UNIONTOWN — Area middle-schoolers ended their track and field season with a bang Monday as Marmaton Valley Junior High, Crest Middle School and Yates Center Middle School competed at the Three Rivers League Tournament.
There were several highlights, including Marmaton Valley’s seventh-grade boys winning the league title in their division.
Individually, Marmaton Valley’s Cooper Scharff won gold in the eighth-grade boys long jump and 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes.
Hanna Schmidt of Crest won the eighth-grade girls long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash. Jaylynn Birk of Yates Center won the eighth-grade girls 400- and 1600-meter runs.
In the seventh-grade boys events, Gavin Riles of Yates Center was tops in the shot put and 100- and 400-meter dashes. Kole Water of Crest was fastest in the 800-meter run. Marmaton Valley’s Kaden McVey was golden in the 100-meter hurdles. Crest’s 4×200-meter and medley relay teams also won gold.
For seventh-grade girls, Marmaton Valley’s Addisyn Drake won the long jump and 100-meter hurdles, while teammate Emma Louk won the 3200-meter run. Yates Center’s Whitley Shaffer won the discus and Karla Pilgrim won the 800-meter run. Crest’s Summer Valentine prevailed in the shot put.
Full results follow:
Eighth grade boys
Team scores — 1. Southeast, 88; 3. Marmaton Valley, 77; 6 (tie). Yates Center and Crest, 21
High jump — 3. Xander Fuller, Crest, 4’8”
Long jump — 1. Cooper Scharff, 18’3”; 3. Fuller, 15’8”; 9. Brendon Newman, MV, 13’11”; 12. Corbin Bowers, MV, 13’2”
Discus — 1. Jordan Bishop, YC, 98’9”; 3. Dagan Barney, MV, 85’8”; 5. Mason Ferguson, MV, 76’2”; 6. Michael Schields, YC, 74’8’; 8. Hunter Doolittle, MV, 68’8”; 10. Kaidan Cuppy, YC, 61’; 12. Preston Blaufuss, Crest, 58’1”’ 17. Tristan Boone, Crest, 49’2”
Shot put — 2. Barney, 4’9.5”; 3. Ferguson, 33’1.5”; 5. Bishop, 30’5”; 7. Asher Arnold, YC, 26’6”; 8. Schields, 36’5”; 12. Boone, 22’11”; 14. Doolittle, 21’10.5”
100m hurdles — 3. Barney, 19.15: 5. Newman, 20.99
100 meters – 1. Scharff, 12.51; 9. Bowers, 14.68; 10. Blaufuss, 15.11; 11. Jeremiah Jones, YC, 15.42; 14. Kaidan Cuppy, YC, 17.19; 15. Schields, 17.57; 16. Doolittle, 17.69
1600 meters — 4. Arnold, 6:09.00
400 meters — 1. Scharff, 1:01.10; 4. Fuller, 1:03.20; 8. Blaufuss, 1:14.20
800 meters — 4. Arnold, 2:44.28; 6. Newman, 2:52.77
200 meters — 1. Scharff, 25.85; 3. Fuller, 27.41; 8. Blaufuss, 31.66; 10. Jones, 32.89
