Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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Off and running, finally! TNT Memorial results Hamilton tops Stevensville Correction

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After being postponed due to bad weather, the valley’s track team finally had a chance or two to get out on the track and in the field. Thursday featured the Drummond/Alberton Invitational at Dornblaser Field. Saturday found the track teams at the TNT Memorial Meet at Frenchtown.

The Darby girls took first at the Drummond meet behind the first place finishes of Missy DeWalt in the long jump and triple jump, Mariah Cress in the javelin, and Heather Demorest in the 1,600. They finished with 106 points, 31 points ahead of second place Florence.

The Falcons were led by Katie Niemeir’s first place finishes in the 100, the 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles. She also ran on leg of the first place 400 relay team. Cortney Reynolds took first in the 400 for the Falcons as well.

On the boys’ side, the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks finished first. Darby was fourth with 49 points and Victor finished with 22 points. Paul Abrahamsen took first in the 1,600 and the 3,200. Chris Mai of Victor won the 800 meter race.

Drummond/Alberton Invitational

Girls

Team scores: Darby 106, Florence 75, Charlo 68, Salmon 49, Seeley-Swan 43, Thompson Falls 39, Deer Lodge 30, Superior 20, Hot Springs 19, Drummond 18, Fairfield 14, Arlee 12, Lincoln 9, Victor 7, Alberton 6, St. Regis 6, Valley Christian 6.

100 – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 13.08; 6. Brittany Heinz, Flo, 13.70.

200 – 4. Cortney Reynolds, Flo, 28.45.

400 – 1. Reynolds, Flo, 1:05.22; 3. Kayla Schallenberger, Dar, 1:06.36.

1,600 – 1. Heather Demorest, Dar, 5:38.21; 3. Keri Ledford, Dar, 5:56.00.

3,200 – 3. Demorest, Dar, 12:29.83; 4. Ledford, Dar, 13:09.08.

100 hurdles – 1. Niemeir, Flo, 16.23.

300 hurdles – 1. Niemeir, Flo, 48.43; 3. Britany Mitcham, Vic, 53.14.

400 relay – 1. Florence (Brandy Crews, Reynolds, Niemeir, Heinz) 52.59; 2. Darby, 54.11.

1,600 relay – 2. Darby 4:32.86.

Javelin – 1. Mariah Cress, Dar, 114-7; 6. Mitcham, Vic, 95-8.

Shot Put – 3. Cress, Dar, 31-2; 6. Libby Ray, Dar, 28-7.

Discuss – 4. Kasey Blue, Dar, 88-2; 5. Cress, Dar, 86-10.

High Jump – 1. Mariah Mittman, Flo, 5-0; 2. Sara Schertenleib, Flo, 5-0.

Long jump – 1. Missy DeWalt, Dar, 15-9; 2. Christina Bender, Dar, 14-8, 6. Rachel Wetzsteon, Dar, 14-3/4.

Triple Jump – 1. Missy DeWalt, Dar, 31-10; 3. Wetzsteon, Dar, 31-1; 6. Mariah Mittman, Flo, 29-11.

Boys

Team scores: Thompson Falls 80, Salmon 66, Superior 50, Darby 49, Seeley-Swan 48, Drummond 45, Fairfield 44, Deer Lodge 40, Charlo 35, Arlee 22, Victor 22, Alberton 16, Philipsburg 6, Hot Springs 2, Valley Christian 1, Florence 1.

400 – 6. Dillon Oliver, Dar, 56.20.

800 – 1. Chris Mai, Vic, 2:07.01; 4. Oliver, Dar, 2:11.93; 5. Seth Garbett, Dar, 2:13.33.

1,600 – Paul Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:46.57; 2. Matt Stout, Dar, 4:48.52; 4. Garbett, Dar, 4:49.77; 5. Mai, Vic, 4:51.29.

3,200 – Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:59.65; 4. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 11:02.76; 5. Stout, Dar, 11:05.72.

400 relay – 6. Victor, 48.05.

1,600 relay, 2. Victor, 3:47.62; 5. Darby 3:49.47.

Shot put – 6. Wedge Warford 40-5.

High jump – 5. Aaron Larson, Dar, 5-8

Triple jump – 6. Eric Taylor, Vic, 37-11.

Dalton Sybrant established himself as one of the premier throwers of Western Montana on Saturday at the TNT Meet in Frenchtown. The Corvallis junior claimed both the shot put and the discus and smashed both meet records in the process. Sybrant made a put of 53-11, breaking Florence’s Jacob Slingsby’s record of 51-3 set in 1998. In the discus, he shattered the record of 155-10, hefting the discus 168-4. The old record was held by Darby’s Benn Winn and was established in 2001.

Darby’s Abrahamsen took both the 800 and the 1,600 while Hamilton’s Ben Jessop claimed the 3,200. Hamilton’s Ryan Turley won the 100 and Corvallis’ Slater Powell won the 110 hurdles.

On the girls’ side, Hamilton took the team championship behind Misha Trotter’s wins in the 800 and the 1,600. Trotter and Megan Baker, Alicia Toews and Tori Porcella also claimed first in the 1,600 relay. Averyl LaSalle won in the discus for the Broncs as well.

There were a couple of triple winners for the girls. Stevensville’s Brekka Johnson took first in the 200, the long jump and the triple jump. Katie Niemeir of Florence outdistanced everyone in the 100 meter dash as well as both the 100 hurdles and the 300 hurdles.

Girls

Team scoring: Hamilton 87, Florence 71, Dillon 66, Frenchtown 54, Darby 45, Stevensville 38, Seeley-Swan 29, Corvallis 24, Loyola 22, Drummond 19, Superior 13, Butte Central 12, Deer Lodge 11, Plains 10, Anaconda 10, Troy 9, Alberton 7, Valley Christian 2.

100 – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 13:02; 6. Alicia Toews, Ham, 13:59.

200 – 1. Brekka Johnson, Stev, 27.34; 4. Cortney Reynolds, Flo, 28.31.

400 – 2. Reynolds, Flo, 66.60.

800 – 1. Trotter, Ham, 2:27.70.

1,600 – 1. Trotter, Ham, 5:38.86; 2. Heather Demorest, Dar, 5:47.13; 4. Keri Ledford, Dar, 5:57.78.

3,200 – 1. Heather Demorest, Dar, 11:40.00 (meet record, old record 11:55.16, Kara DeWalt, Darby, 2006); 2. Ledford, Dar, 12:53.20; 3. Franki Romano, Ham, 12:59.50; 4. Courtney White, Cor, 13:00.56; 6. Abby Mytty, Flo, 14:20.33.

100 hurdles – 1. Niemeir, Flo, 16.65; 5. Sara Grimes, Ste, 19.77.

300 hurdles – 1. Niemeir, Flo, 48.67; 2. Michelle Jones, Ham, 50.86; 4. Grimes, Ste, 58.48.

400 relay – 2. Florence 53.29; 3. Corvallis 53.49; 4. Hamilton 53.93

1,600 – 1. Hamilton (Megan Baker, Alicia Toews, Tori Porcella, Misha Trotter) 4:21.04 (meet record, old record 4:23.10, Frenchtown, 1990); 2. Corvallis 4:31.25.

Shot put – 5. Mariah Cress, Dar, 31-1.

Discus – 1. Averyl LaSalle, Ham, 103-7.

Javelin – 3. Mariah Cress, Dar, 115-10, 5. Ashley Albert, Ham, 96-2.

High jump - 2. Mariah Mittman, Flo, 4-10; 3. Sarah Schertenleib, Flo, 4-10.

Long jump – 1. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 14-1 ?; 2. Toews, Ham, 13-8; 3. LaSalle, Ham, 13-8.

Triple jump – 1. Johnson, Ste, 32-8; 2. Missy DeWalt, Dar, 32-0; 3. Mittman, Flor, 31-6; 4. Toews, Ham, 31-2; 5. Jessi Brunett, Ste, 30-11.

Boys

Team scoring: Frenchtown 95, Hamilton 82; Corvallis 76, Dillon 60 1/2, Deer Lodge 38, Loyola 27; Darby 26, Superior 24, Seeley Swan 18, Butte Central 18, Stevensville 14, Drummond 12, Troy 12, Alberton 11, Anaconda 10, Plains 4.

100 – 1. Ryan Turley, Ham, 11.50.

200 – 3. Andrew Dorn, Ham, 23.75; 6 (tie) Andrew Smith, Loy, and Tyler Holley, Ham, 24.28.

400 – 3. Turley, Ham, 54.12.

800 – Paul Abrahamsen, Dar, 2:10.51; 6. Dillon Oliver, Dar, 2:15.59.

1,600 – Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:47.07; 4. Drew Zeiler, Ste, 4:50.94; 6. Seth Garbett, Dar, 4:51.38.

3,200 – 1. Ben Jessop, Ham, 10:44.87; 2. Ian Curtiss, Ham, 10:48.31; 3. Chris Jessop, Cor, 10:50.93; 4. Seth Garbett, Dar, 10:57.32.

110 hurdles – 1. Slater Powell, Cor, 15.52; 3. Tayor Hersom, Ham, 17.36.

300 hurdles – 4. Taylor Hersom, Ham, 44.33; 6. Allen McCarty, Ham, 45.41.

400 relay – 1. Hamilton (Ryan Turley, Kyle Crowley, Devin Leonardi, Andrew Dorn) 45.21; 4. Corvallis 46.83.

1,600 relay – Hamilton (Tyler Holley, Allen McCarty, Wyatt Lawrence, Ryan Turley) 3:37.39; 2. Corvallis 3:43.00.

Shot put – 1. Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 53-11 (meet record: old record 51-3, Jacob Slingsby, Florenc 1998); 4. Dennis Jessop, Cor, 43-6.

Discus – 1. Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 169-4 (meet record: old record 155-10 Benn Winn, Darby, 2001); 3. Chris Jessop, Cor, 154-0; 6. Andy Miller, Ham, 127-6.

Javelin – 2. Austin Landis, Cor, 142-10; 5. Andy Jessop, Cor, 133-6.

High jump – 3. Clay Pape, Ste, 5-10; 5. Allen McCarty, Ham, 5-8.

Long jump – 2. Devin Leonardi, Ham, 19-9.

Triple jump 4. Isaac Hunter, Ste, 41-1.

Pole vault – 2. Austin Byron, Cor, 11-0; 6. Dillon Wood, Ham, 9-0.

The Lady Broncs had a six-run second inning to give them the momentum to defeat Stevensville, 12-0 in five innings. Nikki Koning took the win for Hamilton, allowing only one hit and striking out six. But that wasn’t her only accomplishment. She knocked a double and had two RBIs.

“We just didn’t come out ready to play today,” said Yellowjacket coach Jon Vercruyssen. “I thought we had a good week of practice.”

The Stevensville batters couldn’t find the key to Koning’s pitches and only connected once but couldn’t make the score.

“Coach Vercruyssen does a good job,” said Wilson. “They are always willing to play us hard. But we’ve got a lot of speed this year and teams are going to have to play defense to get us out.”

Wilson went on to say that his team took advantage of a few mistakes the Yellowjackets made. He added that in years past, the Hamilton team has always had a few heavy hitters who could be counted on to slam a few home runs. He doesn’t expect that this year and will instead, rely on speed to get their wins for them.

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Nikki Koning and Sarah Callaghan. Izzy Miller and Maddie Jones. W – Koning (1-1). Miller (0-2)

Hamilton – Amanda Hood 0-3, Sammie Wood 0-3, Callaghan 0-0, Koning 3-4, Annie Schultz 0-3, Kristen Ferguson 1-3, Brittany Kemig 0-1, Melissa Hood 1-3, Kaylie Stranberg 0-1, Presley Chadwick 0-1, Shayna Rupp 0-1, Jessica Bourne 0-1.

Stevensville – Kerry Robke 0-2, Sam Lanoue 0-1, Miller 0-2, Jones 0-2, Brianna Beller 1-2, Lindsey McGee 0-2, Cassie Hecht 0-2, Sarah Ajura 0-2, Bri Klingbeil 0-1.

2b- Koning. RBIs – Koning 2, Schultz.

Corvallis came up with a big win over Frenchtown on Saturday, topping the Broncs, 7-5. Behind the arm of Kasie Conder, the Blue Devils held off a late rally to take the Central A game. The Blue Devils had a three-run fourth inning to take a 5-2 lead and then scored one run in each of the next two innings. But Frenchtown rallied back and scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning. Conder held on to stop the rally and take the win.

Conder finished with 12 strikeouts and didn’t walk any Broncs. She did, however, allow eight hits. Five errors by Frenchtown allowed the Blue Devils score as Corvallis only had three hits in the game. Conder, BriAnna Anderson and Danielle Murray each had an RBI. Corvallis has now improved to 2-0.

Florence took a decisive win over Deer Lodge on Thursday but then faltered at the hands of the Thompson Falls Blue Hawks on Saturday. The young Falcons defeated Deer Lodge. They regained their momentum in the final game of the weekend when they defeated Noxon.

In last week’s story about the Montana State Gymnastic competition, Stevensville’s Kyrie Campbell was left out, as she is a member of the Mismo Gymnastic Club of Missoula. Campbell won the Level 7 all around. The Bitterroot Star regrets the omission.