Valley Schools Send Dozens To Regional Track And Field Meet

More than 40 track and field athletes from Valley schools advanced to regional competition as the Greater Spokane League completed the first stage of state qualifying.

In district competition Thursday and Friday at Spokane Falls Community College, University and Central Valley combined to send 26 boys and 15 girls to regionals after the first night of competition.

Some athletes advanced in more than one event, and, with 10 of 34 events still to be determined, as many as 15 more Valley athletes may join those early qualifiers.

First night district champions included Titans Jeff Hollenbach with a school record shot put of 57-8, Craig Allen in the high jump, Adrienne Wilson in the long jump and Syd Perno in the shot put.

CV’s Ryon Triplett repeated as district pole vault champion.

Brother and sister Mike and Mary Caruso both advanced in the shot put for the Bears. The CV 400 meter tandem of Ryan Strickland and Andy Whipple approached their sub-50-second efforts of last year.

The most notable disappointment was the failure of Titan pole vaulter Cody Hirschi to advance.

“He’s capable of clearing 15-feet, that’s the bad thing,” said Titan pole vault coach Reg Hulbert. Hirschi had tied the school record of 14-0 earlier this year.

Eagles sweep track championships

West Valley’s girls and boys track teams completed unbeaten seasons Thursday with wins against Cheney and Colville.

That made it five Frontier League championships in a row for the Eagle girls. The boys won their first title since sharing one in 1988.

State qualifying begins Tuesday, at 3:30 p.m. at Eastern Washington University, with preliminaries and finals in eight of 34 events.

CV soph golfer to state

Sophomore golfer Brandon Smith was one of eight Greater Spokane League golfers to qualify for the State AAA tournament in Tacoma next weekend.

Smith shot a second round 72 at Wandermere and finished with a two-day total 150 to finish third.

U-Hi’s Jeremy Decker, whose two-day total was 155, missed state by a stroke. He is one of four alternates.

“The competition was tough,” said CV co-coach Rick Sicilia. “Our senior, Marty Woolf shot 75 and didn’t make it.” Woolf finished his two-day competition at 156.

Softball teams advance

West Valley swept East Valley to finish a 17-1 Frontier League championship season.

The top four Frontier League teams, WV, Colville, EV and Clarkston, go against the top four finishers from the Northeast A Tournament this weekend beginning Wednesday at Medical Lake.

Second round of Liberty Cup

Second-round winner of the Liberty Lake Ladies 18-Hole Liberty Cup was Nancy Monteith.

She shot a low net 73 to qualify for end-of-season finals.

Sandy Mooney won the concurrent putting competition with 28 over the 18-hole course.

Mooney finished with 87 in A flight, Monteith shot 96 in B, Margaret Brashears with 110 and Jane MacKelvie with 113 were C and D leaders.

Net winners from A through D were Patsy Lynn with 77, Dorothy Womach with 76, Mary Ann Goodman with 84 and Cathy Whitley with 87.

Best scores for the month were Lynn’s low gross 82 and Gloria Cash’s net 65 in A flight, Freda Beckman’s 86 and net 66s by Mabel Watkins and Monteith in B, Marge Doyl’s 91 and Ella Leinwebber’s 68 in C, Ethel Rankin and Whitley with 100 and MacKelvie with 62 in D.

Medal play at Painted Hills

Painted Hills Ladies Club golfer Danice Deckard remained torrid, shooting 41 for nine holes during last week’s medal play.

She led A flight where Judy Watts netted 41.

In B flight, Carol McLean shot 54 and Sherrel Roshdy had net 38. C flight leaders were Joyce Thompson with 59 and Colleen Weflen with 38.

No-handicap golfer Kathy Perry shot 58 and D flight golfer Judy Lee netted 35.

Another 47 for Valley View’s Meyer

For the second straight week, Ann Meyer led Valley View golfers with a low gross 47 in A flight.

Not far behind was Marcia Spohn who had a 49 in B flight. No-handicap golfer Carol Dahl shot 57.

Net leaders were Mary Ann Barham 34 in A, Carol Maycock, 29 in B, Ann DeLong, 27 in C.

Stiller leads Liberty Lake group

During last week’s medal play for the Liberty Lake 9-Holers Ladies Club, Charlotte Stiller led the way with 51.

Net leaders were Joan Leighton at 39 in A flight, Alice Vaughn with 39 in B, Wanda McHugo with 37 in C flight and Vi Bormes with 42 in D.

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