36th Lions’ Twilight track and field meet
Andrew Christiansen
Reporter
Perhaps the most exciting finish was held to the last event at the 36th Lions’ Twilight track and field meet in Goldendale. The event was the girls 4x400 relay and LaSalle was the easy winner with Katie Vickers running a great third leg, but half way through the final lap the real battle was taking shape for the runner-up slot. Goldendale’s Kylie Montgomery, winner of the 400 meters, TLG’s Val Vogt and Zillah’s Kayla Whipple traded places down the back stretch and into the final turn. As the girls approached the finish line, Montgomery and Whipple were neck-and-neck with Vogt on their heels. Vogt made a desperate move to the outside in the final three yards and had just enough lean to take second place. TLG’s time was 4:41.04. Third place Goldendale clocked 4:41.12 on the electric timer and Zillah finished in 4:41.22.
Goldendale
Athletes set a bundle of personal records and season’s best performances on the chilly, windy evening. Top performances from Goldendale’s boys that earned them an easy second place team finish came from Patrick Golding, Torey Spaulding-Jimenez, Logan Humphreys, Nathan Bischoff and Isaac Messenger, each scoring top five finishes with season’s best performances. Messenger, a freshman, has emerged as the top sprinter on the Timberwolf squad. His 11.71 in the 100 meters placed him third behind super quick Logan Olney, of Zillah, and Lyle-Wishram’s Cody Carlsen. Olney and Carlsen were one-two in both sprints. Messenger was third in the 100 and fourth in the 200 meters where he set a PR of 24.08. He also won the long jump with a leap of 18-2.75.
Humphreys ran his best 300 hurdles in 46.23 for fifth place and had his best long jump of 16-9 for fourth place. Humphreys also scored points with a fourth place in the high jump and third place finish in the triple jump. Golding had a season best run in the 300 hurdles finishing third in 45.79. He was fourth in the triple jump and fourth in the 110 hurdles.
Bischoff had a pair of PRs, finishing second in the triple jump at 37-0.5 and fourth in the pole vault at 10-6. Spaulding-Jimenez ran a 55.71 for the 400 meters and placed second. He was also part of two second place relays.
Montgomery had the best night for the Timberwolf girls, setting a PR of 1:09.61 in her 400 meter win. She also unleashed her best throw ever in the shot put at 31-2 for second place.
Other Timberwolf girls setting PRs with top five finishes were Nichole Seward, 1:15.32 in the 400 meters; Sarah Lancaster, 19.01 in the 100 hurdles, and Lexy Knowlton with a 56.64 run in the 300 hurdles.
Trout Lake-Glenwood
Trout Lake-Glenwood’s boys edged Bickleton by fewer than nine points and the TLG girls placed third behind LaSalle and Naches Valley.
A near sweep in the pole vault for both boys and girls gave TLG easy points. Brian Langfield defeated teammate Donny Woodruff in a jump-off for the win at 11-6. Bickleton’s Nic Venema prevented the TLG sweep by placing third at 11 feet. LaSalle’s Colleen Newell finished second behind TLG’s McKenzie Zoller, who won the event at 8-6. Krissy Yarnell, Krista Clark and Chelsea Cox took the other top five places for TLG.
One of the evening’s sterling performances was the 1600 meter victory for TLG’s Alec England. England ran off the shoulder of Zillah’s Johnny Barnes for much of the race, but when the bell rang for the final lap, England was in first place and stretching his lead. His win was a PR 4:47.89. Chase England was fourth at 5:06.09. Lucas King showed his great speed by winning the 400 in 55.08 and helping the relay team to a third place finish in the 4x400.
Liz Vogt was a double winner with a 15-2.75 long jump and a new PR of 48.84 to win the 300 hurdles. She also had a season’s best time of 27.72 in the 200 meters for second place. Her sister, Val placed second in the 800 meters behind LaSalle’s star runner, Siena Noe.
Bickleton
The prediction at the boys’ high jump pit by the Bickleton contingent was 5-6. The Pirate’s Henrick Heldahl was good to his word and then some, winning the event with a personal best of 5-7 to help Bickleton finish ahead of Lyle-Wishram in team standings. Taylor Brown was fourth at 5-0. A second win came from Edgar Molina, who has been consistently tossing the shot put in the mid 40’s. His 44-1 toss was disappointing to the senior who wants to get closer to the 50 foot mark. He followed up with a third place throw of 121-7 in the discus. Junior Hernandez was fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 1600 meter races. Venema added team points with a fifth place finish 32-6.5 leap in the triple jump. Christina Wilson set a PR of 6:19.79 in the 1600 and the Pirate’s girls relay teams finished fourth and fifth.
Klickitat
Klickitat’s girls finished six points ahead of Goldendale, in fourth place. Samantha Brewer won a much anticipated 100 meter hurdles race. Brewer was an easy favorite, but Naches Valley’s Justine Benner had run a 16.57 three days earlier at an SCAC meet in Goldendale and won her previous three starts. Other contenders were Lena Mueller, of Lyle-Wishram, Amanda Zoller, of TLG, Paige Engquist of Naches Valley and Sarah Lancaster of Goldendale. Much of the drama went by the wayside when Benner, starting without blocks, false started and was disqualified from the race. Brewer was slow out of the blocks and Mueller was two steps ahead over the first hurdle. But, Brewer took the lead by the third hurdle and ran a new season record of 16.43. Mueller was second, Zoller third and Lancaster fifth. Brewer added a second win in the high jump, clearing 5-2 and just brushing the bar off at 5-4.
Top performances were also to come in the throwing events where Klickitat is a power house. Charice McConville’s discus of 107-5 was nearly seven feet better than second place Jessica Farris, of Naches Valley. Zoe Lindner added 9-5 to her best ever javelin throw, as she beat the fierce cross wind for a 115-6 mark. It was good enough for second place behind Naches Valley’s Kelcie Taylor who added eight feet to her PR , winning at 124-3. Lindner was fourth in the discus and she and McConville each passed 30 feet in the shot put to finish fourth and third, respectively.
Lyle-Wishram
The meet marked the return to action by Lyle-Wishram’s Cody Carlsen who has been absent due to injury and illness. His second place finishes in the sprints were his best times of the year. The Cougar boys earned points from Nolan Smith, fourth in the shot put at 40-4 and fifth in the discus at 117-2, and from Brian Neifert, second in the long jump at 17-6.25, and Kyle Murphy whose 5-0 was fourth in the high jump. James Nickols’ best time in the 400 meters (59.4) placed him fifth.
The Lyle-Wishram girls continued to look great, but have a hard time placing as a team with only three girls and one (Chantelle Hickman) missing at Goldendale. Teaera Churchwell had her top time of the season (27.19) in the 200 meter win and she was third in the 100 at 13.55. Mueller set a new PR at 13.64 for fourth place in the 100 meters.
Wolves brush aside Zillah and Cle Elum
Goldendale remained perfect on the season with double header wins over Zillah 4-2 and 11-4 and Cle Elum 13-3 and 11-1, last week. It set up Tuesday’s battle for the top of the SCAC west in Naches. A win of one or two games by Goldendale would give them the lead in the west, as the Rangers, who were also 6-0 going into the game, have a couple of non-league losses on their record. The Sentinel went to press prior to Tuesday’s games.
It took awhile to get the bats going at Zillah as the Leopards’ pitching held Goldendale to five hits in the opener. However, Trevor Fields was even better, giving up just three hits while striking out 10 batters in a complete game victory, his fourth of the year. Reed Lindhe and Blake Lesko doubled and Kaden Milliren scored twice for the win.
Lindhe and Cody Herin shared the work in game two with Lindhe gaining his fourth win. Herin got the save and drove in two runs with a double and triple. Fields also doubled and J. D. Moss went 2-3 with three RBI.
Cle Elum fell behind early in both of their games played in Goldendale. Herin singled, doubled and homered in the opener and now leads the team with five home runs. Lucas Denney doubled twice and drove in three runs. J. D. Moss pitched 3 2/3 innings for the win and Nolin Bare put down all four batters he faced in relief. Blake Lesko chased Cle Elum’s starting pitcher with a lead off, first pitch home run in the second to give Goldendale a 5-1 lead.
Seth Darling loaded the bases in relief with a double by Aaron Cochran and a pair of walks. He managed to escape without further scoring in the inning. But, a two-run triple by Herin and a two-run home run by Cochran added four more runs to Goldendale’s lead in the third. Denney accounted for the final two runs. The freshman doubled in the fourth and advanced to third. He drew an errant throw from the catcher on a pick-off attempt allowing Denney to make the score 10-1. In the next inning, Denney was again at third after reaching by error, taking second on a botched pick-off attempt and he went to third on a wild pitch.
Jared Cline pinch-hit a grounder to second base and Denney ended the game with his third run scored. Lindhe picked up his fifth win, giving up one run off five hits. Milliren set down the Warriors in order in one inning of relief. Team defense was particularly sharp against Cle Elum, including a pretty back-hand stab by Moss on a grounder hit sharply down the first base line.
Goldendale takes a break from league play on Friday with a double-header at Condon. They will finish the regular season hosting Granger on May 4, starting at 3:30 p.m. District play-offs start May 11.
Nearly 200 players on 17 Little League teams in Goldendale and Klickitat
Bright colors on bright kids was the scene in the Little League baseball park in Goldendale, Saturday. The occasion was the opening day ceremonies for this volunteer-based organization that gives kids aged five-12 the opportunity to play America’s sport.
Fourteen teams in five divisions will play in Goldendale along with single teams in tee-ball, softball and minors from Klickitat. There are 161 kids in the Goldendale program. Teams and coaches were introduced and parents, coaches and players recited pledges following flag raising ceremonies.
A free barbeque was provided thanks to donations from Goldendale IGA and Holcomb’s Sentry Market and Little League Boosters. Little League board members are: Rebecca Randall, president, Ada Whitman, vice president, Jessica Read, secretary/treasurer, Scott Randall, player agent, Ken Bostick, umpire in chief, Sara Green, safety officer, Chad Read, coach coordinator, Mark Wynoff, field coordinator, Joni Fahlenkamp, information coordinator, Kandy Hamlik, equipment coordinator, and Gloria Flock, Snack Shack coordinator.
The program welcomes more volunteers. Nine umpires are still needed. Anyone interested can contact Rebecca Randall at (509) 859-3758. |
