Longhorns cruise to team titles at home, Hershey

    The Chase County boys’ track team defended its home turf last week and continued its streak of team titles with wins at its CCS Invite and the Mike Troxell Invite in Hershey.
    Both meets allowed varsity and JV competitors which gave coaches a chance to see a lot of athletes in action.
    Head Coach Carl Zuege said everyone has more fun when everyone on the team gets to compete, especially at their home meet Tuesday.
    Zuege liked that Activities Director Troy Hauxwell made the change at the CCS Invite to allow each school 10 entries in each event.
    “I didn’t realize how much everyone would like it. We got great feedback from other teams, and I think it is a format we will stick with. More kids get to compete in more events—which is a win for everyone,” Zuege said.
    The Longhorns claimed wins by Thomas Reeves in the 200-meter dash, Haven Hauxwell in the 1,600 and 3,200, Easton Fries in both hurdle races, Carter Leibbrandt in the pole vault and Kade Anderson in the triple jump.
    All three relays won, as well.
    Zuege said the 4x400 relay, Jonathan Sosa, Tristan Jablonski, Steven Murray and Fries, really stepped up in a big way, posting a time that right now leads Class C by a little over three seconds.
    “They still have some work to do, as I think it will take another drop of two to three seconds to win in Omaha,” he added.
    Longhorn hurdlers had four in the finals of each race, Fries, Jensen Olsen, Anderson and Tyler O’Neil.
    “I thought our mid and long distance guys competed very well, too,” Zuege said. Among those runners were Brayan Reyes, Andrew Wiest, Peyton Dubas, Krayton Paisley, Navy Smith and Michael McBride.
    There were PRs aplenty through the home meet, which Zuege credits to several factors.
    “The weather certainly helped things, and then I think when guys start posting great times and marks early, it kind of just sets the tone for the day. I thought our 4x800 guys stepped on the track and got things started, and we saw a lot of really good performances from that point on. Our field events were pretty solid all day, as well,” Zuege said.
    After a relatively mild weather day Tuesday, temperatures turned chilly once more Saturday at Hershey and the wind kicked back up.

    “Our kids have consistently gone out and competed at a high level regardless of the conditions—that is something I have been very happy with this season,” Zuege said.
    Reeves repeated Tuesday’s result and placed first in the 200.
    Zach Herbert and Luis Co went 1-2 in the 800, while Fries and Olsen swept the top two spots in the 110-meter hurdles. Fries also won the 300-meter hurdles.
    Mason Wallin edged out Leibbrandt for the pole vault win. Zuege said the pair had an exceptional day despite the weather conditions.
    Once more, CCS swept the relays.
    “I thought our throwers from top to bottom had a really nice day Saturday, and we continued to see improvement on the track, as well,” Zuege said.
    The Longhorns had six finish in the top 10 of the discus with four PRs and five shot putters in the top 10.
Up next
    After conversations between activities directors, the SPVA meet will stay on Friday.
    Zuege said coaches have a few personnel changes in mind, but nothing too big.
    That all hinges, however, on having a fully healthy team available, especially Murray and Dawson Mollendor.
    “Provided that we get Dawson and Stephen back, we should be back to a fairly normal look on our relays. We will ask quite a bit from guys like Easton Fries, Jonathan Sosa and Thomas Reeves—all guys who are very versatile and we need to get them a full schedule in order to maximize our points,” Zuege said.
    CCS will return to Hershey for the SPVA meet.
The Best of the Midwest will be Tuesday in Sutherland.
Chase County Invite
Boys team scores—1. CCS, 251.5; 2. PCS, 110; 3. Ogallal, 104; 4. Hershey, 88.5; 5. Garden County, 61; 6. DCS, 60.
100 Meters—1. Alex Brown, 11.36, Hershey; 2. Dawson Mollendor, 11.40, CCS; 3. Thomas Reeves, 11.68, CCS; 6. Tucker Mollendor, 11.75, CCS; 8. Jonathan Sosa, 11.94, CCS.
200 Meters—1. Reeves, 23.68, CCS; 5. D. Mollendor 24.61, CCS; 6. T. Mollendor 24.63, CCS.
400 Meters—1. Mason McGreer, 53.16, PCS; 7. Kole Clevenger, 56.75, CCS.
800 Meters—1. McGreer, 2:04.90, PCS; 2. Zach Herbert, 2:11.06, CCS; 3. Luis Co, 2:14.26, CCS.
1600 Meters—1. Haven Hauxwell, 5:04.95, CCS; 2. Brayan Reyes, 5:15.58, CCS; 4. Andrew Wiest, 5:23.93, CCS; 6. Peyton Dubas, 5:28.48, CCS; 7. Krayton Paisley, 5:32.98, CCS.
3200 Meters—1. Hauxwell, 10:53.62, CCS; 3. Wiest, 11:49.07, CCS; 4. Paisley, 12:01.18, CCS; 8. Navy Smith, 12:51.96, CCS.
110m Hurdles—1. Easton Fries, 14.83, CCS; 2. Jensen Olsen, 15.68, CCS; 4. Kade Anderson, 15.76, CCS; 6. Tyler O’Neil, 17.77, CCS.
300m Hurdles—1. Fries 39.59, CCS; 3. Anderson 42.41, CCS; 4. Olsen, 44.56, CCS; 7. Scott Hoover, 47.32, CCS.
4x100 Relay—1. CCS 45.07; 2. CCS (Sosa, Steven Murray, Reeves, D. Mollendor), 45.57.
4x100 Throwers Relay—1. CCS (Cooper Dillan, Zane Mays, Jesus Medina, Jaret Peterson), 50.18; 6. CCS (Cristobal Tarango, Noah Rau, Ray Murillo, Zach Tarin), 53.54.
4x400 Relay—1. CCS (Sosa, Tristan Jablonski, Reeves, Fries), 3:29.65.
4x800 Relay—1. CCS (Co, Jablonski, Murray, Herbert), 8:41.5.
Shot Put—1. Harry Caskey 46’6, Ogallala; 2. Peterson, 46’1, CCS; 4. Jesus Medina, 43’10.75, CCS; 5. Dillan, 43’6, CCS.
Discus—1. Cruz Brooks 151’10, Hershey; 2. Peterson, 136’0, CCS; 3. Dillan, 134’6, CCS; 6. O’Neil, 126’1, CCS.
High Jump—1. Ethan Latta, 6’ 4, DCS; 5. Kole Clevenger, 5’ 8, CCS.
Pole Vault—1. Carter Leibbrandt, 12’6, CCS; 6. Sean Heermann, 9’0, CCS;
Long Jump—1. Blake Sauer, 20’6, Ogallala; 5. T. Mollendor, 19’5, CCS;
Triple Jump—1. Anderson, 41’11, CCS; 4. McArthur, 40’7.5, CCS; 6. Tyler O’Neil, 39’7.25, CCS; 7. Brayan Reyes, 39’3.5, CCS.
Hershey Invite
Boys team results—1. Chase County, 190.5; 2. St Patrick, 119; 3. Perkins County, 91; 4. Hershey, 73; 5. Arthur County, 49.5; 6. Sutherland, 30.
Individual results
100 Meters—1. Blake Garner, 11.46, PCS; 2. Thomas Reeves, 11.46, CCS; 8. Tucker Mollendor, 12.33, CCS.
200 Meters—1. Reeves, 23.20, CCS; 5. Jonathan Sosa, 23.69, CCS; 7. T. Mollendor, 24.37, CCS; 8. Austin Smith, 24.38, CCS.
400 Meters—1. Chase Moorhead, 52.33, Hershey; 2. Tristan Jablonski, 54.01, CCS; 7. Luis Co, 56.33, CCS.
800 Meters—1. Zach Herbert, 2:07.57, CCS; 2. Co, 2:13.33, CCS; 7. Krayton Paisley, 2:18.20, CCS.
1600 Meters—1. Mason McGreer, 4:45.31, PCS; 4. Haven Hauxwell, 5:04.01, CCS; 5. Andrew Wiest, 5:21.96, CCS; 8. Peyton Dubas, 5:32.24, CCS.
3200 Meters—1. Mason McGreer, 10:13.95, PCS; 3. Hauxwell, 10:43.33, CCS; 6. Wiest, 11:27.14, CCS; 8. Navy Smith, 12:24.40, CCS.
110m Hurdles—1. Easton Fries, 14.91, CCS; 2. Jensen Olsen, 15.63, CCS; 6. Scott Hoover, 18.81, CCS.
300m Hurdles—1. Fries, 40.37, CCS; 2. Kade Anderson, 41.57, CCS; 7. Hoover, 48.99, CCS.
4x100 Relay—1. CCS (Sosa, Mollendor, Reeves, Fries), 44.74; 2. CCS, 45.57.
4x100 Throwers Relay—1. CCS (Tyler O’Neil, Jesus Medina, Jaret Peterson, Cooper Dillan), 49.73; 6. CCS, 53.54.
4x400 Relay—1. CCS (Sosa, Jablonski, Reeves, Fries), 3:36.83.
4x800 Relay—1. PCS, 8:51.16; 3. CCS (Sergio Quintana, Paisley, Dubas, Herbert), 9:15.46.
Shot Put—1. Boone Snyder, 48’11, Sutherland; 2. Peterson, 47’8, CCS; 4. Jesus Medina, 43’11, CCS; 8. Dillan, 39’3, CCS.
Discus—1. Cruz Brooks, 153’8, Hershey; 3. Peterson, 145’1, CCS; 5. Dillan, 136’4, CCS; 6. Tyler O’Neil, 131’2, CCS; 7. Noah Rau, 129’8, CCS; 8. Zach Tarin, 120’8, CCS.
High Jump—1. Justin Wenzel, 5’8, Arthur County; 6. Kole Clevenger, 5’0, CCS; 8. Cesar Valencia, 5’0, CCS.
Pole Vault—1. Mason Wallin, 13’6, CCS; 2. Carter Leibbrandt, 13’0, CCS.
Long Jump—1. Zarek Branch, 19’9.75, NPSP; 2. T. Mollendor, 18’11.25, CCS; 4. Clevenger, 18’2.25, CCS; 8. Camron Lempke, 17’3.25, CCS.
Triple Jump—1. Blake Garner, 42’5, PCS; 3. Anderson, 40’10.5, CCS; 5. O’Neil, 38’6, CCS; 7. Jablonski, 35’10.25, CCS.
McCook JV Invite
Boys JV team scores—1. McCook, 112; 2. Cozad, 98; 3. Chase County, 90; 4. Gothenburg, 77; 5. Lexington, 62; 6. St Patrick, 39; 7. Holdrege, 18; 8. Perkins County, 14; 9. Ogallala, 10; 10. Cambridge, 1.
Individual results
100 Meters— 1. Bryson Snider, 11.56, Cozad; 3. Austin Smith, 11.71, CCS.
200 Meters—1. Smith, 23.63, CCS; 8. Cesar Valencia, 24.60, CCS.
400 Meters— 1. Tristan Campbell, 56.19, McCook; 4. Sergio Quintana 57.46, CCS; 8. James McArthur, 59.95, CCS.
3200 Meters— 1. Andrew Wiest, 11:45.46, CCS; 4. Navy Smith, 12:47.78, CCS.
110m Hurdles—1. Sutton Tickle, 17.06, NPSP; 2. Tyler O’Neil, 17.08, CCS;  6. Scott Hoover, 18.82, CCS.
300m Hurdles—1. Torren Wind 44.58, Gothenburg; 5. Hoover 47.35, CCS; 8. O’Neil 48.29, CCS.
4x100 Relay—1. McCook, 46.64; 3.CCS (Smith, Quintana, Camron Lempke, Valencia), 46.87.
4x400 Relay—1. McCook, 3:43.51; 3. CCS (McArthur, Brayan Reyes, Salvador Venegas, Quintana), 3:58.7.
4x800 Relay— 1. Lexington, 9:14.06; 3. CCS (Reyes, Wiest, Smith, Jackson Cyboron), 9:45.19.
Shot Put—1. Izaac Langley, 43-05.75, Cozad; 3. Ray Murillo, 40-01.25, CCS; 4. Zach Tarin, 38-07.25, CCS; 7. Noah, Rau 37-01.00, CCS..
Discus— 1. Conner Tyerman 142-06.00, PCS; 4. Tarin 130-01.00, CCS; 7. Murillo 119-07.00, CCS.
High Jump—1. Olliver Davis, 5-08.00, Cozad; 8. Kole Clevenger, 5-02.00, CCS; 8. Valencia, 5-02.00, CCS.
Long Jump—1. Ethan Schmidt, 19-06.00, McCook; 6. Clevenger, 18-05.50, CCS; 7. Lempke 18-05.50, CCS.
Triple Jump—1. O’Neil, 39-00.50, CCS; 5. Reyes, 37-09.00, CCS; 7. Ben Skeels, 36-02.00, CCS.