Boys track

Unioto early boys SVC leader

05/11/04

Unioto is off to a flying start in quest of its third straight boys Scioto Valley Conference track and field championship.

Competing on its own turf, the Shermans lead Zane Trace 61-43 after completion of the field events and the 3200-meter relay Tuesday evening.

The finals in the remaining running events will begin at 5 p.m., Friday, at Unioto.

Unioto won two of the first six events with Dominique Liggins leaping a career-best 21-9 1/4 to capture the long jump by quarter of an inch over Huntington's Matt Shoemaker.

The quartet of Chris Edwards, Jarret Kelley, Phillip Webb and Joe Jinks won the 3200-meter relay as Unioto finished 23 seconds in front of runnerup Westfall.

Adena's Jerimiah Copley won the discus and shot put events, Donavon Jenkins of Zane Trace the high jump and Drew Prater of Southeastern the pole vault.

If Unioto lives up to its advance billing, the Shermans will collect their 12th SVC boys track and field title Friday -- tying Adena for the most championships since the first league meet was held in 1962.

Qualifiers

110-meter hurdles --  Lane 1. Mike Riffle (WF) :20.3, 2. Jon Baxter (SE) :18.4, 3. Dane Smith (WF) :18.2, 4. Wyatt Adams (Ad):16.5, 5. Drew Prater (SE) :17.5, 6. Andy Pickerell (Un) :16.9, 7. Colt Harrington (Hu) :18.4, 8. Jeremy Powell (Un) :18.4.

100-meter dash -- Lane 1. Gary Long (Ad) :12.2, 2. Michael Trainer (SE) :12.0, 3. Austin Brown (PV) :12.0, 4. Matt Shoemaker (Hu) :11.8, 5. Dominique Liggins (Un) :11.9, 6. Josh Carter (WF) :11.9, 7. Tom Oyer (Un) :12.0, 8. Shawn Sowers (Ad) :12.0.

400-meter dash -- Lane 1. Alex Jaskowiak (Ad) :55.5, 2. Jordan Wolfe (PV) :55.3, 3. Joel Stanley (Un) :53.7, 4. Tom Oyer (Un) :51.7, 5. Joe Depugh (PV) :52.6, 6. Mike Taylor (ZT) :53.3, 7. Steven Baxter (SE) :55.4, 8. Royal Jarmon (Pi) :55.4.

300-meter hurdles -- Lane 1. Corey Bethel (PV) :50.9, 2. Jeremy Powell (Un) :46.0, 3. Mark Lightle (Ad) :45.5, 4. Wyatt Adams (Ad) :43.6, 5. Colt Harrington (Hu) :44.4, 6. Dane Smith (WF) :45.1, 7. Andy Pickerell (UN) :48.7, 8. Russell Virgin (ZT) :49.7.

200-meter dash -- Lane 1. Curtis (Un) :25.1, 2. Mike Taylor (ZT) :24.5, 3. Tom Oyer (Un) :24.3, 4. Michael Trainer (SE) :24.0, 5. Gary Long (Ad) :24.3, 6. Matt Shoemaker (Hu) :24.2, 7. Josh Carter (WF) :24.6, 8. Royal Jarmon (Pi) :24.6.

Team scoring (after six events): Unioto 61; Zane Trace 43; Adena 35; Westfall 28; Huntington 28; Southeastern 18; Paint Valley 13; Piketon 7.

High jump -- 1. Donavon Jenkins, Zane Trace, 6-3; 2. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 5-10; 3T. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 5-8; T. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 5-8; 5. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 5-8; 6. Eric Farmer, Piketon, 5-4; 7. Rance Garrett, Westfall, 5-4; 8. Kyle Kruger, Adena, 5-2.

Long jump -- 1. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 21-9.25; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 21-9; 3. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 20-9.50; 4. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 19-6.75; 5. Dane Smith, Westfall, 19-1.25; 6. Mark Lightle, Adena, 18-9; 7. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 18-1; 8. Cole Gantz, Westfall, 17-3.

Discus -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 138-3; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 137-11; 3. John Eldridge, Huntington, 131-8; 4. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 127-4; 5. Nate Welch, Unioto, 120-8; 6. Micah Clark, Unioto, 120-8; 7. Nick Sharrett, Westfall, 113-1; 8. Dustin Woodruff, Piketon, 106-0.

Shot put -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 47-9; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 46-1; 3. Nate Welch, Unioto, 42-1; 4. Nick Jones, Zane Trace, 41-8.50; 5. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 41-6.50; 6. Caleb Knauff, Adena, 39-10.50; 7. Blayne Mark, Huntington, 39-1.50; 8. John Eldridge, Huntington, 38-9.50.

Pole vault -- 1. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 13-0; 2. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 12-6; 3. Perry Barnes, Westfall, 12-0; 4. Brice Redman, Westfall, 11-6; 5. Seth Skaggs, Zane Trace, 11-0; 6. Korey Walters, Unioto, 11-0; 7. Gavin Spaeth, Zane Trace, 10-6; 8. Ben Fout, Adena, 10-6.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Unioto, 8:27.80 (Chris Edwards, Jarret Kelley, Phillip Webb, Joe Jinks); 2. Westfall, 8:50.60; 3. Zane Trace, 9:10.20; 4. Adena, 9:23.30; 5. Paint Valley, 9:34.90; 6. Piketon, 9:38.10; 7. Huntington, 9:39.00.

Unioto boys Ross County champs

05/04/04

Unioto confirmed its status as Scioto Valley Conference pre-meet favorites as the Shermans dominated the 80th annual Ross County boys track and field meet at Adena Tuesday evening.

Coach Matt Paxton's defending champion Shermans won eight of the 17 events -- setting meet records in the 800, 1600 and 3200-meter runs and the 3200-meter relay.

Senior Zach Holbert figured in two of the records -- winning the 1600 in 4:45.4 and running on the relay that clocked an 8:34.1 victory. He also won the 800-meter run.

The other Sherman record-breakers were Neil Hertenstein in the 3200-meter run and Tom Oyer in the 400-meter dash.

Unioto outscored runnerup Adena 167-112 1/2.

Medalist honors went to Southeastern's Michael Trainer -- winner of the high jump and the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

Adena's Jerimiah Copley won the shot put and discus.

Team scoring: Unioto 167; Adena 112.50; Zane Trace 73.50; Huntington 62; Southeastern 62; Paint Valley 48.

Medalist: Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 31 1/2 points (1st, high jump; 1st, 100; 1st, 200; 3rd, 400-meter relay).

Long jump -- 1. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 19-5; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 19-0; 3. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 18-7; 4. Mark Lightle, Adena, 17-10.50; 5. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16-5; 6. Cottrill, Paint Valley, 14-10.

High jump -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 6-4; 2. Donavon Jenkins, Zane Trace, 6-2; 3T. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 5-8; T. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 5-8; 5. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 5-6; 6. Kyle Kruger, Adena, 5-6.

Shot put -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 49-0.50; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 45-1.50; 3. Nate Welch, Unioto, 44-9.50; 4. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 43-3; 5. Micah Clark, Unioto, 42-5.50; 6. John Eldridge, Huntington, 40-3.50.

Discus -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 142-1; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 134-11; 3. John Eldridge, Huntington, 125-10; 4. Nate Welch, Unioto, 122-0; 5. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 112-10; 6. Chris White, Paint Valley, 105-6.

Pole vault -- 1. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 13-0; 2. Seth Skaggs, Zane Trace, 11-6; 3. Korey Walters, Unioto, 11-0; 4. Jonathan Baxter, Southeastern, 11-0; 5. Ben Fout, Adena, 10-6; 6. Matt Miller, Huntington, 10-0.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Unioto, 8:34.10 (Phillip Webb, Marcus Edwards, Zach Holbert, Jarret Kelley) (meet record, old record 8:36.5, Unioto, 2003); 2. Adena, 9:17.80; 3. Paint Valley, 9:28.90; 4. Zane Trace, 9:58.20; 5. Huntington, 10:12.00.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 15.90; 2. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16.10; 3. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 16.70; 4. Jonathan Baxter, Southeastern, 17.20; 5. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 18.00; 6. Eric Kimsey, Unioto, 18.80.

100-meter dash -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 11.40; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 11.40; 3. Gary Long, Adena, 11.40; 4. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 11.40; 5. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 11.60; 6T. Shawn Sowers, Adena, 11.70; T. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 11.70.

800-meter relay -- 1. Adena, 1:37.10 (Mark Lightle, Colton Coy, Shawn Sowers, Gary Long); 2. Unioto, 1:38.40; 3. Paint Valley, 1:38.90; 4. Zane Trace, 1:42.30; 5. Huntington, 1:44.10; 6. Southeastern, 1:50.30.

1600-meter run -- 1. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 4:45.40 (meet record, old record 4:46.9, Dan Ellis, Zane Trace, 2000); 2. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 4:51.00; 3. Andrew West, Adena, 5:05.50; 4. Justin Roll, Zane Trace, 5:12.80; 5. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 5:18.80; 6. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 5:25.40.

400-meter relay -- 1. Adena, 46.30; 2. Unioto, 46.60; 3. Southeastern, 46.90; 4. Zane Trace, 50.40; 5. Huntington, 51.50.

400-meter dash -- 1. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 51.20 (meet record, old record :51.7, Joe Pickerell, Unioto, 2002); 2. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 52.30; 3. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 54.30; 4. Joel Stanley, Unioto, 54.40; 5. Jordan Wolfe, Paint Valley, 55.60; 6. Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 56.40.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 42.60; 2. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 42.80; 3. Mark Lightle, Adena, 44.60; 4. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 45.20; 5. Jeremy Powell, Unioto, 45.90; 6. Cory Bethel, Paint Valley, 48.60.

800-meter run -- 1. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 2:05.90; 2. Curtis Edwards, Unioto, 2:08.40; 3. Justin Roll, Zane Trace, 2:16.00; 4. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 2:17.90; 5. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 2:18.70; 6. Anthony Thompson, Adena, 2:19.00.

200-meter dash -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 23.00; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 23.30; 3. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 23.80; 4. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 23.90; 5. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 23.90; 6. Gary Long, Adena, 24.00.

3200-meter run -- 1. Neil Hertenstein, Unioto, 10:43.20 (meet record, old record 10:51.3, Zach Holbert, Unioto, 2002); 2. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 10:44.40; 3. Andrew West, Adena, 11:19.10; 4. Eric Good, Huntington, 12:22.40; 5. Caleb Junk, Adena, 12:35.40; 6. C. J. Dove, Paint Valley, 12:53.80.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Unioto, 3:37.30; 2. Adena, 3:45.80; 3. Zane Trace, 3:49.10; 4. Paint Valley, 3:50.20; 5. Huntington, 4:03.30; 6. Southeastern, 4:03.90.

McClain wins invitational debut

04/30/04

Greenfield McClain dedicated its new all-weather track by winning the inaugural McClain Invitational boys track and field title Friday evening.

The Tigers amassed 168 points behind medalist Dante Jackson to easily outdistance runnerup Circleville.

Jackson won the 110 and 300-meter hurdles, high jump and was second in the 200-meter dash for 38 points.

The meet featured a pair of 14-foot pole vaulters in Dugan Wood of Hillsboro and Nick Clifton of Circleville.

Team scoring: Greenfield McClain 168; Circleville 117; Adena 87; Westfall 68; Washington CH 64; Hillsboro 62; Huntington 52; Miami Trace 42.

Medalist: Dante Jackson, McClain, 38 points (1st, 110-meter hurdles; 1st, 300-meter hurdles; 1st, high jump; 2nd, 200).

Long jump -- 1. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 20-5.75; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 20-0.50; 3. Mark Lightle, Adena, 19-1.50; 4. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 18-10.75; 5. Adam Arnott, Greenfield McClain, 18-9.50; 6. Bobst, Washington CH, 18-6; 7. Justin Bihl, Miami Trace, 18-0.25; 8. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 17-11.75.

High jump -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 5-10; 2. Bryndan Mogan,, Circleville, 5-10; 3. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 5-8; 4T. Kyle Kruger, Adena, 5-6; T. Dylan Free, Adena, 5-6; T. Vinnie Antinore, Hillsboro, 5-6; 7. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 5-4; 8. Eric Sturgell, Circleville, 5-4.

Shot put -- 1. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 46-3; 2. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 44-10.50; 3. Drew Dean, Washington CH, 42-8; 4. Derek Bush, Circleville, 41-5.50; 5. A. Maxie, Washington CH, 41-3; 6. Blayne Mark, Huntington, 40-2; 7. John Eldridge, Huntington, 39-2; 8. Kessler, Circleville, 39-0.

Discus -- 1. Derek Bush, Circleville, 138-7.50; 2. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 137-8.50; 3. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 132-10; 4. John Eldridge, Huntington, 129-4.50; 5. Willis, Washington CH, 118-6.50; 6. Jacob Black, Miami Trace, 112-9.50; 7. Travis Horn, Miami Trace, 105-9.50; 8. Travis Lester, Circleville, 104-9.

Pole vault -- 1. Dugan Wood, Hillsboro, 14-0; 2. Nick Clifton, Circleville, 14-0; 3. David Walters, Circleville, 12-0; 4. Brice Redman, Westfall, 12-0; 5. Perry Barnes, Westfall, 12-0; 6. Corey Robinson, Washington CH, 11-6; 7. Anthohy Amore, Miami Trace, 10-6; 8. Scott Shumacher, Greenfield McClain, 10-6.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 9:01.00; 2. Westfall, 9:07.00; 3. Miami Trace, 9:10.00; 4. Adena, 9:13.00; 5. Washington CH, 9:35.00; 6. Circleville, 10:01.00; 7. Huntington, 10:25.00.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 15.10; 2. Jim McElroy, Circleville, 15.80; 3. Alex Hallstrom, Hillsboro, 16.50; 4. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 17.40; 5. Matt Haddox, Circleville, 18.20; 6. A Shelton, Greenfield McClain, 18.30; 7. Dane Smith, Westfall, 18.40; 8. Mike Riffle, Westfall, 19.30.

100-meter dash -- 1. Gary Long, Adena, 11.80; 2. Brian Wyndham, Washington CH, 11.80; 3. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 11.80; 4. Josh Carter, Westfall, 12.00; 5. Curtis Hough, Circleville, 12.10; 6. Shawn Sowers, Adena, 12.10; 7. Jim McElroy, Circleville, 12.10; 8. Matt Ludwig, Greenfield McClain, 12.20.

800-meter relay -- 1. Washington CH, 1:35.00; 2. Greenfield McClain, 1:36.00; 3. Adena, 1:36.00; 4. Hillsboro, 1:38.00; 5. Circleville, 1:39.00; 6. Westfall, 1:40.00; 7. Huntington, 1:40.00; 8. Miami Trace, 1:45.00.

1600-meter run -- 1. Josh Pierce, Hillsboro, 4:40.00; 2. Andrew West, Adena, 4:49.00; 3. Mark Schieber, Circleville, 4:54.00; 4. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:54.00; 5. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:56.00; 6. David Massey, Westfall, 5:00.00; 7. Stephan Morrison, Miami Trace, 5:11.00; 8. Brian Stewart, Circleville, 5:12.00.

400-meter relay -- 1. Washington CH, 45.20; 2. Circleville, 46.30; 3. Greenfield McClain, 46.40; 4. Adena, 46.80; 5. Westfall, 47.90; 6. Hillsboro, 49.90; 7. Huntington, 50.80.

400-meter dash -- 1. Steve Dunlap, Miami Trace, 54.60; 2. J. B. Seguy, Westfall, 54.90; 3. B. Smith, Washington CH, 55.00; 4. Tyler Blue, Circleville, 55.30; 5. Scott Robinson, Washington CH, 55.80; 6. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 56.00; 7. Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 56.10; 8. Ryan Slaughter, Huntington, 56.40.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 40.50; 2. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 43.60; 3. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 43.70; 4. Matt Haddox, Circleville, 43.90; 5. Alex Halstrum, Hillsboro, 43.90; 6. Dane Smith, Westfall, 45.60; 7. Mark Lightle, Adena, 45.70; 8. Zach Anderson, Washington CH, 46.40.

800-meter run -- 1. Jake Mossburger, Miami Trace, 2:06.60; 2. Ryan Pickens, Westfall, 2:06.70; 3. Hudson,, Circleville, 2:13.80; 4. Chaffin Erkenbrecher, Greenfield McClain, 2:14.10; 5. Anthony Thompson, Adena, 2:15.10; 6. Jon England, Circleville, 2:16.00; 7. Seth Amyx, Greenfield McClain, 2:16.60; 8. Jeremy Taylor, Adena, 2:17.20.

200-meter dash -- 1. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 23.40; 2. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 23.50; 3. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 24.60; 4. Gary Long, Adena, 24.60; 5. Matt Haddox, Circleville, 25.00; 6. Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 25.30; 7. Tyler Borland, Circleville, 25.30; 8. Bryant Gibson, Westfall, 26.00.

3200-meter run -- 1. Josh Pierce, Hillsboro, 10:27.00; 2. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:33.00; 3. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:36.00; 4. David Massey, Westfall, 10:56.00; 5. Josh Brown, Circleville, 11:11.00; 6. Ryan Miller, Circleville, 11:19.00; 7. Andrew West, Adena, 11:24.60; 8. B. Smith, Washington CH, 11:25.00.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Hillsboro, 3:42.70; 2. Westfall, 3:43.40; 3. Greenfield McClain, 3:44.40; 4. Circleville, 3:49.20; 5. Miami Trace, 3:49.30; 6. Adena, 3:51.20; 7. Huntington, 3:53.10.

Zane Trace wins Haines Invitationa

04/29/04

Zane Trace won eight of the 16 events to outscore runnerup Huntington 140-129 for the Andy Haines Invitational boys track and field title Thursday evening at Paint Valley.

Curtis Chaffin won the discus and shot put to lead the Pioneers and Ryan Graves, Donnie Clever and Jeremy Roll each won an individual event and joined with Tim Morgan to capture the 3200-meter relay.

Meet medalist honors went to Huntington's Matt Shoemaker -- winner of the long jump and 100-meter dash. He also was second in the high jump and 200-meter dash.

Team scoring: Zane Trace 140; Huntington 129; Paint Valley 122; Unioto 84.

Medalist: Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 36 points (1st, long jump; 1st, 100; 2nd, 200; 2nd, high jump).

Long jump -- 1. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 19-11.50; 2. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 18-9.25; 3. Kyle Pflug, Unioto, 17-8; 4. Phillip Click, Unioto, 15-5; 5. Cottrill, Paint Valley, 15-4; 6. Spaeth, Zane Trace, 14-10.75.

High jump -- 1. Donavon Jenkins, Zane Trace, 6-3; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 5-8; 3T. Matt Miller, Huntington, 5-6; T. Chase Scott, Unioto, 5-6; 5. Russell Virgin, Zane Trace, 5-4.

Shot put -- 1. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 43-2.50; 2. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 43-0.50; 3. John Eldridge, Huntington, 40-6.50; 4. Blayne Mark, Huntington, 40-3.50; 5. Micah Clark, Unioto, 40-2.50; 6. Nick Jones, Zane Trace, 39-5.50.

Discus -- 1. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 131-5; 2. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 124-11; 3. John Eldridge, Huntington, 122-6; 4. Micah Clark, Unioto, 111-11; 5. Chris White, Paint Valley, 107-10; 6. Neil Depugh, Huntington, 99-3.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Zane Trace, 9:16.00 (Tim Morgan, Jeremy Roll, Ryan Graves, Donnie Clever); 2. Paint Valley, 9:23.80; 3. Huntington, 9:49.10.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 16.60; 2. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 17.70; 3. Jeremy Powell, Unioto, 18.20; 4. Russell, Zane Trace, 20.10; 5. Cory Bethel, Paint Valley, 20.50; 6. Matt Miller, Huntington, 20.70.

100-meter dash -- 1. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 11.30; 2. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 11.60; 3. Austin Brown, Paint Valley, 11.60; 4. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 12.00; 5. Clayton Cyrus, Zane Trace, 12.20; 6. Kyle Pflug, Unioto, 12.20.

800-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley, 1:37.30 (Jordan Wolfe, Austin Brown, Clay Knisley, Joe DePugh) (meet record, old record 1:37.9, Paint Valley, 2003); 2. Huntington, 1:42.00; 3. Zane Trace, 1:44.50.

1600-meter run -- 1. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 5:15.90; 2. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 5:23.00; 3. Jordan Squibb, Unioto, 5:24.00; 4. Jacob Binkley, Huntington, 5:27.50; 5. Andy Ellis, Zane Trace, 5:28.40; 6. Eric Good, Huntington, 5:34.90.

400-meter relay -- 1. Zane Trace, 49.00 (Cody Blakeman, Clayton Cyrus, Spaeth, Casey Wrightsel); 2. Paint Valley, 49.90; 3. Huntington, 51.00; 4. Unioto, 53.20.

400-meter dash -- 1. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 52.00; 2. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 54.00; 3. Jordan Wolfe, Paint Valley, 54.70; 4. Ryan Slaughter, Huntington, 56.30; 5. Casey Wrightsel, Zane Trace, 58.70; 6. Dustin Martin, Huntington, 58.90.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 43.60; 2. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 44.80; 3. Eric Kimsey, Unioto, 47.60; 4. Cory Bethel, Paint Valley, 49.10; 5. Ty Kinzer, Huntington, 49.50; 6. Russell Virgin, Zane Trace, 50.40.

800-meter run -- 1. Jeremy Roll, Zane Trace, 2:12.00; 2. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 2:12.90; 3. Jesse Bissell, Unioto, 2:14.30; 4. Steve Wise, Paint Valley, 2:19.70; 5. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 2:22.40; 6. Cody Grooms, Huntington, 2:23.80.

200-meter dash -- 1. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 24.00; 2. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 24.20; 3. Spaeth, Zane Trace, 24.30; 4. Austin Brown, Paint Valley, 24.50; 5. Kamillowsz, Unioto, 24.70; 6. Clayton Cyrus, Zane Trace, 25.20.

3200-meter run -- 1. Ryan Graves, Zane Trace, 11:44.20; 2. Jordan Squibb, Unioto, 12:37.40; 3. Eric Good, Huntington, 12:53.00; 4. Jeremy Roll, Zane Trace, 12:53.10; 5. C. J. Dove, Paint Valley, 12:56.30; 6. Chammal Pope, Huntington, 14:59.00.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley, 3:46.40 (Austin Brown, Chico Willis, Clay Knisley, Jordan Wolfe); 2. Zane Trace, 3:49.70; 3. Unioto, 4:01.70; 4. Huntington, 4:03.80.

Unioto wins Raidiger title

04/27/04

Unioto outscored Greenfield McClain 10 points in the final two running events to edge the Tigers 127-122 for the Raidiger Invitational boys track and field title Tuesday evening.

The key to the come-from-behind victory for the Shermans was a 1-2 sweep of the 3200-meter run by Zach Holbert and Neil Hertenstein. That vaulted Unioto past McClain by three points and the 1600-meter relay team solidified the victory by finishing ahead of McClain in the final event.

Freshman Dante Jackson kept McClain close with wins in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles en route to capturing medalist honors with 34 points. He was second in the high jump and third in the 200-meter dash.

Joel Eversole of Waverly was the Scott Porter Distance Award winner with firsts in the 800-meter run and 3200-meter relay. The award honors the memory of a former Waverly athlete, who died of cancer in 1999 at the age of 22.

The lone meet record was claimed by Waverly's Geoff Grimes, who tossed the shot put 56-9 1/2 to break a 12-year-old mark of 54-3 1/2 set by another Tiger, Chris Young.

Team scoring: Unioto 127; Greenfield McClain 122; Waverly 110; Northwest 65; Southeastern 31; Minford 28; Piketon 12.

Meet medalist: Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 34 points (1st, 110-meter hurdles; 1st, 300-meter hurdles; 2nd, high jump; 3rd, 200-meter dash).

Scott Porter Distance Award: Joel Eversole, Waverly, 12 1/2 points (1st, 800; 1st, 3200-meter relay).

Long jump -- 1. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 19-1; 2. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 18-9; 3. Ryan Vice, Northwest, 18-6.50; 4. Arnett, Greenfield McClain, 18-4.50; 5. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 17-11; 6. David Webster, Minford, 17-4.75.

High jump -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 6-2; 2. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 5-10; 3. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 5-8; 4. Ryan Vice, Northwest, 5-6; 5. Michael Miller, Minford, 5-6; 6. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 5-4.

Shot put -- 1. Geoff Grimes, Waverly, 56-9.50 (meet record, old record 54-3 1/2, Chris Young, Waverly, 1992); 2. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 47-10.50; 3. Shawn Taylor, Northwest, 46-0.75; 4. Matt Jenkins, Minford, 44-0.75; 5. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 42-3; 6. Nate Welch, Unioto, 41-11.50.

Discus -- 1. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 135-11; 2. Luke Slone, Minford, 135-0; 3. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 133-7; 4. Geoff Grimes, Waverly, 124-3; 5. Jairus Ward, Waverly, 118-4; 6. Micah Clark, Unioto, 117-3.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Waverly, 9:05.50; 2. Minford, 9:21.60; 3. Greenfield McClain, 9:29.80; 4. Unioto, 9:44.50; 5. Northwest, 9:57.10; 6. Piketon, 9:59.90.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 15.40; 2. Tyler Reed, Waverly, 15.70; 3. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 16.50; 4. Jonathan Baxter, Southeastern, 17.70; 5. Nathan Brannan, Northwest, 18.70; 6. Mike Schlisher, Piketon, 18.80.

100-meter dash -- 1. Darren Sandlin, Northwest, 11.20; 2. Tackett, Waverly, 11.60; 3. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 11.70; 4. Matt Ludwig, Greenfield McClain, 11.90; 5. Ryan Vice, Northwest, 11.90; 6. Royal Jarmon, Piketon, 12.40.

800-meter relay -- 1. Unioto, 1:37.90; 2. Waverly, 1:38.90; 3. Greenfield McClain, 1:39.10; 4. Northwest, 1:42.90; 5. Piketon, 1:45.00; 6. Southeastern, 1:51.50.

1600-meter run -- 1. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 4:50.80; 2. Chris Edwards, Unioto, 4:55.43; 3. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:58.90; 4. Joey Holmes, Waverly, 5:01.10; 5. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 5:03.90; 6. Fredie Ferguson, Piketon, 5:10.30.

400-meter relay -- 1. Northwest, 45.90; 2. Unioto, 46.40; 3. Waverly, 46.80; 4. Greenfield McClain, 47.30; 5. Piketon, 49.30.

400-meter dash -- 1. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 52.10; 2. Korey Bryant, Waverly, 54.60; 3. Zack Obetz, Waverly, 54.80; 4. Joel Stanley, Unioto, 55.40; 5. Steven Baxter, Southeastern, 56.10; 6. Royal Jarmon, Piketon, 56.20.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 41.80; 2. Tyler Reed, Waverly, 41.80; 3. Nathan Brannan, Northwest, 44.10; 4. Michael Miller, Minford, 45.00; 5. Bruce Evans, Waverly, 45.60; 6. Mike Lawson, Northwest, 46.50.

800-meter run -- 1. Joel Eversole, Waverly, 2:09.00; 2. Jarret Kelley, Unioto, 2:10.10; 3. Phillip Webb, Unioto, 2:12.00; 4. Joey Holmes, Waverly, 2:15.20; 5. Chaffin Erkenbrecher, Greenfield McClain, 2:17.30; 6. Seth Amyx, Greenfield McClain, 6:19.20.

200-meter dash -- 1. Darren Sandlin, Northwest, 23.50; 2. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 24.10; 3. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 24.20; 4. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 24.60; 5. Tackett, Waverly, 24.70; 6. Derek Curtis, Unioto, 25.60.

3200-meter run -- 1. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 10:08.90; 2. Neil Hertenstein, Unioto, 10:29.60; 3. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:31.34; 4. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:51.10; 5. Fredie Ferguson, Piketon, 11:21.30; 6. Cory Howard, Piketon, 11:34.80.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Waverly, 3:40.10; 2. Unioto, 3:45.60; 3. Greenfield McClain, 3:59.30; 4. Southeastern, 4:01.60; 5. Northwest, 4:02.90; 6. Minford, 4:02.90.

CHS wins Cavalier Club Invitational

04/23/04

TEAM SCORING - Chillicothe 152, Unioto 114, Independence 80, Logan Elm 79, Circleville 54, Fairfield Union 29, Jackson 19.

Chillicothe won eight of the 17 events to capture the Cavalier Club Invitational boys track and field championship Friday night at Herrnstein Field/Bobo Track.

The Cavaliers amassed 152 points to easily outdistance runnerup Unioto's 114 points.

Distance ace Keegan Rathkamp and sprinter Chris Woodfork figured in three wins each, including the 1600-meter relay as they joined Shea VanDe Carr and Kevin Milliken in capturing the final event of the meet in 3:31.9.

Rathkamp -- meet medalist with 24 1/2 points -- won the 800 and 1600-meter runs and was on the second place 3200-meter relay team in addition to the 1600-meter relay.

Woodfork won a stirring stretch duel with Deangelo Smith of Independence in the 200-meter dash, joined Milliken, VanDe Carr and Matt Fusco in winning the 800-meter relay and was on the runnerup 400-meter relay.

Independence's winning 400-meter relay team was anchored by Ohio State football signee Eric Haw, who also won the 100-meter dash.

Other Chillicothe wins were registered by Brian Damon in the pole vault, Hien Nguyen in the discus and Joel Bendtsen in the 3200-meter run.

Unioto's Tom Oyer won the 400-meter dash and the 3200-meter relay team held off Chillicothe to take first.

POLE VAULT -- 1. BRIAN DAMRON, CHILLICOTHE, 12-0; 2. JUSTIN DRIETZLER, CHILLICOTHE, 11-6; 3. DAVID WALTERS,
CIRCLEVILLE, 11-6; 4. NICK RUDDER, LOGAN ELM, 11-0; 5. NICK STIDHAM, LOGAN ELM, 10-0; 6. C. WALLS, UNIOTO, 9-0.

LONG JUMP -- 1. CHARLES WINTERS, INDEPENDENCE, 20-5.50; 2. DOMINIQUE LIGGINS, UNIOTO, 19-10; 3. DEREK BEVERLY,
CHILLICOTHE, 19-10; 4. CALEB GAUS, UNIOTO, 19-8.50; 5. JEROME MOCK, INDEPENDENCE, 19-3.50; 6. SHANE MILLS, LOGAN ELM, 19-3.

HIGH JUMP -- 1. JAMIE MORRIS, LOGAN ELM, 6-0; 2. CALEB GAUS, UNIOTO, 6-0; 3. BRYNDAN MOGAN, CIRCLEVILLE, 5-10; 4.
ANDY PICKERRELL, UNIOTO, 5-8; 5. SHAWN MOORE, INDEPENDENCE, 5-6; 6. HUFFMAN, LOGAN ELM, 5-6.

SHOT PUT -- 1. ETHAN LANDAU, LOGAN ELM, 52-5; 2. ZACH MCFARLAND, FAIRFIELD UNION, 44-5; 3. J.J. WHITE, LOGAN ELM,
43-8; 4. HIEN NGUYEN, CHILLICOTHE, 42-9; 5. WALTER MILLER, JACKSON, 42-0; 6. COLTON SHOPE, CHILLICOTHE, 41-11.

DISCUS -- 1. HIEN NGUYEN, CHILLICOTHE, 139-11; 2. ETHAN LANDAU, LOGAN ELM, 131-11; 3. DEREK BUSH, CIRCLEVILLE, 128-6; 4. CLAY PRICE, CHILLICOTHE, 123-8; 5. CHRIS CLARK, FAIRFIELD UNION, 123-0; 6. NATE WELCH, UNIOTO, 121-2.

4 X 800 METER RELAY 1. UNIOTO, 8:30.50; 2. CHILLICOTHE, 8:40.60; 3. LOGAN ELM, 8:52.30; 4. INDEPENDENCE, 9:00.80; 5.
CIRCLEVILLE, 9:07.20; 6. FAIRFIELD UNION, 9:37.20.

110M HURDLES -- 1. JIM MCILROY, CIRCLEVILLE, 15.60; 2. ANDY PICKERRELL, UNIOTO, 16.30; 3. MAURICE MASON,
INDEPENDENCE, 16.30; 4. MATT HADDOX, CIRCLEVILLE, 17.10; 5. BUB JACKSON, LOGAN ELM, 17.20; 6. WILLIS TOMBLIN,
JACKSON, 18.20.

100 METER DASH -- 1. ERIC HAW, INDEPENDENCE, 11.00; 2. MATT FUSCO, CHILLICOTHE, 11.20; 3. SHEA VAN DE CARR,
CHILLICOTHE, 11.30; 4. EVAN GALLIMORE, JACKSON, 11.80; 5. SHANE MILLS, LOGAN ELM, 11.80; 6. ANDREA BENEDETTI, LOGAN
ELM, 12.00.

4 X 200 METER RELAY -- 1. CHILLICOTHE, 1:31.00 (KEVIN MILLIKEN, SHEA VAN DE CARR, CHRIS WOODFORK, MATT FUSCO); 2. INDEPENDENCE, 1:32.80; 3. FAIRFIELD UNION, 1:37.90; 4. LOGAN ELM, 1:38.40; 5. UNIOTO, 1:38.70; 6. JACKSON, 1:40.20.

1600 METER RUN -- 1. KEEGAN RATHKAMP, CHILLICOTHE, 4:34.10; 2. ZACH HOLBERT, UNIOTO, 4:47.00; 3. JOE JINKS, UNIOTO, 4:48.30; 4. JOHN MERGO, CHILLICOTHE, 4:56.50; 5. JESSE ONDERA, JACKSON, 4:58.30; 6. E. HOLBROOK, LOGAN ELM, 5:00.10.

4 X 100 RELAY -- 1. INDEPENDENCE, 44.20 (CHAD CARR, DEANGELO SMITH, DERRELL BELL, ERIC HAW); 2. CHILLICOTHE, 44.60; 3. UNIOTO, 47.00; 4. CIRCLEVILLE, 47.30; 5. FAIRFIELD UNION, 47.80; 6. JACKSON, 47.80.

400 METER DASH -- 1. TOM OYER, UNIOTO, 51.60; 2. DAVID BOYER, FAIRFIELD UNION, 52.90; 3. CHRIS EDWARDS, UNIOTO,
54.80; 4. TYLER BLUE, CIRCLEVILLE, 56.90; 5. STRAWSER, CIRCLEVILLE, 57.80; 6. CHRIS BROWN, CHILLICOTHE, 58.20.

300M INTERM. HURDLES -- 1. BUB JACKSON, LOGAN ELM, 41.80; 2. CHAD CARR, INDEPENDENCE, 43.30; 3. MATT HADDOX,
CIRCLEVILLE, 43.70; 4. KEVIN MILLIKEN, CHILLICOTHE, 44.20; 5. ISSAC, CIRCLEVILLE, 44.50; 6. JEREMY POWELL, UNIOTO, 44.50.

800 METER RUN -- 1. KEEGAN RATHKAMP, CHILLICOTHE, 2:01.40; 2. ZACH HOLBERT, UNIOTO, 2:05.30; 3. DAVID BOOKER,
INDEPENDENCE, 2:08.80; 4. JANNET KELLEY, UNIOTO, 2:10.40; 5. JOHN MERGO, CHILLICOTHE, 2:10.50; 6. NICK WEBB, CIRCLEVILLE, 2:13.60.

200 METER DASH -- 1. CHRIS WOODFORK, CHILLICOTHE, 22.40; 2. DEANGELO SMITH, INDEPENDENCE, 22.70; 3. MATT FUSCO,
CHILLICOTHE, 23.00; 4. ANDREA BENEDETTI, LOGAN ELM, 24.70; 5. MATT HORN, LOGAN ELM, 24.90; 6. ANDY PICKERRELL, UNIOTO, 25.00.

3200 METER RUN -- 1. JOEL BENDTSEN, CHILLICOTHE, 10:25.50; 2. JESSE ONDERA, JACKSON, 10:29.60; 3. JOE JINKS, UNIOTO,
10:34.70; 4. NEIL HERTENSTEIN, UNIOTO, 10:36.90; 5. ALEX SCHARFETTER, CHILLICOTHE, 10:52.00; 6. CODY PONTIOUS, LOGAN ELM, 10:57.70.

4 x 400 METER RELAY -- 1. CHILLICOTHE, 3:31.90 (SHEA VAN DE CARR, KEEGAN RATHKAMP, KEVIN MILLIKEN, CHRIS WOODFORK); 2. UNIOTO, 3:33.90; 3. INDEPENDENCE, 3:39.70; 4. LOGAN ELM, 3:46.70; 5. FAIRFIELD UNION, 3:46.80; 6. CIRCLEVILLE, 3:57.10.

Adena track and field winner

04/22/04

Adena got two wins apiece from Wyatt Adams and Andrew West to top a five-team boys track and field competition at Zane Trace Thursday evening.

Adams won the 110 and 300-meter hurdles and West took the 1600 and 3200-meter runs.

Team scoring: Adena 104 1/2, Paint Valley 75, Zane Trace 68, Waverly 59 1/2, Huntington 45

Shot put -- 1. Grimes (W) 53-2, 2. Copley (A) 44-4, 3. Chaffin (ZT) 43-9, 4. Haas (PV) 42-5, 5. Kader (W) 38-5.

Discus -- 1. Eldridge (H) 135-7, 2. Copley (A) 126-8, 3. Chaffin (ZT) 124-0, 4. Ward (W) 115-8, 5. Haas (PV) 98-7.

High jump -- 1. Donavon Jenkins (ZT) 5-8, 2. Shaw (W) 5-6, 3. McFadden (PV) 5-4, 4. tie, Pacinda (ZT) & Evans (W) 5-2.

Pole vault -- 1. Skaggs (ZT) 11-6, 2. Miller (H) 10-6, 3. Fout (A) 10-0, 4. Bloomfield (ZT) 9-6, 5. Spaeth (ZT) 9-0.

Long jump -- 1. Harrington (H) 18-1 1/2, 2. Shoemaker (H) 17-7, 3. Lightle (A) 17-1/4, 4. McFadden (PV) 16-8, 5. Davy (ZT) 15-6 1/2.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Adena 9:21.0, 2. Zane Trace 9:26.0, 3. Waverly 9:36.0, 4. Paint Valley 10:08.0.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Adams (A) :16.4, 2. Evans (W) :20.2, 3. Bethel (PV) :21.9.

100-meter dash -- 1. Long (A) :11.5, 2. Depugh (PV) :11.7, 3. Shoemaker (H) :11.8, 4. Sowers (A) :12.0, 5. tie, Taylor (ZT) & Reed (W) :12.1.

800-meter relay -- 1. Adena 1:39.5, 2. Waverly 1:39.6, 3. Zane Trace 1:41.2, 4. Paint Valley 1:42.7.

1600-meter run -- 1. West (A) 5:09, 2. Graves (ZT) 5:40, 3. Good (H) 5:42, 4. Francis (W) 5:43, 5. Binkley (H) 5:46.

400-meter relay -- 1. Adena :47.8, 2. Paint Valley :48.4, 3. Waverly :48.5, 4. Zane Trace :48.9.

400-meter run -- 1. Brown (PV) :54.9, 2. Wolfe (PV) :55.2, 3. Coy (A) :56.0, 4. tie, Bryant (W) & Jaskowiak (A) :56.3.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Adams (A) :43.2, 2. Harrington (H) :45.1, 3. Evans (W) :47.8, 4. Lightle (A) :48.6, 5. Kruger (A) :51.2.

800-meter run -- 1. Depugh (PV) 2:11, 2. Roll (ZT) 2:12, 3. Wise (PV) 2:17, 4. Thompson (A) 2:18, 5. Clever (ZT) 2:18.

200-meter dash -- 1. Tackett (W) :24.2, 2. Brown (PV) :24.3, 3. Long (A) :24.5, 4. Bess (W) :24.7, 5. Carnes (W) :25.1.

3200-meter run -- 1. West (A) 11:17, 2. Willis (PV) 11:59, 3. Graves (ZT) 12:15, 4. Good (H) 12:29, 5. Obetz (W) 12:46.

1600-meter run (no times available) -- 1. Paint Valley, 2. Zane Trace, 3. Adena, 4. Zane Trace "B".

McClain wins Adena Invitational

04/20/04

Greenfield McClain's Dante Jackson won three events to capture meet medalist honors and lead the Tigers to the Adena Invitational boys track and field championship at Frankfort Tuesday evening.

Jackson -- who recently returned from a basketball tour in Italy -- won the 200-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles to go with a second place finish in the high jump for 38 points.

He tied the meet record of :15.3 in winning the 110-meter hurdles.

The only meet record to be broken was the shot put where Waverly's Geoff Grimes won with a heave of 54-10. That broke the record of 52-10 by Wes Bell of McClain in 2000.

McClain outscored Waverly 165.83-127 for the team title with host Adena third at 107.83.

Team scoring: Greenfield McClain 165.83; Waverly 127; Adena 107.83; Paint Valley 67; Zane Trace 53.33.

Medalist: Dante Jackson, McClain, 38 points (1st, 110-meter hurdles; 1st, 300-meter hurdles; 1st, 200-meter dash; 2nd, high jump)

Long jump -- 1. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 18-0.75; 2. Arnett, Greenfield McClain, 17-8.75; 3. Mark Lightle, Adena, 16-11.25; 4. Curtis Watkins, Waverly, 16-10.25; 5. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16-0.75; 6. Bruce Evans, Waverly, 14-8.50.

High jump -- 1. Donavon Jenkins, Zane Trace, 6-2; 2. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 5-10; 3. Zack Obetz, Waverly, 5-6; 4. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 5-4; 5. Shaw, Waverly, 5-4; 6. Kyle Kruger, Adena, 5-4.

Shot put -- 1. Geoff Grimes, Waverly, 54-10 (meet record, old record 52-10, Wes Bell, Greenfield McClain, 2000); 2. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 46-11; 3. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 46-6; 4. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 44-7; 5. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 41-7; 6. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 41-1.50.

Discus -- 1. Geoff Grimes, Waverly, 135-1; 2. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 132-3; 3. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 127-10; 4. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 127-4; 5. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 126-1; 6. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 122-10.

Pole vault -- Event canceled because of equipment failure; points divided among Greenfield McClain, Zane Trace and Adena, only teams with individuals entered.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Waverly, 8:57.80; 2. Greenfield McClain, 9:07.70; 3. Adena, 9:13.20; 4. Paint Valley, 9:42.50; 5. Zane Trace, 10:16.80.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 15.30 (ties meet record); 2. Tyler Reed, Waverly, 16.00; 3. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16.30; 4. A Shelton, Greenfield McClain, 18.90; 5. Bruce Evans, Waverly, 19.50; 6. Russell Virgin, Zane Trace, 20.20.

100-meter dash -- 1. Gary Long, Adena, 11.60; 2. Tackett, Waverly, 11.60; 3. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 11.70; 4. Matt Ludwig, Greenfield McClain, 11.80; 5T. Alex Dudley, Greenfield McClain, 12.00; T. Shawn Sowers, Adena, 12.00.

800-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley, 1:37.70; 2. Adena, 1:38.00; 3. Waverly, 1:38.90; 4. Greenfield McClain, 1:40.20; 5. Zane Trace, 1:42.00.

1600-meter run -- 1. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:55.20; 2. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:56.60; 3. Joey Holmes, Waverly, 4:57.50; 4. Andrew West, Adena, 5:00.00; 5. Luke Francis, Waverly, 5:11.70; 6. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 5:21.80.

400-meter relay -- 1. Waverly, 45.80; 2. Greenfield McClain, 46.60; 3. Adena, 46.70; 4. Paint Valley, 51.90.

400-meter dash -- 1. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 52.80; 2. Jordan Wolfe, Paint Valley, 54.40; 3. Colton Coy, Adena, 55.00; 4. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 55.80; 5. Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 56.00; 6. Ben Polley, Waverly, 56.90.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 40.70; 2. A Adams, Adena, 42.70; 3. Tyler Reed, Waverly, 43.40; 4. Bruce Evans, Waverly, 46.30; 5. Mark Lightle, Adena, 47.30; 6. Zody, Greenfield McClain, 51.10.

800-meter run -- 1. Joel Eversole, Waverly, 2:10.00; 2. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 2:13.70; 3. Joey Holmes, Waverly, 2:15.30; 4. Chaffin Erkenbrecher, Greenfield McClain, 2:16.60; 5. Steve Wise, Paint Valley, 2:17.20; 6. Anthony Thompson, Adena, 2:17.70.

200-meter dash -- 1. Dante Jackson, Greenfield McClain, 23.30; 2. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 23.60; 3. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 23.70; 4. Gary Long, Adena, 24.00; 5. Korey Bryant, Waverly, 24.10; 6. Zack Obetz, Waverly, 24.30.

3200-meter run -- 1. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:39.80; 2. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:40.90; 3. Andrew West, Adena, 11:48.50; 4. Ryan Graves, Zane Trace, 11:55.80; 5. R Saunders, Waverly, 12:08.00; 6. C. J. Dove, Paint Valley, 12:56.00.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Waverly, 3:40.90; 2. Zane Trace, 3:45.90; 3. Paint Valley, 3:47.40; 4. Adena, 3:48.90; 5. Greenfield McClain, 3:52.70.

Unioto dominates quadrangular

04/19/04

Unioto won 10 of the 17 events to dominate a boys track and field quadrangular at Huntington Monday evening.

The Shermans amassed 114 points to 61 for the host Huntsmen.

Unioto's Tom Oyer was the lone double winner with victories in the 100 and 200-meter dashes.

Team scoring: Unioto 114, Huntington 61, Piketon 39, Southeastern 31.

Long jump -- 1. Gaus (U) 19-11 1/4, 2. Harrington (H) 19-5 1/2, 3. Shoemaker (H) 19-5 1/2, 4. Higgins (U) 19-1, 5. Pelub (U) 18-11 1/2.

Discus -- 1. Eldridge (H) 134-7, 2. Welch (U) 127-6, 3. Woodruff (P) 115-10, 4. Depugh (H) 109-10, 5. Clark (U) 102-3.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Unioto 9:07.1, 2. Huntinagton 9:59.9, 3. Piketon 10:05.9.

800-meter relay -- 1. Unioto 1:38.9, 2. Huntington 1:42.7, 3. Piketon 1:46.0.

Shot put -- 1. Mark (H) 41-7, 2. Welch (U) 40-7 1/2, 3. Eldridge (H) 39-4, 4. Clark (U) 38-6 1/2, 5. Oyer (U) 36-2 1/2.

100-meter dash -- 1. Oyer (U) :12.0, 2. Shoemaker (H) :12.1, 3. Trainer (SE) :12.2, 4. Gaus (U) :12.2, 5. Click (U) :12.3.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Pickerell (U) :17.1, 2. Prater (SE) :17.8, 3. Baxter (SE) :18.2, 4. Powell (U) :18.3, 5. Kimsey (U) :18.7.

400-meter relay -- 1. Southeastern :49.6, 2. Piketon :50.1.

1600-meter run -- 1. Jinks (U) 4:56.8, 2. Ferguson (P) 5:45.0, 3. Good (H) 5:29.6, 4. Binkley (H) 5:33.4, 5. Peavey (P) 5:37.0.

400-meter dash -- 1. Curtis (U) :55.8, 2. Jarmon (P) :57.3, 3. Slaughter (H) :58.8, 4. Walters (U) 1:00.1, 5. Blaney (U) 1:00.6.

High jump -- 1. tie, Farmer (P) & Trainer (SE) 5-10, 3. Shoemaker (H) 5-10, 4. Pickerell (U) 5-10, 5. Crothers (P) 5-6.

Pole vault -- 1. Prater (SE) 13-6, 2. Walters (U) 10-6, 3. Baxter (SE) 9-6, 4. Murphy (H) 7-0.

800-meter run -- 1. Edwards (U) 2:10.7, 2. Kelley (U) 2:11.6, 3. Webb (U) 2:12.9, 4. Rinehart (P) 2:26.3, 5. Grooms (H) 2:27.6.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Unioto 3:45.4, 2. Piketon 4:02.3, 3. Huntington 4:05.1.

200-meter dash -- 1. Oyer (U) :23.9, 2. Trainer (SE) :24.3, 3. Shoemaker (H) :24.7, 4. Jarmon (P) :25.0, 5. Lewis (U) :25.5.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Harrington (H) :43.6, 2. Powell (U) :44.3, 3. Pickerell (U) :45.8, 4. Stanley (U) :46.0, 5. Kimsey (U) :49.1.

3200-meter run -- 1. Ferguson (P) 11:13.6, 2. Hertenstein (U) 11:58.5, 3. Squibb (U) 12:15.3, 4. Good (H) 12:24.0, 5. Howard (P) 12:28.0.

Blue Lion Relays results

04/16/04

Team scoring: Greenfield McClain 104; Washington CH 79; Miami Trace 61; Hillsboro 57; Eastern Brown 43; Madison Plains 19.

Discus -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 360-2; 2. Miami Trace, 323-2; 3. Washington CH, 314-0; 4. Hillsboro, 271-0; 5. Eastern Brown, 247-9; 6. Madison Plains, 228-1.

High jump -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 17-8; 2. Hillsboro, 16-2; 3. Eastern Brown, 15-8; 4. Madison Plains, 15-6; 5. Washington CH, 15-4; 6. Miami Trace, 14-10.

Long jump -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 56-1.50; 2. Miami Trace, 54-5.50; 3. Hillsboro, 50-6; 4. Eastern Brown, 49-5; 5. Madison Plains, 34-10; 6. Washington CH, 33-9.

Pole vault -- 1. Hillsboro, 26-7; 2. Greenfield McClain, 26-6; 3. Miami Trace, 25-6; 4. Washington CH, 21-0; 5. Madison Plains, 18-6.

Shot put -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 126-1.50; 2. Washington CH, 125-1; 3. Miami Trace, 114-5; 4. Hillsboro, 107-9.50; 5. Madison Plains, 103-3.50; 6. Eastern Brown, 97-1.50.

Shuttle hurdles -- 1. Washington CH, 1:04.50; 2. Greenfield McClain, 1:09.90; 3. Miami Trace, 1:10.10; 4. Madison Plains, 1:18.30; 5. Hillsboro, 1:20.30.

Distance medley -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 11:57.20; 2. Washington CH, 12:26.10; 3. Hillsboro, 12:31.20; 4. Miami Trace, 13:04.60; 5. Eastern Brown, 14:09.30.

400-meter relay -- 1. Washington CH, 45.50; 2. Greenfield McClain, 45.80; 3. Eastern Brown, 46.20; 4. Miami Trace, 47.00; 5. Madison Plains, 47.10; 6. Hillsboro, 49.40.

Sprint medley -- 1. Washington CH, 1:44.10; 2. Miami Trace, 1:48.30; 3. Hillsboro, 1:48.90; 4. Greenfield McClain, 1:51.00; 5. Eastern Brown, 1:58.90.

800-meter relay -- 1. Greenfield McClain, 1:37.00; 2. Eastern Brown, 1:37.20; 3. Hillsboro, 1:40.60; 4. Miami Trace, 1:48.10; 5. Madison Plains, 1:57.50.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Washington CH, 9:10.70; 2. Greenfield McClain, 9:10.90; 3. Eastern Brown, 9:25.50; 4. Miami Trace, 9:44.00.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Washington CH, 3:40.40; 2. Greenfield McClain, 3:40.50; 3. Eastern Brown, 3:41.50; 4. Hillsboro, 3:42.70; 5. Miami Trace, 4:02.30.

Zane Trace fourth at Amanda

04/14/04

Team scoring: Vinton County 166, Westerville Central 112, Amanda Clearcreek 99, Zane Trace 83 1/2, Whitehall 80 1/2, West Jefferson 51, Lakewood 49, Zanesville Rosecrans 0

Junior Curtis Chaffin won the shot put and discus to earn meet field event medalist and lead Zane Trace to a fourth place finish in the Amanda Clearcreek Invitational Wednesday evening.

Chaffin took the discus with a fling of 131-3 and the shot put with a heave of 44-6 1/2.

Zane Trace results:

3200-meter relay -- 3. 10:08.2.

100-meter dash -- 8. tie, Mike Taylor :12.5; 10. tie, Lance Canterbury :12.6.

800-meter relay -- 2. 1:41.7.

1600-meter run -- 7. Ryan Graves 5:39.9.

400-meter relay -- 5. :49.5.

800-meter run -- 5. Donnie Clever 2:16.6.

200-meter dash -- 8. tie, Cyrus and Spaeth :26.2.

3200-meter run -- 2. Roll 11:45.8.

1600-meter relay -- 5. 3:55.2.

Shot put -- 4. Nick Jones 37-9 1/2.

High jump -- 3. Donavon Jenkins 5-10.

Pole vault -- 1. Seth Skaggs 10-0, 4. Nate Bloomfield 9-0.

Fusco leads Chillicothe charge

04/08/04

Chillicothe finished second behind Teays Valley in the Unioto Invitational boys championships Thursday evening as senior sprinter Matt Fusco took part in setting four meet records.

Fusco -- meet medalist with 25 points -- won the 100 and 200-meter dashes in record times and anchored the 400 and 800-meter relay teams to meet records.

Chillicothe -- competing in the invitational for the first time -- amassed 126 points to finish behind Teays Valley's 140 points and ahead of host Unioto's 99 1/2.

Eight meet records were broken and another tied in the boys competition.

Kevin Milliken, Shea VandeCarr and Chris Woodfork joined Fusco on the 400 and 800-meter relays. Keegan Rathkamp had a hand in three wins -- the 3200-meter relay and 1600 and 800-meter runs. His winning time in the 1600 was a meet record.

Other records went to Zach Holbert of Unioto in the 3200-meter run, Southeastern's Michael Trainer in the high jump and Brice Redman of Westfall in the pole vault. Unioto's Tom Oyer matched the meet record in the 400-meter dash.

Team scoring: Teays Valley 140; Chillicothe 126; Unioto 99.50; Greenfield McClain 74.50; Circleville 41; Paint Valley 34; Southeastern 32; Huntington 31; Westfall 29.50; Zane Trace 29; Logan 26.50.

Meet medalist: Matt Fusco, Chillicothe (1st, 100; 1st, 200; 1st, 400-meter relay; 1st, 800-meter relay)

Long jump -- 1. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 19-6; 2. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 18-10; 3. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 18-7; 4. Derek Beverly, Chillicothe, 18-6.50; 5. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 18-6.25; 6. Chris Woodfork, Chillicothe, 18-4; 7. James Kirk, Teays Valley, 18-3.50; 8. Matt Hatem, Teays Valley, 17-10.

High jump -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 6-2 (meet record, old record 6-0, Jason Sims, Paint Valley, 1991); 2. Tyler Davis, Teays Valley, 6-0; 3. Perry, Chillicothe, 5-10; 4. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 5-6; 5. Charles, Greenfield McClain, 5-4; 6T. Ashton Sundgren, Logan, 5-2; T. Chase Scott, Unioto, 5-2; T. Matt Miller, Huntington, 5-2.

Shot put -- 1. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 48-4; 2. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 44-3.50; 3. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 43-3; 4. Derek Kilkenny, Logan, 42-5.50; 5. John Eldridge, Huntington, 41-4; 6. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 41-2; 7. Hien Nguyen, Chillicothe, 41-1; 8. Nate Welch, Unioto, 40-10.25.

Discus -- 1. Derek Bush, Circleville, 136-11; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 135-6; 3. Russ Brockman, Greenfield McClain, 133-8; 4. Jacob Carson, Greenfield McClain, 128-11; 5. John Eldridge, Huntington, 128-3; 6. Hien Nguyen, Chillicothe, 127-2; 7. Nate Welch, Unioto, 123-10; 8. Travis Lester, Circleville, 119-11.

Pole vault -- 1. Brice Redman, Westfall, 13-0 (meet record, old record 12-0, Joey McNeal, Huntington, 2002); 2T. Brian Damron, Chillicothe, 11-6; T. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 11-6; 4. Justin Drieztler, Chillicothe, 11-6; 5. Seth Skaggs, Zane Trace, 11-0; 6T. Perry Barnes, Westfall, 11-0; T. Allan Brandon, Logan, 11-0; 8. Alex Torr, Teays Valley, 10-6.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Chillicothe, 8:47.20 (Keegan Rathkamp, Brown, Perry, John Mergo); 2. Unioto, 8:48.20; 3. Teays Valley, 9:14.60; 4. Westfall, 9:18.70; 5. Zane Trace, 9:24.20; 6. Logan, 9:24.80; 7. Circleville, 9:39.20; 8. Paint Valley, 9:47.40.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Bryan Reeb, Teays Valley, 15.80; 2. Chris Shirey, Teays Valley, 16.30; 3. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 16.30; 4. Jim McElroy, Circleville, 16.40; 5. Andy Pickerell, Unioto, 16.80; 6. Logan Sexton, Logan, 17.60; 7. Mason, Logan, 17.90; 8. Isaac, Circleville, 17.90.

100-meter dash -- 1. Matt Fusco, Chillicothe, 11.20 (meet record, old record :11:3, Dan Carsey, Unioto, 1992 & Wes Ellis, Zane Trace, 2003); 2. Dominic Taylor, Teays Valley, 11.20; 3. Deron Taylor, Teays Valley, 11.20; 4. Shea VandeCarr, Chillicothe, 11.30; 5. Matt Shoemaker, Huntington, 11.60; 6. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 11.70; 7T. Justin Coakley, Logan, 11.80; T. Matt Ludwig, Greenfield McClain, 11.80.

800-meter relay -- 1. Chillicothe, 1:34.00 (Kevin Milliken, Shea VandeCarr, Chris Woodfork, Matt Fusco) (meet record, old record 1:39.3, Amanda Clearcreek, 2001); 2. Teays Valley, 1:37.00; 3. Paint Valley, 1:38.40; 4. Greenfield McClain, 1:40.40; 5. Westfall, 1:40.40; 6T. Circleville, 1:41.70; T. Unioto, 1:41.70; 8. Zane Trace, 1:44.80.

1600-meter run -- 1. Keegan Rathkamp, Chillicothe, 4:33.50 (meet record, old record 4:47.3, Todd Helber, Amanda Clearcreek, 2001); 2. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 4:46.30; 3. K. C. Stemen, Teays Valley, 4:54.40; 4. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 4:55.40; 5. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:59.80; 6. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 4:59.80; 7. John Lamneck, Teays Valley, 5:09.70; 8. Brian Stewart, Circleville, 5:11.90.

400-meter relay -- 1. Chillicothe, 44.60 (Kevin Milliken, Shea VandeCarr, Chris Woodfork, Matt Fusco) (meet record, old record :44.9, Amanda Clearcreek, 2001); 2. Teays Valley, 45.70; 3. Circleville, 46.50; 4. Greenfield McClain, 47.40; 5. Southeastern, 47.90; 6. Unioto, 48.30; 7. Huntington, 48.40; 8. Logan, 49.00.

400-meter dash -- 1. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 51.70 (ties meet record by Thad Helber, Amanda Clearcreek, 2001); 2. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 52.70; 3. Tyler Davis, Teays Valley, 53.80; 4. Jordan Wolfe, Paint Valley, 55.00; 5. Chris Shirey, Teays Valley, 55.50; 6. Derek Curtis, Unioto, 56.40; 7. Steven Baxter, Southeastern, 56.80; 8. Colt Harrington, Huntington, 57.00.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Bryan Reeb, Teays Valley, 42.40; 2. Kevin Milliken, Chillicothe, 43.90; 3. Matt Frazier, Teays Valley, 44.90; 4T. Haddock, Circleville, 45.50; T. Logan Sexton, Logan, 45.50; 6. Jeremy Powell, Unioto, 45.60; 7. Jim McIlroy, Circleville, 46.60; 8. Dane Smith, Westfall, 47.00.

800-meter run -- 1. Keegan Rathkamp, Chillicothe, 2:03.80; 2. Tyler Davis, Teays Valley, 2:07.40; 3. Ryan Pickens, Westfall, 2:07.80; 4. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 2:10.60; 5. Jarret Kelley, Unioto, 2:13.30; 6. John Mergo, Chillicothe, 2:15.30; 7. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 2:17.40; 8. Chaffin Erkenbrecher, Greenfield McClain, 2:18.50.

200-meter dash -- 1. Matt Fusco, Chillicothe, 22.70 (meet record, old record :22.9, Wes Ellis, Zane Trace, 2003); 2T. Deron Taylor, Teays Valley, 23.50; T. Dominic Taylor, Teays Valley, 23.50; 4. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 23.50; 5. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 23.50; 6. Vince Smith, Greenfield McClain, 23.50; 7. Austin Brown, Paint Valley, 24.10; 8. Addox, Circleville, 24.40.

3200-meter run -- 1. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 10:40.20 (meet record, old record 11:02.8, Neil Hertenstein, Unioto, 2003); 2. K. C. Stemen, Teays Valley, 10:41.00; 3. R Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:42.80; 4. Neil Hertenstein, Unioto, 10:43.00; 5. Terry Workman, Greenfield McClain, 10:44.00; 6. Mark Schieber, Circleville, 10:52.10; 7. Ryan Miller, Circleville, 11:07.00; 8. Alex Scharfetter, Chillicothe, 11:11.50.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Teays Valley, 3:33.10 (Bryan Reeb, Cole Thompson, Chris Shirey, Tyler Davis) (meet record, old record 3:32.7, Amanda Clearcreek, 2001); 2. Chillicothe, 3:39.00; 3. Unioto, 3:41.90; 4. Paint Valley, 3:48.60; 5. Zane Trace, 3:51.10; 6. Greenfield McClain, 3:58.90; 7. Logan, 3:59.50; 8. Westfall, 4:00.90.

Adena boys win five-team meet

04/06/04

Adena won a five-team boys track and field meet Tuesday evening with 79 2/3 points in a tightly bunched field.

Only 13 2/3 points separated the five teams

Team scores: Adena 79 2/3, Huntington 70, Paint Valley 69, Zane Trace 67 1/3, Southeastern 66

Shot put -- 1. Copley (A) 45-6, 2. Chaffin (ZT) 45-4, 3. Haas (PV) 41-7 1/2, 4. Eldridge (H) 40-4, 5. Mark (H) 40-1 1/2.

Discus -- 1. Eldridge (H) 140-0, 2. Copley (A) 138-0, 3. Chaffin (ZT) 134-7, 4. Haas (PV) 124-2, 5. Depugh (H) 104-1.

Long jump -- 1. Harrington (H) 18-4, 2. Lightle (A) 17-10 1/4, 3. Shoey (H) 17-3/4, 4. Adams (A) 16-8 1/2, 5. Sowers (A) 15-11 1/2.

High jump -- 1. Trainer (SE) 6-4, 2. Jenkins (ZT) 6-0, 3. tie, Virgin (ZT), Free (A) & Adams (A) 5-2.

Pole vault -- 1. Prater (SE) 11-6, 2. Skaggs (ZT) 11-0, 3. Miller (H) 10-0, 4. Baxter (SE) 9-6, 5. Fout (A) 9-6.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Adams (A) :17.4, 2. Baxter (SE) :18.1, 3. Virgin (ZT) :21.1, 4. Davey (ZT) :21.5.

100-meter dash -- 1. Shoey (H) :11.7, 2. Trainer (SE) :11.7, 3. Long (A) :11.9, 4. Brown (PV) :12.1, 5. Taylor (ZT) :12.2.

1600-meter run -- 1. West (A) 5:13.7, 2. Willis (PV) 5:30.8, 3. Triplett (SE) 5:32.8, 4. Adams (SE) 5:38.2, 5. Graves (ZT) 5:47.1.

400-meter dash -- 1. Depugh (PV) :52.0, 2. Wolfe (PV) :55.2, 3. Harrington (H) :56.4, 4. Baxter (SE) :56.9, 5. Thompson (A) :59.3.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Adams (A) :44.1, 2. Miller (H) :51.7, 3. Kinzer (H) :52.3, 4. Davey (ZT) :54.1, 5. Skaggs (ZT) :56.8.

800-meter run -- 1. Clever (ZT) 2:15.5, 2. Willis (PV) 2:21.8, 3. Knisley (PV) 2:23.3, 4. West (A) 2:24.0, 5. Wise (PV) 2:25.2.

200-meter dash -- 1. Depugh (PV) :23.5, 2. Trainer (SE) :23.6, 3. Long (A) :24.2, 4. Brown (A) :24.4, 5. Shoemaker (H) :24.6.

3200-meter run -- 1. Graves (ZT) 11:59.1, 2. West (A) 12:08.8, 3. Triplett (SE) 12:22.6, 4. Good (H) 12:56.2, 5. Riley (H) 13:27.1.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Adena 9:38.2, 2. Southeastern 9:45.2, 3. Paint Valley 9:57.8, 4. Huntington 10:07.9, 5. Zane Trace 10:11.7.

400-meter relay -- 1. Huntington :48.0, 2. Southeastern :48.3, 3. Zane Trace :49.1, 4. Paint Valley :51.1.

800-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley 1:38.8, 2. Zane Trace 1:42.6, 3. Huntington 1:46.9, 4. Southeastern 1:53.0.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley 3:48.6, 2. Zane Trace 3:53.1, 3. Southeastern 4:05.1, 4. Huntington 4:05.8.

Unioto boys win Zane Trace title

04/02/04

Unioto flexed its muscles with a team championship in the Zane Trace track and field invitational Friday evening by outscoring runnerup Vinton County 157-140.

While the Sherman win was no surprise, a strong third place finish by Adena turned a few heads among followers of the sport in the Scioto Valley Conference.

Adena scored 101 points with a solid showing in the sprints and a pair of wins by Jerimiah Copley in the shot put and discus.

The Warriors got a win in the 100-meter dash from Gary Long --who also anchored the winning 800-meter relay -- and a pair of second place finishes by Wyatt Adams in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles.

Unioto served notice that it has the horses necessary to defend its Scioto Valley Conference championship in May with wins in six of the 17 events.

The Shermans' Chris Edwards, Neil Hertenstein, Chaz Smith and Jarret Kelley combined to take the 3200-meter relay and Hertenstein captured the 3200-meter run. Unioto also got individual wins from Dominique Liggins in the long jump, Joe Jinks in the 1600-meter run, Tom Oyer in the 400-meter dash and Phillip Webb in the 800-meter run.

Oyer's stretch run overcame Paint Valley's Joe Depugh, whose second place finish was part of his meet medalist performance. Depugh won the 200-meter dash and ran on the second place 800-meter relay and third place 1600-meter relay.

Team scoring: Unioto 157; Vinton County 140; Adena 101; Zane Trace 78.50; Southeastern 62; Paint Valley 61.50; Piketon 43.

800-meter relay -- 1. Adena, 1:38.80 (Mark Lightle, Shawn Sowers, Colton Coy, Gary Long); 2. Paint Valley, 1:42.20; 3. Zane Trace, 1:42.40; 4. Vinton County, 1:44.00; 5. Unioto, 1:45.30.

Long jump -- 1. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 18-11; 2. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 18-11; 3. Justin Bryant, Piketon, 17-5.50; 4. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16-11; 5. David Sperry, Vinton County, 16-4.50; 6. Travis Robson, Vinton County, 16-3; 7. Brian Church, Southeastern, 15-6.50; 8. Jessie Dillon, Adena, 14-9.

High jump -- 1. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 6-2; 2. Donavon Jenkins, Zane Trace, 6-0; 3. Brady Remy, Vinton County, 5-8; 4. Eric Farmer, Piketon, 5-6; 5. Seth Allen, Vinton County, 5-6; 6. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 5-4; 7. Chase Scott, Unioto, 5-4; 8. Russell Virgin, Zane Trace, 5-4.

Shot put -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 47-11.25; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 44-10; 3. Nate Welch, Unioto, 44-3; 4. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 42-6.25; 5. Max Leaming, Vinton County, 41-9; 6. Gary East, Vinton County, 41-4; 7. Matt Oyer, Unioto, 39-11.75; 8. Kody Myers, Paint Valley, 36-9.

Discus -- 1. Jeremiah Copley, Adena, 137-4; 2. Curtis Chaffin, Zane Trace, 132-0; 3. Alex Haas, Paint Valley, 128-4; 4. Bobby Huffman, Vinton County, 127-2; 5. Nate Welch, Unioto, 121-4; 6. Caleb Knauff, Adena, 106-0; 7. Dustin Woodruff, Piketon, 105-0; 8. Micah Clark, Unioto, 102-10.

Pole vault -- 1. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 11-0; 2. Seth Skaggs, Zane Trace, 10-6; 3. Korey Walters, Unioto, 10-0; 4. Ben Fout, Adena, 9-6; 5. Jonathan Baxter, Southeastern, 8-6; 6. Nate Bloomfield, Zane Trace, 8-0; 7. Fout, Vinton County, 7-0.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Unioto, 9:01.70 (Chris Edwards, Neil Hertenstein, Chaz Smith, Jarret Kelley); 2. Vinton County, 9:17.40; 3. Zane Trace, 9:20.40; 4. Adena, 9:24.20; 5. Piketon, 10:18.20.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Chris Neal, Vinton County, 15.90; 2. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 16.80; 3. Drew Prater, Southeastern, 17.40; 4. Dane Remy, Vinton County, 17.60; 5. Jeremy Powell, Unioto, 18.30; 6. Eric Kimsey, Unioto, 18.40; 7. Jonathan Baxter, Southeastern, 19.30; 8. Russell Virgin, Zane Trace, 22.20.

100-meter dash -- 1. Gary Long, Adena, 11.70; 2. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 12.10; 3. Eric Mullins, Vinton County, 12.10; 4T. Mike Taylor, Zane Trace, 12.20; T. Austin Brown, Paint Valley, 12.20; 6. Shawn Sowers, Adena, 12.20; 7. Michael Barney, Vinton County, 12.20; 8. Steven Baxter, Southeastern, 12.40.

1600-meter run -- 1. Joe Jinks, Unioto, 4:55.50; 2. Chris Edwards, Unioto, 5:06.60; 3. Fredie Ferguson, Piketon, 5:10.10; 4. Troy Howdyshell, Vinton County, 5:24.10; 5. Ryan Graves, Zane Trace, 5:31.30; 6. Richard Adams, Southeastern, 5:35.00; 7. Fout, Vinton County, 5:37.80; 8. Caleb Junk, Adena, 5:43.00.

400-meter relay -- 1. Vinton County, 45.80 (Michael Barney, Dane Remy, Eric Mullins, Matt Winnett); 2. Adena, 47.00; 3. Unioto, 48.20; 4. Southeastern, 49.00; 5. Zane Trace, 49.30; 6. Piketon, 50.30.

400-meter dash -- 1. Tom Oyer, Unioto, 52.70; 2. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 54.40; 3. Jordan Wolfe, Paint Valley, 55.50; 4. Korey Thompson, Vinton County, 56.00; 5. Steven Baxter, Southeastern, 56.10; 6. Derek Curtis, Unioto, 56.30; 7. Royal Jarmon, Piketon, 57.30; 8. Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 58.50.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Dane Remy, Vinton County, 43.00; 2. Wyatt Adams, Adena, 43.70; 3. Chris Neal, Vinton County, 45.70; 4. Mark Lightle, Adena, 46.60; 5. Jeremy Powell, Unioto, 46.80; 6. Eric Kimsey, Unioto, 48.70.

800-meter run -- 1. Phillip Webb, Unioto, 2:12.00; 2. Jarret Kelley, Unioto, 2:13.10; 3. Seth Allen, Vinton County, 2:17.40; 4. Donnie Clever, Zane Trace, 2:18.80; 5. Chico Willis, Paint Valley, 2:22.70; 6. Troy Howdyshell, Vinton County, 2:22.70; 7. Richard Adams, Southeastern, 2:31.10; 8. Chris Peavey, Piketon, 2:35.00.

200-meter dash -- 1. Joe DePugh, Paint Valley, 23.70; 2. Caleb Gaus, Unioto, 24.10; 3. Matt Winnett, Vinton County, 24.20; 4. Eric Mullins, Vinton County, 24.20; 5. Gary Long, Adena, 24.50; 6. Austin Brown, Paint Valley, 24.90; 7. Michael Trainer, Southeastern, 24.90; 8. Dominque Liggins, Unioto, 25.00.

3200-meter run -- 1. Neil Hertenstein, Unioto, 11:20.40; 2. Fredie Ferguson, Piketon, 11:42.60; 3. Ryan Graves, Zane Trace, 12:11.10; 4. Jesse Bissell, Unioto, 12:12.00; 5. Cory Howard, Piketon, 12:19.30; 6. Parkison, Vinton County, 12:44.70; 7. Rod Denner, Vinton County, 13:25.00; 8. Clayton Long, Zane Trace, 13:57.00.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Vinton County, 3:44.10 (Korey Thompson, Chris Neal, Dane Remy, Jay Simmons); 2. Unioto, 3:46.00; 3. Paint Valley, 3:50.00; 4. Zane Trace, 3:53.90; 5. Adena, 3:58.60; 6. Southeastern, 4:05.80; 7. Piketon, 4:15.10.

Zane Trace tops Paint Valley

03/30/04

Zane Trace defeated Paint Valley 87-46 in boys track and field Tuesday evening.

The results:

Shot put -- 1. Haas (PV) 41-10, 2. Chaffin (ZT) 41-5, 3. Myers (PV) 34-10.

Discus -- 1. Chaffin (ZT) 126-4, 2. Haas (PV) 116-9, 3. Bowers (ZT) 87-8.

High jump -- 1. Jenkins (ZT) 5-9, 2. Virgin (ZT) 5-2, 3. Skaggs (ZT) 5-2.

Long jump -- 1. Canterbury (ZT) 15-9, 2. Davy (ZT) 14-9, 3. Williams (ZT) 14-1.

Pole vault -- 1. Bloomfield (ZT) 8-0, 2. Skaggs (ZT) 8-0, 3. McMahon (ZT) 7-0.

3200-meter relay -- 1. Zane Trace 9:52.0.

110-meter hurdles -- 1. Virgin (ZT) :24.1.

100-meter dash -- 1. Brown (PV) :12.1, 2. Taylor (ZT) :12.4, 3. Canterbury (ZT) :12.5.

800-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley 1:45.0.

1600-meter run -- 1. Willis (PV) 5:42.0, 2. Graves (ZT) 5:50.0, 3. Ellis (ZT) 6:00.0.

400-meter dash -- 1. Depugh (PV) :55.0, 2. Taylor (ZT) :57.0, 3. Clever (ZT) :57.5.

300-meter hurdles -- 1. Skaggs (ZT) :56.4, 2. Virgin (ZT) :56.7, 3. Vickers (ZT) :64.0.

800-meter run -- 1. Clever (ZT) 2:21, 2. Willis (PV) 2:26.0, 3. Wise (PV) 2:40.0.

200-meter dash -- 1. Depugh (PV) :24.5, 2. Brown (PV) :25.4, 3. Taylor (ZT) :25.7.

3200-meter run -- 1. Graves (ZT) 13:32.0, 2. Long (ZT) 15:46.0, 3. Vickers (ZT) 18:48.0.

1600-meter relay -- 1. Paint Valley 4:02.0.

Area preps shine in indoor track

03/16/04

Southeastern's Mike Trainer won the high jump and Paint Valley's Joe Depugh was second in the 400-meter dash in an indoor meet Friday and Saturday in French Fieldhouse at The Ohio State University.

Trainer won the high jump with a leap of 6-2 while Depugh was second in the 400 with a time of :54.45. Both were competing in the boys Division II-III.

Chillicothe's Keegan Rathkamp finished third in the 1600-meter run in the elite division with a time of 4:27.30. The winning time was 4:26.94.

Other placings for area preps were:

Elite Division

55-meter hurdles -- 8. Tyler Reed, Waverly, 8:66.

Girls Division II-III

200-meter dash -- 29. Jasmine Payne, Unioto, :30.63.

800-meter run -- 26. Sara Core, Adena, 3:01.78; Kendee Lovely, Unioto, 3:08.12.

1600-meter run -- 10. Alycia Tyo, Unioto, 5:48.42.

1600-meter relay -- 18. Adena (Leah Hirsch, Braylee Pinson, Carmelita Thompson, Sara Core), 4:50.86; 23. Unioto (Erin Murray, Kendee Lovely, Jessica Kelley, Jacquie Whittle), 5:03.48; 24. Paint Valley (Courtney Countryman, Jordan Haines, Mary Depugh, Tabetha Hatfield), 5:03.65.

3200-meter relay -- 23. Paint Valley (Courtney Countryman, Tiffany Dailey, Hillary McCloskey, Tabetha Hatfield), 12:05.43; 30. Zane Trace (Ali Brown, Jenny Ellis, Holly Riffle, Ali Ianni), 12:18.85.

Long jump -- 14. Jasmine Payne, Unioto, 14-1; 28. Courtney Countryman, Paint Valley, 13-3 1/4.

Shot put -- 20. Meggan Ward, Paint Valley, 29-7 3/4.

Boys Division II-III

200-meter dash -- 10. Korey Bryant, Waverly, :24.73; 35. Kamil Lowics, Unioto, :26.35.

400-meter dash -- 2. Joe Depugh, Paint Valley, :54.45; 33. Alex Obetz, Waverly, 1:00.22; 35, Alex Jaskowiak, Adena, 1:00.76.

800-meter run -- 4. Zach Holbert, Unioto, 2:07.87; 19. Joel Eversole, Waverly, 2:16.46; 34. Clay Knisley, Paint Valley, 2:24.34; 57. Dylan Free, Adena, 2:42.38.

1600-meter run -- 34. Jordan Squibb, Unioto, 5:15.18; 42. Chris Shaw, Waverly, 5:21.60; 52. Chris Miller, Paint Valley, 5:36.44; 62. Caleb Junk, Adena, 6:15.38.

1600-meter relay -- 5. Unioto (Joel Stanhope, Tom Oyer, Derik Curtis, Chaz Smith), 3:45.2; 24. Paint Valley (Austin Brown, Joe Depugh, Jordan Wolfe, Clay Knisley), 4:10.89.

3200-meter relay -- 3. Unioto (Joe Jinks, Jarret Kelley, Phil Webb, Zach Holbert), 8:43.16; 31. Adena (Lee Stockdale, Anthony Thompson, Caleb Junk, Andrew West), 10:13.74.

Pole vault -- tie 16. Korey Walters, Paint Valley, 10-0.

Shot put -- 16. Nate Welch, Unioto, 41-5 1/2.