Centralia wins five events, breaks two school records at sectionals

Centralia is sending plenty of athletes to state again this year.

The Panthers and Lady Panthers had several standout performances on Saturday at the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County that included five victories and two broken school records. Centralia will compete Friday and Saturday at the Class 3 state meet at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

Ethan Ross finished second in the boys 100 with a time of 11.23 to finish in the top to qualify for state and won the 400 with a school-record 50.04 to become the record holder in each boys dash event. Nolan Spickert won the boys 1600 and 3200 with respective times of 4:28.38 and school-record 9:37.04, breaking his own record. Claire Page won the girls pole vault with a jump of 2.89 meters, and Kassena Ridgel won the girls discus with a throw of 36.45 meters.

Other boys qualifiers include Carter Moss with a third-place time of 9:52.66 in the 3200, Josh Russell with a second-place throw of 44.25 meters in the discus, Jacob Beard with a fourth-place jump of 4.1 meters in the pole vault and the 4x800 relay team with a second-place time of 8:19.67. The relay team consisted of Dryst Bostick, Moss, Spickert and Wesley Robertson.

Other girls qualifiers include Katelynn Asbury with a fourth-place time of 1:02.27 in the 400, Kenedee Moss with a third-place time of 5:32.60 in the 1600, Cora King with second-place throws of 35.99 meters and 10.68 meters in the discus and shot put, Addison Reynolds with a third-place throw of 34.04 meters in the javelin, and the 4x800 relay team with a third-place time of 10:10.55. The relay team consisted of Asbury, Moss, Elizabeth Romine and Becca Erisman.

Welch going to state for Community R-6 in the javelin

Drake Welch is going to state for Community R-6.

The senior and Central Activities Conference boys javelin champion finished second in the javelin with a throw of 41.54 on Saturday at the Class 1 Sectional 1 meet at Grandview High School in Hillsboro. Welch is scheduled to compete at 10 a.m. Friday at the Class 1 state meet at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

Lane Carter finished seventh in the boys 100. 

Hopke, Utterback make it past sectionals for Van-Far

Garrett Hopke and Evan Utterback both made it to sectionals for Van-Far on Saturday and will both be going to state this weekend.

At the Class 2 Sectional 2 meet at South Callaway in Mokane, Hopke finished fourth in the boys 3200 with a time of 10:49.94, and Utterback was fourth in the boys javelin with a throw of 46.74 meters. 

Hopke is scheduled to run around 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Class 2 state meet at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City while Utterback is scheduled to throw at 1 p.m. Friday.

Siegel qualifies for North Callaway

North Callaway freshman Jocelyn Siegel is going to state. 

Siegel finished second in the girls triple jump with a distance of 10.55 at the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet on Saturday at Montgomery County. She qualifies for the Class 2 state meet this weekend at Jefferson City High School’s Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. The triple jump is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday.

Grace Rasmussen finished seventh in the girls 1600.

Chapman qualifies for four state events for Paris, Kendrick going for Lady Coyotes

Landen Chapman will be busy at this weekend’s state meet for Paris.

Chapman qualified for four events on Saturday at the Class 2 Sectional 2 meet at South Callaway in Mokane. He won the boys 1600 and 3200 with respective times of 4:36.47 and 10:26.09, finished second in the 800 with a time of 2:02.75 and fourth as part of the 4x800 relay team with a time of 8:43.18. Owen Buie, Hayden DeOrnellas and Logan Mitchell were also part of the relay team.

For the girls, Mia Kendrick finished third in the long jump with a distance of five meters, was third in the 200 with a time of 26.62 and finished fourth as part of the 4x400 relay team with a time of 1:50.17. Gretchen Crusha, Sophia Crusha and Ava Crain were also part of the relay team.

McBride finishes fifth in sectional 400 for MMA

Missouri Military Academy senior Alex McBride finished fifth in the boys 400 on Saturday at the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet at Montgomery County. He missed state qualification by one place.