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BOYS STATE TRACK MEET
Soltow paces huge day at state for For reston-Polo
BY ERIC INGLES eingles@shawmedia.com
The Forreston-Polo boys track & field team collected quite the medal haul at the Class 1A state track meet on June 17 in Charleston.
A lot of that came from the feet of Bennett Soltow, who claimed a second and third place in his two individual events, then was part of a third-place relay.
In the 300 hurdles, that second place was very nearly a first. His 39.37-second run was just 0.26 seconds behind winner Isaiah Chatman of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley.
“That was great competition. I loved every second of it,” Soltow said. “My legs were dead. I kicked a hurdle and that set me back, but I have to give it to him, he’s fast. It was great to run against him.”
In the 110 hurdles, he got off to a great start but ended up third with a time of 14.95. Cowden-Herrick’s Jadon Robertson won in 14.68. Matthew Beltran added an eighth-place finish for the Cardinals in 15.74.
The Cardinals 4x100 relay of Bennett Soltow, Brock Soltow, Avery Grenoble and Jordan Neuschwander took third place with a time of 43.77.
Neuschwander was nearly able to catch Chicago Hope Academy on the anchor leg, but came up just short. Catlin Salt Fork, running in the other heat, took second.
“It felt pretty good to us,” Brock Soltow said. “I thought Jordan was going to get him there. I didn’t think we were going to get second [in the heat], but we did. We pulled it off.”
The 25 points scored on the day put the Cardinals eighth in the final team standings. Harvest Christian Academy scored 51 points to win the state championship.
“Our relay really put it out there, and Neuschwander put it all out there too. It was good,” Bennett Soltow said.
In the 100, Neuschwander was ninth in 11.20 second and Morrison’s Alex Anderson was 19th in 11.39.
Bishop McNamara’s Tony Phillips won in 10.87.
Forreston-Polo’s Brock Soltow was 26th in 54.79.
Forreston-Polo high jumper Matt Beltran cleared 1.85 meters in the high jump to take 17th.
Jadon Robertson of Cowden-Herrick cleared 1.99 meters to win.
Oregon’s Daniel Dominguez is coming home with a discus medal after his 43.62-meter toss on his final attempt earned him seventh place. Salt Fork’s Garrett Taylor had a winning throw of 50.65 meters.
Dominguez also took 18th in the shot put with a throw of 13.75 meters. Cowden-Herrick’s Daniel Lucas had the winning throw of 16.76 meters.
“Today I just wanted to enjoy the day, to soak up everything, the atmos p h e r e , ” D o m i n g u e z s a i d . “ I ’ v e never had this much crowd around me, so I was kind of nervous, but most of all excited to go against all these great throwers. I thought it was amazing.”
In the 800, Forreston-Polo’s Ethan Cain took 24th in 2:04.27 and Oregon’s Ryan Hussung was 31st in 2 : 0 8 . 3 7 . E l i M o j o n n i e r o f B is mark-Henning-Rossville won in a time of 1:57.33
In the 1,600, Forreston-Polo’s Carson Jones was 30th with a time of 4:57.77.
Oregon’s Riley Benton came in at 3.50 meters and did not clear that height.
Cornerstone Christian’s Ridge Willard cleared 4.60 meters to win.
Sam Roszak of North Shore Country Day won the long jump, leaping 6.74 meters.
Neuschwander faulted on his first and third attempt and went 5.19 meters with his second and 5.70 with his fourth, placing 25th.
PhotoNews Media ABOVE: After taking the baton from teammate Bennett Soltow, Forreston-Polo’s Avery Grenoble takes off on his leg of the Class 1A 4x100-Meter Relay. RIGHT: Forreston-Polo’s Jordan Neuschwander competes in the 100-Meter Dash. BELOW RIGHT: Oregon’s Daniel Dominguez throws the discus. He finished ninth.
SPECIAL EVENT
Old, unique all par t of Lions’ Father’s Day Car Show
BY EARLEEN HINTON ehinton@shawmedia.com
Barry Jacobs and Gary Black have more in common than just living in Oregon.
They both love their Mercury Comets.
Jacobs and Black were two of the nearly 90 car enthusiasts who brought their cars to the Oregon Lions Club’s Annual Father’s Day Car Show on Sunday.
Jacobs has a deep-red 1964 Caliente and Black has a hot-red 1965 Cyclone.
“I’ve had it about 7 years. I just really liked the model,” said Jacobs. “I even have records of when Bemis Motors worked on it.”
Bemis was the longtime Ford dealer in Oregon prior to closing several years ago.
Black has owned his Cyclone for 20 years. “I like the body style,” he said.
His first car was a 1964 Caliente and when he returned home from serving in Vietnam in 1968 he bought a 1965 Mercury.
“I served in 1967-68 and I bought one when I got back,” he said, noting that he sold the car when he married and had children.
Twenty years ago, he decided to buy the Cyclone. “I bought it as a gift for myself for surviving the kids and the war,” he said smiling.
Two rows over, a much different kind of vehicle was a very different kind of ride—Nick Hensley’s 1973 Cadillac Super Duty Hearse.
The Compton resident created the trumped up hearse by putting it on top of a 1994 F150 1-ton Ford truck, powered by a 73 IDI, 4-stroke diesel engine.
“It was a frame-on-frame body swap,” said Hensley, who is a diesel mechanic. “I worked on it for about 3 months on weekends and nights.”
The 1973 hearse has a 1942 Cadillac grill and bumper, complete with a metal skull. Two creepy doll heads’ peer out of one of the side windows and the jacked-up hearse carries a casket with the wording “we make funerals fun” on the back window.
“It’s different and it definitely stands out,” said Hensley laughing. “It weighs just under 9,000 pounds. I took went over a truck scale to find out. That’s how petty I am.”
Amanda Harbaugh of Chana, who was at the show with her 5 girls and husband Scott, found the more classic cars to her liking.
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Barry Jacobs (left) and Gary Black, both of Oregon pose by their Mercury Comets at the Oregon Lions Club’s Annual Father’s Day Car Show on Sunday. Jacobs’ is a 1964 Caliente and Black’s is a 1965 Cyclone.
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