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Priest River battles adversity, has great showing in Deer Park

MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 5 months AGO
by MAX OSWALD
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | April 5, 2023 1:00 AM

DEER PARK — On Friday, March 31, the Priest River track and field team finished at the top of the standings at the Glenn Wolf Invitational at Deer Park High School.

Despite missing about one-sixth of their team due to spring break and illness, the boys team finished fifth and the girls team finished 12th out of 26 total teams. In the meet’s three-year history, Priest River boys and girls have finished near the top every time thus far.

Matyus McLain, the Spartan standout, focused on throws this time around and put up an elite performance. McLain won both the shot put and discus with new personal records. His marks of 150 feet, 1 inch in the discus and 48 feet, 7.75 inches in the shot put moved him up to fourth and eighth in the Priest River record book, respectively. He scored 20 total points at the meet. Adding some more points for the throws was Jesse Poisel, who placed sixth with 112 feet, 7 inches.

Another key contributor for the boys team was Carter Korff, who finished second in the long jump and third in the triple jump. He marked 19 feet, 9.5 inches in the long jump and 37 feet, 8.5 inches in the triple jump; both were personal best jumps for Korff.

On the track, Bryaden Lamanna set a new personal record in the 3200m with a time of 10:42.92 that put him in sixth place. Ethan Korff finished sixth in the 110m hurdles with a new personal record of 20.72.

The girls side was led by Allyson Barton, who scored 11 total points. Barton finished second in the discus and sixth in shot put with throws of 103 feet, 4 inches and 30 feet, 10.75 inches, respectively. Rebecca Sedbrook finished right behind Barton in seventh with a throw of 30 feet, 7.5 inches.

Another field athlete who put on a good performance was pole vaulter Hadassah Davis, who finished fourth with a vault of 5 feet, 6 inches.

Next up for the Spartans will be an away meet versus Kellogg and St. Maries on Wednesday, April 12, at Kellogg High School.

GIRLS

100 Meters: 1, Jessie Reed 13.29, Oakesdale; 2, Rylee Russell 13.46, Freeman; 3, Kali Brown 13.69, Riverside; 4, Gracelynn Martinson 13.72, Deer Park.

200 Meters: 1, Kennedy Cook 27.40, Garfield-Palouse; 2, Jessie Reed 28.24, Oakesdale; 3, Karlee Ayers 28.78, Tonasket; 4, Andrea Snell 29.10, Deer Park.

400 Meters: 1, Kennedy Cook 59.79, Garfield-Palouse; 2, Sara Casebolt 1:02.32, Logos; 3, Naomi Taylor 1:03.96, Logos; 4, Gracelynn Martinson 1:04.81, Deer Park.

800 Meters: 1, Josie McLaughlin 2:19.35, St George's; 2, Layne Lathrop 2:27.98, Deer Park; 3, Regan Thomas 2:35.39, St George's; 4, Alyssa Blum 2:40.29, Logos.

1600 Meters: 1, Sara Casebolt 5:35.13, Logos; 2, Layne Lathrop 5:35.63, Deer Park; 3, Regan Thomas 5:41.50, St George's; 4, Lizzie Crawford 5:50.86, Logos.

3200 Meters: 1, Kayla Ramsey 11:23.31, Medical Lake; 2, Lily Jones 11:52.17, Freeman; 3, Jenna Castro 12:16.17, Medical Lake; 4, Kaylee Dennler 12:46.24, Medical Lake.

100m Hurdles: 1, Hayden Schuh 17.09, Odessa; 2, Reegan Carstensen 18.16, Odessa; 3, Glenna Soliday 18.44, Davenport; 4, Trianna Widick 19.15, Liberty (Spangle).

300m Hurdles: 1, Hayden Schuh 48.21, Odessa; 2, Glenna Soliday 49.72, Davenport; 3, Emma Wilson 53.97, Tonasket; 4, Ripley McNabb 54.46, Deer Park.

4x100 Relay: 1, Oakesdale 53.28 (Jenna Rawls, Gianna Anderson, Marilla Hockett, Jessie Reed); 2, Freeman 53.98; 3, Odessa 54.07; 4, Tonasket 54.50.

4x200 Relay: 1, Oakesdale 1:57.10 (Lucy Hockett, Bradyn Henley, Grace Perry, Jenna Rawls); 2, Tonasket 1:57.20; 3, St George's 1:57.70; 4, Valley Christian 1:59.70.

4x400 Relay: 1, St George's 4:23.57 (Savvy Briceno, Kala Reaves, Regan Thomas, Josie McLaughlin); 2, Logos 4:30.55; 3, Medical Lake 4:33.02; 4, Freeman 4:35.54.

SHOT PUT: 1, Chiche Okemgbo 34-07.50, Medical Lake; 2, Ava Hemphill 33-09.75, Garfield-Palouse; 3, Myra Miller 32-09.50, Lind-Ritzville; 4, Lena Waters 31-04.75, Davenport.

DISCUS: 1, Myra Miller 103-06, Lind-Ritzville; 2, Allyson Barton 103-04, Priest River Lamanna; 3, Ava Hemphill 101-04, Garfield-Palouse; 4, Chiche Okemgbo 90-02, Medical Lake.

JAVELIN: 1, Hayden Schuh 126-00, Odessa; 2, Tamia Cates 110-03, Mary Walker; 3, Savvy Lara 102-00, Freeman; 4, Chiche Okemgbo 97-08, Medical Lake.

HIGH JUMP: 1, Stephanie Chadduck 5-02, Freeman; 2, Lily Starkel 5-02, Odessa; 3, Samantha Pfaff 4-10, Garfield-Palouse; 4, Emery Molina 4-08.00, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse.

POLE VAULT: 1, Divine Maple 7-00, Riverside; 2, Adasha Gardner 6-00, Medical Lake; 3, Naomi Taylor 6-00 Logos; 4, Hadassah Davis 5-06, Priest River Lamanna.

LONG JUMP: 1, Jessie Reed 14-08.25, Oakesdale; 2, Stephanie Chadduck 14-05.75, Freeman; 3, Alexis Eden 13-09.00, Odessa; 4, Ryenna Pfeffer 13-08.00 Kettle Falls.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1, Stephanie Chadduck 32-06.75, Freeman; 2, Tamia Cates 32-04.25, Mary Walker; 3, Kiya Golphenee 29-08.00, Kettle Falls; 4, Nicole Dupont 29-06.25, Freeman.

BOYS

100 Meters: 1, Cody Gilroy 11.48, Chewelah; 2, Kanoa Rogan 12.11, Freeman; 3, Caleb Cochran 12.15, Freeman; 4, Coldin Ackerman 12.22, Riverside.

200 Meters:1, Tomeko Cates 23.10, Mary Walker. 2, Cody Gilroy 23.42, Chewelah; 3, Lucas Paul 23.79, Liberty (Spangle); 4, Evan Gunning 24.20, Davenport.

400 Meters: 1, Shawn Jones 51.72, St George's; 2, Lucas Paul 51.73, Liberty (Spangle); 3, Ryan Pomrankey 53.25, Kettle Falls; 4, Ben Sudlow 54.03, St George's.

800 Meters: 1, Reid Headrick 2:04.10, Medical Lake; 2, Jaeger Jacobsen 2:10.08, Davenport; 3, Cade Spencer 2:11.47, Riverside; 4, David Parker 2:11.49, Riverside.

1600 Meters: 1, Reid Headrick 4:32.52, Medical Lake; 2, Benjamin Morales 4:32.75, St George's; 3, David Parker 4:53.06, Riverside; 4, Hrair Garabedian 4:56.42, St George's.

3200 Meters: 1, Cole Foster 9:53.39, Chewelah; 2, Ty Crockett 10:07.14, Chewelah; 3, Titus Tapia 10:23.84, Chewelah; 4, Jaeger Jacobsen 10:36.33, Davenport.

110m Hurdles: 1, Trent Sandborn 16.75, Freeman; 2, Brenick Soliday 16.99, Davenport; 3, Rory Maloney 17.66, St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse; 4, Coldin Ackerman 18.83, Riverside.

300m Hurdles: 1, Evan Gunning 42.14, Davenport; 2, Brenick Soliday 43.64, Davenport; 3, Eli Larson 44.08, Chewelah; 4, Johnathan Brooks 44.72, Newport.

4x100 Relay: 1, Freeman, 44.91 (Ryan Delcour, Jackson Grover, Sage Gilbert, Kanoa Rogan); 2, Chewelah 46.01; 3, Freeman 46.82; 4, Riverside, 47.38.

4x400 Relay: 1, Freeman 3:39.09 (Caleb Cochran, Sage Gilbert, Tyce Gilbert, Gunnar Reed); 2, Davenport 3:45.04; 3, Liberty (Spangle) 3:46.72; 4, St George's 3:48.25.

SHOT PUT: 1, Matyus McLain 48-07.75, Priest River Lamanna; 2, Jackson Grover 47-05.50, Freeman; 3, Liam Earl 41-11.25, Medical Lake; 4, Taigen Mitcham 41-07.25, Newport.

DISCUS: 1, Matyus McLain 150-01, Priest River Lamanna; 2, Ronan Sherman 137-11, Newport; 3, Jason Schillinger 127-06, Davenport; 4, Granger Sutton 117-05, Tonasket.

JAVELIN: 1, Colby Shamblin 156-03, NW Christian (Colbert); 2, Liam Earl 154-03, Medical Lake; 3, Jackson Perry 144-02, Oakesdale; 4, Ryan Clayden 142-09, Riverside.

HIGH JUMP: 1, Tomeko Cates 6-08.00, Mary Walker; 2, Jackson Perry 6-00.00, Oakesdale; 3, Ronan Sherman 5-10.00, Newport; 4, Ian Stapf 5-10.00, Deer Park.

POLE VAULT: 1, Ryan Delcour 13-00.00, Freeman; 2, Brenick Soliday 11-00.00, Davenport; 3, Jet Helm 10-06.00, Riverside; 4, Dakotah Phillips 10-06.00, Medical Lake.

LONG JUMP: 1, Tomeko Cates 20-01.50, Mary Walker; 2, Carter Korff 19-09.50, Priest River Lamanna; 3, Ryan Delcour 19-03.75, Freeman; 4, Hayden Fatherree 19-02.75, Freeman.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1, Tomeko Cates 42-10.25, Mary Walker; 2, Ronan Sherman 39-02.75, Newport; 3, Carter Korff 37-08.50, Priest River Lamanna; 4, Mateo Morado 37-03.50, Columbia (Hunters).

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