seneca behind a big day at the plate from Alex baker

SENECA, Mo. — Carl Junction scored eight runs in the first two innings and added a six spot in the fifth on the way to a 14-1 win in five innings over Seneca on Saturday.

The Bulldogs (16-8) scored four runs in the first and four runs in the second to take command while keeping the Indians (13-11) off the scoreboard through the first four innings. Carl Junction took complete control in the fifth after scoring six runs, with Seneca breaking through on the scoreboard with a run in the fifth before the game was ended via run rule. 

Carson Johnson earned the win for the Bulldogs after allowing one unearned run on two hits, two walks and six strikeouts in a five-inning, complete-game performance.

Andrew Sampson took the loss after allowing 10 runs, two earned, on seven hits, four walks and three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. 

Alex Baker got the scoring started in the first inning when he singled to left to plate Drew Beyer, who singled earlier in the inning. Dylan Eck reached on an error that also brought home Baker to make the score 2-0. Two batters later, Kyler Perry singled to right to score Eck, and Dalton Mills wrapped the scoring in the first with an RBI groundout.

Baker came up again in the second and again put more runs on the scoreboard after connecting for a three-run home run to left field to make the score 7-0. Mills added a bases-loaded walk later in the inning.

The sixth inning’s scoring got underway on a Beyer single through the right side, with Noah Southern following with an RBI single of his own to make the score 10-0. Baker made it three straight Bulldog hits to bring in a run with a two-run single to center field. Jaxsyn Mackney finished off the scoring in the inning with a two-run double to right two batters later to make the score 14-0.

Baker and Beyer had three hits each to lead the way for Carl Junction. Baker homered, had a game-high six RBI and scored twice. Beyer scored twice and drove in one. Southern had one hit, two runs scored and an RBI. Eck had a hit and scored twice, while Mackey had a double and drove in two.

Carl Junction is at Nixa on Monday.

PREP BASEBALL: Carthage splits pair of Saturday games against Lebanon and Aurora

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage opened the day with a 6-4 loss against Lebanon before wrapping up with a 12-2 win over Aurora in five innings on Saturday at Carl Lewton Stadium.

 

LEBANON 6, CARTHAGE 4

In the opener, Lebanon scored three runs in the top of the sixth to break a 2-2 tie and added an insurance run in the top of the seventh. Carthage rallied for two runs in the last of the seventh before the final out was made.

Keaton Mizer earned the win for Lebanon after allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits, three walks and three strikeouts in five innings of work. Drew McBride allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit, four walks and a strikeout in two relief innings.

Kanen Vogt took the loss after allowing six runs on 10 hits, three walks and six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. Clay Kinder pitched a scoreless 1/3 of an inning.

Zack Stweart went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two runs scored and an RBI, while Isaac Ledbetter had two hits, including a triple, and two RBI to go along with a run scored.

Wil McCombs had an RBI double and scored a run, while Kaden Kralicek doubled and scored a run.

 

CARTHAGE 12, AURORA 2

In the nightcap, Aurora scored a run in the top of the first before Carthage responded with five runs in the bottom half to take control. The Tigers added two runs in the second frame, three in the third and two more in the fourth to end the game via run rule at the end of five.

Kanen Vogt got the scoring starting in the first with a two-run single to center field before Parker Copeland added a two-run single to right with two outs to push the lead to 4-1. Grant Collier followed with an RBI triple to left. 

Vogt added to his big day with a two-run home run to left field in the second inning, while McCombs highlighted the three-run third with an RBI single in the hole to short. Caden Kabance picked up an RBI single in the fourth, while Kralicek brought a run home with a groundout. 

Copeland earned the win after allowing two runs on four hits, a walk and a strikeout in five innings.

Noah Boon took the loss after allowing seven runs on eight hits and two strikeouts in two innings.

Kabance had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI, while Vogt homered, had two hits, scored twice and drove in a team-high four runs. Copeland doubled, had two hits and two RBI as well as a team-high three RBI.

Carthage hosts Colgan on Monday.