MAY 9, 2013 | Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune
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Crunch time for Tonasket, Oroville track squads Tigers use CTL finals to prep for district meet, which they host Friday By Brent Baker bbaker@gazette-tribune.com
CASHMERE - May is the time for track and field athletes to fully hit their stride, and the Tonasket squad seems to be doing just that as the Tigers recorded more than 30 personal bests at the Friday, May 3, Caribou Trail League district championship meet. Both squads finished sixth out of the eight teams, though Tonasket coach Bob Thornton said Friday’s meet was more about individual performance and preparation for this week’s district meet. “We focused on individual performances to get the athletes ready for the district meet,” he said. “We had some spectacular performances.” Kathryn Cleman, whose season best in the pole vault heading into the meet was 7-6, shattered not only her previous best but the nine-year-old school record with a vault of 9-0. Sammy Rothrock held the old mark of 8-0. Cleman finished second to Cashmere’s Jesica Bauer, who jumped 10-3 to set a new CTL meet mark. The Tigers also had four league champions on the day, including a sweep of the 400-meter dash. Emily Mills finished in 60.66, good for third in the bi-district rankings, while freshman Ryan Rylie won the boys race in 53.9 to rank fifth in the bi-district (as well as the top freshman). The 4x100 girls relay team of Mills, Kelly Cruz, Rose Walts and Cassie Spear set a two-second PR to edge Cashmere for the league title in 52.89 and is ranked second in the bi-district, while Ethan Bensing won the triple jump title with a personal best 41-7.5 (beating his previous best by a foot and a half) and is ranked third in the bi-district and fourth in the state. The 4x400 girls relay team of Mills, Walts, Spear and Devan Utt also trimmed six seconds off its best time to finish third and is fifth in the bi-district rankings. Other top finishers for the girls included Walts in the 100 hurdles (3rd, 17.25) and triple jump (5th, 32-5.25); Spear in the 400 (5th, 1:04.50); Utt in the 800 (6th, 2:46.97); Kylie Dellinger in the 3200 (3rd, 13:30.69); and Smith in the shot put (6th, 27-4). For the boys, Joaquin Polito finished fifth in the javelin (133-3); and Dallas Tyus was fifth in the triple jump (35-9).
Above, Tonasket’s Ethan Bensing (center approaches 4x100 relay teammate Devyn Catone with the baton at last Friday’s Caribou Trail League meet. Left, the Tigers’ Kathryn Cleman broke the school record with a leap of 8-6, then did it again minutes later with a vault of 9-0 (pictured), easily surpassing her previous personal best by a foot and a half.
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Hornets host Central Washington League North Sub-district meet on Thursday; girls aim for title By Brent Baker bbaker@gazette-tribune.com
TWISP - Oroville’s track and field teams tuned up for the upcoming “money” meets with their final regular-season invitational at Liberty Bell on Friday, May 3, with the girls finishing third and the boys ninth. Winning events for the Hornets were Kaitlyn Grunst, Sierra Speiker and Luke Kindred. “We had a lot of PRs between the Bridgeport (on Tuesday) and Liberty Bell meets, but Grunst we didn’t have athletes load up events in either meet,” said Oroville coach Harold Jensen. Grunst won the high jump with a leap of 5-0 and finished second in the long jump (14-2.25) and triple jump (30-7.25). Speiker took the 1600 in 5:20.60, missing her personal best set three days earlier by threetenths of a second, while Kindred was victorious in the javelin with a throw of 156-0. Other Hornet girls that finished in the top six included Lisa Hartvig in the 400 (5th, 1:09.84); Callie Barker in the 100 hurdles (3rd, 18.81) and 300 hurdles (3rd, 54.10); Breanna Ervin in the 100 hurdles (6th, 20.25); Brittany Jewett in the javelin (2nd, 96-2); Barker, Grunst, Jewett and Sammie Walimaki in the 4x100 relay (5th, 57.88); Walimaki,
Hartvig, Jewett and Ervin in the 4x200 relay (5th, 2:01.20); and Alexa Werner in the shot put (4th, 29-7). Other top finishers for the boys included Tanner Smith in the 100 (2nd, 11.15); Kindred in the discus (3rd, 118-4) and 100 (6th, 11.77); and Smith, Kindred, Logan Mills and Charlie Arrigoni in the 4x100 relay (3rd, 46.79). The Hornet girls finished with 80 points to tie Pateros for third place. Entiat won the meet with 107 points, with the host Mountain Lions second with 83.5. However, Liberty Bell does not have a pole vault pit, costing Oroville the points associated with one of its strongest events. The Oroville boys had 34 points. Liberty Bell won the meet with 145, crushing second-place Republic by 70 points. Oroville hosts the Central Washington League’s North Subdistrict meet on Thursday, May 9. The top four finishers in each event advance to next week’s district (state qualifying) meet in Ephrata.
Sierra Speiker is just one of several Oroville girls looking to qualify for State in multiple events as sub-district and district meets get underway over the next two weekends.
Hornets run at Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT - Oroville started a busy week at the Bridgeport Invitational on Tuesday, April 30, where the girls finished fourth and the boys took eighth out of 10 teams. Top finishers for the girls
included Sierra Speiker in the 1600 (5:20.28); Alexa Werner in the shot put (1st, 33-3) and discus (3rd, 87-2); Callie Barker in the pole vault (1st, 9-0) and 100 hurdles (3rd, 18.75); Sammie Walimaki in the 100 (2nd, 13.84); Lisa Hartvig in the 400 (6th,
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1:12.97); and Breanna Ervin in the pole vault (2nd, 6-0). The boys were led by Luke Kindred in the javelin (1st, 149-9) and pole vault (1st, 9-6); Tanner Smith in the 100 (2nd, 11.18); and Dakota Haney in the shot put (6th, 37-7).
The Road to State The top three finishers in each event at District 6 meet on May 18 qualify for the state 2B finals. Here are the Hornets in the district top 10 in each event (with their season-best performance). Boys 100 - Tanner Smith (2nd, 11.33); Luke Kindred (6th, 12.04) 200 - Tanner Smith (2nd, 23.71); Logan Mills (10th, 24.84) 300 Hurdles - Tanner Smith (4th, 45.18) 4x100 - Smith, Kindred, Mills, Arrigoni (4th, 46.94) 4x400 - Arrigoni, Garfias, Mills, Mieirs (6th, 4:07.92) Javelin - Luke Kindred (1st, 157-7) Pole Vault - Luke Kindred (3rd, 10-0) Shot Put - Dakota Haney (4th, 37-7) Discus - Luke Kindred (5th, 118-4) Girls 100 - Sammie Walimaki (8th, 14.04) 200 - Sammie Walimaki (10th, 30.04) 400 - Breanna Ervin (8th, 70.03); Lisa Hartvig (9th, 70.04) 800 - Sierra Speiker (1st, 2:30.41) 1600 - Sierra Speiker (1st, 5:20.30) 3200 - Sierra Speiker (1st, 11:30.80) 100 Hurdles - Callie Barker (3rd, 18.35); Breanna Ervin (7th, 20.54) 300 Hurdles - Callie Barker (3rd, 54.24) 4x100 Relay - Barker, Grunst, Walimaki, Jewett (5th, 56.79) 4x200 Relay - Grunst, Speiker, Jewett, Walimaki (5th, 1:59.02) Shot Put - Alexa Werner (2nd, 33-3); Andrea Perez (8th, 29-3) Discus - Alexa Werner (5th, 87-2) Javelin - Brittany Jewett (5th, 97-8) High Jump - Kaitlyn Grunst (1st, 5-3); Lisa Hartvig (4th, 4-4) Pole Vault - Callie Barker (1st, 9-0); Breanna Ervin (2nd, 7-6) Long Jump - Kaitlyn Grunst (1st, 15-10) Triple Jump - Kaitlyn Grunst (4th, 31-0.5); Callie Barker (6th, 28-10.5)
Seasons wrapping up for most squads By Brent Baker bbaker@gazette-tribune.com
NORTH COUNTY - Most of the area high school teams saw their seasons come to an end this past week as only those involved in sports with individual postseason qualification will be continuing in the upcoming weeks. Tonasket
The Tonasket baseball team lost its final home doubleheader of the season to Brewster, falling 16-0 and 17-2 on Saturday, May 4. The Tigers finished the season at 4-15 (0-14 Caribou Trail League). The Tigers’ softball team was also swept by Brewster in its finale, 15-1 and 11-0. They finished 4-16 overall (0-14 CTL).
Tonasket’s tennis teams wrapped up regular-season play with three matches last week. The boys lost to Liberty Bell 5-0, defeated Lake Roosevelt 5-0 and fell to Chelan 4-1. The Tigers finished at 8-8 (6-6 CTL). Individuals advance to the district tournament over the next two Saturdays in East Wenatchee. The girls (5-11, 2-10 CTL)
finished with a 5-0 victory over Liberty Bell, a 3-2 defeat of Lake Roosevelt and a 3-2 loss to Chelan.
Oroville The Hornets’ softball team still has one doubleheader remaining at Manson on Thursday, May 9. Oroville (3-14, 2-10 Central Washington League North
Division) lost 25-15 at Lake Roosevelt on April 30, then fell at home to Bridgeport in a Friday, May 3, doubleheader, 23-14 and 26-7. Oroville’s boys soccer team (1-14, 0-9) lost its final game of the year at home to Central Washington League champion Manson, 10-0. The Oroville boys tennis team
finished the year with a 2-2 tie against the Chelan JV squad. They finished at 1-9-2 overall, 1-8-1 in CWL play. The girls finished at 4-7 (4-6 CWL). Like Tonasket, individuals advance to district play this weekend. The baseball team finished its season a week ago, wrapping up at 2-15 (2-13 CWL North).