Younger athletes medal, compete at JH state meet

McCook Junior High’s Josiah Wilkinson hurdled to a top six state medal in the ultimate showdown of their season Saturday afternoon at Gothenburg. Many area athletes competed against Nebraska’s best.

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GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Results for the McCook Junior High athletes and all Gazette-area qualifiers who competed at Saturday’s Nebraska Middle School State Track/Field Meet.

Boys

Teams: 1. Kearney Horizon 52, 2. Aurora 27, 3. Gothenburg 23, 4. Riverside 20, 4. North Platte 20; 12. Chase County 14, 27. McCook 9, 47. Wauneta-Palisade 4, 58. Maywood-Hayes Center 2.

Quentin Terry threw the discus to a sixth-place finish for McCook Junior High at Gothenburg on Saturday.

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400-relay: 1. Horizon 46.75; 2. Chase County 47.11 (Luis Co-Tucker Mollendor-Sergio Quintana-Thomas Reeves). 1600-relay: 1. West Holt 3:47.61; 3. Chase County 3:49.67 (Co-Tristan Jablonski-Quintana-Reeves). 3200-relay: 1. Columbus 9:23.42; 6. McCook 9:35.63 (Osney Barber-Joshua Wilkinson-Miles Pollmann-Josiah Wilkinson).

Discus: 1. I. Edgren, Wood River, 140’9”; 6. Quentin Terry, MC, 125’8”; 7. Jon Patel, M-HC, 124’1”; 20. Conner Tyerman, CC, 100’8”. High jump: 1. C. Roper, Lincoln Lutheran, 5’8”; 13. Josiah Wilkinson, MC, 5’4”. Pole vault: 1. N. Weides, Holdrege, 11’6”; 9. Ethan Latta, DC-S, 10’; 11. Bryson Gullion, MC, 9’6”; 16. Jablonski, CC, 9; 20. Co, CC, 8’6”. Long jump: 1. C. Buss, Cozad, 18’9”; 14. Reeves, CC, 17’1 3/4”. Triple jump: 1. T. Biskup, Alma, 38’4 1/4”; 5. Grayden Sutherland, W-P, 37’6 1/4”; 1o. Reeves, CC, 36’5”.

100-hurdles: 1. C. Joneson, NP, 14.48; 15. Kalen McCorkle, MC, 16.27 (PR). 200-hurdles: 1. L. Frye, Crete, 27.58; 6. Josiah Wilkinson, MC, 28.71. 400 meters: 1. W. Shaw, St. Cecila, 53.03; 18. L. Co, CC, 56.85 (PR).

McCook Junior High’s Briley Morgan gains some serious altitude while competing in the state triple jump at Gothenburg Saturday afternoon.

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Girls

Teams: 1. Waverly 35, 2. Columbus 31, 3. West Holt 30, 4. Buffett 26, 5. Kearney Catholic 25; 25. Maywood-Hayes Center 9, 37. McCook 6.

Triple jump: 1. I. Skanes, Buffett, 34’5 3/4”; 3. Lexi Minary, M-HC, 33’11 1/2”; 14. Morgan, MC, 29’11 1/2”. High jump: 1. E. Brown, Elkhorn Ridge, 5’2”; 14. Landree McNair, CC, 4’8”. Pole vault: 1. C. Koch, York, 9’6”; 20. H. Rusher, CC, 7’; 22. Miranda Spady, Chase County, 7’. 1600-relay: 1. Waverly 4:21.16; 3. McCook 4:25.53 (Saraie Barber-Briley Morgan-Leni Henderson-Paige Bortner). 3200-relay: 1. Waverly 10:11; 6. Maywood-Hayes Center 10:44.07 (Reagan Stengel-Charlotte Broker-Aubrey Broz-Minary); 10. McCook 11:06.41 (Ashlyn Randel-Abby Renner-Brecken Gale-Bortner). 400-relay: 1. Kearney Catholic 51.29; 11. McCook 54.56 (Barber-Dani Johnson-Malia Hilker-Bortner); 12. Chase County 54.68 (Hayley Rusher-Ashlyn Heermann-Gianna Maddox-R. Rusher).

Maywood-Hayes Center’s Jon Patel (above) reached seventh at the Junior High State Meet in Gothenburg on Saturday.

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100-hurdles: 1. T. Moore, Mullen, 16.6; 17. Brecklyn Hammond, Southern Valley, 17.73. 200-hurdles: 1. Moore 30.67; 19. Lacyn Keller, MC, 33.52. 400 meters: 1. S. Rasby, Sutherland, 57.4; 14. Riley Rusher, , Chase County, 1:03.96 (PR). 1600: 1. L. Kinning, Milford, 5:28.28; 14. Minary, M-HC, 5:58.