Tigers win relay medal on final day

WICHITA -- Fort Scott High School's track team had just three events Saturday -- all of them in boys' competition -- at the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Saturday.

The only medal was won by the boys' 4x100-meter relay team, which finished seventh in finals with a time of 44.99 seconds. Seniors Alex Barner, Brandon Boyd and Jake Clements and junior Mitchell Stoughton were listed as the runners on the relay. Andale, which had the best time in Friday's preliminaries, won the final in 43.54 with Concordia second in 44.20 and Mulvane third in 44.43.

Fort Scott's other events Saturday were boys' high jump and the boys' 100-meter dash. In high jump Clements finished eighth, missing out on a medal on tie-breakers, after he was one of four to clear six feet, two inches. Barner was 10th at 5 10". Micheal Hollembeak, a junior from Lenexa St. James Academy, was the winner on tie-breakers after he and two others cleared 6' 6".

Stoughton ran in the 100 prelimiaries early Saturday morning but was 13th in 11.61. Only the top eight times in prelims advance to finals.

Overall, Tiger boys brought home three medals after Clint Lawrence finished second in javelin and Boyd was fourth in the long jump on Friday. Boyd has won a total of five State medals in his high-school career -- two this year, two last year at Uniontown and one in 2006 at Uniontown.

As a team, Fort Scott finished in 21st place with 13 points. Andale and Andover tied for first with 50 points each while Paola was third with 44.

Fort Scott's girls, who saw Breianna Jones take third in triple jump Friday, tied for 24th with Chapman with six points. Concordia was the winner with 88 points followed by El Dorado with 53 and Buhler with 43 1/2.

Only events in which Fort Scott athletes medaled are shown. All finishers in those events are shown, regardless of school.

GIRLS

Top 10 Teams

1. Concordia 88, 2. El Dorado 53, 3. Buhler 43 1/2, 4. Tonganoxie 42, 5. Baldwin 40, 6. Andover Central 37, 7. Paola 26, 8. Kansas City-Piper 25, 9. Wamego 22, 10 (tie). Andale, Wellington, Meriden-Jefferson West 18.

Southeast Kansas League schools: 22. Labette County 8, 23. Chanute 7, 24 (tie). Fort Scott, 35. Iola 1 1/2, 36 (tie). Independence 1.

Pioneer League schools: 36 (tie). Anderson County 1.

Event results

Triple jump: 1. Witney Sorrel, Concordia, 37' 8 1/2"; 2. Jlynn Ledesma, Wellington, 36' 9 1/2"; 3. Breianna Jones, Fort Scott, 36' 2 1/2"; 4. Tanya Friesen, Buhler, 36' 1 1/4"; 5. April Gee, Colby, 35' 7 1/2"; 6. Justine Devenport, El Dorado, 35' 3 1/2"; 7. Paige Rockers, Anderson County, 35' 1".

BOYS

Top 10 Teams

1 (tie). Andale and Andover 50, 3. Paola 44, 4. Mulvane 34, 5. DeSoto 32, 6 (tie). Louisburg and Concordia 27, 8. Clay Center 26, 9. Hoyt-Royal Valley 24, 10 (tie). Chanute and Colby 20.

Southeast Kansas League schools: 17 (tie). Parsons 14, 21. Fort Scott 13, 29 (tie). Iola 6, 35 (tie). Independence and Coffeyville 2.

Pioneer League schools: 23 (tie). Osawatomie 10.

Event results

4x100-meter relay: 1 Andale, 43.54; 2. Concordia, 44.20; 3. Mulvane, 44.43; 4. El Dorado, 44.54; 5. Ulysses, 44.69; 6. Coffeyville, 44.81; 7. Fort Scott, 44.99.

Long jump: 1. Joe Stephens, Paola, 23' 1 3/4"; 2. Andre Linzy, DeSoto, 23' 0 3/4"; 3. Jarid Nesmith, Mulvane, 22' 3 1/4"; 4. Brandon Boyd, Fort Scott, 22' 1 3/4"; 5. Vernon Sublett, Louisburg, 21' 8 1/2"; 6. Matt Cadle, Independence, 21' 3 1/4"; 7. Devin Dick, Buhler, 21' 2".

Javelin: 1. Dustin Weissbeck, Topeka Hayden, 184' 7"; 2. Clint Lawrence, Fort Scott, 180' 2"; 3. Jason Krenzel, Cheney, 179' 1"; 4. Roman Belden, Mulvane, 177' 7"; 5. Jake Darrington, Louisburg, 172' 1"; 6. Caleb Wood, Cheney, 171' 5"; 7. Gabe Belobrajdic, Tonganoxie, 167' 6".