Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Sports at a Glance

All stories by Jean Schurman

Good weather and great performances at Frenchtown Hamilton at ARM Corvallis rallies to defeat the Lady Broncs Frenchtown Invitational Red Sox sweep Bucs

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The sun was shining in Frenchtown and five of the valley’s track teams took advantage of the good weather at the CTA Invitational track meet. With 12 teams competing, the meet featured a nice mixture of Class A, B and C schools. The Frenchtown Broncs won their own meet on the boys’ team scoring, with Corvallis coming in second. Polson won the girls team scoring, with Florence taking second.

Corvallis’ Dalton Sybrant again dominated the discus and shot put events. Sybrant set a meet record in the discus with an effort of 169-4. The old record of 168-4 was held by Hone of Bigfork and was set in 1990. Teammate Chris Jessop took second with a throw of 153-5. Sybrant threw the shot put 53-11 ? to take first in that event.

Slater Powell of Corvallis took both the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles. He also ran a leg on both the 400 relay and the 1,600 relay. Both those teams won as well. The same relay team ran both races and was comprised of Myles Jessop, Powell, Tyler Bonngard and Mahlone Jessop. Myles Jessop also won the 400.

Corvallis’ Whitney Henderson picked up two wins as well. She clocked a 13.07 to win the 100 and then won the 200. She was also on the 400 relay team which placed third behind Florence and Polson.

Darby was without their senior members but that didn’t stop the distance runners from scoring points. Seth Garbett won the 3,200 with a time of 10:20.35. Garbett was fourth in the 1,600. Matt Stout was fifth in the 1,600 and fourth in the 3,200. Sean Abrahamsen finished sixth in the 3,200. Keri Ledford was fifth in both the 1,600 and the 3,200 for the Darby girls.

The Florence girls’ team had a heyday behind the performance of Katie Niemeier. Niemeir won both the 300 and the 100 hurdles event. The Florence junior clocked 45.25 in the 300, which broke the meet record of 46.7 set by Kasey Harwood of Polson in 2003. Niemeir’s time is currently the fastest time reported in the state in the 300. Niemeir also broke the 100 hurdles record of 15.10. The old record was set by Alicia Torrey of Florence in 2001 and tied by Harwood in 2003. She is also leading the state in the 100 hurdles.

But Niemeir didn’t limit herself to the hurdles. She ran a leg on the 400 relay team which won with a time of 51.58 and was on the second place 1,600 relay team as well. The 400 relay team was made up of Niemeir, Brandy Crews, Odessa Conley and Cortney Reynolds.

Boys

Team scores: Frenchtown 112.33, Corvallis 108, Thompson Falls 68, Polson 67, Bigfork 49, Charlo 34.33, Seeley-Swan 34, Darby 28.33, Florence 14, Stevensville 7, Victor 3, Lincoln 2.

100 – Whitaker, Bfk, 11.32; 2. Dilworth, Ftn; 3. Mahlone Jessop, Cor, 11.57; 4. Evans, SS, 11.67; 5. Doyle, Pol, 11.76; 6. Myles Jessop, Cor, 11.78.

200 – 1. Whitaker, Bfk, 23.07; 2. Dilworth, Ftn, 23.24; 3. Mahlone Jessop, Cor, 23.36; 4. Wilde, Ftn, 23.49; 5. Evans, SS, 23.59; 6. Tyler Bonngard, Cor, 23.60.

400 – 1. Myles Jessop, Cor, 51.56.

1,600 – Torgison, Pol, 4:38.49; 2. Morris, TF, 4:45.01; 3. Donaldson, TF, 4:46.03; 4. Seth Garbett, Dar, 4:46.35; 5. Matt Stout, Dar, 4:46.54.

3,200 – Seth Garbett, Dar, 10.20.34;. 2. Torgison, Pol, 10:27.42; 3. Donaldson, TF, 10:27.83; 4. Matt Stout, Dar, 10;28.39; 5. Chris Jessop, Cor, 10:29.75; 6. Sean Abrahamsen, Dar, 10:49.53.

110 hurdles – 1. Slater Powell, Cor, 14.97; 2. Doyle, Pol, 15.84; 3. Nitchske, Char, 16.23; 4. Schenevar, TF, 16.45; 5. Kelley, Pol, 16.47; . Justin Morgan, Cor, 17.31.

300 hurdles – 1. Slater Powell, Cor, 4159; 2. Nitchske, Cha, 43.11; 3. Tyler Bonngard, Cor, 43.48; 4. Ethan Burt, Cor, 43.53; 5. Alfiero, Pol, 44.74; 6. Cody Burdette, Vic, 45.15.

400 Relay – 1. Corvallis (Myles Jessop, Slater Powell, Tyler Bonngard, Mahlone Jessop), 44.67; 2. Frenchtown, 45.13; 3. Seeley-Swan 45.43; 4. Bigfork 45.63; 5. Polson 46.10; 6. Charlo 46.35.

1,600 relay – 1. Corvallis (Myles Jessop, Slater Powell, Tyler Bonngard, Mahlone Jessop) 3:31.28; 2. Frenchtown 3:37.53; 3. Charlo 3:37.74; 4. Polson 3:41.17; 4. Thompson Falls 3:45.25; 6. Darby 3:49.73

Discus – 1. Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 169-4 (meet record, old mark 168-4, Hone, Bigfork, 1990); 2. Chris Jessop, Cor, 153-3; 3. Tudahl, Bfk; 147-6.

Shot put – 1. Dalton Sybrant, Cor, 53-11 ?; 2. Shaw, TF, 50-9;

Javelin – 1. Jason Flemmer, TF, 170-10; 2. Ockler, Ftn, 163-4; 3. Parcell, SS, 161-3; 4. Velasquez, Ftn, 158-8; 5. Nick Stoker, Cor, 157-5; 6. Devonn Jessop, Cor, 156-6.

High jump – 1. Block, Ftn, 6-4 2. (tie) Jeremiah Ishman, Ste, and Pewe, Bfk, 6-0; 4. (tie) Aaron Larson, Dar, Leisham, Ftn, Pope, Char, 506.

Long jump – 1. Wilde, Ftn, 20-1/2; 2. Danny Lombardo, Flo, 19-8 ?.

Triple jump – 1. Block, Ftn, 40-2 ?; 2. Parcell, SS, 40-1; 3. Danny Lombardo, Flo, 38-11 ?; 4. Undem, Ftn, 38-0; 5. Eric Taylor, Vic, 37-11.

Girls

Team Scores: Polson 107; Florence 74; Frenchtown 69; Corvallis 58; Charlo 47 ?; Bigfork 46 ?; Seeley Swan 36; Stevensville 33, Thompson Falls 27; Darby 20, Lincoln 7, Victor 2.

100 – Whitney Henderson, Cor, 13.07; 2. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 13.23; 3. Knoll, Bfk; 13.29; 4. Brandy Crews, Flo, 13.71.

200 – 1. Whitney Henderson, Cor, 26.27; 2. Kelley, Pol, 29.93; 3. Knoll, Bfk, 29.94; 4. Brandy Crews, Flo, 27.21; 5. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 28.08.

400 – 1. Dabey, Pol, 60.78;2. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 62.98; 3. Fields, Lin, 64.76; 4. Twedt, SS, 76.64; 5. Berlyn Gisler, Ste, 76.77; 6. Lindsey Thorstad, Ste, 68.45.

800 – Odessa Conley, Flo, 2:28.07.

1,600 – 1. Caitlin Stone, SS, 5:26.93; 2. Burke, Ftn, 5:41.05; 3. Courtney White, Cor, 5:44.95; 4. Cheyenne Oliver, Dar, 6:00.53; 5. Keri Ledford, Dar, 6:01.83.

3,200 – 1. Stone, SS, 11:09.30 (meet record, old record 11:16.28 by Kara DeWalt of Darby, 2006). 2. Carlson, Bfk, 12:10.01; 3. Gunderson, TF, 12:28.47; 4. Courtney White, Cor, 12:46.29; 5. Keri Ledford, Dar, 12:55.26; 6. Rula Weidow, Cor, 13:22.25.

100 hurdles – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 15.10 (meet record, old record 15.10 by Alicia Torrey, Florence, 2001, and Kasey Harwood, Polson, 2004), 2. Paige Squire, Cor, 15.77.

300 hurdles – 1. Katie Niemeir, Flo, 45.25 (meet record, old record 46.7 set by Harwood in 2003); 2. Kelley, Pol, 47.06; 3. Paige Squire, Cor, 49.63.

400 relay – 1. Florence (Katie Niemeir, Brandy Crews, Odessa Conley, Cortney Reynolds) 51.58; 2. Polson 52.29; 3. Corvallis 52.30; 4. Bigfork 52.85; Frenchtown 55.64; 6. Seeley-Swan 57.09.

1,600 relay – 1. Polson, 4:12.77; 2. Florence 4:18.41; 3. Corvallis 4:20.19; 4. Thompson Falls 4:31.47; 5. Seeley-Swan 4:31.63; 6. Frenchtown 4:32.97.

Discus – 1. Brown, Ftn, 114-10; 2. Havlovick, Pol, 108-6; 3. Coburn, Cha, 101-10; 4. Morigieau, Cha, 95-3; 5. Bagnell, Ftn, 94-0; Mariah Cress, Dar, 92-5.

Shot Put – 1. Murphy, Cha 36-9; 2. Bagnell, Ftn, 35-10; 3. Lafferty, Pol, 33-9; 4. Havlovick, Pol, 33-0; 5. Kelley, Cha 31-10; 6. Mariah Cress, Dar, 31-9.

Javelin – 1. Mariah Cress, Dar, 121-7 (meet record, old record 120-8 by Buyske, Shelby, 2003).

Long jump – 1. Redcrow, Pol, 16-1; 2. Heare, Ftn, 15-5; 3. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 14-10; 4. Johnson, Pol, 14-10 5; Sara Schertenleib, Flo, 14-8.

Triple jump – 1. Alyson Heare, Ftn, 33-3; 2. Brekka Johnson, Ste, 32-8; 3. Jessi Brunett, Ste, 32-0; 4. Mariah Mittman, Flo, 30-10; 5. Britany Mitcham, Vci, 30-9.

Pole vault – 1. Davey, Pol, 9-0; 2. Kelley, Char, 8-6, 3. Padden, TF, 8-0; 4. Peters, TF, 7-6; 5. Huset, Ftn, 7-0; 6. Whitney Cranmore, Cor, 7-0.

Hamilton competed at the ARM Meet in Whitefish. The Hamilton boys finished second behind the wins of Ryan Turley in the 200 and Wyatt Lawrence in the 800. Turley, Kyle Crowley, Allen McCarty, and Tyler Holley took first in the 1,600 as well.

Turley took third in the 100. Holley was sixth in the 200. McCarty was third in the 400 and sixth in the high jump. Ben Jessop finished second in the 800 and third in the 1,600. Ian Curtiss was fifth in the 3,200. The Hamilton relay team took second in the 400. Alex Martin took second in the pole vault.

Michelle Jones was a double winner for the Broncs with a win in the 200 and the 300 hurdles. Franki Romano finished third in the 3,200. Megan Baker was second in the pole vault and fifth in the 300 hurdles. Averyl LaSalle finished third in the discus. Alicia Toews finished third in the 100, fourth in the long jump.

The Corvallis Blue Devils rallied from three runs down in the third inning to a tied game at the end of six innings. A game-winning home run by Markie Gurley in the top of the seventh put the Blue Devils on top of the Hamilton Broncs, 5-4, on Thursday.

“I wasn’t really nervous,” said Markie Gurley of her home run in the 7th. “Last year I was getting around on it at the end of the year. This year I started focusing more and not being so stressed, just connecting with the ball.”

Connect with the ball she did, and powered her Blue Devils to a seventh straight victory. Gurley was 3-for-4 at bat and had three RBIs.

Hamilton came out and scored twice in the first two innings to take the lead. But then Kasie Conder stepped up to the bag and dropped the perfect bunt to load the bases in the top of the fifth. Gurley followed with a line drive just over the third baseman’s head and scored three runners and tied the game.

“We absolutely stole one today, against a quality club like Hamilton. That is not going to happen very often,” said Corvallis coach Rich Borden. “We’ve had a couple of games where we’ve had to scratch and claw a little bit. It’s kind of been our term the last couple of weeks, coming from behind.”

Borden said he thinks his team comes out a bit tight and has to relax before they can settle down and play. But he also is optimistic the team is feeling more comfortable on the field and able to back up Conder’s quality pitching.

“Both teams committed a lot of mistakes, which is very uncharacteristic of both teams,” said Hamilton coach Jesse Wilson. “They took better advantage of the mistakes than we did. You can’t play six innings and not a seventh.”

Hamilton was led by Melisa Hood’s triple and RBI. Amanda Hood and Kristen Ferguson each had a double.

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Hamilton 220 000 0

Kasie Conder and Danielle Murray. Nicki Koning and Sarah Callaghan. W. Conder (7-0). L-Koning (5-4)

Corvallis – BriAnna Anderson 1-2; Kylynn Pelkey 1-4; Kasie Conder 1-3; Markie Gurley 3-4; Megan Auch 0-4; Murray 1-3, Korie Conder 0-2; Syd Ewing 0-1; Amber Bradshaw 0-3.

Hamilton – Callaghan 0-4; Samantha Wood 1-3; Amanda Hood 1-3, Koning 0-3; Annie Schultz 1-3; Kristen Ferguson 1-3; Melisa Hood 1-3, Brittany Kemig 0-1; Presley Chadwick 0-1; Kaylie Strandberg 0-3.

2B – Murray, A. Hood; Ferguson. 3B – M. Hood. HR – Gurley. RBIs – Gurley 3, Auch.

Softball teams from across Western Montana sized each other up at the annual Frenchtown Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Although both A and B/C teams competed, the only conference game was the Florence/Troy game which Florence won, 15-5. Kayla Daniels was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Florence lost to Whitefish, 16-6 and Ronan, 23-8. They defeated Stevensville, 14-5. Maddie Jones was 2-for-3 for the Yellowjackets in that game and had an RBI. Shelby Meuchel had two doubles for the Falcons and was 2-for-4. Chelsea Ralls was 2-for-2 at bat. Ralls is also the Florence pitcher and was credited with the win.

Stevensville defeated Browning, 17-2. Izzy Miller was on the mound for the ‘Jackets. She was 3-for-4 at bat and had two doubles and two RBIs. Jones had three RBIs and a triple.

The ‘Jackets lost to Thompson Falls, 10-0 in their other game.

Corvallis won three games but picked up their first loss of the season to Polson in their opening game of the tournament. The third inning gave the Blue Devils problems when Polson’s Sarah Newton and Rochelle Woods each had a double and the Pirates scored three runs. A homer in the fourth was the final straw. Kasie Conder had a home run for the Blue Devils and two RBIs but the Blue Devils couldn’t catch their magic for the final innings.

“We just have to keep playing as best we can and clean up the errors,” said Borden. “Kasie is a great pitcher and we need to be able to back her up.”

Corvallis then defeated Libby, 12-0, and Thompson Falls.

Hamilton lost to Thompson Falls, Libby, Loyola and Polson.

The Bitterroot Red Sox defeated the Bitterroot Bucs, 10-4 and 8-5 in a doubleheader on Saturday. Ryan Weigle pitched the first game and struck out 11 Bucs.

It was Rodee Anderson pitching for the Red Sox in the second game.