One final event, one point decide Falcon Invite champs

McCook’s Paige Witt (above) can break out a big smile after winning her 100-yard dash heat on Wednesday while Bison boy Hayden Norgaard (below) cleared his highest mark to win the Hitchcock County Invite pole vault.

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TRENTON, Neb. — One point and one final event decided two terrific team title chases at the Hitchcock County Invitational on Wednesday.

Only a half-point separated the top boys’ teams, but Hitchcock County edged Southwest 109-108.5 thanks to its grand finale mile-relay championship.

Colton Hagan, Bradyn Hutto, Trent Kisker and Drew Scott finished in 3:48.08 and barely three seconds faster than Southwest’s final determined foursome.

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Hutto was a three-event champion because he also won both the 110 and 300-meter hurdles. Teammate Keegan Shuler gave the Falcons a 1-2 finish in that 110-high event.

Meanwhile, the Medicine Valley girls were 105-104 winners over Oakley (Kan.) which earned that championship.

Freshman Stella Heapy stepped up to win two events (300-hurdles , high jump) which continued her super first season as a Raider.

Hitchcock County’s Brydn Huttowon the 110-hurdles over challengers like Southwest’s Cole Barnett on Wednesday in Trenton.

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Senior Acelyn Klein’s closing her Raider career with a strong spring season. She won the discus throw on Wednesday while several Raiders earned high places.

Sophomore Samantha Rodewald raced to both distance victories while leading McCook girls.

TRENTON, Neb. — Team scores and top five area placers at Wednesday’s Hitchcock County Invitational. PRs are career bests.

BOYS

Teams: 1. Hitchcock County 109, 2. Southwest 108.5, 3. Oakley (Kan.) 95, 4. McCook JV 83, 5. Medicine Valley 78, 6. Wauneta-Palisade 46.5, 7. Southwest JV 1.

100 meters: 1. E. Abell, OAK, 11.55; 2. Grant Walker, W-P, 11.66; 3. Brett Fraker, MC JV 11.77 (PR); 4. Lane Lenz, MV, 12.24 (PR); 5. Drew Scott, MV, 12.33 (PR). 110-hurdles: 1. Bradyn Hutto, HC, 16.44; 2. Keegan Shuler, HC, 18.29 (PR); 4. Kyle Jutten, W-P, 19.86 (PR). 200 meters: 1. Grant Walker, W-P, 24.11 (PR); 3. Lenz, MV, 24.89; 4. Colten Hagan, HC, 25.24; 5. Dylan Harvie, MC, 25.51. 300-hurdles: 1. Braydn Hutto, HC, 44.31; 2. Hayden Kramer, MV, 44.41 (PR); 3. Cole Barnett, SW, 44.78. 400 meters: 1. Kaden Bonini, MV, 54.89 (PR); 2. Hagan, HC, 55.93; 3. Trent Kisker, HC, 58.26 (PR); 4. Joe Barenburg, MC JV, 58.46 (PR). 800: 1. C. Zimmerman, OAK, 2:07.17; 3. Jacob O’Dea, SW, 2:31.29; 4. Carter VanPelt, SW, 2:31.33; 5. Nate Renner, MC JV, 2:37.95. 1600: 1. Jacob O’Dea, SW, 4:52.49 (PR); 3. Bruce Teter, SW, 5:18.6 (PR); 4. Austin Thompson, SW, 5:21.09 (PR); 5. Kamreyn Bonini, MV, 5:23.78 (PR). 3200: 1. Jacob O’Dea, SW, 10:49.17; 2. Travis Neben, HC, 11:13.13 (PR); 3. Teter, SW, 11.36; 4. Thompson, SW, 11:43.9 (PR); 5. Caleb Wilkinson, MC JV, 12:29.25 (PR).

Top three relays

400-relay: 1. MV 46.97 (Kaden Bonini-Trenton Defruiter-Austin Roblee-Lane Lenz); 2. McCook JV 47.39 (Van Keslin-Gary Shafer-Harvie-Adyn Meyer); 3. SW 48.47 (Trenton Custard-Mitchel Stritt-Carter VanPelt-Hunter Cunningham). 1600-relay: 1. HC 3:48.08 (Colten Hagan-Braydn Hutto-Trent Kisker-Drew Scott); 2. SW 3:51.64 (Custard-Nathan Rippe-Kaden Day-Barnett); 3. MC JV 4:00.19 (Barenburg-Meyer-Ean Beavers-Mitchell Cole). 3200-relay: 1. OAK 8:58.22; 2, SW 9:17.41 (Barnett-C. VanPelt-Thompson-O’Dea); 3. HC 9:56.76 (Landon Tines-Nathan Kollmorgen-Kolyn Gaston-Jaxon Unrein.

Shot put: 1. Sebastian Kramer, MV, 45’11” (PR); 2. Shuler, HC, 44’9 1/2”; 4. Aidan Kennicutt, W-P, 36’9 1/2”; 5. Tucker Conroy, MC JV, 36’8 1/2”. Discus: 1. J. Schoenfeld, OAK, 132’3”; 3. S. Kramer, MV, 112’ (PR); 4. Jacksen Littrel, W-P, 109’1”; 5. Tanner O’Brien, HC, 108’1” (PR). High jump: 1. Hayden Kramer, MV, 6’1” (PR); 2. Braxton McKinney, W-P, 5’6”; 3. Cunningham, SW, 5’4”; 5. Jutten, W-P, 5’4”. Pole vault: 1. Hayden Norgaard, MC JV, 10’ (PR); 2. Kolyn Gaston, HC, 10’; 2. Fraker, MC JV, 10’ (PR); 4. Garrett Kaps, MC JV, 10’; 5. Jacob Kerns, SW, 9’6”. Long jump: Drew Scott, HC, 19’8 1/2”; 2. Cunningham, SW, 19’4 1/2”; 3. Lenz, MV, 19’1 3/4”; 3. Custard, SW, 19’1 3/4” (PR); 5. Meyer, MC, 19’1”. Triple jump: 1. Brett Fraker, MC JV, 39’2 1/4”; 2. Barnett, SW, 37’10 1/2”; 3. Cole, MC JV, 37’7 1/2”; 4. Keynan Gaston, HC, 35’8 1/2”; 5. Kisker, HC, 35’4 1/2”.

GIRLS

Teams: 1. Medicine Valley 105, Oakley (Kan.) 104, 3. Wauneta-Palisade 95, 4. McCook 81, 5. Southwest 68, 6. Hitchcock County 56.

100 meters: 1. Haylee Sandman, W-P, 13.6 (PR); 2. Kylie Rose, MV 14.34 (PR); 3. Lindsey Rippen, HC, 14.35 (PR); 4. Madison Gestenslager, HC, 14.38 (PR); 5. Paige Witt, MC, 14.7 (PR). 100-hurdles: 1`. Jaden Wolfe, MV, 18.37; 3. Alexa Sandman 18.73 (PR). 200 meters: 1. Abigail Boner, MC, 29.23 (PR); 2. H. Sandman, W-P, 29.64; 4. A. Sandman, W-P, 30.58; 5. Rippen, HC, 30.59 (PR). 300-hurdles: 1. Stella Heapy, MV, 51.14; 2. Wolfe, MV, 54.19. 400 meters: 1. Ryleigh McCrumb, W-P, 1:09.1; 2. Madison Tarencz-Rasmusen, MC, 1:11.51; 3. Caylin Barnett, SW, 1:13.4; 4. Kendra Bley, W-P, 1:17.13; 5. Peyton Vrbas, W-P, 1:18.47 (PR). 800: 1. Sienna Dutton, MC, 2:37.27 (PR); 2. Aimee Merrill, HC, 2:42.68; 4. Lanie Overton, SW, 2:59.12; 5. McCrumb, W-P, 2:59.6. 1600: 1. Samantha Rodewald, MC, 5:26.61 (PR); 3. Zoey Boos, W-P, 6:33.54; 4. Byanka Tyan, HC, 6:47.46 (PR); 5. Abigail Nielson, MC, 7:01.99 (PR). 3200: 1. Samantha Rodewald, MC, 12:12; 2. Chayse Keith, HC, 14:23 (PR); 4. Boos, W-P, 14:53; 5. Sandra Hixon, MC, 16:54 (PR).

Top three relays

400-relay: 1. W-P 55.13 (Alexa Sandman-Haylee Sandman-Halle Bardsley-Cali Cox); 2. MV 56.79 (Rose-Acelyn Klein-Heapy-Kaylyn Roblee). 1600-relay: 1. OAK 4:32.05; 2. MC 4:45.03 (Dutton-Boner-Grace Wilhelmson-Tarencz-Rasmusen; 3. HC 4:46.71