Hickman and Matai top athletes at Simcoe Invitational
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
The best weather in memory for the annual Simcoe Invitational also brought out some Goldendale personal records and an awesome performance by Lyle-Wishram athletes. The Cougars came away with 13 first place ribbons from the 34 events and the girls’ team placed second with just three athletes competing.
Top athlete honors were presented to Henry Matai and Chantelle Hickman of Lyle-Wishram. Matai, a junior, won the two hurdle events and he edged out county competition for first in the discus with a toss of 126-9. Matai was also part of Lyle-Wishram’s second place 4x100 relay team. Hickman, too was a three event winner, taking the 800 and 1600 meter events, and blowing away the competition in the javelin with a toss of 97-8. Hickman, a freshman, was also seventh in the long jump.
Lyle-Wishram
There were other’s from Lyle-Wishram who were in the running for top athlete. Cody Carlsen won the 200 and 400 meter races and was part of the winning 4x400 relay team. Lena Mueller won the 100 meter hurdles and long jump and was third in the high jump and sixth in the javelin. Teaera Churchwell was a double winner, taking the 100 and 200 meter sprints.
Goldendale
It was a decidedly young Timberwolf team seeing its first track and field action of the year. Twenty of the competitors were freshmen and sophomores.
The Timberwolf girls’ won the team score by 41 points over Lyle-Wishram, with wins in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Team members were Kylie Montgomery, Irene Goble, Lindsey Lemos and Haley Smith in the 4x200, and Sarah Lancaster, Carlee Wheelon, Lexy Knowlton and Montgomery in the 4x400 relay. Also helping the cause were first place finishes by Andrea Keffeler in the triple jump, and Sadie Shattuck in the shot put. Shattuck set a new personal record (PR) with a 36-7 toss, about four inches off the 1A standard for State qualification. Also setting a PR was Montgomery, with a 30-7 toss, good enough for second place. Other girls setting new PRs were Sienna Gray, 79-10 in the javelin for third place, and Lancaster, who was fourth in the 100 meters with a time of 14.44.
Logan Humphreys upped his best marks in three events. Humphreys was second in the 300 hurdles, third in the high jump at 5-6, and his 38-6.5 in the triple jump was good enough for second place. Other Timberwolf PRs were set by Braydon Ross who threw his best in the shot put (41-4.25) and discus (121-5), placing second and third, respectively. Patrick Golding was fifth in the high jump with a PR 5-4. Brady Conway’s 17-5.5 long jump was a PR, and Nathan Bischoff had a PR of 36-1.5 in the triple jump.
Bickleton
Bickleton was also shaking off the rust in their first meet of the year. Edgar Molina posted a win in the shot put at 44-5.25, and Katelynn Clinton won the 300 hurdles. Molina was also second in the discus and seventh in the 400 meters. Clinton, who has been plagued with a right arm injury picked up third place in the discus by throwing left-handed. She was also second in the high jump.
Christina Wilson picked up a pair of seconds in the 1600 and 3200 meter runs. Jenna Mount also placed second in the 200 and gained team points with a fifth place finish in the long jump. Mount was eighth in the 100. Freshman Peter Clinton was third in the 800 and third in the pole vault while another freshman, Haley Goodnight placed fourth in the shot put and discus. Exchange student, Henrick Heldahl gave Bickleton points with a third place finish in the 3200.
Another first at the meet was the timing system. Goldendale now has electronic timing of racing events with hand-held back-up. The system employs a video camera at the start-finish line and a lens that detects starter pistol smoke. The two pieces of equipment are plugged into a computer where times can be matched to runners as they cross the finish line. The data from the video capture is fed into a second computer which records times for the runners and scores the meet.
Timberwolves’ bats fuel 4-0 start to the season
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
Trevor Fields hit two home runs, driving in four runs in his first two at-bats of the 2010 season to propel Goldendale to a 9-1 opening day win on a beautiful day in Goldendale last week.
It was a special game for Seth Davis, a Klickitat student playing for the Goldendale-Klickitat baseball combine after spending last year traveling to White Salmon for baseball. Davis didn’t pitch for the Bruins, so he was eager to get the start in last week’s game as Columbia-White Salmon came to town. Davis earned the win after giving up just one run in four innings and going 2-2 with two RBI at the plate.
On Monday’s return engagement in White Salmon, a good pitching effort by J. D. Moss and Cody Herin overcame the Wolves’ inability to get runners across the plate in a 3-1 win. The Wolves stranded 15 runners with Moss hitting 3-3 and Davis knocking in two runs on 3-4 hitting. Moss got the win, striking out seven batters. Herin pitched three innings of relief, striking out eight.
Saturday’s double header was played in even better weather than the opener, a true rarity for spring ball in Goldendale. The outcome was as good as the weather as the Timberwolves swept Kiona-Benton 14-4 and 7-2. Aaron Cochran knocked in eight runs in a 6-7 performance. Lucas Denney was 4-6 and Cody Herin hit a pair of doubles and a triple in the winning effort. Ki-Be trailed all the way in both games, the first called after six for the 10 run rule. Fields got the win in the first game and Reed Lindhe was the pitcher of record for the second game.
Next up is a double header at River View on Saturday, starting at 11 a.m.
Big innings allow Bears to sweep Timberwolves
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
A six-run fifth inning proved the undoing of the Goldendale Timberwolves’ softball team in the first game against Ki-Be on Saturday. The big inning broke open a pitching duel and the Bears went on to win 9-3.
The second game started as an offensive battle. The Wolves fought back after giving up three runs in the first inning and three more in the fifth to trail 10-7 with an inning left. Another three-run inning by the Bears and lights out pitching by Alex Shuster completed the Ki-Be sweep, 13-7. Taylor Gaston hit 4-7 in the two games while Haley Hoffman doubled and Jessica Binns hit a triple for the Timberwolves.
Goldendale’s home opener was played on March 18 against Columbia-White Salmon. Hitting was the name of the game as the Timberwolves pounded out 18 runs off 18 hits and had a good day in the field with just three errors. This time it was the Timberwolves who had the big innings with seven in the first and seven more in the fifth. Although the lead was 10 runs after five innings, the teams agreed to play on since it was a non-league game and only one game was to be played.
Nine Timberwolves got hits, led by Alex Counts who was 5-5 with a double and a triple, and Gaston who was 3-5. Haley Hoffman doubled and was 2-6 with 2 RBI. Hoffman also was the pitcher of record with Gaston closing out the game.
Kellen McCutcheon led Columbia’s hitting with a 3-4 performance and three RBI.
The return game was played in White Salmon on Monday and the Wolves had everything going for them. Gaston and Crysta Counts allowed just five runs off three hits in a 21-5 blow-out that also went the full seven innings upon agreement of the two teams. But the game was pretty much decided in the second inning when Goldendale blasted Bruin hitting for eight runs. Gaston, Alex Counts, Crysta Counts, Johna Kartes, Jessica Binns and Angelina Antone each had a multiple hit game. Crysta Counts drove in four runs and Gaston, Alex Counts, and Kartes each had three RBI.
The Lady Timberwolves host Lyle-Wishram on Thursday at 3 p.m., then travel to River View on Saturday, game time 11 a.m. |
