It came down to one race and one point for the last District 6B championship. Although Darby won the final race, the 4x400 relay, Florence came in second and that was enough to hold on to the championship. Next year, Darby will be competing in District 13 C, and with only nine Class B schools in the west, there will not be any districts for Florence to compete in.

Darby coach Steve Gideon was on pins and needles while waiting for the 4x400 relay, the final race of the meet.

“Yep, I’m nervous as heck. Our boys have to win and Florence has to take third. Loyola has to split (us). Our kids know that, they respond well to pressure. I’m not doing very well right now.”

With Florence’s Dylan Reynolds in the lead in the 4x400 relay, Darby’s Aaron Johnston reaches back to Dylan Knox for the baton. Darby won the race but with Florence’s second place finish, the Falcons won the championship. Jean Schurman photo.

Anchored by Aaron Johnston, the leading 400 sprinter in Class B in the state, the Darby team was solid. Colton Johnston ran the first leg. Florence had a lead of about 10 yards when Darby’s Doug Raymer took the baton. The junior quickly closed the gap and took the lead. However Florence came back in the third leg of the race to have a slight lead before Aaron Johnston took over and claimed the win for the Tigers. However, with Florence finishing in second, the Falcons had clinched the title.

“This is why track is such an awesome sport,” said Gideon. “People don’t spend enough time paying attention to these things. These kids work their hearts out.”

The Florence boys took the championship with only three first place finishers while Darby had nine first place winners. The difference was the number of Falcons that placed in the top six in each event. Coach Sam Baerlocher was pleased with the number of athletes who really stepped up in spite of some injuries.

“They are banged up and going out there and competing as hard as they can,” he said. The 300 hurdles, that was a really pleasant surprise with Jacob Kester going out there and getting third place, that was really big. Kids like Reed (Jenkins) and Ross (Mangun), both are hurting and they still finished second and fourth in the long jump today.”

Dylan Reynolds took both hurdle events for the Falcons. Mangun was the other first place winner with a win in the triple jump.

Aaron Johnston won the short sprints for Darby and also the long jump. Raymer set a meet record in the 800 and then came back in less than an hour and won the 3,200. On Saturday, Raymer won the 1,600. Jeremy Campbell won the high jump.

Coach Gideon said the 3,200-meter race was something of a surprise because Sean Abrahamsen, also of Darby, was expected to take that race. “Sean was just tired from the 800. He had a lifetime PR (personal record) in that and then he had to comeback for the 3,200. That’s just what we’re asking of our kids.”

The Florence girls finished in third place behind Loyola and Superior, which was somewhat of a surprise according to Baerlocher. He expected Superior to win the title.

Florence’s Tess Porch was a double winner. The freshman took first in 100-meter race and the high jump. The 4x100 relay team of Rosie O’Brien, Porch, Ava Killman and Hannah Sax took first in that event.

Darby’s Sarah Jakober was the only event winner for the Tigers. She won the triple jump with an effort of 33 feet, 11 ? inches.

Friday

Girls

Team scores - Superior 59, Deer Lodge 49, Loyola Sacred Heart 48, Florence 40, Darby 13, Valley Christian 4.

1,600 – 1. Maggie Mitzel, LSH, 6:01.51; 2. Shari Leedom, Flo, 6:02.68; 6. Heidi Heiland, Dar, 7:30.80.

100 hurdles – 1. Nicole Stroot, Sup, 16.70; 6. Hannah Sax, Flo, 18.55.

400 relay – 1. Florence (Rosie O'Brien, Tess Porch, Ava Kollman, Hannah Sax) 52.83; 2. Superior 52.84; 3. Loyola Sacred Heart 53.15; 4. Deer Lodge 53.70; 5. Darby 57.48.

Discus – 1. Meghan Leathers, Flo, 127-9 ?; 2. Jessica DesJarlais, Flo, 109-5 ?; 6. Rosie O'Brien, Flo, 83-9.

Triple jump – 1. Sarah Jakober, Dar, 33-11 ?; 5. Callie Hunt, Flo, 31-5 ?;

Boys

Team scores – 1. Florence 73, Darby 59, Deer Lodge 42, Loyola Sacred Heart 1, Superior 31, Valley Christian 1.

400 – 1. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 51.22; 2. Brady Blomquist, Flo, 51.59; 4. Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 52.27;

800 – 1. Doug Raymer, Dar, 1:57.89 (meet record: old record 1:58.20, Matt Julquist, Loyola, 1991); 2. Madison Bolton, Flo, 2:01.05; 3. Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 2:02.49; 4. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 2:02.76;

3,200 – 1. Doug Raymer, Dar, 10:11.59; 3. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:26.22; 5. Madison Bolton, Flo, 11:01.25; 6. Sean Hansen, Dar, 11:03.52.

110 hurdles – 1. Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 16.97; 2. Tanner Cobbs, Flo, 17.10; 6. Tanner Lund, Flo, 19.28.

400 relay – 1. Superior 45.47; 2. Loyola Sacred Heart 45.48; 3. Deer Lodge 45.56; 4. Florence 46.39; 5. Darby 46.56.

Discus – 1. Brandon Forson, DL, 164- ?; 2. Damon Ward, Flo, 141-7 4. Colton Johnston, Dar, 128-10 ?; 6. Chantz Hotsinpiller, Flo, 108-5.

Triple jump – 1. Ross Mangun, Flo, 42-1 ?; 2. Reed Jenkins, Flo, 41-11 ?; 3. Dylan Knox, Dar, 38-11; 6. Aaron Ward, Flo, 37- ?.

Saturday

Girls

Team scores (after final 10 events of 17: Loyola Sacred Heart 134, Superior 124, Florence 118, Deer Lodge 111, Darby 21, Valley Christian 8.

100 – 1. Tess Porch, Flo, 13.13; 6. Hannah Sax, Flo, 13.63.

200 – 1. Tawnie Kerr, LSH, 27.46; 4. Tess Porch, Flo, 27.93; 5. Hannah Sax, Flo, 28.31;

800 – 1. Maggie Mitzel, LSH, 2:35.51; 2. Shari Leedom, Flo, 2:39.57;

3,200 – 1. Theresa Lombardi, DL, 13:30.93; 2. Shari Leedom, Flo, 13:38.18;

300 hurdles – 1. Nicole Stroot, Sup, 51.69; 3. Hannah Sax, Flo, 53.58; 5. McCall Sewell, Flo, 53.74; 6. Callie Hunt, Flo, 53.87.

1,600 relay – 1. Loyola 4. Florence, 4:44.82.

Javelin – 1. Kiernan Haggerty, LSH, 121-10; 3. Megan Leathers, Flo, 100-8; 4. Rosie O'Brien, Flo, 99-10;

Shot put – 1. Ashley Medeiros, LSH, 36-10 1/2; 2. Megan Leathers, Flo, 36-0 1/2; 3. Jessica DesJarlais, Flo, 27-6 1/2;

High jump – 1. Tess Porch, Flo, 4-8; 5. Callie Hunt, Flo, 4-4.

Long jump – 1. Nicole Stroot, Sup, 15-9 1/2; 2. Sarah Jakober, Dar, 15-0 3/4;

Boys

Team scores (after final 10 events of 17): Florence 149, Darby 148, Loyola Sacred Heart 95, Deer Lodge 73, Superior 52, Valley Christian 8.

100 – 1. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 11.41; 4. Brady Blomquist, Flo, 11.67;

200 – 1. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 23.14; 5. Brady Blomquist, Flo, 23.74;

1,600 – 1. Doug Raymer, Dar, 4:36.50; 2. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:37.38;; 4. Madison Bolton, Flo, 4:44.00

300 hurdles – 1. Dylan Reynolds, Flo, 41.40; 2. Tanner Cobbs, Flo, 43.07; 3. Jacob Kester, Flo, 44.52; 5. Matt Robbins, Dar, 46.71; 6. Tanner Lund, Flo, 46.83.

1,600 relay – 1. Darby (Aaron Johnston, Colton Johnston, Dylan Knox, Doug Raymer), 3:31.58; 2. Florence, 3:32.07; 3. Loyola, 3:34.33; 4. Superior, 3:57.70; 5. Deer Lodge, 4:00.26.

Javelin – 2. Sterling Kim, Darby, 3. Damon Ward, Flo, (no marks reported)

Shot put - 1, Brandon Forson, DL, 55-1 (meet record; old mark: 53-10, Zach Balcom, LSH, 2009); 3. Damon Ward, Flo, 44-7; 4. Sterling Kim, Dar, 39-10;

High jump – 1. Jeremy Campbell, Dar, 6-0; 3. Ross Mangun, Flo, 5-4;

Long jump – 1. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 19-8; 2. Ross Mangun, Flo, 19-1 1/2; 4. Reed Jenkins, Flo, 18-9; 6. Dylan Knox, Dar, 17-3.

Victor sails to district championship

The Victor boys had a couple of things going their way this weekend at the District 13C track meet. They had a large amount of competitors on the track and in the field events, and they had Tyler Coorough. The combination gave the Pirates a resounding 169 point advantage over second place Seeley-Swan. Coorough won four events: the 100, 200, 400 and triple jump. In addition, Victor won seven more events out of a possible 17 events.

Coorough, a junior, cruised to a win in the 400 and edged out competitors in the 100 and 200. He won the triple jump with an effort of 38 feet, 2 inches, edging out teammate Kyle Ball for that event. Ball won two events, the 110 hurdles and the high jump. Ball had a commanding lead in the 300-meter hurdles when he tripped over the second to the last hurdle and fell down. After lying there for a second, he got up and finished the race in second place. Dennis Mitcham also was a double event winner. He won the 800-meter race and the 1,600 races. Kurt Manely continued his dominance in the javelin in spite of the gale force winds and won that event. Zac Agee won the long jump and the 4x100 team of Agee, Coorough, Ball and Randy Lewis won that event.

Tyler Coorough leans towards the finish line in the 100 meter race at the District 13C track meet. Coorough won four events and led the Pirates to a title. Jean Schurman photo.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” said Coach Brandon Howell of his Pirates. “The boys really came out and competed well. We actually had a lot of guys score that really weren’t supposed to score. That makes it even more fun. Freshmen and sophomores that do well, it keeps them excited about the sport.”

Shai Scheffer picked up her first win all season in the 300-meter hurdles. Coach Howell said her time was a personal best. “She did that in the 300 hurdles and then came right back and scored points in the 200 finals.”

Friday

Girls

Team scores (through 8 events) - Seeley-Swan 112, Drummond 50, Victor 39, Alberton 20, Lincoln 3, Philipsburg 2.

1,600 – 1. Alexys Bryant, Dru, 5:52.36; 2. Haley Tillotson, Vic, 5:56.39; 5. Hanna Upegui, Vic, 6:59.79; 6, Brianna Wollan, SS, 7:39.97.

100 hurdles – 1. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 16.88; 6. Julia Elkinton, Vic, 20.46.

Long jump – 1. Paige Fickler, Dru, 15-4; 2. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 14-6 ?; 3. Katy Brittle, Vic, 14-5 ?; 4. Skye Mitcham, Vic, 13-8 ?;

Boys

Team scores (through 9 events) - Victor 131, Alberton 46, Seeley-Swan 45, Lincoln 26, Drummond 19.

400 – 1. Tyler Coorough, Vic, 54.05; 2. Dennis Mitcham, Vic, 56.89;

800 – 1. Dennis Mitcham, Vic, 2:10.29; 4. Emmet Elliott, Vic, 2:20.33; 6. Mike Schilling-Faust, Vic, 2:21.01.

3,200 – 1. Ryan Thompson, Lin, 11:47.02; 2. Emmet Elliott, Vic, 12:27.76; 4. Doug Ashley, Vic, 13:37.65;

110 hurdles – 1. Kyle Ball, Vic, 18.43; 2. Bryce Krout, Vic, 19.27; 4. Nate Bishop, Vic, 20.31.

400 relay – 1. Victor (Zac Agee, Tyler Coorough, Kyle Ball, Randy Lewis) 45.72; 2. Seeley-Swan 47.38; 3. Alberton 47.59.

Shot put – 1. Nate Bignell, Dru, 50-1 (meet record: old record 49-3, Alex Verlanic, Drummond, 2005); 2. Craig Weyer, Vic, 40-4 ?; 4. Kurt Manely, Vic, 39-8;

Javelin – 1. Kurt Manely, Vic, 156-5;

High jump – 1. Kyle Ball, Vic, 5-8;

Long jump – 1. Zac Agee, Vic, 19-1 ?; 3. Randy Lewis, Vic, 16-10 ?; 4. Chris Morozumi, Vic, 16-5; 5. Nate Bishop, Vic, 16-4;

Saturday

Girls

Team scores (after final 9 of 17 events): Seeley-Swan 201, Drummond 133, Victor 95, Alberton 35, Philipsburg 26, Lincoln 7.

100 – 1. KeAnna Conley, SS, 13.56; 5. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 14.02;

200 – 1. KeAnna Conley, SS, 27.84; 3. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 28.98;

800 – 1. Holly Beary, SS, 2:32.78; 3. Haley Tillotson, Vic, 2:43.71;

3,200 – 1. Alexys Bryant, Dru, 13:05.99; 2. Haley Tillotson, Vic, 14:05.61; 5. Hanna Upegui, Vic, 15:44.67

300 hurdles – 1. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 50.01;

1,600 relay – 1. Seeley Swan 4:26.39; 2. Victor, 5:06.21; 3. Philipsburg, 5:34.99.

Discus – 1. Delani Hanley, Alb, 102-10; 2. Liana Burdett, Vic, 90-9 5. Courtney Dillard, Vic, 81-9;

Triple jump – 1. Kelsey Linford, SS, 31-5 1/2; 6, Skye Mitcham, Vic, 29-5.

Pole vault – 1. Jessi Dahl, Dru, 8-6; 4. (tie) Julia Elkinton, Vic, and Shelby Holmes, SS, 6-6.

Boys

Team scores (after final 8 of 17 events): Victor 258, Seeley-Swan 89, Alberton 66, Lincoln 48, Drummond 44, Philipsburg 7.

100 – 1. Tyler Coorough, Vic, 11.57; 2. Randy Lewis, Vic, 11.89; 5. Zac Agee, Vic, 12.16;

200 – 1. Tyler Coorough, Vic, 24.08; 3. Zac Agee, Vic, 25.13; 4. Randy Lewis, Vic, 25.20;

1,600 – 1. Dennis Mitcham, Vic, 5:10.69; 2. Emmet Elliott, Vic, 5:16.37; 6. Doug Ashley, Vic, 6:02.94.

300 hurdles – 1. John Parcell, SS, 47.33; 2. Kyle Ball, Vic, 48.53; 3. Nate Bishop, Vic, 48.73; 5. Bryce Krout, Vic, 50.84;

1,600 relay – 1. Seeley-Swan 3:50.36; 2. Victor, 3:57.67; 3. Lincoln, 4:07.90; 4. Philipsburg, 4:21.48.

Discus – 1. Nate Bignell, Dru, 129-1; 6. Randy Lewis, Vic, 110-5.

Triple jump – 1. Tyler Coorough, Vic, 38-2; 2. Kyle Ball, Vic, 38-0; 3. Zac Agee, Vic, 37-5; 6. Austin Rogers, Vic, 33-11 1/2.

Pole vault – 1. Jake Adler, Dru, 11-0; 2. Bryce Krout, Vic, 8-6; 3. Emmet Elliott, Vic, 8-6; 4. Mike Faust-Schilling, Vic, 8-6.

Florence completes first goal, district title

With an overall record of 18 wins and just two losses, the Lady Falcons of Florence head into this week’s divisional softball tournament as the 6B champs. They have a conference record of 15-1 with their only conference loss coming from Loyola in the last game of the regular season.

Coach Sierra Hansen said her team is right where she expected them to be at the end of the season. She explained, “as a coach, you always expect to be number one. I think that it was expected last year in if you set the expectation, the girls have the responsibility to meet it.”

Florence’s Brittany Heinz catches the ball as a Loyola player slides into second base. She said it felt great to win the district championship. “Florence softball is back and ready to attack.” Jean Schurman photo.

With only two seniors on the team and no juniors, the young team plays as a veteran team. Pitcher Courtney Byrne, after nursing a sore wrist in the early part of the season, has come on strong and adapted to the longer distance. She’s backed up by Paige Bodner at catcher who rarely lets a ball get past her. The strong defense is the key to the Falcon’s success.

Florence locked up the district on May 10the when they defeated St. Ignatius. Hansen felt the game against Loyola, even though they are fierce rivals, was a bit of a letdown.

“Physically we had it but mentally we walked on the field like the game was already done. It definitely was a wake up call but it came at the right time. This couldn’t be a better reminder that you can never walk into any game like you’ve already won.”

Loyola jumped out with two runs in the first inning and although the Florence team rallied at times, they couldn’t overcome the margin. Loyola won, 5-2. Hanson said her team hit the ball well but Loyola fielded the ball better. Hailey Huot went 1-for-2 and had an RBI to lead the Falcons.

Florence will open their divisional play at 3 p.m. on Friday in Thompson Falls. Their opponent had not been determined as of press time.

Loyola 201 011 0 - 5 9 1

Florence 000 110 0 - 2 5 4

Sarah Goodman and Sam Manley. Courtney Byrne and Paige Bodner. W - Goodman. L - Bodner.

Loyola - Goodman 3-4, Stevie Kahle 2-4, Manley 1-3, Heather Huguet 2-3, Laura Snook 0-3, Caelin Miltko 1-4, Maddie Keast 0-3, Mady DeWald 0-2, Erin Gallagher 0-3.

Florence - Brittany Heinz 0-1, Cassandra Skeers 0-4, Bodner 0-3, Byrne 2-3, Hayley Cole 0-3, Cody Miller 1-3, Grace Zeiler 1-3, Kirstin Lind 0-2, Hailey Huot 1-2.

2B - Huguet, Huot. RBIs - Goodman, Manley, Huguet, Snook, Cole, Huot.

Rugby

Bitterroot Warriors win state. The local high school rugby team, the Bitterroot Warriors pulled off an upset over the weekend and defeated Simms for the state championship, 41-15. Zander Smith was the leading scorer for the Warriors. The Bitterroot team defeated Helena in the first round and then came back to defeat Kalispell, the No. 1 seed, in the semi finals. Spencer Kanenwisher, one of the team captains, said this is only the Warriors’ second year in the rapidly growing sport. “Just this year, with the introduction of the high school girls’ league, interest was high but now the interest in the sport in the valley will grow even more.” Star file photo.

NBC Basketball Camp to be held

Darby boys’ basketball coach Scott Marsh will host an NBC BAseketball camp at Valley Christian School in Missoula this June. The girls’ camp will run June 13-16 and the boys’ camp will run June 20-23. The camp runs from 12 noon to 7 pm on Monday, 9 am to 7 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 am to 4 pm on Thursday. The cost of the camp is $275. For more information contact scottmarsh.nbccamps@gmail.com or go to the website at www.nbccamps.com.

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