Championship Saturday

Pike Valley
Casey Freed qualifies for the 100M finals, winning her heat in 12.76
        Casey finished 2nd in the finals, 12.50
Boys 4x800 relay ran 8:58.81, finishing 11th
Sam Janssen placed 6th with a throw of 140'in the discus
Caden Callaway just finished 5th in the 1600, 4:41.57 
Girls 4x100 relay wins!!! by .01, in 51.54 
Courtney Freed wins the 400 meters in 58.93 
Casey Freed won the 200 meters, in 26.45 
Girls 4x400 relay wins in 4:10.51
Pike Valley Girls State Champions with 58 points!!!

Republic County
Callie Brzon (32'11.5") finished 11th in the Shot Put
Saren Hobelmann finished 8th in the 100 hurdles, 16.80
4x800 relay finished 9th in 10:41.96
LAShae Hedstrom cleared 10' in the pole vault, BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPION 
Trenton Kuhlman ran 4:47.33, finishing 9th in the 1600
Trenton Kuhlman finished 10th in the 800, 2:04.56
Zach Brzon placed 4th, time 23.97

Clifton/Clyde
Mitchell Long ran 11.75 in the 100M, will not qualify for finals
William Ohlde runs 16.06 in the 110 hurdles, placing 5th 
Alex Deaver placed 8th (162'11") and Brett Fahey 13th (138'2") in the javelin
Brett Fahey did not clear opening height in the pole vault
William Ohlde placed 6th in the 300 hurdles, 41.43

Concordia
Aren Coppoc won his heat in the 100M prelims, 11.05
Gabe Bergmann threw 140' in the discus, finishing 10th
Drew Erkenbrack finished 2nd in the 110 hurdles in 14.92 
Kelsey Tatro cleared 9' in the pole vault
Megan James cleared 9'6" and finished 6th in the pole vault
Shelby Fraser cleared 10' and finished 4th in the pole vault 
Girls 4x800 relay finished 2nd in 9:45.16 
Aren Coppoc ran 11.04, finishing 5th in the 100m finals 
Emily Brown threw 106'10" in the Javelin
In the 1600, Katie Lambert (5:27.08) placed 5th, and Courtney Monzon (5:27.10) placed 6th
Drew Erkenbrack placed 7th in the 300 hurdles, 41.09

PV girls 4x100 relay

Courtney Freed wins the 400M

Casey Freed

LaShae Hedstrom

State Track

* Newest results will be on bottom.  Good luck to the athletes!

Concordia

3200- Courtney Monzon finished 6th in 11:50.19

Shot Put- Gabe Bergman placed 5th with a throw of 48'9"

110 H- Drew Erkenbrack qualified 3rd for the finals in 15.10

Boys 4x100 relay runs 45.18, and will not qualify for the finals

Drew Erckenbrack ran 41.27 in the 300 hurdles, and qualified for the finals.

Girls 4x400 relay ran 4:16.80 and will not qualify for the finals

Discus 8th) Adams, Molly CONCORDIA  114-06 

Shot put- Molly Adams has a best of 33' 9", 13th overall

Clifton/Clyde 

 Michelle George runs 18.70 in the 100 Hurdles, will not qualify for finals

William Ohlde runs 15.66 in the 110 hurdles, and qualifies for finals

Boys 4x100 relay runs 46.51, does not qualify for finals 

Alex Deaver runs 43.00 in the 300 hurdles, does not qualify for finals

William Ohlde runs the 300 hurdles in 41.12, finals on Saturday

Boys 4x400 relay runs 4:41.38, will not qualify for finals 

Morgan Feight cleared 8'6" and tied for 7th 

Republic County 

Saren Hoblemann runs 16.52 in the 100 Hurdles, and qualifies for finals.  ALSO SETS A SCHOOL RECORD! 

 Saren runs 50.51 in the 300 hurdles, does not qualify for finals.

Zach Brzon will qualify for the 200M finals after finishing 2nd in his prelim, 23.61
Dylan Grove threw 176' to finish 3rd in the javelin 
Abbey Anderson triple jumped 33'4.75" and finished 10th

Pike Valley 

Girls 4x100 relay wins their heat in 51.82, finals on Saturday

400 M  Averie Gritten (1:03.92-10th) and Courtney Freed (1:00.18-2nd) 

Olivia Housholder 130'8" STATE CHAMPION in the Javelin 

200M- Courtney Freed runs 28.46 (does not qualify)  Casey Freed 26.09 (1st) 

4x400 relay wins prelims in 4:14.17 

Caden Callaway ran the 3200 in 10:04.75 and finished 3rd 

Saren's school record

Drew Erkenbrack in the 110 hurdle prelims

2A State Golf

As any player can tell you, golf can be a fickle game.  One bounce one way, one putt goes another.  Such was the case Monday, May 21, when the 2A State Golf tournament was held at Spring Creek Golf Course in Seneca.  The Ellsworth Bearcats finished 3rd in the NCAA League contest earlier this month in Russell.  They finished 3rd again at the Belleville Regional last Monday.  But when it mattered most, the Bearcats put 3 golfers in the top 20 to finish 4 shots ahead of Wakeeny-Trego Community to win the title.  Bearcat senior Mark Cunningham finished runner up with a 71 to set the pace, Matthew Keener fired a 78 to tie for 11th, and Garret Bland finished t-19 with an 82.  “We've played great rounds individually all year long, and we've had a couple tournaments where we've put it all together, but nothing compared to this stage,” said Bearcat head coach Kevin Haxton.  “We've got a group of 5 seniors and a sophomore, and it's a great way end their high school career.”

Individually, Cunningham was bested by one shot by Oberlin-Decatur Community's Kade Brown.  Playing in the third to last group, Brown posted 1-under 35 on the front nine, and was cruising along the back when he ran into trouble on the par 4 14^th.  “I actually chunked my second shot about 20 yards short, and then chipped that in for birdie, and that was a big turning point in my round,”said the unassuming junior.  With an “aw shucks” grin, he received a great ovation from the crowd that had gathered for the post round awards.  Olpe's Chase Coble, who shot 2-under 62 at the Ellinwood Regional, fired 72 to finish 3^rd.  Sterling's Michael Hendricks birdied the 18^th to finish solo 4^th with a 75, one shot ahead of Kansas City-Christian's Christian Bickley and Colin Kettler, Republic County's  Blake Porter, and Ellis' Austin Lopez and Skyler Tebo.

1)      Kade Brown- Oberlin-Decatur- 70

2)      Mark Cunningham- Ellsworth- 71

3)      Chase Coble-  Olpe- 72

4)      Michael Hendricks- Sterling- 75

   t-5)  Colin Kettler- KC-Christian- 76

   t-5)  Christian Bickley- KC-Christian- 76

   t-5)  Blake Porter- Republic County- 76

   t-5)  Austin Lopez- Ellis-  76

   t-5)  Skyler Tebo-  Ellis-  76

10)  Nick Walsh- Lyndon-  77

11)    Matthew Keener- Ellsworth-  78

12)  Blake Huxton- Wakeeny-Trego-  78

13)  Devyn Bebermyer- Republic County-  79

14)  Brad Pfannenstiel- Wakeeny-Trego-  79

15)  Devin Arndt- Olpe-  80

16)  Brogan Jones- Sterling-  80

17)  Garrett Berry- Oberlin-Decatur-  80

18)  Cameron Coleman- Syracuse-  81

19)  Garrett Bland-  Ellsworth-  82

20)  Adrian Pfannenstiel- Meade-  82

21)  Cameron Staples- Wakeeny-Trego-  82

1)      Ellsworth- 322

2)      Wakeeny-Trego-  326

3)      KC-Christian-  332

4)      Sterling-  333

      5)  Ellis-  335

      6)  Republic County-  336

Track leaders heading to Regionals

Concordia heads to Buhler HS, Republic Co to Smith Center, and Pike Valley and Clifton/Clyde to Valley Heights for Regional Track today.  CatchitKansas.com has a list of the state leaders for each class.

State Golf and KVA Academic Awards

2A Sate Golf tee times and information

KVA All-Academic team

The 2011-2012 Kansas Volleyball Association have released their All-Academic Team Awards for this year's volleyball season.  We (Republic County) have 4 varsity volleyball players that received the award.  Two of them were 1st Team All-Academic, Juliana Krotz and Joni Sheets, and two of them were Honorable Mention All-Academic Team, Callie Brzon and Abbey Anderson.  These awards are granted to those varsity volleyball players who have exhibited excellence in the classroom throughout the volleyball season.  This year's All-Academic First Team consists of those players with a 4.0 GPA, and those with a 3.75 to 3.99 were named to Honorable Mention.

League Track

North Central Activities Association

Northern Plains League

Courtesy of our friends at www.nckssports.com

Softball recaps with Coach Tom Williams

Minneapolis Games

Game 1

Joni Sheets was in the Circle and picking up her second win of the season.  Minneapolis jumped out to a 6 run lead before the Buffs come Thundering back into it.  Scoring 4 runs in the 5^th and 3 runs in the 6^th to win the ball game 7-6.  I was pleased with the Ladies for never giving up and fighting like they did.  Courtney Cox and Kayla Sly went 2 for 3 in the game from the plate sparking the offense needed.

Game 2

Kayla Sly was in the circle.  We got off to a very rocky start and that is not a good sign for us.  Minneapolis played a good game and never let us get back into the ball game.  We have got to become better overall on Defense and need to put the ball into play on offense.

Night Cap

It is always great to get a win and we played well the first game.  N the night Kayla Sly lead the team in hitting with an 800 avg and Courtney Cox was 600 for the night.  We had three hitter drive the ball deep for Doubles in Kelby Johnson, Michellle Cottenmyre and Miranda Cottenmyre.

Beloit Games

Game 1

Joni Sheets in the circle.  As a coach, sometimes I get the horse ahead of the cart and I did this when I tried to overthink the pitching- I really didn’t give Joni a chance let them put the ball in place.  Joni has came a long ways and I felt I could drop inside pitches and outside pitches in there but it wasn’t meant to be.  Beloit is very solid from the plate and well coached.  We only had two hits in the game one from each Joni Sheets and Cassidy Stenson.  Beloits pitcher kept us unbalanced all games.

Game 2

Kayla Sly was in the circle and pitched two very solid innings and then as a team we came apart.  We are at the point in the season we can not give up outs and we are still doing that by untimely errors.  Courtney Cox lead the team in hitting with 2 hits in the game and Joni Sheets came up with the other. 

Night Cap

Overall errors really hurt us and going against a top team like Beloit that is something you have to cut out.  Our hitting wasn’t where it needed to be and something we will continue to work on.  Beloit is a solid team that we will have in regionals and hope that we took away a good education for the next time we have to play.

Rock Hills Track Invite

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