Price among state leaders in javelin
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
The first track meet after spring break, the Condon Invitational, produced many season best performances by athletes from Lyle-Wishram, Klickitat and Trout Lake-Glenwood. Best of all was Brittany Price's 126-7 javelin toss, nearly 20 feet more than her previous best, 106-8.
Price is well ahead of the next best throw for 2B girls, and is ninth best in the state behind five 4A athletes and girls in 1A and 2A schools including Jordin Seekins, of Washougal who has a 140-11 throw this year. Price, a sophomore, would need to add about another 10 feet over the next two years to take the school title from Lindsey Blaine, who went on to become an NCAA champion at Purdue.
Also dominating among the girls at Condon was Klickitat's Samantha Brewer who entered four events and won four events. Brewer had her best of the year in the high jump, clearing 5-2, and also won the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump.
Teaera Churchwell, of Lyle-Wishram, and Neola Putnam, of TLG, were each double winners. Churchwell won the 200 and 400 sprints, while Putnam put away the field in the 800 and 1,500 meter events.
The times were season bests for both girls, but not their best in those events. Putnam says she is a little behind in her progress this year, mainly due to inactivity. But her form and conditioning is good and times will be coming down as the frequency of competition picks up.
The Lyle-Wishram boys had a strong showing at Condon, particularly in the track events. Ty Freemantle, Robbie Phelps, Jim Price and Henry Matai won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
Freemantle also was first in the 100, edging Phelps at the tape, and was the winner of the 400. Phelps and Price also led the field in the 200, with Phelps getting the win and Price finishing second.
Price was the class of the shot put, his 42-foot toss nearly two feet further than the second place finisher. Matai was the winner of the 110 hurdles and Jose Martinez gave the Cougar boys their eighth win in the 800.
It was a different race than Martinez is accustomed to running. At the sound of the gun, Martinez was off the line in a sprint to the front. By the 200 meter mark, he was far ahead of the pack, with teammate Steven McClusky parrying Brad Garner, of South Wasco, for second place.
"I don't know, I just took off and decided to kill them off in the beginning," said Martinez.
In three races, Martinez has turned in a pair of 2:19 races to go with the 2:20.5 at Condon. McClusky had a good sprint to the finish, but was a tenth of a second behind Garner, finishing third.
Top finishes for Klickitat County entries:
Boys:
Team -Lyle-Wishram (LW) 129, So. Wasco Co. (SW) 106, Dufur (D) 69, Spray (S) 42, Ione (I) 38, Long Creek (LC) 26, Mitchell (M) 18, Griswold (G) 15, Pilot Rock (PR) 10, Dayville (DV) 9.5, Condon-Wheeler (CW) 8.5, Wallowa (W) 7, Klickitat (K) 1.
Individual- 100-1st Freemantle (LW) 11.65, 2nd Phelps (LW) 11.76. 200-1st Phelps (LW) 24.08, Price (LW) 24.43. 400-1st Freemantle (LW) 55.89, 7th Kyle Murphy (LW) 1:00.18. 800-1st Martinez (LW) 2:20.5, 3rd McClusky (LW) 2:28.67. 3000-1st Rutherford (SW) 11:09.67, 5th Martinez (LW) 12:26.41, 7th Kris Lawler (LW) 13:28.97, 8th Francisco Martinez (LW) 15:13.15. 110 hurdles-1st Matai (LW) 44.04. 4x100 relay-1st Phelps, Freemantle, Matai, Price (LW) 46.86. 4x400 relay-1st Phelps, Freemantle, Matai, Price (LW) 3:45.77. Shot put-1st Price (LW) 42-0, 8th Cole Walters (K) 33-9. Discus-1st Madson (D) 101-2, 3rd Matai (LW) 99-3, 6th Lawler (LW) 84-5, 8th Dion Curtis (K) 81-4. Javelin-1st Lofthouse (SW) 146-10, 5th Murphy (LW) 113-3, 6th Walters (K) 113-0, 7th Wade Ramsey (K) 110-0. High jump-1st Thurmond (PR) 5-8, 2nd Murphy (LW) 5-4. Long jump-1st Larlee (SW) 20-1.5, 7th Nicky Rubesh (Trout Lake-Glenwood) 16-4. Triple jump-1st Larlee (SW) 43-3, 2nd Murphy (LW) 35-3.
Girls:
Team-Griswold 72, Lyle-Wishram 58, Ione 56, Klickitat 42, Trout Lake-Glenwood (TLG) 33, Pilot Rock 30.5, Dufur 26.5, Mitchell 26, Spray 25, Wallowa 14.5, So. Wasco Co. 14, Long Creek .5.
Individual- 100-1st Drake (PR) 12.75, 2nd Churchwell (LW) 13.11. 200-1st Churchwell (LW) 27.1, 7th Taylor Freemantle (LW) 30.47. 400-1st Churchwell (LW) 1:04.94. 800-1st Putnam (TLG) 2:30.82. 1500-1st Putnam (TLG) 5:29.53, 7th Brenda Lambert (K) 8:05.99. 100 hurdles-1st Brewer (K) 16.27. Shot put-1st Smith (G) 32.25, 4th Price (LW) 27-2.75, 6th Tasha Johnson (TLG) 26-8, 8th Krissy Yarnell (TLG) 2509.5. Discus-1st Talley (G) 79-1, 2nd Price (LW) 75, 3rd Johnson (TLG) 74-4, 4th Audrey Hill (TLG) 70-3, 6th Lambert (K) 67-4. Javelin-1st Price (LW) 126-7, 3rd Freemantle (LW) 98-2, 5th Hill (TLG) 86-0, 6th Lambert (K) 77-2. High jump-1st Brewer (K) 5-2. Long jump-1st Brewer (K) 14-2, 5th Freemantle (LW) 11-10.25, 8th McKenzie Zoller (TLG) 11-4.Triple jump-1st Brewer (K) 30-11.5.
Timberwolf boys shutout Rangers in court action
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
The Goldendale boys' tennis team had it's best outing of the young season with a 5-0 shutout over Naches Valley prior to spring break.
Bryan Milberger and Sonny Hammack swept their singles opponents. Milberger had a perfect 6-0, 6-0. Chase Wing and Fletcher Wilhite won in straight sets, and Nathan Clark and Adrian Sanchez overcame an opening set loss to win 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.
The girls weren't as fortunate, falling 5-1 to the Rangers. The team of Rachel Kipfer and Tayler Bradley overcame a 6-2 loss in the opening set to win on 6-4, 7-5 sets.
The Mar. 28 match against Highland was only partially complete when persistent rains forced the teams to call it a day. The matches will be completed at a later date.
Boys
Goldendale 5 Naches Valley 0
Sonny Hammack (G) def. Terreace Kaeeshulte (NV) 6-2, 7-5. Bryan Milberger (G) def. Tyler McFarland (NV) 6-0, 6-0. Chase Wing-Fletcher Wilhite (G) def. Fisk-Slick (NV) 6-2, 6-2. Nathan Clark-Adrian Sanchez (G) def. Gaudette-Gentry (NV) 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Dillion Beierle-Zack Shattuck(G) win by forfeit.
Girls
Naches Valley 4 Goldendale 1
Fossum (NV) def. Stacy Thompson (G) 6-2, 6-1. elsner (NV) def. Sierra Davis (G) 6-0, 6-0. Z. Fossum-Gonzalez (NV) def. Kylee Bellamy-Ryell Carley (G) 6-3, 6-4. Tayler Bradley-Rachel-Kipfer (G) def. Johnson-Hunter (NV) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Kaur-McFarland (NV) def. Felicia Budde-Nanna Olsen (G) 6-1, 6-3.
Equestrian teams top several events in Wenatchee
Goldendale's High School equestrian club brought home three first place trophies at their second district meet, in Wenatchee. The drill team made it two wins in a row. Team members are Heather Ault, Lauren Hoodenpyl, Jessica Kaseberg, Holli Mansfield, Alyson Mello, Amber Mercer, Jackie Miller and Alex Wooden.
Mello was also a winner in break-away roping and working rancher. Her teammates Hailey Hudson and Nikki Williams finished tied for second in working rancher. Hudson was the winner of steer daubing with Mello placing sixth.
Another win was logged by the sorting team of Miller and Jessica Telford. Mercer and Hoodenply placed fifth in the event.
Other placings for the team were fifth in jumping by Kaseberg, fifth for the team of Mansfield, Mercer, Telford and Wooden in in-hand obstacle relay, and fifth for the Canadian Flags team of Hudson, Mello, Kaseberg and Telford. Telford also rode to a seventh place finish in dressage.
The team has one more meet on May 1-3 in Wenatchee, before the state meet in Pasco.
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