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Cambria Heights boys have solid showing at Appalachian Invitational

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ARMAGH -- Steven Yeckley won both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles for Cambria Heights at the Appalachian Invitational to help the Highlanders finish second to Windber in the 15-team event in high school track and field Friday.

Brock Eckenrode won an 800-meter title in 2:13.19 for the Highlanders, and Tanner Trybus won the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 2.75 inches.

Portage, which finished third on the girls side behind champion Marion Center and runner-up Conemaugh Township, got championships from Isabella Bartoletti in the javelin (102 feet, 1 inch) and Alyssa Hoberney in the high jump (5 feet, 1 inch).

BOYS

TEAM SCORES/KEY

1, Windber (W) 157; 2, Cambria Heights (CH) 69; 3, United (U) 56; 4, Conemaugh Township (CT) 46; 5, Marion Center (MC) 44; 6, Northern Cambria (NC) 29; 7, Portage (P) 25; T-8, Penns Manor (PM) 24; T-8 Blacklick Valley (BV) 24; 10, Purchase Line (PL) 23; 11, Meyersdale (M) 15; 12, River Valley (RV) 10; 13, Homer-Center (HC) 9; 14, Berlin Brothersvalley (BB) 6; 15, Rockwood (R) 2.

100 dash: 1, Black, CT, 11.1; 2, Marshall, PM, 11.7; 3, Shuster, W, 11.85; 4, Heltzel, BV, 11.89; 5, Myers, NC, 11.97. 200 dash: 1, Black, CT, 22.07; 2, Dom, W, 23.93; 3, Kent, BV, 24.09; 4, Marshall, PM, 24.54; 5, Shuster, W, 24.85. 400 dash: 1, Syster, PL, 53.44; 2, Hersch, M, 53.92; 3, Grassmyer, U, 54.1; 4, Risinger, MC, 54.14; 5, Miller, NC, 54.29. 800 run: 1, Eckenrode, CH, 2:13.19; 2, Gouse, P, 2:13.93; 3, Todd, HC, 2:16.5; 4, Canavan, P, 2:16.73; 5, Barkley, W, 2:17.3. 1600 run: 1, McKelvey, W, 4:50.25; 2, Green, MC, 4:54.99; 3, Barrett, MC, 4:55.39; 4, Benko, RV, 4:57.48; 5, Eckenrode, CH, 4:57.48. 3200 run: 1, McKelvey, W, 10:36.46; 2, Barrett, MC, 10:48.29; 3, Green, MC, 10:49.85; 4, Wright, PL, 10:55.12; 5, Page, W, 10:56.57. 110 hurdles: 1, Yeckley, CH, 16.76; 2, McAnulty, U, 18.15; 3, Griffiths, NC, 18.33; 4, Payne, U, 18.85; 5, Montgomery, BB, 18.9. 300 hurdles: 1, Yeckley, CH, 44.59; 2, Stiffler, U, 45.41; 3, Klosky, W, 45.5; 4, Griffiths, NC, 45.87; 5, Martin, U, 46.13.

400 relay: 1, Windber (Shuster, Dom, Tomlinson, Charney), 45.01; 2, Conemaugh Township, 45.33; 3, Blacklick Valley, 45.65; 4, River Valley, 46.7; 5, Northern Cambria, 47.18. 1600 relay: 1, Windber (Tomlinson, Dom, Barkley, Charney), 3:44.86; 2, Portage, 3:53.12; 3, United, 3:53.39; 4, Northern Cambria, 3:54.58; 5, Marion Center, 4:04.12. 3200 relay: 1, Windber (Barkley, McKelvey, Page, Tomlinson), 8:59.97; Cambria Heights, 9:08.36; 3, United, 9:19.33; 4, Marion Center, 9:36.0; 5, Portage, 9:39.85. High jump: 1, Charney, W, 5-10; 2, DiPiaolo, BV, 5-4; 3, Derricott, CT, 5-4; 4, DiGuardi, CT, 5-2; 5, Weakland, CH, 5-2. Long jump: 1, Trybus, CH, 18-2.75; 2, Marx, W, 17-11; 3, Paronish, NC, 17-10; 4, Myers, NC, 17-9.5; 5, Kosky, W, 17-5. Triple jump: 1, Charney, W, 40-7.25; 2, Trybus, CH, 40-2.25; 3, Black, CT, 39-7.25; 4, Klosky, W, 37-2; 5, Montgomery, BB, 37-0.5. Shot put: 1, Flori W, 49-10.5; 2, Klosky, W, 45-7.25; 3, Batten, PL, 42-5.25; 4, Polenik, PM, 42-5.25; 5, Roessler, RV, 39-2. Discus: 1, Klosky, W, 127-4; 2, Polenik, PM, 126-10; 3, Bifano, W, 117-2; 4, Bence, HC, 116-1; 5, Batten, PL, 109-7. Javelin: 1, Bifano, W, 145-2; 2, Hite, CH, 141-4; 3, Hetz, M, 141-2; 4, Tubbs, P, 138-4; 5, Elick, PL, 138-2. Pole vault: 1, Blankenbricker, U, 13-1; 2, Risinger, MC, 10-0; 3, Payne, U, 10-0; 4, Debias, W, 9-6; 5, Rock, R, 9-0.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES/KEY

1, Marion Center (MC) 75; 2, Conemaugh Township (CT) 73; 3, Portage (P) 67; 4, Windber (W) 48; 5, River Valley (RV) 42; 6, Purchase Line (PL) 39; 7, Berlin Brothersvalley (BB) 35; 8, Blacklick Valley (BV) 29; 9, Homer-Center (HC) 28; 10, Penns Manor (PM) 22; 11, United (U) 17; 12, Rockwood (R) 16; 13, Northern Cambria (NC) 15; 14, Meyersdale (M) 14; 15, Cambria Heights (CH) 10; 16, Shade (S) 9.

100 dash: 1, Hostetter, CT, 13.01; 2, Gunby, BV, 13.13; 3, Burkett, P, 13.23; 4, Slezak, CT, 13.71; 5, Rigo, M, 13.86. 200 dash: 1, Hostetter, CT, 27.01; 2, Burkett, P, 27.28; 3, Gunby, BV, 27.51; 4, Miller, MC, 27.84; 5, Sechler, BB, 28.31. 400 dash: 1, McConnell, RV, 1:02.28; 2, Bozovich, S, 1:02.96; 3, Sechler, BB, 1:03.48; 4, Ryen, MC, 1:04.33; 5, Toki, W, 1:04.99. 800 run: 1, Ryen, MC, 2:26.32; 2, Ward, PL, 2:31.63; 3, Chobany, P, 2:38.21; 4, Miller, NC, 2:39.39; 5, Hostetter, CT, 2:45.38. 1600 run: 1, Miller, NC, 5:34.51; 2, Ryer, MC, 5:52.9; 3, Chobany, P, 5:55.81; 4, Orner, PM, 5:59.71; 5, Kepple, RV, 6:08.23. 3200 run: 1, Ryer, MC, 12:47.75; 2, Frederick, CT, 12:51.61; 3, Orner, PM, 12:56.92; 4, Haggerty, MC, 13:12.64; 5, Kepple, RV, 13:22.52. 100 hurdles: 1, Slebodnick, BV, 16.62; 2, Tokarsky, W, 17.87; 3, Wheatley, R, 17.89; 4, Fox, MC, 17.96; 5, Ickes, BB, 18.05. 300 hurdles: 1, Wheatley, R, 52.07; 2, Marshall, U, 52.12; 3, Tokarsky, W, 52.22; 4, Fox, MC, 53.47; 5, Gatskie, MC, 53.65.

400 relay: 1, Conemaugh Township (Zwick, Slezak, Speigle, Hostetter), 52.78; 2, Portage, 55.69; 3, Cambria Heights, 56.69; 4, United, 57.04; 5, Northern Cambria, 57.15. 1600 relay: 1, Marion Center (Ryen, Gatskie, Shadle, Miller), 4:30.38; 2, Conemaugh Township, 4:31.07; 3, Windber, 4:32.42; 4, River Valley, 4:33.81; 5, Purchase Line, 4:36.78. 3200 relay: 1, Marion Center (Miller, Ryer, Gatskie, Ryen), 10:20.3; 2, Purchase Line, 10:56.58; 3, Conemaugh Township, 11:08.52; 4, Penns Manor, 11:11.15; 5, River Valley, 11:22.79. High jump: 1, Hoberney, P, 5-1; 2, McConnell, RV, 5-1; 3, Burbaker, W, 4-10; 4, Burkey, CH, 4-8; 5, Gunby, BV, 4-8. Long jump: 1, Brubaker, W, 15-10.25; 2, Hoberney, P, 14-7.5; 3, Page, HC, 14-1; 4, Grecek, BV, 13-10.5; 5, Johnson, PM, 13-7.75. Triple jump: 1, Brubaker, W, 34-4.75; 2, Sechler, BB, 31-1.25; 3, Johnson, PM, 30-9.5; 4, Bartoletti, P, 30-8.5; 5, Page, HC, 30-7.5. Shot put: 1, Sharp, HC, 41-0.5; 2, Jackson, RV, 35-10; 3, Leasure, MC, 32-3; 4, Emerick, M, 32-1; 5, Falisec, PL, 30-1.25. Discus: 1, Sharp, HC, 131-7; 2, Emerick, M, 93-6; 3, Jackson, RV, 92-6; 4, Goncher, PL, 91-1; 5, Palisec, PL, 82-2. Javelin: 1, Bartoletti, P, 102-1; 2, Smith, PL, 94-7; 3, Goncher, PL, 92-9; 4, Cullen, CT, 92-8; 5, Beer, MC, 92-2. Pole vault: 1, Fairman, BB, 8-6; 2, Ciarimboli, CT, 8-0; 3, Miller, BB, 8-0; 4, Donelson, U, 8-0; 5, Bowman, PM, 7-6.

Irons succeeds

LOCK HAVEN -- Tyrone Area High School junior Reagan Irons collected three top 3 finishes in the 23-team Bald Eagle Invitational, hosted by Lock Haven University.

Irons won the triple jump with a leap of 10.55 meters (34.6 feet), was second in the long jump with a 4.90 meters (16.1 feet) and was third in the high jump at 1.49 meters (4.9 feet).

The Lady Eagles, who finished fifth in the team standings, boasted three other second-place finishes -- Rebecca Lewis in the 400-meter dash, Natalie Saltsgiver in the high jump and the team's 4×100 relay squad.

The Tyrone boys tied for 17th place with Adam Detwiler placing fourth in the 800 run.

TYRONE RESULTS

BOYS

100 dash: 19, Miller, 11.98; 21, Corwell, 11.99. 200 dash: 24, Miller, 24.89; 35, Hoover, 25.32. 400 dash: 17, Romani, 55.87; 36, Veres, 58.79; 38, Chirdon, 59.96. 800 run: 4, Detwiler, 2:05.03. 1600 run: 31, McCloskey, 5:19.28; 46, Quigley, 5:48.45. 3200 run: 22, Sutt, 11:45.73; 26, McCloskey, 11:57.27. 110 hurdles: 9, Jackson, 17.31; 37, Wallace, 20.64. 300 hurdles: 19, Jackson, 46.52; 32, Wallace, 49.00.

400 relay: 7, Tyrone, 45.48. 1600 relay: 6, Tyrone, 3:39.03. 3200 relay: 9, Tyrone, 8:56.74. High jump: 12, Ronan, 5-5; 18, Johnson, 5-3; 18, Weaver, 5-3. Long jump: 12, Johnson, 5.80m; 24, Ronan, 5.66m; 41, Weaver, 5.04m. Triple jump: 33, Weaver, 10.91m; 38, Jackson, 10.65m; 39, Johnson, 10.63m. Shot put: 24, Woomer, 11.35m; 29, Gwinn, 11.26m; 46, Brower, 9.74m. Discus: 17, Woomer, 29.13m. Javelin: 8, Gwinn, 45.40m; 26, Patterson, 34.60m. Pole vault: 19, Jackson, 10-0.

GIRLS

100 dash: 30, Toth, 14.28. 400 dash: 1, Lewis, 1:01.55; 8, Vance, 1:04.30. 800 run: 20, Vance, 2:45.08; 29, Ramsey, 2:50.83. 1600 run: 29, Ramsey, 6:17.83; 50, Bartel, 7:06.31. 100 hurdles: 12, Toth, 18.28; 19, Moore, 18.78. 300 hurdles: 29, Moore, 58.17.

400 relay: 2, Tyrone, 51.79. High jump: 2, Saltsgiver, 1.49m; 3, Irons, 1.49m. Long jump: 2, Irons, 4.90m; 28, Houck, 4.08m. Triple jump: 1, Irons, 10.55m; 19; Saltsgiver, 9.29m. Shot put: 34, Walls, 7.13m; 47, Reese, 6.08m. Discus: 19, Walls, 21.14m; 23, Reese, 18.72m. Javelin: 23, Houck, 23.84m; 28, Reese, 21.48.

Manfred in top 8

Edith Manfred of Grier School competed at the WVU Mountaineer Showcase Invitational where she placed eighth in the 3200 run.

Manfred, a junior, finished in 11:41.04. The race was won by Irene Riggs of Morgantown High School in 9:54, the 11th-fastest time ever in that event in the country.

Pirates falter

WARFORDSBURG -- Everett topped Williamsburg, 116-27, in boys track and field while Southern Fulton edged the Blue Pirates, 64-54, on Thursday.

On the girls side, Everett cruised, 118-10, over Williamsburg, and Southern Fulton won, 58-16.

BOYS

100 dash: 1 Gunby, E, 11.7; 2 Brown, E, 11.9; 3 Brambley, E, 12.0. 200 dash: 1 Gunby, E, 24.2; 2 Brown, E, 25.3; 3 Snow, E, 25.8. 400 dash: 1 Deffibaugh, E, 1:03.3; 2 Brambley, E, 1:09.5. 800 run: 1 Cessna, E, 2:32.45; 2 Golden, SF, 2:11.4; 3 Mills, E, 2:11.6. 1600 run: 1 Cessna, E, 4:54.1; 2 Golden, SF, 4:55.8; 3 O, W, 6:02. 3200 run: 1 O, W, 13:40.6; 2 Watkins, W, 13:44.2; 3 Hoover, W, 16:16.4. 110 hurdles: 1 Winck, E, 17.7; 2 Mills, E, 19.3; 3 Clark, E, 21.0. 300 hurdles: 1 Winck, E, 45.0; 2 Clark, E, 50.7; 3 Wilt, SF, 54.0.

400 relay: 1 Everett, 49.2. 1600 relay: 1 Everett, 3:48.7. 3200 relay: 1 Williamsburg, 11:29. High jump: 1 Schaffer, E, 4-10. Long jump: 1 Schaffer, E, 17-7; 2 Snow, E, 16-10 ; 3 Burrows, SF, 16-3. Triple jump: 1 Schaffer, E, 37-4; 2 Cessna, E, 36-5. Shot put: 1 Murphy, E, 36-4.5; 2 Brubaker, W, 35-7; 3 Yocum, E, 34-8. Discus: 1 Brubaker, W, 99-0.5; 2 Yokum, E, 97-11; 3 Murphy, E, 82-3.5. Javelin: 1 Yokum, E, 125-1.5; 2 Murphy, E, 109; 3 Dodson, E, 100-1.5. Pole vault: 1 Wilt, SF, 8; 2 Schaffer, E, 7-6; 3 Pittman, SF, 6-6.

GIRLS

100 dash: 1 Shaffer, E, 13.6; 2 Ashkettle, E, 14.0; 3 James, W, 16.5. 200 dash: 1 Ashkettle, SF, 29.6; 2 Martin, E, 32.7. 400 dash: 1 Ashkettle, SF, 1:09; 2 Mearkle, E, 1:15.9; 3 Aknan, E 1:16.9. 800 run: 1 Twigg, E, 2:51.5; 2 Martin, E, 3:13.9; 3 Hess, E, 3:15.9. 1600 run: 1 Twigg, E, 6:12.8; 2 O. Buchhelt, SF, 7:01.6; 3 K. Buchhelt, SF, 7:24.9. 3200 run: 1 O. Buchhelt, SF, 16:25.1; 2 K. Buchhelt, SF, 17:20.3; 3 Nilsson, E, 18:24.7. 100 hurdles: 1 Mills, E, 19.9; 2 Walters, E, 20.5. 300 hurdles: 1 Mills, E, 59.3; 2 Walters, E,1:05.

400 relay: 1 Everett, 55.1. 1600 relay: 1 Everett, 5:08.6. 3200 relay: 1 Everett, 13:36.3. High jump: 1 A. Yokum, E, 4-8; 2 S. Yokum, E, 4-6. Long jump: 1 Schaffer, E, 14-1; 2 Walters, E, 13-4; 3 Mills, E, 11-8. Triple jump: 1 Yokum, E, 33-5; 2 Shaffer, E, 28-10; 3 Walters, E, 26-1. Shot put: 1 Sexton, SF, 31-8; 2 Vuckovich, E, 24-5; 3 Reighard, W, 23-3. Discus: 1 Mills, E, 70-3.5; 2 M. Sexton, SF, 69-9.5; 3 A. Sexton, SF, 63-10. Javelin: 1 Vuckovic, E 66-1; 2 M. Sexton, SF, 63-8.5; 3 Mills, E, 60-4.

Records: Williamsburg boys (1-8), girls (0-9)

CC sweeps meet

EBENSBURG -- The Central Cambria boys defeated Bishop McCort, 141-8, and Westmont Hilltop, 124-26, Thursday.

The Red Devils got two wins each from Aiden Lechleitner (800, 1600), Jonathan Wess (110 hurdles, long jump), Will Westrick (shot put, discus) and Cody Roberts (triple jump, pole vault).

The Lady Devils topped Westmont, 97-53, and Bishop McCort, 144.5-5.5 with the help of wins from Annaliese Niebauer in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs on Thursday.

BOYS

100 dash: 1, Wyrwas CC. 11.4; 2, Droz BM 11.5; 3, Adams CC 11.5; 200 dash: 1, O'Brien CC 23.8; 2, Contorchick CC 24.4; 3, Duncan BM 25.2; 400 dash: 1, Contorchick CC 54.0; 2, Duncan BM 54.8; 3, Hunt WH 58.7; 800 run: 1, Lechleitner CC 2:07; 2, Morgan CC 2:08; 3, Wilson CC 2:18; 1600 run: 1, Lechleitner CC 4:48; 2, George CC 4:50; 3, Kuntz CC 4:55; 3200 run: 1, George CC 10:40 2) Kuntz CC 10:50; 3, Smith WH 11:54; 110 hurdles: 1, Wess CC 15.3; 2, Grata CC 15.8; 3, McGlynn CC 17.6; 300 hurdles: 1, Grata CC 43.6; 2, McGlynn 46.3; 3, Wentz 47.9

400 relay: 1, Central Cambria (Wyrwas, Dill, Koss, O'Brien), 44.8; 1600 relay: 1, Central Cambria (Lechleitner, Roberts, O'Brien Contorchick), 3:45; 3200 relay: 1, Central Cambria (Roberts, Kuntz, Wilson, Lechleitner), 9:10; High jump: 1, Droz WH 5-4; 2, Sheridan WH 5-2; 3, Poad WH 5-0; Long jump: 1, Wess CC 19-9; 2, Koss CC 19-8; 3, Sheridan WH 19-1; Triple jump: 1, Roberts CC 39-9; 2, Sheridan WH 39-3; 3, Wess CC 38-4; Shot put: 1, Westrick CC 41-0; 2, Bellomo CC 40-4; 3, Kubat CC 39-10; Discus: 1, Westrick CC 135-5; 2, Nikolishen CC 109-0; 3, Long CC 108-9; Javelin: 1, Wentz CC 119; 2, McGlynn CC 117; 3, McCoy WH 107; Pole vault: 1, Roberts CC 11; 2, Sbeitan WH 10-6; 3, Krumenacker CC 8-6.

GIRLS

100 dash: 1, Faight, WH, 13.5; 2, Knarr, CC, 13.6; 3, Kramer, WH, 14.0. 200 dash: 1, Faight, WH, 28.7; 2, Knarr, CC, 28.8; 3, Ab. Sheehan, CC, 29.3. 400 dash: 1, Ab. Sheehan, CC, 1:04; 2, Walwro, CC, 1:06; 3, Nibert, WH, 1:06.4. 800 run: 1, George, CC, 2:27; 2, Al. Sheehan, CC, 2:29; 3, Wilson, CC, 2:36. 1600 run: 1, Niebauer, CC, 5:29; 2, Wilson, CC, 5:34; 3, Admire, WH, 5:56. 3200 run: 1, Niebauer, CC, 11:56; 2, Dill, WH, 12:11; 3, Brandis, CC, 12:28. 100 hurdles: 1, Kane, WH, 17.9; 2, Brunatti, CC, 18.8; 3, Lambie, CC, 19.0. 300 hurdles: 1, Taylor, CC, 54.6; 2, Lambie, CC, 56.4; 3, Kane, WH, 56.9.

400 relay: 1, Westmont Hilltop (Faight, Fleegle, Nibert, Kneda), 54.8. 1600 relay: 1, Central Cambria (Walwro, Barra, George, Ab. Sheehan), 4:30. 3200 relay: 1, Central Cambria (Niebauer, Walwro, Brandis, Ab. Sheehan), 10:25. High jump: 1, Kim, CC, 4-8; 2, Taylor, CC, 4-8; 3, Zagorski, WH, 4-8. Long jump: 1, Kane, WH, 15-5.5; 2, Ashurst, CC, 13-9.5; 3, Zagorski, WH, 13-8.25. Triple jump: 1, Kane, WH, 31-3; 2, Ashurt, CC, 30-11.25; 3, Russell, CC, 30-10.5. Shot put: 1, McKendree, CC, 32-2; 2, Primus, CC, 30-1; 3, Pablic, CC, 28-8. Discus: 1, Cree, CC, 91-8; 2, Pablic, CC, 75-10; 3, Leiato, WH, 75-6. Javelin: 1, Burggraf, CC 81-11; 2, Kush, WH, 74-1; 3, Droz, WH, 72-11. Pole vault: 1, O'Neil, WH, 7-0; 2, Kaposko, WH, 6-6; 3, Zagorski, WH, 6-6.

Records: Central Cambria girls (6-1); Westmont Hilltop girls (5-3).

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