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PREP TRACK & FIELD: Rae takes home shot put gold at Van Kuren

MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months, 1 week 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 24, 2025 1:00 AM

CHENEY — Senior Helene Rae, a College of Idaho commit, was first out of 57 competitors in the shot put with a mark of 40 feet, 3.5 inches in the shot put to lead Bonners Ferry at the Van Kuren Invite held Saturday at Cheney High.

Junior Hallie Hartman was second in the shot put with a mark of 39 feet, 2.5 inches, showcasing the Lady Badgers' region-wide dominance in the event. Rae was also fourth out of 52 in the discus with a toss of 120 feet even, her second best throw to date. Senior Sydney Beckle added a 10th-place finish out 35 in the 3200-meter run (12:25.53) and senior Brooke Petesch was 14th out of 44 in the 800-meter run (2:30.88) for the Lady Badgers, which finished 14th out of 30 scoring teams.

On the boys' side, the field events are where Bonners Ferry shined. Junior James Morgen was seventh out of 58 in the discus with a personal best hurl of 143 feet, 11 inches while junior Logan Archibald cleared a new personal best height out 12 feet even and tied for eighth out of 41 in the pole vault.

Sophomore Riley Beggerly was 12th out of 46 in the long jump with a new personal best leap of 20 feet, 4.25 inches while senior Asher Williams was 14th out of 29 in the triple jump (39 feet, 6 inches) and Morgen was 20th out of 58 in the shot put (40 feet, 4 inches).

Junior Spiro Petras ran to a new personal best time of 23.76 seconds in the 200-meter dash and placed 22nd out of 53 scoring for the Badgers, which placed 26th out of 28 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; 33, Spiro Petras, Bonners Ferry, 11.72. 200 — 1, Angel Colon, Chiawana, 21.92; 22, Spiro Petras, Bonners Ferry, 23.76. 400 — 1, Tristan Breier, Chiawana, 50.15; 39, Daric Vincent, Bonners Ferry, 1:00.68. 800 — 1, Kade Brownell, Mt. Spokane, 1:53.81; 23, Micah Thomson, Bonners Ferry, 2:10.19. 1600 — 1, Westin Madden, Valley Christian, 4:28.13; 42, Colton Cohen, Bonners Ferry, 5:21.60. 3200 — 1, Cameron Frenk, Cheney, 9:31.84.

110 hurdles — 1, Talan Hughes, East Valley (Spokane), 14.76. 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; 11, Bonners Ferry (Riley Beggerly, Ben Middleton, Gio Faroni, Spiro Petras), 45.78. 4x200 relay — 1, Sandpoint (Van Lee, Trey Blumenberg, Maverick Gomez, Isaac Schmit), 1:31.38; 8, Bonners Ferry (Gio Faroni, Ben Middleton, Spiro Petras, Conrad Hiatt), 1:37.05. 4x800 relay — 1, Mt. Spokane (Kade Brownell, Parker Westermann, Gatlin Michaelsen, Javin Michaelsen), 7:57.15.

Shotput — 1, Simon Rosselli, Mead, 52-8.5; 20, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 40-4. Discus — 1, Simon Rosselli, Mead, 193-2; 7, James Morgen, Bonners Ferry, 143-11. Javelin — 1, Colby Shamblin, Northwest Christian (Colbert), 200-5; 38, Jake Solt, Bonners Ferry, 111-10. Pole vault — 1, Alma Smith, Cheney, 14-6; t-8, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 12-0. High jump — 1, Brady Krebs, Rogers (Spokane), 6-5; 12, Logan Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 5-8. Long jump — 1, Braydon Bayless, Saint George's School, 22-4.5; 12, Riley Beggerly, Bonners Ferry, 20-4.25. Triple jump — 1, Feso Ogbozor, Gonzaga Prep, 46-1.5; 14, Asher Williams, Bonners Ferry, 39-6.

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; 38, Avah Archibald, Bonners Ferry, 14.05. 200 — 1, Laine Gardner, Mt. Spokane, 25.22; 37, Samantha Cummings, Bonners Ferry, 30.53. 400 — 1, Veronica Garcia, East Valley (Spokane), 57.41; 29, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 1:09.83. 800 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 2:13.35; 14, Brooke Petesch, Bonners Ferry, 2:30.88. 1600 — 1, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 5:06.60; 17, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 5:43.48. 3200 — 1, Jane Wycoff, Mt. Spokane, 11:34.66; 10, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 12:25.53.

100 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 15.50. 300 hurdles — 1, Reagan Meine, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 44.99. 4x100 relay — 1, Moses Lake (Miciah Higley, Kamery Char, Addy Burns, Kaiya Char), 50.58; 9, Bonners Ferry (Ireland Grady, Taren Bateman, Eva Willis, Makenna Baisden), 53.09. 4x200 relay — 1, Chiawana (Ayla Harden, Kristina Khomin, Sawyer Chubb, Macey Smith), 1:44.98; 13, Bonners Ferry (Ireland Grady, Taren Bateman, Eva Willis, Makenna Baisden), 1:54.05. 4x800 relay — 1, University (Mariah Denney, Ella Quirk, Peyton Richter, Kyla Roberts), 10:06.20.

Shotput — 1, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 40-3.5; 2, Hallie Hartman, Bonners Ferry, 39-2.5. Discus — 1, Cale Stinebaugh, Ferris, 131-6; 4, Helene Rae, Bonners Ferry, 120-0. Javelin — 1, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 132-3. Pole vault — 1, Brooklyn Lawrence, North Central, 11-6. High jump — 1, Karolina Flanagan, Gonzaga Prep, 5-0. Long jump — 1, Ella Brinkman, Ferris, 17-7.5; 43, Eva Willis, Bonners Ferry, 12-8.5. Triple jump — 1, Madison Bond, Moses Lake, 35-2.

Graham, Sceppe, Tuma winners at PR Invite

PRIEST RIVER — Sophomore Aspen Graham won the shotput (29 feet, 0.5 inches), senior Natalia Tuma won the pole vault (8 feet even), and junior Devin Sceppe won the 300-meter hurdles (44.10) to pace Bonners Ferry at the 28th annual Priest River Invite on Saturday.

Sceppe added a second-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (16.42) and freshman Grady Atkins was third in the discus with a new personal best throw of 119 feet, 8 inches for the Badgers, which placed fourth out of nine scoring teams.

Graham was also second in the discus (82 feet, 11 inches) and freshman Olivia Lammers was third in the 400-meter dash (1:12.89) for the Lady Badgers, which placed fifth out of eight scoring teams.

Bonners Ferry returns to action on Friday at the Timberlake Invitational. The Badgers will then head to the Mooberry Relays hosted by Rogers High of Spokane on Saturday.

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; 18, Cooper Higgins, Bonners Ferry, 13.06. 200 — 1, Nathan May, Post Falls, 24.97; 18, Cooper Higgins, Bonners Ferry, 27.72. 400 — 1, Chandler Glassmoyer, Post Falls, 55.68; 8, Cooper Higgins, Bonners Ferry, 1:00.97. 800 — 1, Richard Sandwick, Cusick, 2:09.22; 21, Brock Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 2:40.66. 1600 — 1, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 4:40.78; 20, Brock Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 6:17.28. 3200 — 1, Josiah Wells, Post Falls, 11:28.30; 4, Justin Swanson, Bonners Ferry, 11:49.18.

110 hurdles — 1, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 16.40; 2, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 16.42. 300 hurdles — 1, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 44.10; 6, Matthias Gardner, Bonners Ferry, 48.29. 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; 3, Bonners Ferry (Devin Sceppe, Darian Jacobson, Illkai Aitken, Matthias Gardner), 1:47.54. 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; 2, Bonners Ferry (Grady Atkins, Austin McLaughlin, Alex Taylor, Illkai Aitken), 56.29.

Shotput — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 43-0.5; 6, Alex Taylor, Bonners Ferry, 36-1.25. Discus — 1, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 146-10; 3, Grady Atkins, Bonners Ferry, 119-8. Javelin — 1, Ryan Bell, Priest River, 128-0; 2, Illkai Aitken, Bonners Ferry, 122-10. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 11-6; 7, Darian Jacobson, Bonners Ferry, 7-6. High jump — 1, Carter Cook, Priest River, 5-8; 4, Cooper Higgins, Bonners Ferry, 5-2 Long jump — 1, Conner Miller, Stillwater Christian, 19-8; 7, Devin Sceppe, Bonners Ferry, 16-6. Triple jump — 1, Ethan Wolf, Stillwater Christian, 40-11.

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; 14, Natalia Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 16.43. 200 — 1, Ayla Hull, Sandpoint, 29.20; 11, Natalia Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 34.42. 400 — 1, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 1:04.92; 3, Olivia Lammers, Bonners Ferry, 1:12.89. 800 — 1, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:31.34. 1600 — 1, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 5:53.90; 7, Cheyenne Schutte, Bonners Ferry, 6:49.24. 3200 — 1, Dorothy Pope, Post Falls, 12:44.81; 4, Emile Bourassa, Bonners Ferry, 14:49.05.

100 hurdles — 1, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 17.62; 4, Halory Stanley, Bonners Ferry, 19.65. 300 hurdles — 1, Olivia Yetter, Clark Fork, 53.18; 5, Halory Stanley, Bonners Ferry, 58.65. 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; 8, Emma LaCroix, Bonners Ferry, 18-3.5. Discus — 1, Makayla Reynolds, Post Falls, 88-11; 2, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 82-11. Javelin — 1, Chase Smith, Priest River, 102-0; 6, Aspen Graham, Bonners Ferry, 60-2. Pole vault — 1, Natalia Tuma, Bonners Ferry, 8-0. High jump — 1, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-8. Long jump — 1, Jaya Felix, Post Falls, 14-10; 4, Halory Stanley, Bonners Ferry, 13-0.5. Triple jump — 1, Vivian Haag, Sandpoint, 29-7.5.

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