Lamanna's lead the way

ST. MARIES — Over the last 32 years, the Priest River High boys track & field team has posted 10 runner-up finishes between the Intermountain and Central Idaho Leagues.

On Saturday at St. Maries High, the Spartans put it all together.

Priest River High senior Brayden Lamanna added his third and fourth gold medals with wins in the 800-meter run and 1600-meter run and his brother, junior Ian Lamanna, won the pole vault to lead the Spartans to the 3A Central Idaho League District 1-2 title — their first league title since 1993.

Brayden Lamanna, who won the 3200-meter run and was part of the winning 1600 sprint medley relay on Friday, posted times of 2:04.73 in the 800 and 4:35.41 in the 1600. Heading into the 3A state championship, he's ranked No. 6 in the 800 (2:02.72), No. 3 in the 1600 (4:26.46) and No. 2 in the 3200 (9:35.67).

Ian Lamanna's new personal best vault of 12 feet, 9 inches in the pole vault ranks as No. 3 all-time in school history and No. 5 in the state's 3A classification.

Senior Carter Korff added another gold medal to the Spartans' tally, winning the 200-meter dash in 23.68 seconds.

Priest River, which defeated runner-up Grangeville by 13 points, won two relays on Saturday. Korff, Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox and Kashas Wright won the 4x200 (1:34.48) and Ian Lamanna, Simcox, Doug Ezell and Wright won the 4x400 in 3:39.04.

Ezell added a second-place finish in the 800 (2:11.53), junior Niki Porinchok a second-place finish in the shot put (43 feet, 3 inches), and sophomore Gunnar Pettit was third in the pole vault with a new personal best (11 feet even) to round out Spartans' day two state qualifiers.

For the Lady Spartans, senior Lizzie McCracken won the 800-meter run (2:32.56) and junior Chase Smith improved her own school record and won the javelin (113 feet even) to lead Priest River to a third-place team finish.

Sophomore Haylee Jepson hurdled her way to gold in the 300-meter hurdles (55.15) to round out the Lady Spartans' individual winners.

It was the relays where Priest River's girls really shined, sweeping all three events on day two.

Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda and Haley Braae combined to win the 4x100 relay (54.99) and the 4x200 relay (1:58.38) while Korff, McCracken, Stark and Swoboda won the 4x400 relay in a time of 4:33.23.

Swoboda, a Spokane CC commit, added a second-place finish in the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and Korff a third-place finish in the long jump (14 feet, 2 inches) to book a couple of more tickets to state.

All-in-all, 15 Priest River High athletes qualified for the state championship in 22 different events. The Spartans qualified six different relays in total, the most ever in school history. Priest River High head coach Jared Hughes said the team's success is the product of "amazing assistant coaches and athletes working their tails off all season long". 

The 3A State Championship is set to be held this Friday and Saturday at Middleton High.

BOYS

Day 2 Results

TEAM SCORES — 1, Priest River 115. 2, Grangeville 102. 3, Kellogg 74. 4, St. Maries 59. 5, Orofino 29.

(top three individuals, winning relay to state; one statewide individual wildcard available for individuals, four wildcards for relays)

100 — 1, Jake Scott, Orofino, 11.70; 2, Gavin Blewett, Grangeville, 11.91; 3, Isaiah Gustaffe, St. Maries, 11.99. 200 — 1, Carter Korff, Priest River, 23.68; 2, Ryken White, Kellogg, 24.02; 3, Hollis Elliott, Grangeville, 24.21. 400 — 1, Ayden Arnett, Grangeville, 52.32; 2, Ryken White, Kellogg, 52.44; 3, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 53.53; 5, Peyton Whitehead, Priest River, 57.75. 800 — 1, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 2:04.73; 2, Doug Ezell, Priest River, 2:11.53; 3, Nolan Harju, Kellogg, 2:12.64. 1600 — 1, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 4:35.41; 2, George Willis, Grangeville, 5:00.54; 3, David Brandt, Grangeville, 5:00.55.

110 hurdles — 1, Isaiah Gustaffe, St. Maries, 15.85; 2, Tate Schumacher, Grangeville, 17.27; 3, Brody Mignerey, Grangeville, 18.87; 4, David Harbison, Priest River, 19.86. 300 hurdles — 1, Isaiah Gustaffe, St. Maries, 43.02; 2, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 44.81; 3, Tate Schumacher, Grangeville, 45.60. 4x100 relay — 1, Grangeville (Hollis Elliott, Diego Delicati, Jeffrey Dolan, Parker Pooley), 47.76; 2, Priest River (Darik Gosser, David Harbison, Kellen Smith, Landon Blackburn), 50.39. 4x200 relay — 1, Priest River (Carter Korff, Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Kashas Wright), 1:34.48; 2, Grangeville (Gavin Blewett, Hollis Elliott, Jeffrey Dolan, Ayden Arnett), 1:35.55. 4x400 relay — 1, Priest River (Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Doug Ezell, Kashas Wright), 3:39.04.

Shot put — 1, Ethan Spencer, Kellogg, 43-4; 2, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 43-3; 3, Edward Harrison, Orofino, 41-11.5. Pole vault — 1, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 12-9; 2, Cayuse Hanes-Miller, Orofino, 11-0; 3, Gunnar Pettit, Priest River, 11-0. Triple jump — 1, Julien Ceja-Grimaldo, St. Maries, 41-8; 2, Jake Scott, Orofino, 41-4.5; 3, Parker Pooley, Grangeville, 37-2; 4, Kellen Smith, Priest River, 34-9.

* See Day 1 Results in Saturday's Daily Bee

GIRLS

Day 2 Results

TEAM SCORES — 1, St. Maries 134. 2, Grangeville 85. 3, Priest River 77. 4, Kellogg 51. 5, Orofino 33.

(top three individuals, winning relay to state; one statewide individual wildcard available for individuals, four wildcards for relays)

100 — 1, Raevyn Yearout, St. Maries, 12.70; 2, Paige Yrjana, Kellogg, 13.34; 3, Kelli Keneally, St. Maries, 13.42; 4, Haley Braae, Priest River, 14.32. 200 — 1, Raevyn Yearout, St. Maries, 26.51; 2, Paige Yrjana, Kellogg, 28.06; 3, Kelli Keneally, St. Maries, 29.31. 400 — 1, Raevyn Yearout. St. Maries, 1:01.31; 2, Sophia Tondee, St. Maries, 1:05.51; 3, Darby Sager, Kellogg, 1:07.00. 800 — 1, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:32.56; 2, Priddy Selah, St. Maries, 2:48.63; 3, Jenna Denuit, Grangeville, 2:50.68. 1600 — 1, Callie Howe, Grangeville, 6:26.61; 2, Alexis King, Grangeville, 6:54.03; 3, Priddy Selah, St. Maries, 7:00.60.

100 hurdles — 1, Reagan Kessinger, Orofino, 17.30; 2, Cassia Enson, St. Maries, 18.16; 3, Rilee Henderson, Orofino, 19.45; 4, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 20.25. 300 hurdles — 1, Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 55.15; 2, Lydia Boyett, St. Maries, 56.05; 3, Ava Lane, Grangeville, 56.82. 4x100 relay — 1, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda, Haley Braae), 54.99. 4x200 relay — 1, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Haley Braae, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda), 1:58.38. 4x400 relay — 1, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Lizzie McCracken, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda), 4:33.23.

Discus — 1, Ila Wilkinson, Grangeville, 120-2.5; 2, Reagan Kessinger, Orofino, 119-6.5; 3, Meijah Yearout, St. Maries, 113-10; 5, Trinity Meyers, Priest River, 75-3.5. Javelin — 1, Chase Smith, Priest River, 113-0; 2, Dimercia Spooner, St. Maries, 110-0; 3, Ila Wilkinson, Grangeville, 83-5. High jump — 1, Trieste Marek, Kellogg, 5-0; 2, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 4-10; 3, Dimercia Spooner, St. Maries, 4-8. Long jump — 1, Trieste Marek, Kellogg, 14-10; 2, Reagan Kessinger, Orofino, 14-8.5; 3, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 14-2.

* See Day 1 Results in Saturday's Daily Bee

Clark Fork's Caven, Yetter qualify for state championship

KAMIAH — Clark Fork High junior Westin Caven placed fourth out of eight in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles (17.95) and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles (44.45), punching two tickets to the state championship at the 2A District 1-2 Championships, which concluded this past Saturday at Kamiah High's Bob Squires Field.

Senior Olivia Yetter also qualified for the 2A State Championship, set to be held this Friday and Saturday at Middleton High, with a personal best time of 17.34 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles, good enough for fifth place.