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Saturday, April 2, 2022

A record-setting day at Humboldt Invite

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — A cool day on the track didn’t slow Iola Middle School’s India Barney, who broke a 19-year-old school record Thursday at the Humboldt Invitational.

The IMS eighth grader, who also won the 100-meter dash and long jump while taking silver in the 200-meter dash, ran her 75-meter hurdles race in 12.85 seconds, more than a full second faster than Molly Stanley’s time of 14.24 seconds from 2003.

The day was highly successful for several IMS athletes. Iola’s eighth-grade and seventh-grade boys teams both won their team competitions in easy fashion, as did the IMS seventh-grade girls.

Barney’s eighth-grade girls classmates came up one point shy of matching the feat. Iola’s 104 team points were an eyelash short of Anderson County’s 105.

Organizers were uncertain whether they were going to have a meet at all, after cold, snowy and rainy weather

filled the Humboldt skies through the morning. But the precipitation stopped and the clouds (even-

tually) cleared for a cool, yet comfortable environment for the athletes to thrive. Full results follow.

Eighth grade boys Team scores:

1. Iola, 145; 3. Humboldt, 63; 5. Yates Center, 10 High jump

1. Tre Wilson, Iola, 5’0’ 3. Mason Sterling, Humboldt, 4’10”; 6. Nick Bauer, Iola, 4’4”; 10 (tie). Julian Grifth, YC, 3’10”

Long jump

1. Karson Lampe, Humboldt, 16’4”; 2. Wilson, 15’11”; 5. Sterling, 15’2”; 6. Henry White, Iola, 14’7”; 7. Maddox Riley, Iola, 14’2”; 11. Trapper Boren, Iola, 13’; 13. Ricky Rowe, Iola, 12’5”; 16. Brody Thompson, Iola, 12’1.5”; 18. Clayton Culver, YC, 11’8.5” Discus

5. Taner King, Humboldt, 76’1.5”;

6. Carson Peters, Humboldt, 76’1”; 8. Carson Russell, Humboldt, 74’11.5”; 13. Mathew Drago, Iola, 61’9.5”; 16. Avion Seamster, Hum-

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Slow start doesn’t deter Lady Cubs

By RICHARD LUKEN The

Register

HUMBOLDT — If there’s such a thing as a mulligan in softball, Humboldt High might have asked for one Thursday.

The first six Erie batters of the game inexplicably reached base, courtesy of two singles, a double and two walks. Tack on a passed ball,

Patience pays o with sweep over Erie

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Patience at the plate paid off handsomely for Humboldt High’s baseball team Thursday. The Cubs took advantage of 14 walks in their open-

Double heartbreak for Red Devils

CONCORDIA — The road was unusually cruel for Allen Community College Thursday.

The Red Devils were on the short end of a pair of walkoff victories — both scoring with two outs — for Cloud Community College.

That came after Allen rallied to knot the score in the top of the seventh in both games.

An outfield error on a pop fly allowed the T Birds to score with two outs in extra innings of game one to prevail, 8-7.

Then, a ground ball single

er against Burlington and eight more in the nightcap. Sprinkle in some dominant pitching by Logan Page, Evan Lucke and Cole Mathes, who allowed a combined four hits, while striking out 13, and you have victories of 15-0 and 18-0.

“It’s easy when you don’t see a lot of good pitches to lose your approach,” Humboldt head coach Mike Miller said. “We stayed disciplined at the plate. We swung at good pitches but also drew

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the Lady Cubs found themselves in a 4-0 hole after half an inning.

But things settled down nicely from there.

Humboldt promptly tied the score in the bottom of the inning and took the lead for good with three more in the second.

Brooklyn Ellis, meanwhile,

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Counsil culture: Power lifter sets state records

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — Mixing equal parts perspiration, inspiration and a bit of knowledge has put Drew Counsil in the record books.

The Humboldt High senior set state records in two categories last weekend en route to winning a state title at the Kansas State Weightlifting Championships in Conway Springs.

Counsil set state records by squatting 455 pounds, and lifting another 285 pounds in the bench press. Tack on 235 pounds in the clean and jerk (the second best mark in the state for that portion) and Counsil

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boldt, 54’11.5”; 17. Steven Shepard, YC, 52’5.5”; 19. Logan Hu , Iola, 51’1”; 20. Zachary Scott, Humboldt, 45’10.5”; 21. Mason Lampe, Iola, 43’6”; 22. Eli Hess, YC, 43’2”

Iola Middle School’s India Barney wins the 75-meter hurdles race at Humboldt Thursday, breaking the IMS eighth-grade girls record in the process. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Humboldt High senior Drew Counsil set a state record in the bench press and squat lift last weekend at the Class 2A State Power Lifting Championships in Conway Springs. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Humboldt High’s Kaiden Barnett, center, races to rst following a nicely placed bunt, driving home teammate Cole Mathes, at right, against Erie Thursday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Humboldt High’s Shelby Shaughnessy bats against Erie Thursday. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Iola

US may play Ukraine

By RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

The United States will open its return to the World Cup against the winner of a European playoff among Ukraine, Wales and Scotland, then face England and Iran in high-profile rematches of games played during tournaments of the past quarter-century.

The 15th-ranked Americans were drawn Friday to start against the European playoff winner on Nov. 21, the tournament’s opening day in Qatar. The U.S. plays No. 5 England on Nov. 25 and closes the group stage against No. 21 Iran on Nov. 29.

“It’s a good group,” U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter said.

No. 39 Scotland hosts

27th-ranked Ukraine in June in a playoff delayed from March because of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. A few days later, the winner goes to No. 18 Wales, which advanced last week with a 2-1 win over Austria.

“Three strong teams,” Berhalter said. “Two pretty similar with Wales and Scotland and then one different with Ukraine. So we’re going to have to be preparing for all three.”

European club matches are scheduled for Nov. 12 and 13, so Nov. 15 is likely the first day Berhalter will have his entire roster available ahead of the opener.

“That’s the negative, is that you have very little time to prepare,” Berhalter said. “Guys will come over. They will have been playing on the weekend, and we’ll get them literally a week before the World Cup, and that’s a challenge. On the positive side, if we advance, you get a little bit more rest as you head into the next phase.” If the U.S. advanc-

Griner gets support from teammates

es, it would play in the round of 16 on Dec. 3 or 4 against Ecuador, Netherlands, Qatar or Senegal.

In the group stage of the 1950 World Cup, the U.S. famously upset England 1-0 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, behind Joe Gaetjens’ 38th-min-

ute goal. The Americans opened the 2010 tournament with a 1-1 draw against the Three Lions in South Africa. Steven Gerrard put England ahead in the fourth minute at Rustenberg, but Clint Dempsey tied the score in the 40th when his 25-yard shot skipped off the grass twice and bounced in off Robert Green’s hand.

“With England, it’s always an exciting game. There’s always a lot of attention around that game,” Berhalter said. “We’re familiar with a lot of their players.”

Iran upset the U.S. 2-1 at the 1998 World Cup in France, eliminating the Americans after their second game of the tournament. Hamid Estili scored in the 40th minute and Mehdi Mahdavikia in the 84th at Lyon, and current U.S. men’s national team general manager Brian McBride scored in the 87th.

This year’s World Cup is the first to be moved from its traditional June/July period, a shift to get away from the summer heat in the desert. As a result, the tournament will be played in the middle of European club seasons and overlap with the NFL and college football seasons in the U.S.

Since losing to Germany in the 2002 quarterfinals, the U.S. was eliminated in the group stage in 2006 and the round of 16 in 2010, both times by Ghana, and the Americans exited the 2014 tournament with an extra-time loss to Belgium in the round of 16. The U.S. failed to qualify for the 2018 tournament.

MINNEAPOLIS

(AP) — A’ja Wilson wishes that she and her USA Basketball teammates could do more to help Brittney Griner right now.

They’ve all been straddling the line of trying not to say anything that could potentially hurt the WNBA star’s case as she’s still imprisoned in Russia on drug allegations, but also wanting Griner and her family to know that they care about her.

“We’re not not talking BG the basketball player, we’re talking about BG the wife, the daughter, the sister the human being,” Wilson, the 2020 WNBA MVP, said Friday at USA Basketball training camp.

“That’s what I’m caring about. I get the silence and you don’t want to talk about it. I can’t even imagine to put myself in that situation. It’s tough,” she said.

Griner, one of many stars who play in Russia during the WNBA offseason, was detained after arriving at a Moscow airport in mid-February.

Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

The 6-foot-9 Phoenix Mercury center was returning to the country after the Russian League took a break for the FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament. The twotime Olympic gold medalist recently had her detention extended to the middle of May.

“Hopefully everyone’s doing what they need to do to

ACC: Loses in dual walk-o s

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through the right side allowed Cloud to drive in a runner from second base for the winning run in a 6-5 T Bird victory in the nightcap.

The opener was a wild, back-and-forth affair that saw the lead change three times in the first six innings before the Red Devils knotted the score in the top of the seventh on Lacey Stamper’s RBI single.

Alas, Cloud delivered a single to lead off the eighth inning, an error put runners on first and second, leading to the game-deciding error to wrap up the contest.

Stamper’s leadoff single was followed by a double by Hailee Lundine and an RBI grounder by Mikayla Long. But Allen came up empty after loading the bases from there, and the T Birds promptly took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the inning.

Haley Gedrose tied it with an RBI double in the second, and Lundine’s RBI single pushed theRed Devils back on top, 3-2. Those two then extended ACC’s advantage to 52 with Gedrose’s RBI single and a run-scoring double by Lundine.

But a bases-clearing, two-out triple by Cloud

evened the score in the fifth, and the T Birds scored twice more in the sixth to take a 7-5 lead.

Bella Gravatt singled with one out in the seventh, moved to second when Morgan Baska was hit and then advanced to third on a ground ball. Gravatt stole home as part of a double-steal before Stamper’s line drive to left drove home Aubrey Willis.

Carissa Knight and Chloe Rogers shared pitching duties. Knight pitched into the fifth inning, allowing six hits and walking four. Rogers pitched three innings, allowing three hits and a walk, with two strikeouts.

Lundine doubled twice and singled in three at bats. Gedrose singled and doubled. Stamper and Brown both had a pair of singles. Long, Kinsey Stuewe, Gravatt, Baska and Jaydee Pulliam all had singles.

Stamper’s leadoff double in game two gave ACC an early lift after scoring on a Gedrose sac fly.

But Cloud responded with two in the first and third innings and one in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead.

make sure she get’s home safe,” Wilson said. “That’s going to be the top priority of all of us. I know it’s tough and hard.”

Players have been keeping discussions about how to best help Griner within their community. WNBA players have been very cohesive in the past when rallying behind issues such as voter registration or the Black Lives Matters movement. For the first few weeks following Griner’s detention, it was decided that it was clearly better for them to say less. That’s changed over the last few days as players have been more available and willing to talk.

“I can guarantee you this, this group here and women of the WNBA , we’re not going to forget about Brittney Griner,” USA Basketball coach Cheryl Reeve said. “Brit-

tney’s not here, we’re going to do the things she would have done. She’s very philanthropic. Try to honor her in that way until the highest level of government can work this out.”

Breanna Stewart has stepped up to help The Phoenix Rescue Mission, a charity that Griner has been involved with for a long time.

“While BG is away I wanted to support her and her charitable efforts and do what I can from an off-the-court standpoint to help her and her family,” Stewart said.

Griner’s legal team has been quietly seeking her release and has declined to speak out about the case since her arrest was made public.

Of the thousands of U.S. citizens arrested and jailed in prisons abroad, a small subset are designated by

Allen closed the gap in the sixth and completed its comeback in the top of the seventh.

Gedrose singled and Robin Todd doubled to lead off the sixth before Lundine delivered a sacrifice bunt. Todd then scored on Ellie Hackers’ RBI grounder.

Skyler Jackson walked to lead off the top of the seventh, before pinch runner Gravatt moved to second on a Willis single. Gedrose smashed a hard grounder to shortstop that was misplayed for an error, allowing Gravatt and Willis to scamper home and knot the score.

But that’s where Allen’s luck ran out. A one-out single and error put runners on first and second. A hit two batters later sent the hometown fans away happy.

Jackson went the distance on the mound for ACC. She allowed eight hits while striking out 10.

Stamper and Todd both had doubles for Allen’s offensive attack. Gedrose, Lundine and Pulliam had singles.

The losses drop ACC to 9-15 on the season, although the Red Devils don’t have to wait long to respond. They’re back in action Saturday at Neosho.

the U.S. government as wrongfully detained — a category that affords their cases an extra level of government attention and places them under the auspices of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department. The U.S. government has not yet put Griner’s case in that category.

Griner is not the only American detained in Russia. Marine veteran Trevor Reed was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2020 on charges alleging that he assaulted police officers in Moscow. And Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence on espionage charges that his family and the U.S. government have said are false. U.S. officials have publicly called for Moscow to release them.

The United States’ Brittney Griner (15) shoots over Japan’s Maki Takada (8) during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women’s Basketball Final Aug. 8. LOS ANGELES TIMES/ROBERT GAUTHIER/TNS

Lady Cubs: Rebounds from slow start to thump Red Devils

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found her groove, retiring the final 19 Red Devil batters she faced, allowing only a two-out walk in the sixth, en route to a 13-4 Humboldt victory. Shelby Shaughnessy took the baton from there, throwing a four-inning no-hitter against Erie in the nightcap, a 15-0 Lady Cub romp.

“We had a shaky start, but we finally got warmed up and got things going,” Cub head coach Brad Piley said. “We made some great defensive plays on hardhit balls.” Humboldt wasted lit-

tle time in responding to its early deficit in the opener.

Kirstyn Murrow led off with a single, moved to second and third on walks to Karley Wools and Ellis, and then stole home after a pitch got away from the Erie catchers. Shaughnessy’s subsequent double drove in Wools to make it 4-2.

A passed ball allowed Anna Heisler to scamper home before Rylan Covey evened the score on a sacrifice fly.

The beat continued in the second. Murrow doubled and scored on a Wools single. Carsyn Haviland’s single made

it 6-4 before Heisler stole home for another.

Back-to-back doubles by Shaughnessy and Haviland kick-started a fourth-inning, five-run rally. Cheyenne Wrestler and Covey followed with RBI singles before Wools smacked a twoout, two-run single.

Haviland singled to lead off the fifth, stole second and came around to score on Westler’s RBI grounder.

Ellis wound up striking out six in her complete-game victory.

Murrow went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two stolen bases.

Haviland had three

hits, including a double, while stealing four bases. Shaughnessy doubled twice, Covey had two singles and Wrestler had a hit.

The Lady Cubs took control in the second game by scoring four runs without benefit of a hit in the bottom of the first. Three straight walks, a wild pitch and a passed ball allowed all three runners to score. A dropped third strike allowed Haviland to reach base. She promptly stole second, moved to third on an error and scored on a passed ball.

Five straight walks to start the second inning

and a Shaughnessy single — Humboldt’s first of the game — and an RBI grounder made it 7-0. Wrestler followed with a two-run single to make it 9-0.

Morgan Sterling reached on an error to lead off the third before Murrow followed with a single. Sterling then stole home before Wools singled in Murrow. Wools then scored on a passed ball before Haviland stole home and Ellis scored on a passed ball. Wools then capped the scoring with an RBI double before scoring on a wild pitch.

That was more than enough for Shaughnessy, who allowed only a first-inning walk while striking out eight.

Wools had two of Humboldt’s five hits, including a double. Murrow, Shaughessy and Wrestler had singles. The Lady Cubs took full advantage of 14 walks on the day.

The victories keep Humboldt’s record spotless at 4-0 on the season. Thursday’s doubleheader was moved to Humboldt earlier in the day due to wet field conditions.

The Lady Cubs are at Bluestem on Monday.

Li ing: Humboldt senior sets records in winning state title

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lifted a combined 975 pounds on the day, a whopping 130 pounds over his nearest competitor.

Counsil was joined on the medal stand by Humboldt’s Kinley Tucker, who won the girls heavyweight title with a combined mark of 590 pounds. She tied a state record in the squat, lifting 305 pounds, and took third in the bench press at 155 pounds and sixth in the clean and jerk at 215 pounds. Her combined mark was 10 pounds clear of Kingman’s Rocio Balbuena.

Rylan Covey, competing at 181 pounds, missed out on a state title by five pounds, behind Neodesha’s Cameron Stover, 515 pounds to 510. Covey placed third in the bench press at 135 pounds, third in the squat at 225 pounds and second in the clean and jerk at 150 pounds.

Humboldt’s Maddox Johnson also earned a medal, taking sixth overall at 220 pounds by lifting a combined 855 pounds (245 pounds in the bench press, 375 pounds in the squat and 235 pounds in the clean and jerk.)

“All the lifters did very well,” Humboldt coach Jason Weilert said. “I am very proud of the results we had.”

Despite only entering three girls, Humboldt finished a scant 13 points out of first place as a team, Weilert said.

Cassidy Friend also competed for the Lady Cubs in the 114-pound division. She lifted 85 pounds in the bench press, 160 pounds in the squat and 95 pounds in the clean and jerk, good for 10th overall at 340 pounds.

Hunter Hutton also competed on the boys side for HHS at 132 pounds. He bench pressed 140 pounds and lifted 115 pounds in the clean and jerk, while not registering a weight in the squat. He took 12th overall at 255 pounds.

WHILE COUNSIL has been active in athletics most of his life, and an avid weightlifter since first signing up for high school football as a freshman, he hadn’t given much thought about competing in powerlifting until about a year ago. He grew up with football as his main passion. “I’ve had a lot of great coaches who got me into it, just great people,” he said.

But as he grew older that changed. Injuries derailed his junior season on the gridiron, and when he returned to full health, his football passions waned.

“I’ve never talked about this before, but I just didn’t have that same spark and that same love for football,” he said. “At the same time, I didn’t just want to not do anything, so I decided to redirect my energy somewhere else.”

That somewhere else became the weight room.

“When I first started going back to the gym, I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” he said. “I had just gotten out of a relationship, and speaking scientifically, going to the gym releases serotonin in your brain, and helps you feel better.”

It turns out, Counsil’s physique is ideal for powerlifting because of his short arms and legs.

“I have short femurs,” he noted, which measure about 11 inches.

Most males his age average between 14 and 17 inches.

And while Counsil’s high-school powerlifting days are done — the state meet was the final competition of the year — he has other avenues in which to compete.

In fact, Counsil was in Chicago just days before the state meet, where he competed in the USA Powerlifting Teen Championships.

Counsil was tied for the lead in the 149-pound division going into the final lift, the clean and jerk — his weakest discipline.

“My deadlift just wasn’t adequate compared to the others,” he said, and he finished ninth overall.

He attributes part of his shortcoming with a miscalculation on his water intake and weight loss regimen in the days leading up to the competition.

Counsil had to drop about 9 pounds in order to stay in his weight division, accomplished primarily by fasting on little more than water, and then cutting off that water intake the day before the meet.

“When you’re that dehydrated, and stomach muscles cramp up, they’ll stay that way,” he said.

He’s hoping to find another USAPL event or two in the coming days.

“There’s a gym in Kansas City that’s starting to host a lot of meets,” he said. “I’m hoping they get one soon.”

In the interim, he’ll focus on his training, and for the upcoming high school track and field season, where he’ll compete primarily in sprints for Humboldt High.

THERE’S a lot more to lifting weights than meets the eye, and that’s where Counsil’s voracious appetite for learning took root.

As he learned more about proper technique, Counsil quickly realized lifting weights was nothing more than simple physics.

“Force equals mass times acceleration,” he notes. “If you’re putting more force into the ground, you’re going to get an equal amount of force somewhere else in your body.

“You just have to push exactly right.”

Counsil learned volumes about the two types of building muscles: muscle hypertro-

phy (bodybuilding) vs. muscle neuron recruitment, which is the path he chose.

“Muscle neuron recruitment is a fancy term for muscle memory,” Counsil noted. “If you do something over and over again, you’re gonna lock it into your head.”

Muscle memory is crucial for powerlifters to utilize proper technique every time out.

For example, if he’s on the bench press, and his arms move forward even a quarter of an inch before he lifts the bar, Counsil notes his chances of a successful lift are drastically reduced.

“It’s all a science,” he said.

Learning a lot in a short amount of time is in Counsil’s nature.

“I am very competitive, but not necessarily with other people,” he admitted. “I’m very competitive with myself. A lot of it is an internal

struggle.”

So next up is learning more about proper nutrition and peaking physically on the days of his meets.

Such a concept shouldn’t be too hard for Counsil, who once built his own computer when he was 12 years old.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m a fast learner, but when there’s a subject that catches my attention, I’ll learn everything there is to learn about it.”

SO WHAT is it about powerlifting that Counsil finds so appealing?

“That’s a good question,” he replies. He compares it to his previous love, football.

“Getting injured probably had something to do with it,” he admitted. “Subconsciously, I’m probably scared of getting hurt again. I really enjoyed the thought of being in the gym, where I’m in complete control

of the variables that could get me hurt.

“If I mess up a squat and break my leg, that’s because of me, not because some other kid did something,” he concluded.

Discovering he’s pretty good at powerlifting also plays a role.

“Powerlifting is one of the biggest crazes of my life,” he said. “I don’t plan to give it up for a long time. So I’m gonna learn as much as I possibly can while I’m doing it.”

COUNSIL’S PASSION

and work outside the school is key to his success, Weilert noted.

“I tell the kids all the time that we work with what we have in here, but we have such a limited time that the ones who are really serious about this have to supplement their work elsewhere.”

Take Counsil, for example.

“I’d love to say, ‘Hey, look at me, I’m his coach,’” Weilert laughed. “But he’s done a lot of work on his own. He’s definitely earned everything he’s gotten. It’s good to see kids have success, especially those you don’t have to motivate. They can motivate themselves.”

The Humboldt Fitness center, which opened about three years ago, has been a boon.

“I think for some kids, what they’re doing here is supplementing their work out there,” Weilert laughed.

And while the contingent that competed at Conway Springs last weekend was a bit smaller than previous Humboldt High groups, that’s largely because of schedule conflicts.

“Our numbers don’t really show just how hard our kids have worked in the weight room,” Weilert said. “We have some very strong students who worked very hard, but just weren’t able to go.”

Humboldt HIgh’s power lifting team members are, from left, Hunter Hutton, Maddox Johnson, Drew Counsil, Cassidy Friend, Rylan Covey and Kinley Tucker. PHOTOSCOURTESY OF BOB JOHNSON

Kinley Tucker competes in the squat lift Saturday at the Kansas Class 2A State Weightlifting Championships.

Humboldt High’s Maddox Johnson competes in the clean and jerk at the state weightlifting event Saturday in Conway Springs.

Track: Middle school athletes open season in Humboldt

11. Heinrich, 3:10.67

200 meters

1. White, 27.82; 2. K. Lampe, 28.51; 6. Drago, 32.25; 7. Gri th, 32.82; 10. Mueller, 35.1; 11. Seamster, 38.00 Medley relay

1. Iola, 1:55.18

Seventh grade boys

Team scores

1. Iola, 143; 2. Humboldt, 106; 4. Yates Center, 18 High jump

2. Kale Pratt, Iola, 4’10:

3. Jase Herrmann, 4’2”; 5. Keegan Hill, Iola, 4’0”; 7 (tie).

Amos Rutoh, Iola; 7 Itie).

Caiden Peres, Iola, 3’6”

Long jump

1. Collin Cook, Humboldt, 13’11”; 2. Bryce Culbertson, humboldt, 12’10”; 3. Broc

Ivy, Humboldt, 12’5”; 4.

James Hunt, Iola, 11’9”; 6. Peres, Iola, 10’3”; 7 (tie). Luke VanLeeuwen, Humboldt, 9’9”; 9. Rutoh, 9’8” Discus

1. Hudson Rees, Humboldt, 76’10”; 2. Broderick Peters, Iola, 64’3”; 4. Eud Nicolas, Iola, 59’3”; 7. Michael Schields, YC, 53’6.5”; 8. Emmitt Carson, Humboldt, 52’3”; 10. Cole Anderson, Humboldt, 49’9”; 12. Colton Crumrine, YC, 42’5.5” Shot put

1. Rees, 31’2.5”; 2. Nicolas, 27’1.5”; 4. Gavin Riles, YC, 25’6.5”; 5. Peters, 25’1.5”; 9. Carson, 21’4”; 11. Anderson, 19’2”; 12. Schields, 18’2.5”; 13. Jeremiah Jones, YC,

16’2”; 14. Colton Crumrine, YC, 15’6”

3200 meters

1. Kreed Jones, Humboldt, 13”19.09; 2. Layton Stowell, Iola, 13:27.32; 3. Rutoh, 14:37.81

75 meter hurdles

1. Pratt, 13.47; 2. Thatcher Mueller, Humboldt, 15.23; 3. Hill, 15.41; 5. Cyler Mason, Humboldt, 17.28 100 meters

1. Pratt, 14.07; 2. Herrmann, 14.53; 3. Riles, 14.81; 5. Peters, 15.56; 8. Colton Burkholder, YC, 15.74; 10. Rees, 15.89; 11. Nicolas, 16.04; 14. Carson, 16.77;

15. Jones, 16.87; 16. Marcus Cummings, YC, 17.42; 17.

200 meters

3. Pratt, 29.98; 4. Herrmann, 30.7; 5. Riles, 31.91;

8. Burkholder, 33.93; 9. Peters, 34.06; 12. Ivy, 35.44;

13. Nicolas, 36.91; 14. Cummings, 37.72; 15. VanLeeuwen, 38.57 Medley relay

2. Humboldt, 2:22.74 Eighth grade girls Team scores

1. Anderson County, 105;

2. Iola, 104; 3. Humboldt, 96;

5. Yates Center, 1 High jump

1. Laney Hull, Humboldt, 4’5”; 2. Bella Rahming, Iola, 3’8”; 3. MaHallie Grenoble, Iola, 3’8”; 6. Eryn Gilchrist, YC, 3’6”; Long jump

1. India Barney, Iola, 13’8”;

7. Kandrella McCullough, Iola, 11’9”; 9. Rahming, 11’4” Discus

2. Bethany Miller, Iola, 63’1.5”; 3. Grace Reno, Humboldt, 62’11.5”; 7. Rylee Woods, Humboldt, 55’8”;

9. Madelyn Ashworth, Iola, 49’; 12. Kalyn Baughn, Humboldt, 45’3”; 15. Savannah Koch, Humboldt, 43’9.5”; 16. Marlee Westho , Iola, 40’9”;

17. Stephanie Fees, Iola, 40’3.5”; 19. Naveah Hancock, Iola, 38’6.5” Shot put

1. Rahming, 31’6”; 2. Miller, 29’11”; 4. Baughn, 29’6”;

5. Reno, 27’8”; 7. Koch, 25’;

8. Woods, 24’10”; 13. Aubrey Chambers, YC, 22’6”; 14. Ashworth, 21’7”; 17. Fees, 20’7”; 18. Hancock, 20’4”; 19. Westho , 18’6”

3200 meters

1. Victoria Melendez, Humboldt, 16:03.94

75 meter hurdles

1. Barney, 12.85; 2. Hull, 13.44; 3. Grenoble, 15.27; 5. McCullough, 15.99

100 meters

1. Barney, 14.42; 6. Josey Ellis, Humboldt, 15.98; 7. Grenoble, 16.13; 8. Woods, 16.36; 10. Baughn, 17.09; 11. McCullough, 17.11; 12. Gilchrist, 17.19; 14. Tessa Bruchin, 17.25; 15. Chambers, 17.27; Koch, 17.93

1600 meters

1. Reno, 8:32.67

4x100 meter relay

2. Humboldt, 1:00.48; 4. Iola (Hancock, Miller, Westho , Ashworth), 1:13.47

400 meters

2. Rahming, 1:15.57; 5. Anapaula Franco, Hum-

boldt, 1:21.25; 7. Teghen Jaro, 1:22.25; 8. Melendez, 1:29.11; 10. Fees, 1:33.25

4x200 meter relay

3. Humboldt, 2:24.92

800 meters

1. Skylar Hottenstein, Humboldt, 2:57.58

200 meters

2. Barney, 30.89; 3. Grenoble, 33.0; 4. Hottenstein, 33.09; 6. Ellis, 33.62; 8. Jaro, 34.72; 10. Gilchrist, 36.05; 11. Chambers, 36.45; 13. Bruchin, 37.73; 14. Koch, 39.00; Medley relay

1. Humboldt, 2:21.26

Seventh grade girls

Team scores

1. Iola, 143; 3. Humboldt, 52; 4. Yates Center, 39

High jump

1. Sheridan Byrd, Iola, 3’10” 4. Harlow Rush, Humboldt, 3’4”

Long jump

2. Brooklyn Holloway, Iola, 12’4”; 3. Dally Curry, Iola, 10’10”; 5. Rush, 10’; 6. Lakyn Meadows, 9’11”; 7. Ella Schomaker, Humboldt, 9’10.5”; 8. Kamryn Cox, Humboldt, 9’9.5”

Discus

1. Zoie Hess, Iola, 63’.5”;

2. Lainey Oswald, Iola, 50’9”;

7. Mirandi Sorenson, YC, 39’5.5”; 11. Bristol Krone, Humboldt, 36’9”; 14. Kaydance Frame, Iola, 33’5.5”;

15. Sarah Ross, Iola, 30’6.5”; 16. Natalie Weber, YC, 27’4.5”; 17. Abigail Jerome, 24’4” Shot put

1. Shyla Preston, Iola, 31’;

2. Hess, 26’: 3. Oswald, 23’4”;

4. Carlie Weilert, Humboldt, 21’10”; 5. Frame, 21’1”; 6. Elizabeth Maier, Iola, 20’10”; 8. Ella Schomaker, Humboldt, 20’3”; 9. Abigail Jerome, Iola, 20’2”; 14. Sarah Ross, Iola, 18’1”; 15. McKynzee Burkholder, YC, 17’7”; 16. Krone, 17’2”; 21. Cox, 14’10”; 23. Weber, 12’11”

meters 1. Jo Ellison, Humboldt, 15:50.58 75 meter hurdles

1. Keysha Smith, Iola, 14.76

meters 1. Holloway, 15.27; 4. Byrd, 16.24; 5. Jerome, 16.25; 7. Bailey Goble, Iola, 16.48; 9. Burkholder, 16.65; 10. Weilert, 16.78;

Yates Center Middle School’s Marcus Cummings competes in the long jump

at the

boldt Invitational.

Iola Middle School’s Jakolby Hill, foreground, leads teammates Nick Bauer and Jayden Beene in the eighth-grade boys 1600-meter run Thursday.

Humboldt Middle School’s Laney Hull wins the eighth-grade girls high jump Thursday at the Humboldt Invitational. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

Humboldt: Blasts Erie

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a lot of walks.”

A six-run second inning got things started before the Cubs tacked on eight more in the third and one in the fourth to end the opener.

Meanwhile, Page struck out eight and allowed two hits over his three innings of work. Mathes came on in relief to pitch the fourth inning, striking out one without allowing a hit.

The Cub batters were able to pack a punch when the Red Devil pitchers ventured into the strike zone.

Gavin Page, Lucke and Logan Page had doubles to account for three of the five Cub hits. Sam Hull and Kaden Barnett singled as well.

Erie’s pitchers weren’t quite as wild in game 2, walking eight, but Hum-

boldt scarcely needed the extra help, pounding out 12 hits in two innings.

The Cubs plated six in the first and a dozen in the second to wrap up the scoring.

Gavin Page singled and doubled, while Trey Sommer and Sam Hull singled twice. Barnett, Logan Page, Maddox Johnson, Lucke, Jacob Harrington and Blake Ellis all had singles.

Meanwhile, Lucke shut down any semblance of an Erie offense by striking out five and allowing two hits over three innings of work.

“Logan and Evan were both really good in their starts,” Miller said.

The doubleheader wins were in Humboldt because of wet field conditions in Erie. The Cubs are back in action Monday at Bluestem.

RACING THIS WEEK

Page delivers a pitch Thursday in a 15-0 win over

Xfinity quote: “Honestly, all these men and women here at Kaulig Racing between the Cup side of it and the Xfinity side of it, they don’t’ sleep during the week, they’re busting their tales and that’s why I’m so fricking hard on myself sometimes because they deserve to win more than anybody here. And I just want to do it for them. Thankfully, we got it done today.”

- A.J. Allmendinger, who took Saturday’s Pit Boss 250

NEXT: TOYOTA OWNERS 400

COTA road course thriller for Chastain, Trackhouse

In exactly the kind of thrilling final lap, final-turn highaction finish NASCAR has so often provided on road courses, Ross Chastain persevered in the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix to win his first career Cup Series race at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas – the sixth different winner this season.

Chastain really had to earn this one – coming out on the right end of a frantic, four lead-change, two-lap final overtime. And he did – moving veteran A.J. Allmendinger and Alex Bowman in the final series of turns on the 3.41-mile, 20-turn circuit to take not only his first victory in NASCAR’s premier series but also give his Trackhouse Racing’s Justin Marks his first win as a new owner in stock car’s big leagues.

After grabbing the position in the final corner, Chastain raced off to a 1.331-second victory over Hendrick Motorsports driver Bowman, who unlike Allmendinger was able to recover from the last lap contact and continue to the checkered flag. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, Hendrick Motorsports Chase Elliott and Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick rounding out the top five.

Chastain’s family owns a watermelon farm in tiny, rural Alva, Florida and as he has famously done with past victories in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series, Chastain stood on top of his winning car, the No.1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, and dropped a watermelon to the track, crushing it on the ground as his team and fans exploded in cheers.

“It’s insane to go up against some of the best and I know he’s [Allmendinger] going to be upset with me, but we race hard, both of us,” said Chastain, who has been runner-up in the last two NASCAR Cup Series races coming to Austin.

“But when it comes to this Cup win, I can’t let that go down without a fight.”

Allmendinger, who actually was a NASCAR Xfinity Series teammate with Chastain two years ago, was understandably crushed as well after the race. He finished 33rd.

“We just needed two more corners,” said a disappointed Allmendinger, who also went door-to-door in a tight on-track battle with Chastain in winning Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at COTA.

“Everybody’s got to be comfortable with the move they make and look in the mirror,” Allmendinger told FOX Sports. “Everybody’s different on what they view, and you can’t judge a person for that.

“So, at the end of the day, I’m just proud of Kaulig Racing for bringing such a fast Action Industry Chevrolet. We started at the back, drove to the front and if we had had a long run [at the end] it would have been game over. Nobody would have touched me.

“You know the moves are going to be made at times. Whether I’m okay with it, doesn’t really matter.

“I wanted to sweep the weekend and we came two corners away,” he added.

Ross Chastain, driver of the #1 ONX Homes/iFly Chevrolet, and AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Action Industries Chevrolet, race during the Cup Series Echopark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas Sunday. (Logan Riely/Getty Images)

Chastain led a race high 31 of the 69 laps – one of nine leaders in the series’ first road course test with the Next Gen cars debuting this season. The race produced a series road course record of 30 green flag passes for the lead. And the 29-year-old Floridian becomes the 12th consecutive NASCAR Cup Series race winner under the age of 30 and the third first-time winner this season.

It was as equally a thrilling maiden win for the former NASCAR and sportscar driver Marks, who was interviewed during the FOX telecast just before the final restart, revealing with a smile that “It’s a little easier to be a driver of one these things than to watch.”

“It seemed like a real tall order when I dreamt this thing up,” Marks said. “But every man and woman that’s trusted the vision and committed to Trackhouse and worked so hard owns a piece of this victory.

“I’m so happy for everybody. Everybody believed in this, and I can’t wait for next week.”

And, he reported with a grin, he spoke with the team’s co-owner, music superstar Pitbull who promised he also was smashing a watermelon over his head and drinking champagne.

The race pole-winner Ryan Blaney finished sixth, followed by Martin Truex Jr, Austin Cindric, Erik Jones, and Austin Dillon rounding out the top 10. With that fourth-place finish Elliott now holds a 13-point advantage on Blaney heading into Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.

Richmond Raceway

2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, FOX

• Known as America’s premier short track, Richmond is one of the most popular facilities among drivers and fans in all of motorsports and hosts two weekends of NASCAR racing.

RACEWAY FACTS:

• LENGTH: 3/4-mile, measured 13-½ feet in from SAFER Barrier.

• SHAPE: D-shaped oval

• WIDTH: 60 feet with a 10-foot apron.

• BANKING: 14 degrees in turns, eight degrees at starting line on 1,290-foot front stretch, two degrees on 860-foot back stretch.

• RADIUS OF TURNS: Turns 1 and 4: 1198.68.

Turns 2 and 3: 365.00

• PIT ROAD: 64-foot width with 43 concrete pit stalls, 28’ x 19’.

• SEATING: 51,000 seats, plus 680 seats that are part of the TORQUE Club and 80-person Victory Lane Club. There are also 40 luxury suites.

• SAFER WALLS: Added in 2003.

• INFIELD REDEVELOPMENT: The FanGrounds allow fans access to the historic Richmond in eld. The new interactive in eld gets fans closer than ever before with fanviewing walkways in the NASCAR Cup Series Garages. Fans can also experience various neighborhoods throughout the in eld that have something unique to offer as well as new concession stands.

Humboldt High’s Logan

Erie. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN