Falcons flying high to top of RPAC again

What a race in the 110-meter hurdles (above) as Hitchcock County senior Keegan Shuler (16.48) edge Dundy County-Stratton freshman Kevin Garcia Guzman (16.49).

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Team scores and all Gazette-area top six boys placers at RPAC.

Teams: 1. Hitchcock County 111, 2. Bertrand 75, 3. Cambridge 62.5, 4. Dundy County-Stratton 61, 5. Arapahoe 50, 6. Paxton 46, 7. Alma 45, 8, Wallace 41, 8. Maxwell 41, 10. Medicine Valley 40, 11. Southwest 34, 12. Wauneta-Palisade 28.5, 13. Southern Valley 17, 14. Maywood-Hayes Center 11.

100 meters: 1. Grayson Koller, ARAP, 11.84; 2. J. Leighton, MAX, 11.89; 3. Blaine Aldridge, DC-S, 11.98; 4. Jackson Trompke, CAM, 12.12; 6. Mitchel Wilson, SV, 12.19.

Arapahoe sophomore Will Cacy (center) often led the chase on Thursday as he won two RPAC event championships in Benkelman.

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110-hurdles: 1. Keegan Shuler, HC, 16.48 (PR); 2. Kevin Garcia Guzman, DC-S, 16.49 (PR); 4. Jaxon Unrein, HC, 18.5; 5. Ben Hoberty, CAM, 18.55; 6. Dierks Sayer, CAM, 18.79 (PR).

200 meters: 1. Will Cacy, ARAP, 23.12; w. Drew Scott, HC, 23.44 (PR); 3. Aldridge, DC-S, 23.55 (PR); 4. Brody Senff, MV, 23.83 (PR); 6. Koller, ARAP, 24.01 (PR).

300-hurdles: 1. Cole Barnett, SW, 43.2; 2. Wilson, SV, 44.54; 4. Kody Schwenk, M-HC, 45.35; 6. Unrein, HC, 46.16.

Southwest senior Cole Barnett broke free from top contender Mitchel Wilson of Southern Valley (below right) to win the 300-hurdles RPAC championship on Thursday in Benkelman. Hitchcock County took team title by 36 points.

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400 meters: 1. Will Cacy, ARAP, 52.74; 2. Ethan Latta, DC-S, 54.28; 5. Senff, MV, 55.96; 6. Trent Kisker, HC, 56.1.

800 meters: 1. R. Johns, PAX, 2:05.22; 2. Kael Garrett, MV, 2:09.7 (PR); 3. Carson Trompke, CAM, 2:11.28 (PR); 4. Wyatt Jackson, CAM, 2:15.31 (PR); 5. Kolyn Gaston, HC, 2:16.18 (PR); 6. Campbell Schutz, ARAP, 2:17.1 (PR).

1600 meters: Trey Robertson, Wallace, 4:49.16; 4. Kaden Weaver, MV, 5:22.05; 5. Garrett, MV, 5:22.22.

3200 meters: 1. T. Robertson, WAL, 9:59.08; 2. Trompke, CAM, 10:33.06; 4. Garrett, MV, 10:58.16; 5. Weaver, MV, 11:07.39.

400-relay: 1. Hitchcock County 47.38 (Keynan Gaston-Kolyn Gaston-Dalten Hagan-Trent Kisker); 3. DC-S 47.52 (Alex Englot-Latta-Corbin Horner-Aldridge); 4. Southwest 47.91; 6. Arapahoe 48.76.

1600-relay: 1. Bertrand 3:43.67; 2. DC-S 3:43.7 (Latta-Horner-Garcia Guzman-Englot); 3. HC 3:49.58 (Key. Gaston-Kisker-Kol. Gaston-Jaret Neben); 4. Cambridge 3:50.56; 5. Arapahoe 3:53.86.

3200-relay: 1. Cambridge 8:52.63 (Wyatt Jackson-Brady Ahlemeyer-Gavin Gunderson-Carson Trompke); 2. Southwest 8:53.15 (Austin Thompson-Nathan Rippe-Mitchel Stritt-Barnett); 5. HC 9:41.49; 6. Arapahoe 9:52.9.

Shot put: 1. Keegan Shuler, HC, 53’11” (PR); 2. Jacksen Littrell, W-P, 44’11” (PR); 3. Sammy Fasso, DC-S, 44’9 1/2”.

Discus: 1. Keegan Shuler, HC, 152’3” (PR); 2. Littrel, W-P, 132’4” (PR); 5. Fasso, DC-S, 125’5”; 6. Dylan Bahe, ARAP, 124’3”.

High jump: 1. Peyton Herrick, Alma, 6’5”; 2. Kyle Jutten, W-P, 6’; 3. Latta, DC-S, 5’10”; 6. Aden Acton, W-P, 5’4”.

Pole vault: 1. Owen Kaps, BERT, 14’; 3. Kol. Gaston, HC, 12’ (PR); 4. Aiden Jones, MV, 11’6” (PR).

Long jump: 1. Drew Scott HC, 20’8 1/2”; 2. Hunter Cunningham, SW, 20’6 1/4” (PR); 5. Wilson, SV, 19’9 3/4” (PR); 6. Sawyer Dibbern, M-HC, 19’2”.Triple jump: 1. Drew Biskup, Alma, 43’; 2. Scott, HC, 40’7 3/4” (PR); 4. Key. Gaston, HC, 40’ 1/4” (PR);

5. Kisker, HC, 39’9” (PR).