The weather cooperated somewhat on Saturday; at least it didn’t snow, for the Bob Reed/RCIA Invite in Corvallis. The weather kept a couple of schools away, but that didn’t stop the Corvallis boys and the Stevensville girls from winning.

Corvallis easily outdistanced second place Frenchtown in the boy’s competition. Slater Powell won two events, the 200-meter race and the 110 hurdles to anchor the win. He also ran in the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay. Powell set an unofficial state best time in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.49.

Chris Jessop was also a double winner for Corvallis. The junior distance runner claimed both the 1,600 and the 3,200 races. His time of 4:29.03 was just a bit short of the state best he set last Tuesday at the Top Ten meet in Missoula. Jessop set the time to beat at 4:28.3 in that meet. Colby Henderson won the 800 and was third in the 1,600.

Austin Landis continued to dominate the javelin competition. His throw of 191-9 was 23 farther than second place. Landis also placed third in the discus and second in the shot put.

Darby finished in third place. Aaron Johnston won the 200 and the long jump. He was second in the 100 as well.

“He’s starting to add more events,” said coach Steve Gideon. “He’s one of the best sprinters in Montana but with this weather, it’s better to be safe than sorry.”

Seth Garbett, who clocked a blistering 9:31.99 at the Top Ten meet, finished behind Chris Jessop in both the 1,600 and the 3,200. Gideon said he was a little mad at Garbett for taking off so early in the 3,200 at the Top Ten.

“He was 700 meters out (from the finish line) when he took off and I was yelling at him that he’d better be ready. He ran the last lap in 62 seconds, which isn’t fast enough yet, but he did it.”

Garbett’s time at the Top Ten meet in the 3,200 was 9:31.99. Currently, the second best time is 9:40.91 and Chris Jessop is holding the third best time at 9:43.5.

Darby’s other first place finish at the Bob Reed meet came from Ben Robbins in the triple jump. Gideon said Robbins had taken time off for the senior trip and was just getting back in sync with his jumps.

Alex Mitchell of Florence won the high jump with an effort of 6-1. He finished second in the 110 and 300 hurdles, second in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump.

Victor’s Kurt Manely finished second in the javelin with a throw of 168-8. That is the second longest throw in Class C in the state at this time.

Hamilton’s big guys, Ty Exner and Cody Sellers, won the discus and the shot put. Exner heaved the disc 148-2. Sellers putted the shot 46-9.

Stevensville won the girls team scoring with some expected wins and some unexpected wins. Brekka Johnson won the long jump and the triple jump. Lakyn Connors took first in the 300 hurdles and was second in the 100 hurdles. Brittany Chilcott won the javelin and Molly Brewer won the high jump.

Hamilton’s Kelsi Almond continued to prevail. She won the 100-meter race and then branched out and took second in the long jump and fifth in the high jump.

“She’s been unbelievable,” said Hamilton coach John Stromberg. “She long jumps, runs the 100, 200, our relays and even high jumps on occasion.”

Misha Trotter won the 400 with a time of 59.25, the best time in the state to date. She also won the 800. Stromberg said Trotter has been the mainstay of the Hamilton girls’ team for four years and has become a quiet leader for the team.

Meghan Kratofil won the shot put for Hamilton and was third in the discus.

Florence’s Megan Leathers won the discus.

Saturday

Boys

Team scores: Corvallis 162, Frenchtown 109, Darby 85, Hamilton 58, Florence 49, Victor 38, Stevensville 18.

100 – 1. Dilworth, Ftn, 11.16; 2. Aaron Johnston, Dar, 11.34; 3. Andrew Dorn, Ham, 11.44; 4. Luke Walden, Cor, 11.72; 5. Josh Lords, Ste, 11.73; 6. Kendall Cotton, Flo, 11.90.

200 – 1. Slater Powell, Cor, 22.81; 3. Dorn, Ham, 23.32; 4. Walden, Cor, 24.31; 5. J. Lords, Ste, 24.35; 6. C. Hammersmith, Dar, 24.56.

400 – 1. A. Johnston, Dar, 52.12; 2. Beau Maus, Ham, 53.72; 3. Tyler Coorough, Vic, 54.27; 5. Kyle Luedecke, Cor, 57.52.

800 – 1. Colby Henderson, Cor, 2:04.44; 2. Drew Zeiler, Cor, 2:06.64; 4. Madison Bolton, Flo, 2:14.65; 5. Jakub Prasek, Vic, 2:20.18.

1,600 – 1. Chris Jessop, Cor, 4:29.03; 2. Seth Garbett, Dar, 4:30.20; 3. Henderson, Cor, 4:38.00; 4. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 4:46.00; 5. Doug Raymer, Dar, 4:53.00;

3,200 – 1. Chris Jessop, Cor, 10:19.49; 2. Garbett, Dar, 10:28.19; 3. Raymer, Dar, 10:44.7; 4. S. Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:48.66; 5. Chase Stoker, Cor, 10:59.27;

110 hurdles – 1. Powell, Cor, 14.41; 2. Alex Mitchell, Flo, 15.93; 4. Lance Andra, Cor, 17.76; 5. Matt McClintick, Vic, 18.01;

300 hurdles – 1. Baughman, Ftn, 41.81; 2. Mitchell, Flo, 53.75; 3. Austin Christopher, Ste, 44.38; 5. J. Lords, Ste, 44.79; 6. Andra, Cor, 45.40.

400 relay – 1. Corvallis 44.53; 2. Frenchtown 45.31; 3. Darby 45.33; 4. Frenchtown B 46.63; 5. Hamilton 46.66; 6. Victor 47.22.

1,600 relay – 1. Corvallis 3:33.22; 2. Frenchtown 3:33.65; 3. Darby 3:37.32; 4. Victor 3:50.72; 5. Corvallis B 3:56.27; 6. Frenchtown B 3:56.66.

Discus – 1. Ty Exner, Ham, 148-2; 2. Dylan Jessop, Cor, 143-8; 3. Austin Landis, Cor, 137-5; 4. Caleb Hadley, Cor, 136-6; 5. Austin Adkins, Cor, 135-2;

Shot put – 1. Cody Sellers, Ham, 46-9; 2. Landis, Cor, 42-9; 3. Tim Krenke, Vic, 42-7; 3. Exner, Ham, 42-1; 5. Craig Weyer, Vic, 40-7; 6. Carlton Breault, Ham, 40-3.

Javelin – 1. Landis, Cor, 191-9; 2. Kurt Manely, Vic, 168-8; 3. Devonn Jessop, Cor, 166-8; 5. Stuart Landis, Cor, 147-9; 6. Kennan Strong, Cor, 145-10.

High jump – 1. Mitchell, Flo, 6-1; 2. Walden, Cor, 6-0; 4. Dace Moerkerke, Ham, 5-10; 5. Carson Stevens, Ste, 5-6; 6, J. Brenneman, Ham, 5-6.

Long jump – 1. Johnston, Dar, 19-11; 2. Mitchell, Flo, 19-8 ?; 4. J. Lords, Ste, 19-5 ?; 5. Ben Robbins, Dar, 19-0; 6. Ross Mangun, Flo, 18-7 ?.

Triple jump – 1. Robbins, Dar, 40-2 ?; 2. Coorough, Vic, 40-1 ?; 3. Reed Jenkins, Flo, 39-11; 5. Mitchell, Flo, 39-1; 6. Mangun, Flo, 39-0.

Pole vault – 1. JD Undem, Ftn, 12-6; 2. Stephen Jessop, Cor, 11-6; 3. Anthony Thomas, Ham, 11-0; 4. Quincy Jessop, Cor, 10-6; 6. Morgan Williams, Dor, 9-0.

Girls

Team scores: Stevensville 115, Hamilton 102, Corvallis 96, Frenchtown 85 ?; Darby 65 ?; Florence 46, Victor 14.

100 – 1. Kelsi Almond, Ham, 13.22; 2. Nikki Barron, Cor, 13.38; 3. Kelsey Brangoccio, Ham, 13.86; 4. Rachel Wetzsteon, Dar, 13.92; 5. Hilary Weidow, Ste, 13.93; 6. Carly Prentice, Cor, 14.06.

200 – 1. Paige Squire, Cor, 25.75; 2. Wetzsteon, Dar, 28.34; 3. Brittany Chilcott, Ste, 28.59; 4. Brangoccio, Ham, 28.61; 6. Katy Brittle, Vic, 28.92.

400 – 1. Misha Trotter, Ham, 59.25; 2. Julie Abrahamsen, Dar, 65.56; 3. Hannah Smith, Cor, 65.68; 4. Jessi Brunett, Ste, 65.88; 5. Camie Westfall, Ham, 66.78; 6. Molly Brewer, Ste, 68.97.

800 – 1. Trotter, Ham, 2:24.85; 4. Sheri Leedom, Flo, 2:52.15; 6. Kaylene Munson, Vic, 2:56.98.

1,600 – 1. Heather Demorest, Dar, 5:26.35; 2. Maureen Palmersheim, Ham, 5:43.19; 3. Annie Jessop, Cor, 5:49.71; 4. Leedom, Flo, 6:12.93; 5. Ari Watt, Cor, 6:156.00; 6. Cheyenne Oliver, Dar, 6:17.22.

3,200 – 1. Demorest, Dar, 12:09.65; 2. Annie Jessop, Cor, 13:30.6; 3. Oliver, Dar, 14:27.07;

100 hurdles – 1. Squire, Cor, 14.37; 2. Lakyn Connors, Ste, 16.75; 4. Brittany Chilcott, Ste, 17.07; 5. Hilary Weidow, Ste, 17.18; 6. Monique Daffin, Cor, 17.94.

300 hurdles – 1. Connors, Ste, 47.21; 2. Weidow, Ste, 49.22; 3. Odessa Conley, Flo, 49.38; 4. Shailyn Scheffer, Vic, 50.59; 6. Carli Cotton, Flo, 55.59.

400 relay – 1. Corvallis 50.97; 2. Hamilton 51.09; 3. Frenchtown 55.55; 4. Frenchtown B 57.81; 5. Victor 58.6.

1,600 relay – 1. Stevensville 4:19.63; 2. Corvallis 4:30.28; 3. Frenchtown 4:33.20; 4. Hamilton 4:37.53; 5. Darby 4:44.06; 6. Florence 4:47.90.

Discus – 1. Megan Leathers, Flo, 112-9; 2. Whitney Cranmore, Cor, 92-9; 3. Megan Kratofil, Ham, 90-10; 5, Natalie Liechty, Ste, 78-3.

Shot put – 1. Kratofil, Ham, 35-10; 2. Leathers, Flo, 33-2; 3. Lianna Burdett, Vic, 27-6; 4. Liechty, Ste, 27-5; 5. Jackie Reed, Ste, 27-5; 6. Angie Kummer, Cor, 27-4.

Javelin – 1. Brittany Chilcott, Ste, 104-10; 2. Cranmore, Cor, 102-5; 3. Brewer, Ste, 95-4; 4. Leathers, Flo, 94-5; 5. Rosie O'Brien, Flo, 94-1; 6. Kathryn Briggs, Cor, 90-10.

High jump – 1. Brewer, Ste, 5-4; 3. Mariah Mitman, Flo, 4-10; 4. Westfall, Ham, 4-8; 5. Almond, Ham, 4-8;

Long jump – 1. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 16-7; 2. Almond, Ham, 16-6; 3. Sarah Jakober, Dar, 15-8 ?; 4. Brangoccio, Ham, 15-8 ?; 5. Wetzsteon, Dar, 15-6 ?;

Triple jump – 1. Johnson, Ste, 34-6 ?; 3. Wetzsteon, Dar, 33-2; 4. Brunett, Ste, 32-5; 5. Connors, Ste, 32-6 ?; 6. Chilcott, Ste, 30-10.

Pole vault – 1. Huset, Ftn, 9-6; 2. Aspen Evans, Cor, 8-6; 3. Westfall, Ham, 8-6; 4, Jasmin Furniss, Ftn, 7-6; 5 (tie) Richrdson, Ftn, and Alexandra Bronk, Dar, 7-0.

Florence wins again

The Florence Falcons continued to gain confidence and put wins on the board as they defeated the always tough Thompson Falls Bluehawks, 5-2, on Saturday. Courtney Byrne pitched the game and also contributed with a double and an RBI. Chayla Pederson was the catcher and also went 2-for-3 at bat. Freshman Paige Bodner was 3-for-4 and had two RBIs. Hayley Cole had an RBI and a double for Florence too.

Corvallis defeated Polson, 8-4, in non-conference action on the Blue Devil’s home field. A six-run fifth inning gave the Blue Devils the momentum after the Pirates scored four runs in the same inning. Alex Ewing had a double and pitched the win for the Devils. Korie Conder had two RBIs.

Ronan topped the Blue Devils, 5-3, in the second game of the day in Corvallis. Whitney Jessop was 2-for-3 and had a double and an RBI for the Devils. Angie Henderson and Alex Ewing also had RBIs.

Hamilton defeated Ronan, 7-2, in their first game of the day. Liz Taylor hit 2-of-3 and had two RBIs. Kaylie Strandberg had a double, as did Taylor. All three Hood sisters, Melissa, Nicole and Rebecka, had RBIs. Jessica Bourne pitched for Hamilton.

Hamilton fell to Polson, 16-1. Annie Schultz had the lone RBI for the Broncs.

Tennis Recap

Boys

Hamilton 5, Stevensville 2

Singles - Bob Huppert, H, def. Ryan Dufresne, 6-0, 6-2; James Enzler, S, def. Ethan Selig, (5-7), 6-3, 6-2; Nathan Tavares, S, def. Cody Tredik, 6-4, 6-3; Aaron Mead, H, def. Jordan Owens, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles - Jason Jessop/Parker Richards, H, def. Travis Griffin/Josh Mier, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Cody Lewis/Graham Silcher, H, def. Kyle Constantino/Alex Elam, (7-5), 6-2; Reese Ishlerwood/Craig Weese, H, def. Garin McGrann/Milan Plachy, (7-5), 6-4.

Girls

Hamilton 7, Stevensville 0

Singles - Mary Conwell, H, def. Alanna Johnson, 6-1, 6-0; Kelsey Jura, H, def. Courtney Schulz, 6-0, 6-1; Nellie Moran, H, def. Mersadiez Leese, 6-0, 6-0; Kelsey Della Silva, H, Jessica Vickery, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles - Kim Lamar/Stella Quinlan, H, def. Josie Clark/Emily Pateman, 6-0, 6-2; Varsha Rao/Tara Stromberg, H, def. Melissa Diforti/Rochelle Kutter, 6-4, 6-1; Erica Huppert/Meg MacLean, H, def. Breanna Junor/Mickayla Sorenson, 6-0, 6-2.

Legion Shorts

The Bitterroot Red Sox won both games of a double header against Helena on Saturday. Jake Lindquist pitched a complete game in game one with Austin Allen catching. The Red Sox won the first game, 12-2. Trevor Brown had a walk-off home run to end the game with the 10-run rule. Ryan Wagner also had a home run and had three RBIs. Tyler Tintzman also had three RBIs.

The Red Sox won the second game, 85. Austin Allen had a home run. Stolen bases were the name of the game for the Red Sox. The Hamilton based team had 10 stolen bases with Rodee Anderson stealing four in the game. Taylor Anderson had three stolen bases as well. Jake Capco, the only 15 year old on the team was 3-for-3 in the second game and went 5-for-6 at bat for the series.

The Bitterroot Bucs split a double header with the Butte A Miners on Sunday. The Bucs won the first game, 4-3. Austin Erler scored the winning run. Riley Philips pitched a complete game with no walks and had three unearned runs.

In the second game, the Miners won, 6-2. The Bucs had a home run from Tyler Lind who also had a triple in the first game.

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