MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. — The McAuley Catholic Warriors, behind the strength of three event wins and 33 overall points from their four relays, earned a team championship in Class 1 District 5 Saturday at Mountain Grove High School, beating out crosstown and Ozark 7 Conference rival Thomas Jefferson by a single point, 94-93.
Lockwood finished third with 90 points, Billings fourth with 83, Dora fifth with 79, and Crane sixth with 68, while the other nine schools finished well behind the top six with seventh place Walnut Grove compiling 26 points.
The district title was determined in rather dramatic fashion.
The Warriors’ 4×400 relay team of Alex Bohachick, Dylan Taffner, Jack Jones, and Michael Parrigon recorded a winning time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds, and their win put the Warriors in first place in the team standings after the final event.
The Warriors’ 4×800 of Bohachick, Connor Taffner, Drew Zeb, and Trae Veer took first in 9:18, their 4×100 of Ethan Stabb, Jones, Dylan Taffner, and Bohachick finished second in 49.93, and their 4×200 of Stabb, Staton, Dylan Taffner, and Tripp Miller placed fourth in 1:49 during a great day in relays for McAuley Catholic.
Also for the Warriors, Joe Staton won the pole vault with a clearance of 11-4.5.
Parrigon finished second in the 1600 in 4:47 and third in the 800 in 2:06, while Bohachick finished third in the 400 in 54.39 and Veer placed fourth in the 3200 in 11:14.
The Warriors had two of the top four in the javelin, as Roscoe Miller was the runner-up (113-8) and Max Anreder was fourth (108-10).
Thomas Jefferson senior Jay Ball won the discus with a heave of 117-9 and placed fourth in the shot put at 34-7.
Fellow senior Tyler Brouhard finished second in the 100-meter dash in 11.59 seconds and second in the 200 in 23.65.
Fellow senior Kip Atteberry won the 1600 in 4:39 and the 3200 in 10:52 and finished second in the 800 in 2:04.
Sheraz Anis finished third in the 110 hurdles in 18.10 and placed fourth in the 300 hurdles in 45.07.
Thomas Jefferson’s 4×800 of James Wisdom, Trenton Farley, Eann Espinoza, and Braden Honeywell-Lynch finished third in 10:12.
On the girls side, Thomas Jefferson finished third with 81 points and McAuley Catholic finished seventh with 33 points.
Thomas Jefferson senior Nico Carlson won a district title with a clearance 4-11 in the high jump and sophomore Lannah Grigg won the discus with a winning toss of the implement at 103-8.
Macie Shifferd finished second in the 3200 in 13:40, while Gabriella Hiebert finished second in the long jump with a leap of 15-1.5 and third in the high jump at 4-7 and Avery Hocker placed fourth in the 100 hurdles in 19.85.
Thomas Jefferson’s 4×800 of Samantha Seto, Sarah Mueller, Carlson, and Shifferd finished third in 11:24.
The Cavaliers’ 4×100 of Carlson, Hiebert, Hocker, and Haley Orr finished third in 56.24.
McAuley Catholic junior Kendall Ramsey won district titles in the 1600 in 5:47 and the 3200 in 13:08 and finished second in the 800 in 2:42.
The top four finishers in each event Saturday qualified for the Class 1 Sectional 3 hosted Saturday, May 13, by the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout.
The District 5 qualifiers will compete against each other and the District 6 qualifiers for the right to earn their spot in the 98th edition of the boys and the 50th of the girls MSHSAA Track & Field Championships on May 19-20 in Jefferson City.
Class 1 and 2 compete May 19-20 and then Class 3-5 take over host site Adkins Stadium on May 26-27.
College Heights boys advance in five events, tie Jasper for third place
BOLIVAR, Mo. — The College Heights Christian boys finished in a tie for third with 67 points Saturday at the Class 2 District 6 meet hosted by Southwest Baptist University.
Stockton ran away from the field of 15 schools with 162 points and Sarcoxie finished a distant second with 77 points. Like CHC, Jasper also had 67 points.
The College Heights 4×200 of Logan Decker, Levi Durling, Caleb Quade, and Colsen Dickens won a district title in 1:35.71 and the 4×800 of Steven Calandro, Ian Edwards, Jace Edwards, and Derrick McMillan finished second in 9:04.
Quade finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 40-11.75 and second in the long jump at 20-1.25.
Calandro placed fourth in the 110 hurdles in 18.37.
As far as other highlights, Diamond’s Zachary Roughton won two events, the 110 hurdles (15.83 seconds) and the 300 hurdles (42.56), while Jasper’s Crystal Smith won four events in the girls meet, the 100-hurdles, the 300 hurdles, the 200-meter dash and the high jump.
The top four finishers in each event Saturday qualified for the Class 2 Sectional 3 hosted next Saturday by the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout.
Meanwhile, the College Heights girls compete next Saturday in the Class 3 District 6 meet hosted by Big 8 Conference member Hollister and also featuring Aurora, Cassville, Clever, East Newton, El Dorado Springs, Fair Grove, Lamar, Mount Vernon, New Covenant, Seneca, Springfield Catholic, and Strafford.
