5A

Thaete, Gomez pick up state titles

MERIDIAN — Jetta Thaete can officially say she's undefeated in the javelin throw.

In the event's first year of being officially sanctioned by the Idaho High School Activities Association, the Sandpoint High junior threw a new personal best of 138 feet, 10 inches, over six-and-a-half feet further than her own school record (132 feet, 3 inches) and 21 feet further than the next-best competitor, to capture an individual state title at the 5A State Championship held Friday and Saturday at Mountain View High.

Her winning mark wasn't just No. 1 in the state of Idaho this year, it also ranks as No. 40 amongst the entire nation. She finishes the 2025 campaign having won the javelin in 10 straight meets.

Junior Maverick Gomez also captured a state title for the Bulldogs, winning the 200-meter dash in a new school record time of 21.94 seconds, .24 seconds ahead of the runner-up. The previous record of 22.00 seconds was set at the 1997 state meet by Caleb Bowman. It was a huge comeback for Gomez, who ran to a new personal best time of 10.80 seconds, which ranks as No. 2 in school history, in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash on day one — but was disqualified during the finals on day two.

Senior Van Lee added a second-place finish in the pole vault with a new personal best clear of 14 feet even, which ranks as No. 4 all-time in school history. Sandpoint High sophomore Damian Porter rounded out the boys' top finishes, grabbing a bronze medal in the discus throw with a toss of 144 feet, 4 inches. Junior Matthew Kunde was sixth in the event with a new personal best mark of 139 feet, 8 inches for the Bulldogs, which finished 11th out of 24 scoring teams.

On the girls' side, senior Noah Roark was sixth in the high jump (5 feet even), junior Ani Vick was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (48.11 seconds), and junior Izzy Davidson was sixth in the pole vault (9 feet, 6 inches) for the Lady Bulldogs, which finished tied for 15th out of 24 scoring teams.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bishop Kelly 113. 2, Skyline 57. 3, Lewiston 56. 4, Wood River 45. 5, Vallivue 40. 6, Blackfoot 39.5. 7, Emmett 38. 8, Twin Falls 37.33. 9, Preston 30. 10, Century 28. 11, Sandpoint 27. 12, Middleton 26. t-13, Moscow, Shelley 23. 15, Bonneville 22. 16, Columbia 20.33. 17, Pocatello 20. 18, Burley 18.5. 19, Hillcrest 18.5. 20, Lakeland 14.33. t-21, Minico, Idaho Falls 13. t-23, Skyview, Jerome 7.

(Winner, locals)

100 — 1, Zyan Crockett, Skyline, 10.95. 200 — 1, Maverick Gomez, Sandpoint, 21.94. 400 — 1, Jackson Wallace, Wood River, 48.62. 800 — 1, Owen Gregory, Blackfoot, 1:55.55. 1600 — 1, Isaac Edwards, Bishop Kelly, 4:19.38. 3200 — 1, Ethan Hansen, Century, 9:32.46.

110 hurdles — 1, Kenyon Carter, Emmett, 14.11. 300 hurdles — 1, Kenyon Carter, Emmett, 38.05. 4x100 relay — 1, Emmett (Kenyon Carter, Lucas Alvarado, Jax Banuelos, Wyatt Parks), 42.22. 4x200 relay — 1, Lewiston (Dawson Bernatz, Hunter Edelen, Noah Carpenter, Brandon Brower), 1:28.77. 4x400 relay — 1, Bishop Kelly (Mason Schweitzer, Isaac Edwards, Dylan Gale, Beck Humphrey), 3:23.55. SMR 1600 — 1, Bishop Kelly (Mason Schweitzer, Dylan Gale, Beck Humphrey, Isaac Edwards), 3:30.00.

Shot put — 1, Gavin Schiffmann, Pocatello, 56-5.5. Discus — 1, Reed Martin, Bishop Kelly, 163-9; 3, Damian Porter, Sandpoint, 144-4; 6, Matthew Kunde, Sandpoint, 139-8. Javelin — 1, Cole Arlint, Lewiston, 167-10. Pole vault — 1, Ammon Hammer, Columbia, 15-0; 2, Van Lee, Sandpoint, 14-0; t-11, Travis Morgan, Sandpoint, 12-0. High jump — 1, Alex Rushton, Burley, 6-8. Long jump — 1, Owen Kane, Bishop Kelly, 21-0.5. Triple jump — 1, Owen Kane, Bishop Kelly, 44-7.75; 13, Shooter Jones, Sandpoint, 40-4.5.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Moscow 95. 2, Bishop Kelly 79. 3, Skyview 61. 4, Pocatello 60. 5, Idaho falls 57. 6, Twin Falls 49. 7, Blackfoot 44. 8, Lakeland 40. 9, Middleton 38. 10, Century 32. 11, Preston 30. 12, Hillcrest 24. 13, Emmett 23. 14, Burley 21. t-15, Sandpoint, Skyline 18. 17, Lewiston 11. 18, Mountain Home 10, 19, Jerome 8. 20, Shelley 7. 21, Minico 5. t-22, Vallivue, Bonneville 4. 24, Wood River 2. 

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Sapphire Ruelle, Lakeland, 12.57. 200 — 1, Sapphire Ruelle, Lakeland, 25.79. 400 — 1, Isla Anderson, Skyview, 57.60; 14 (prelims), Noah Roark, Sandpoint, 1:02.61. 800 — 1, Anna Gilbert, Mountain Home, 2:15.96; 10, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 2:28.92. 1600 — 1, Zoey Stauffer, Bishop Kelly, 5:09.58; 12, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 5:32.77. 3200 — 1, Jaycee Jensen, Idaho Falls, 11:00.32.

100 hurdles — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 14.71. 300 hurdles — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 44.96; 6, Ani Vick, Sandpoint, 48.11. 4x100 relay — 1, Moscow (Jasmine Carr, Addie Lassen, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Mattea Nuhn), 49.26. 4x200 relay — 1, Moscow (Brooklyn Becker, Jasmine Carr, Ashlyn Fakhouri, Addie Lassen), 1:45.20. 4x400 relay — 1, Pocatello (Adrie Johnson, Nuala Rollins, Aryanna Gonzalez, Hailee Pool), 4:06.17. SMR 800 — 1, Bishop Kelly (Hadley Beckley, Sophia Lanfear, Isabel Clough, Ella Klekas), 1:50.23.

Shot put — 1, Cambrie Waterhouse, Blackfoot, 39-2.5; 10, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 35-7.5. Discus — 1, Ryllie Smith, Emmett, 139-1; 10, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 106-7. Javelin — 1, Jetta Thaete, Sandpoint, 138-10. Pole vault — 1, Skotlynd Cagle, Skyview, 11-6; 6, Izzy Davidson, Sandpoint, 9-6; 12, Hope Barnes, Sandpoint, 9-0. High jump — 1, Mattea Nuhn, Moscow, 5-6; 6, Noah Roark, Sandpoint, 5-2. Long jump — 1, Isabelle Pelayo, Twin Falls, 17-1.5. Triple jump — 1, Lauren Christiansen, Blackfoot, 36-6.

3A

Smith wins state title, Lamanna apart of three broken records

MIDDLETON — Chase Smith is the first official javelin state champion in Idaho's 3A classification.

The Priest River High junior launched a new school record throw of 114 feet even, exactly one foot further than her own school record and over six feet further than the next-best competitor, at the 3A State Championship held Friday and Saturday at Middleton High.

Smith is the first girl to win a state championship for Priest River in any event since 2008, when the Lady Spartans won four titles — then senior Lacy Hopkins won the 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash and Priest River won both the 4x400 and 800-meter sprint medley relays.

Spokane CC commit Kylee Swoboda tied her own personal best of 5 feet even and placed fourth in the high jump after not clearing a jump a year ago for the Lady Spartans, which placed tied for 13th out of 20 scoring teams, their best finish since 2014.

For the boys, Priest River High senior and Treasure Valley CC commit Brayden Lamanna capped off his tremendous distance career, finishing as the 3A State Runner-up in both the 3200-meter run (9:29.88) and the 1600-meter run (4:23.53), both of which are new school records by roughly six seconds.

Lamanna then combined with senior Carter Korff, senior Luccas Simcox and his brother, junior Ian Lamanna, to break the school record in the 1600-meter sprint medley relay, placing fifth with a time of 3:41.86. The previous record of 3:42.40 was held by Ian Wood, Kyle York, Nathan Ackley and Lance Clark, set in 1994.

Junior Niki Porinchok broke the fifth Priest River High school record of the meet, throwing a new personal best of 158 feet, 5 inches in the discus to place third in the event. The previous record of 157 feet, 11 inches was held by 2023 graduate turned University of Idaho defensive end, Matyus McLain.

Korff contributed sixth-place finishes in the 200-meter dash (23.70 seconds) and long jump (20 feet, 2 inches) and led off Priest River's fourth-place 4x200 relay (1:34.83), which included Ian Lammana, who placed fifth in the pole vault (12 feet even), Simcox and Kashas Wright, to round out the Spartans' top finishes.

Priest River's boys placed seventh out of 21 scoring teams, their best finish since 1991.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES —  1, Nampa Christian 126.5. 2, Aberdeen 68. 3, Melba 59. 4, West Side 55.5 5, Malad 55. 6, North Fremont 53. 7, Priest River 41.5. 8, Soda Springs 41. 9, St. Maries 38. 10, Ririe 35. 11, Declo 31.5. 12, Parma 30. 13, New Plymouth 20. 14, Firth 17. 15, West Jefferson 16. 16, Grangeville 15. t-17, Community School, Kellogg 13. 19, Salmon 6. 20, Orofino 4. 21, Wendell 1. 

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Gavin Rasmussen, Declo, 11.26. 200 — 1, Gavin Rasmussen, Declo, 22.92; 6, Carter Korff, Priest River, 23.70. 400 — 1, Ian Johnson, Nampa Christian, 49.03. 800 — 1, Ethan Willis, West Side, 1:54.20; 10, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 2:03.97; 15, Doug Ezell, Priest River, 2:08.47. 1600 — 1, Corbin Johnston, North Fremont, 4:20.41; 2, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 4:23.53. 3200 — 1, Corbin Johnston, North Fremont, 9:18.97; 2, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 9:29.88.

110 hurdles — 1, Degan Stoor, Soda Springs, 15.07. 300 hurdles — 1, Ian Johnson, Nampa Christian, 38.81. 4x100 relay — 1, Nampa Christian (Luke Mills, Elias Mack, Tyler Szilagyi, Thomas Duerre), 43.50. 4x200 relay — 1, Nampa Christian (Luke Mills, Tyler Szilagyi, Thomas Duerre, Ian Johnson), 1:29.49; 4, Priest River (Carter Korff, Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Kashas Wright), 1:34.83. 4x400 relay — 1, Nampa Christian (Eli Howerzyl, Elias Mack, Noah Howerzyl, Ian Johnson), 3:24.49; 8, Priest River (Ian Lamanna, Luccas Simcox, Doug Ezell, Kashas Wright), 3:52.55. SMR 1600 — 1, North Fremont (Andrew Martin, Lane Klink, Owen Reid, Corbin Johnston), 3:33.95; 5, Priest River (Carter Korff, Luccas Simcox, Ian Lamanna, Brayden Lamanna), 3:41.86.

Shot put — 1, Chase Klahr, Parma, 54-0.75; 16, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 39-7.75. Discus — 1, Chase Klahr, Parma, 168-6; 3, Niki Porinchok, Priest River, 158-5. Javelin — 1, Julien Ceja-Grimaldo, St. Maries, 170-6. Pole vault — 1, Canon Foster, Aberdeen, 13-6; t-5, Ian Lamanna, Priest River, 12-0. High jump — 1, Roy Wynn, North Fremont, 6-4. Long jump — 1, Rawley Calder, West Jefferson, 22-3.75; 6, Carter Korff, Priest River, 20-2; 9, Luccas Simcox, Priest River, 19-10.5. Triple jump — 1, Julien Ceja-Grimaldo, St. Maries, 44-9.5.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Firth 134. 2, Nampa Christian 88. 3, Malad 57. 4, Ririe 53.5. 5, Melba 49. 6, Parma 47. 7, Aberdeen 44. 8, West Side 37.5. 9, Declo 34. 10, Marsing 30. 11, Soda Springs 28.5. 12, St. Maries 27.5. t-13, Community School, Priest River 18. 15, Orofino 17. t-16, North Fremont, West Jefferson, Grangeville 16. 19, Salmon 7.5. 20, Kellogg 0.5. 

(Winner, top local)

100 — 1, Avery Reece, Nampa Christian, 12.44. 200 — 1, Avery Reece, Nampa Christian, 25.39. 400 — 1, Megan Atkinson, Parma, 58.79. 800 — 1, Megan Atkinson, Parma, 2:15.99; 10, Lizzie McCracken, Priest River, 2:31.17. 1600 — 1, Kynzie Nielson, Firth, 5:15.86. 3200 — 1, Lucy Boone, Ririe, 11:29.63.

100 hurdles — 1, Avery Reece, Nampa Christian, 15.57. 300 hurdles — 1, Sage Rowlan, Aberdeen, 46.07; 13 (prelims), Haylee Jepson, Priest River, 54.58. 4x100 relay — 1, Firth (Adyson Park, Ellie Christensen, Ruby Hillman, Baylee Johnson), 50.22; 8, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda, Haley Braae), 54.54. 4x200 relay — 1, Firth (Olivia Christensen, Ellie Christensen, Ruby Hillman, Adyson Park), 1:46.52; 8, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Haley Braae, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda), 1:55.39. 4x400 relay — 1, Firth (Baylie Mecham, Allie Nielson, Kynzie Nielson, Baylee Johnson), 4:08.07; 8, Priest River (Ashlyn Korff, Lizzie McCracken, Jasmine Stark, Kylee Swoboda), 4:28.37. SMR 800 — 1, Parma (Kate Mann, Lily Yeakley, Layla Page, Megan Atkinson), 1:51.58.

Shot put — 1, Madison Torgerson, Firth, 37-6.5. Discus — 1, Reagan Kessinger, Orofino, 124-0. Javelin — 1, Chase Smith, Priest River, 114-0. Pole vault — 1, Paityn Messick, Firth, 9-6; t-11, Jasmine Stark, Priest River, 8-0. High jump — 1, Nyah Richardson, Melba, 5-2; 4, Kylee Swoboda, Priest River, 5-0. Long jump — 1, Avery Reece, Nampa Christian, 17-6.5; 17, Ashlyn Korff, Priest River, 13-1.5. Triple jump — 1, Mara Rodgers, Declo, 35-1; 14, Chase Smith, Priest River, 29-8.

2A

Caven, Yetter solid at state meet

MIDDLETON — Clark Fork High junior Westin Caven and senior Olivia Yetter both competed on day one of the 2A State Championship held Friday at Middleton High.

Caven was ninth in the preliminary round of the 300-meter hurdles (43.71) and 10th in the preliminary round of the 110-meter hurdles (17.29).

Yetter, a Lewis-Clark State College commit, was 10th in the preliminary round of the 100-meter hurdles (17.76). 

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    Brayden Lamanna
  

    Chase Smith