Onekama Sweeps Top Spots
by Dylan Savela, Manistee News Advocate
Sports Writer
BRETHREN — At first, it looked
like it was going to be a wet West Michigan D League jamboree Wednesday
at Brethren.
But, the clouds cleared, and the only thing rained on was the parade of
any team that wasn’t Onekama.
The Portagers took the top spots in both the boys and girls competition.
The Onekama boys scored 208 points with the help of nine first place
finishes, and the Portager girls finished with 209 points and seven top
spots.
“They did very well
today,” Onekama girls coach Bonnie Brown said. “I switched the girls up
today. I tried to get some different girls to get some points today, and
they plugged in really well. They really stepped up to the plate and did
what I asked of them.”
Portagers boys coach Mickey Story echoed the same approach to the
jamboree.
“We did the same thing (as the girls),” Story said. “We moved some kids
around, and that helped out a lot, because we had kids running three or
four events and some were events they hadn’t run in before.
“Our focus today was to try to improve in the field events because last
Wednesday we did not do well,” Story said. “Today we did much much
better. Coming out of the field events in first place really helped with
the running events.”
Cody Graf was among the nine boys and 16 Portagers to finish first.
Graf finished first in the 3200-meter run in 11:10.30.
“It’s hard to run when (there’s not as many people) pushing you,” Graf
said of the four other runners in his heat. “But, we’re feeling pretty
good. We’ve been putting a lot (of practice) into it this year.”
The event’s host Brethren finished third in boys competition (52) and
fourth in girls (37). |
Pictured (from left to right)
Onekama’s Cody Graf, Brethren’s Nathan Hobart and Onekama’s Alex
Ringel compete in the 3,200-meter run Wednesday at Brethren High
School. (Dylan Savela/News Advocate)
“The boys team did a little
better today than we did last time,” Bobcats’ coach Rob Isble said. “I
think that’s pretty good for us right now since we’re a little light on
our numbers.
“Myles (Burns) had another strong day for us,” Isble said of the
Brethren senior who took two top spots in the long jump (19-9 3/4) and
110-meter hurdles (17.03).
“On the girls side of things — I’m still pleased with the people I have
placing, but we didn’t go full strength in a lot of events today.”
Since the last two events for the Bobcats have been at their home track,
Isble has spent his time watching his team from the scoring booth.
“As far as coaching, it’s pretty frustrating, like on Saturday and today
the kids are totally operating on their own,” Isble said. “I set them up
ahead of time and basically give them a sheet with their events before
the race. They are responsible to get to their races and they’ve done a
good job of that, but as a coach, when you’re tied in to working the
event like this during your meets, it’s difficult.” |
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- 100-meter
hurdles — 1, Jaylee Brown, OHS, 16.971; 3, Yumi
Babinec, OHS, 17.939; 5, Rebecca Priest, BHS, 17.989; 6,
Olivia Bolthouse, OHS, 20.007.
- 100-meter
dash — 2, Babinec, OHS, 14.342; 3, Nicole Slater,
OHS, 14.592.
- 200-meter
dash — 2, Danielle Ward, OHS, 29.05; 3, Ashley
Rupert, OHS, 30.5; 4, Kailyn Ware, BHS, 31.59; 5,
Priest, BHS, 31.64; 6, Slater, OHS, 31.92.
- 300-meter
hurdles — 2, Priest, BHS, 51.906; 3, Brown, OHS,
52.523; 4, Ward, OHS, 54.71; 5, Bolthouse, OHS, 56.427.
- 400-meter
dash — 1, Schoedel, OHS, 1:07.17; 2, Taylor Hagen,
OHS, 1:07.63; 4, Anna Veverica, OHS, 1:12.05; 5, Shelby
Sidor, OHS, 1:12.67; 6, Ware, BHS, 1:13.41.
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Girls Results
- 400-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Ward, Brown, Babinec, Slater,
55.272.
- 800-meter run
— 2, Schoedel, OHS, 2:49.07; 3, Sidor, OHS, 3:13.53; 4,
Veverica, OHS, 3:15.75.
- 800-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Ward, Babinec, Hagen, Brown,
1:56.31.
- 1600-meter
run — 1, Schoedel, OHS, 6:19.40; 2, Veverica, OHS,
6:28.11; 4, Sidor, OHS, 6:46.12; 5, Brenna Miller, OHS,
6:46.6
- 1600-meter
relay — 2, OHS, Tobi Schoedel, Veverica, Erin Brown,
Kailani Buckner, 4:54.89.
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- 3200-meter
run — 2, Elizabeth Schoedel, OHS, 14:29.16; 3, Tobi
Schoedel, OHS, 14:44.38.
- 3200-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Amber Sullivan, Miller, Sidor,
Elizabeth Schoedel, 13:34.85.
- Pole vault
— 2, Bolthouse, OHS, 7.
- Long jump
— 3, Slater, OHS, 13-9; 6, Ashleigh Maier, BHS, 11 1/2.
- High jump
— 1, Rupert, OHS, 4-8; 5, Rachel Howell, BHS, 4; 6,
Autumn Beebe, BHS, 3-10.
- Shot put
— 2, Rupert, OHS, 28-11.
- Discus —
2, Megan Paskell, BHS, 78-1 1/2; 6, Rupert, OHS, 65-5
1/2.
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- 100-meter
dash — 2, Myles Burns, BHS, 12.048; 6, John Evans,
OHS, 12.621.
- 110-meter
hurdles — 1, Burns, BHS, 17.03; 2, Patrick Spalding,
OHS, 18.098; 3, Danny Brown, OHS, 18.866; 4, Lewis
Bartlett, OHS, 19.833; 5, Dustin McConnon, BHS, 20.134.
- 200-meter
dash — 2, Burns, BHS, 24.205.
- 300-meter
hurdles — 1, Spalding, OHS, 44.65; 2, Brown, OHS,
47.54; 4, Bartlett, OHS, 49.94; 5, McConnon, BHS, 50.12.
- 400-meter
dash — 3, Joe Kosiboski, OHS, 57.35; 4, Michael
Bobian, OHS, 57.70; 5, Joerdon Daldos, OHS, 59.36.
- 400-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Parker Johnson, Daldos, Troy Rau,
Evans, 47.678.
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Boys Results
- 800-meter run
— 2, Jaron Llewellyn, OHS, 2:07.22; 3, Ryan Pienta, OHS,
2:16.64; 4, Tyler Groenwald, OHS, 2:21.25; 5, Nathan
Hobart, BHS, 2:23.06; 6, Josh Goins, OHS, 2:24.45.
- 800-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Johnson, Daldos, Rau, Evans,
1:40.29.
- 1600-meter
run — 1, Llewellyn, OHS, 4:51.56; 2, Cody Graf, OHS,
5:03.45; 3, Groenwald, OHS, 5:12.82; 4, Hobart, BHS,
5:16.82; 5, Laust Merrild, OHS, 5:24.34.
- 1600-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Llewellyn, Johnson, Pienta, Bobian,
3:49.42.
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- 3200-meter
run — 1, Graf, OHS, 11:10.30; 2, Alex Ringel, OHS,
11:36.83; 3, Hobart, BHS, 12:06.2; 4, Bobby Myers, OHS,
12:13.8.
- 3200-meter
relay — 1, OHS, Goins, Ian Smith, Merrild, Myers,
9:57.01.
- Pole vault
— 1, Johnson, OHS, 12-6; 3, Tyler Fogarty, OHS, 11; 5,
Brown, OHS, 8-6.
- Long jump
— 1, Burns, BHS, 19-9 3/4; 4, Spalding, OHS, 18-3 3/4.
- High jump
— 1, Spalding, OHS, 5-8.
- Shot put
— 5, Chase Calloway, OHS, 34-5.
- Discus —
2, Calloway, OHS, 112-7; 4, Kosiboski, 106-3 1/2; 5,
Baijtka, OHS, 97-8.
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