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PREP ROUNDUP: Thaete wins javelin, Jones breaks triple jump record at Van Kuren Invite

MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 months, 4 weeks 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 19, 2025 9:00 PM

TRACK & FIELD

CHENEY — Sandpoint High junior Jetta Thaete improved her own school record and beat out 49 other competitors to win the javelin with a throw of 132 feet, 3 inches at the Van Kuren Invite hosted by Cheney High on Saturday.

Thaete's throw, which was a little under seven feet better than second place, currently ranks as No. 1 in Idaho across all classifications by over 12 feet.

Junior Izzy Davidson was fifth out of 32 in the pole vault (10 feet even) and junior Elia Howard was fifth out of 59 in the 100-meter dash with a new personal best time of 12.75 seconds, which ranks as No. 4 all-time in school history.

Sophomore Elizabeth Storms added a 10th-place finish out of 42 in the 400-meter dash with a new personal best time of 1:03.13 for the Lady Bulldogs, which placed 13th out of 30 scoring teams.

For the boys, sophomore Shooter Jones was third out of 29 in the triple jump with a new school record leap of 44 feet, 5 inches, almost a foot-and-half longer than Danny Fournier's jump of 43 feet, 0.75 inches in 1980. Jones also was 18th out of 46 in the long jump with a new personal best mark of 19 feet, 10 inches.

Junior Maverick Gomez also continues to inch his way up the record books, finishing eighth out of 61 in the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of 11.07 seconds, which ranks as No. 3 all-time in school history.

Gomez, senior Van Lee, sophomore Trey Blumenberg and junior Isaac Schmit garnered a gold in the 4x200 relay, beating out 11 other teams with a time of 1:31.38.

Lee was tied for second out of 41 in the pole vault with a new personal best clear of 13 feet even.

Sophomore Knox Williams finished 11th out of 44 in the 400-meter dash (53.36) for the Bulldogs, which placed 10th out of 27 scoring teams.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Chiawana 67. t-2, Cheney, Lewis and Clark 65. 4, Mt. Spokane 62.5. 5, Moses Lake 54. 6, Rogers (Spokane) 46. 7, Mead 45. 8, Shadle Park 28. 9, Central Valley 27.5. 10, Sandpoint 25. 11, Gonzaga Prep 24.5. t-12, Valley Christian, Northwest Christian (Colbert) 22. 14, West Valley (Spokane) 21. 15, East Valley (Spokane) 20. t-16, University, Ridgeline 14. t-18, Colville, Saint George's School 13. 20, North Central 12. 21, Reardan 11. t-22, Deer Park, Ferris 7. 24, Chewelah 6. 25, Newport 4. 26, Bonners Ferry 3.5. 27, Clarkston 2. 28, Selkirk 1.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Romin Saleki, Lewis and Clark, 10.77; 8, Maverick Gomez, Sandpoint, 11.07. 200 — 1, Angel Colon, Chiawana, 21.92; 24, Isaac Schmit, Sandpoint, 23.93. 400 — 1, Tristan Breier, Chiawana, 50.15; 11, Knox Williams, Sandpoint, 53.36. 800 — 1, Kade Brownell, Mt. Spokane, 1:53.81; 28, Julian Knight, Sandpoint, 2:12.07. 1600 — 1, Westin Madden, Valley Christian, 4:28.13; 24, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 4:47.02. 3200 — 1, Cameron Frenk, Cheney, 9:31.84; 24, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 10:59.13.

110 hurdles — 1, Talan Hughes, East Valley (Spokane), 14.76; 23, Will Mooney, Sandpoint, 18.16. 300 hurdles — 1, Talan Hughes, East Valley (Spokane), 39.03. 4x100 relay — 1, Rogers (Spokane) (Triston Bates, Krystian Pikulik, Michael Sanders, Jelani Kabba), 43.03; 8, Sandpoint (Van Lee, Maverick Gomez, Kamren Ziarnick, Trey Blumenberg), 44.43. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Van Lee, Trey Blumenberg, Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:31.38. 4x800 relay — 1, Mt. Spokane (Kade Brownell, Parker Westermann, Gatlin Michaelsen, Javin Michaelsen), 7:57.15; 9, Sandpoint (Kai Budensiek, Jack Lovin, Julian Knight, Jagger Lindgren), 9:09.03.

Shotput — 1, Simon Rosselli, Mead, 52-8.5; 25, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 38-9.5. Discus — 1, Simon Rosselli, Mead, 193-2; 28, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 118-4. Javelin — 1, Colby Shamblin, Northwest Christian (Colbert), 200-5; 52, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 91-4. Pole vault — 1, Alma Smith, Cheney, 14-6; t-2, Van Lee, Sandpoint, 13-0. High jump — 1, Brady Krebs, Rogers (Spokane), 6-5. Long jump — 1, Braydon Bayless, Saint George's School, 22-4.5; 18, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 19-10. Triple jump — 1, Feso Ogbozor, Gonzaga Prep, 46-1.5; 3, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 44-5.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Mt. Spokane 68. 2, Coeur d'Alene Charter 64. 3, Moses Lake 53. 4, Chiawana 47. 5, Central Valley 46. 6, Ferris 45. 7, Cheney 42. 8, East Valley (Spokane) 41. 9, Lewis and Clark 36. 10, Saint George's School 28. 11, Gonzaga Prep 26. 12, University 25. 13, Sandpoint 24. 14, Bonners Ferry 23. 15, Rogers (Spokane) 21. 16, North Central 17. 17, Ridgeline 12. 18, Shadle Park 11. 19, Deer Park 10.5. 20, Timberlake 9. 21, Clarkston 8. t-22, Colville, West Valley (Spokane) 7. 24, Odessa 6.5. 25, Liberty (Spangle) 6. t-26, Mead, Davenport, Valley Christian 5. 29, Wilbur-Creston-Keller 3. 30, Newport 1.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Laine Gardner, Mt. Spokane, 12.43; 5, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 12.75. 200 — 1, Laine Gardner, Mt. Spokane, 25.22. 400 — 1, Veronica Garcia, East Valley (Spokane), 57.41; 10, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 1:03.13. 800 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 2:13.35; 26, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 2:42.03. 1600 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 5:06.60; 30, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 5:56.41. 3200 — 1, Jane Wycoff, Mt. Spokane, 11:34.66; 25, Abigail Eldore, Sandpoint, 13:29.04.

100 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 15.50; 27, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 19.11. 300 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 44.99; 25, Jordyn Tomco, Sandpoint, 53.17. 4x100 relay — 1, Moses Lake (Miciah Higley, Kamery Char, Addy Burns, Kaiya Char), 50.58. 4x200 relay — 1, Chiawana (Ayla Harden, Kristina Khomin, Sawyer Chubb, Macey Smith), 1:44.98. 4x800 relay — 1, University (Mariah Denney, Ella Quirk, Peyton Richter, Kyla Roberts), 10:06.20; 5, Sandpoint (Ruthie Laughridge, Elizabeth Storms, Delaney Barron, Hannah Ricks) 10:43.18.

Shotput — 1, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 40-3.5; 7, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 32-8.5. Discus — 1, Cale Stinebaugh, Ferris, 131-6; 11, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 99-2. Javelin — 1, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 132-3. Pole vault — 1, Brooklyn Lawrence, North Central, 11-6; 5, Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 10-0. High jump — 1, Karolina Flanagan, Gonzaga Prep, 5-0. Long jump — 1, Ella Brinkman, Ferris, 17-7.5; 19, Elia Howard, Sandpoint, 15-1. Triple jump — 1, Madison Bond, Moses Lake, 35-2.

Priest River boys, Sandpoint girls win PR Invite

PRIEST RIVER — Junior Niki Porinchok won both the discus (146 feet, 10 inches) and the shot put (43 feet, 0.5 inches) and the Spartans won their home invite — in its 28th year of existence — by a large margin on Saturday at Priest River High.

Senior Brayden Lamanna won the 1600-meter run (4:40.78) and junior Ian Lamanna won the pole vault (11 feet, 6 inches) to round out Priest River's individual wins on the day.

Clark Fork High junior Westin Caven won the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 16.40 seconds, which according to available records would be a new school record for the Wampus Cats.

For the girls, Sandpoint High senior Ayla Hull won the 100-meter (14.03) and 200-meter (29.20) dashes to lead the Lady Bulldogs to the team title. Sophomore Vivian Haag added a win in the triple jump (29 feet, 7.5 inches).

Priest River High senior Lizzie McCracken won the the 800-meter dash with a new personal best time of 2:31.34, senior Kylee Swoboda won the high jump (4 feet, 8 inches) and junior Chase Smith won the javelin (102 feet event).

Clark Fork High senior Olivia Yetter won the 100-meter hurdles in a new personal best time of 17.62 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 53.18 seconds to lead the Lady Cats.

Sandpoint and Priest River return to action Thursday at the Lakeland Invite. Clark Fork will compete at the Kootenai Small Schools Invite on Tuesday.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Priest River 175. t-2, Post Falls, Sandpoint 126. 4, Bonners Ferry 88. 5, Stillwater Christian 77. 6, Clark Fork 36. 7, Kootenai Classical Academy 29. 8, Cusick 18. 9, Newport 3.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Conner Miller, Stillwater Christian, 11.65; 2, Carter Korff, Priest River, 11.91. 200 — 1, Nathan May, Post Falls, 24.97; 4, Brennivon Ozbun, Sandpoint, 25.55. 400 — 1, Chandler Glassmoyer, Post Falls, 55.68; 2, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 55.99. 800 — 1, Richard Sandwick, Cusick, 2:09.22; 4, Doug Ezell, Priest River, 2:16.70. 1600 — 1, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 4:40.78; 3, Phoenix Young, Sandpoint, 5:09.29. 3200 — 1, Josiah Wells, Post Falls, 11:28.30; 2, Riley Shadel, Sandpoint, 11:29.15.

110 hurdles — 1, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 16.40; 5, Travis Walker, Sandpoint, 17.38. 300 hurdles — 1, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 44.10; 2, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 44.27. 4x100 relay — 1, Priest River (Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Gunnar Pettit, Carter Korff), 46.58. 4x200 relay — 1, Post Falls (Isaiah Bearshield, Michael Livingston, Nathan May, Chandler Glassmoyer), 1:37.79; 2, Priest River (Landon Blackburn, Darik Gosser, Kellen Smith, David Harbison), 1:44.20. 4x400 relay — 1, Priest River (Kellen Smith, Doug Ezell, Landon Blackburn, Gunnar Pettit), 4:03.14. SMR 1600 — 1, Priest River (Carter Korff, Luccas Simcox, Ian Lamanna, Brayden Lamanna), 3:49.38. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Sandpoint (Tristan Tomco, Damian Porter, Sean Ketchum, Nicholas Smith), 51.49.

Shotput — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 43-0.5; 2, Triston Tomco, Sandpoint, 41-4. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 146-10; 2, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 131-10. Javelin — 1, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 128-0; 3, Gaden Marble, Priest River, 103-8. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 11-6; 2, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 10-0. High jump — 1, Carter Cook, Priest River, 5-8; 3, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 5-4. Long jump — 1, Conner Miller, Stillwater Christian, 19-8; 2, Carter Korff, Priest River, 19-5. Triple jump — 1, Ethan Wolf, Stillwater Christian, 40-11; 3, Brennivon Ozbun, Sandpoint, 35-11.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 171. 2, Priest River 110. t-3, Post Falls, Stillwater Christian 97. 5, Bonners Ferry 73. 6, Kootenai Classical Academy 34. 7, Clark Fork 30. 8, Newport 4.

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Ayla Hull, Sandpoint, 14.03; 3, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 14.46. 200 — 1, Ayla Hull, Sandpoint, 29.20; 3, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 29.70. 400 — 1, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 1:04.92; 2, Makiyah Hagstrom, Sandpoint, 1:09.93. 800 — 1, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:31.34; 2, Lillian Grant, Sandpoint, 2:43.76. 1600 — 1, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 5:53.90; 3, Lillian Grant, Sandpoint, 6:19.11. 3200 — 1, Dorothy Pope, Post Falls, 12:44.81.

100 hurdles — 1, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 17.62; 2, Madison Hall, Sandpoint, 19.06. 300 hurdles — 1, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 53.18; 4, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 57.95. 4x100 relay — 1, Priest River (Haylee Jepson, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda, Haley Braae), 55.66. 4x200 relay — 1, Bonners Ferry (no names listed), 2:10.75. 4x400 relay — 1, Priest River (Haylee Jepson, Ashlyn Korff, Kylee Swoboda, Jasmine Stark), 4:53.50. SMR 800 — 1, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Haley Braae, Kylee Swoboda, Jasmine Stark), 2:05.72. 4x100 throwers relay — 1, Sandpoint (Addison Ketchum, Payton Berlinger, Meara Graybeal, Keira Strock), 1:01.92.

Shotput — 1, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 29-0.5; 3, Keira Strock, Sandpoint, 24-5. Discus — 1, Makayla Reynolds, Post Falls, 88-11; 5, Keira Strock, Sandpoint, 63-9. Javelin — 1, Chase Smith, Priest River, 102-0; 3, Haley Braae, Priest River, 67-3. Pole vault — 1, Natalia Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 8-0; 2, Jasmine Stark, Priest River, 7-6. High jump — 1, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-8; 5, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 3-10. Long jump — 1, Jaya Felix, Post Falls, 14-10; 2, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 13-7. Triple jump — 1, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 29-7.5; 3, Sierra Vest, Sandpoint, 28-4.5.

GOLF

Spartans third at Newport Invite

BLANCHARD — Priest River High senior Palmer Coleman shot a 9-over-par 80 and finished third to lead the Spartans to a third-place team finish at the Newport Invite held Saturday at the Stoneridge Resort.

Sophomore Nate Fegert carded a 93 and junior Parker Bradbury and sophomore Braxton Knaack finished with 96's to give Priest River a team score of 365, two strokes ahead of Riverside.

Priest River will host their own invitational at the Stoneridge Resort on Tuesday.

BOYS

Par 71

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 334. 2, Coleville 353. 3, Priest River 365. 4, Riverside 367. 5, Freeman 385. 6, Newport 394.

MEDALIST — Ben Orth, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls); Matthew Longstreth, Saint George's 77.

LAKESIDE (Nine Mile Falls) — Ben Orth 77, Logan Jensen 81, Cooper Thomas 87, Alex Sherwood 87, Brady Haff 89.

SAINT GEORGE'S — Matthew Longstreth, Saint George's 77, Nolan Rich 88.

PRIEST RIVER — Palmer Coleman 80, Nate Fegert 93, Parker Bradbury 96, Braxton Knaack 96, Mason Crump 102.

COLVILLE — Parker Richesin 81, Luke Strite 86, Cooper Flugel 90, Mason Beardsley 95, Sam Bruce 96.

FREEMAN — Tanner Goldsmith 82, Logan Schultz 85, Eli Schweiger 100, Brady Bowen 118

RIVERSIDE — Cole Waldron 84, Mason James 87, Javin Repp 95, Wesley Bates 101, Waylen Jester 161.

NEWPORT — Noah Erikson 94, Berg Hughes 101, Ethan Batsch 104, Brodie Moody 140

INDIVIDUALS — Clay Hanson, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 93. Alex Gaynor, Colville, 96. Preston Fenderson, Priest River, 108. Madden Redginer, Priest River, 111. Mason Fenderson, Priest River, 112. Peyton Davis, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 118. Sean McMahon, Priest River, 119. Dylan Gagnon, Priest River, 127. Ukiah Martinez, Priest River, 137.

BOYS LACROSSE

Mead 11, Sandpoint 2

SPOKANE — Freshman Liam Bowen and sophomore Keagan Cole both found nylon as the visiting Bulldogs fell short in an IHSLL North Division game held Saturday at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex.

Bowen also scooped up a team-high six groundballs, freshman Trenton Cross dished out an assist, and sophomore Ryan Gaffney had 13 saves in between the post for Sandpoint, which trailed 8-0 at halftime.

Sandpoint (4-7, 3-5) is idle until Thursday when they'll face league newcomer Spokane Stealth at War Memorial Field.

Sandpoint 0 0 1 1 — 2

Mead 2 6 1 2 — 11

GOALS: SPT — Bowen 1, Cole 1. MEA — Sterling 6, Jordan 1, Ulrich 1, Frahm 1, Talarico 1, Campbell 1.

ASSISTS: SPT — Cross 1. MEA — Talarico 5, Colomb 2, Frahm 1.

GROUNDBALLS: SPT — Bowen 6, Gaffney 5, Sprinkle 5, Porietis 4, Addison 4, Houtrouw 3, Fisher 3, Cole 3, Addington 2, Adam 2, Nesbitt 2, Beers 1, G. McElroy 1, Peck 1, Cross 1, Doko 1, Manske 1. MEA — Frahm 10 ,Ulrich 9, Race 5, Bushnell 4, Jensen 3, Campbell 3, Hansen 3, Benavides 2, Pluid 2, Sterling 2, Talarico 2, Colomb 2, LaVine 1 Killman 1.

SAVES: SPT — Gaffney 13. MEA — Davenport 6.

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