Centralia takes first-place sectional teams to state

Centralia stayed at the top in sectionals.

The Panthers finished first out of 22 schools with 110 points while the Lady Panthers tied for first with John Burroughs with 75 points in a 19-school field at the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet on Saturday in Centralia. Those who finished in the top four in their respective events compete at the Class 3 state meet Friday and Saturday at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

Ethan Ross won the boys 400 while breaking his own school record with a time of 48.83, won the javelin with a throw of 50.54 meters, finished third in the 200 with a season-best time of 22.39, and finished second in the 4x400 relay with Cody Prater, Wesley Robertson and Peyson Bryson. The 4x400 relay team broke its own school record with a time of 3:27.96.

Nolan Spickert won the 1600 and 3200 with respective times of 4:23.82 and 9:59.13. Robertson finished second in the 3200 with a time of 10:03.75 and third in the 1600 with a time of 4:27.30.

Tilmon Sontheimer finished fourth in the shot put and discus with respective throws of 14.70 meters and 42.82 meters. 

Bryson took second in the high jump with a height of 1.89 meters and was fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 12.64 meters. He was second in the 4x800 relay with Robertson, Spickert and Lane Chancellor at a time of 8:06.35.

Katelynn Asbury was on the winning girls 4x800 relay team along with Ealynne Bostick, Kenedee Moss and Becca Erisman at a time of 9:59.66. Asbury also qualified in the 800 by finishing with a third-place time of 2:26.33. 

Erisman qualified in the 200 with a third-place time of 26.37, which is a personal-best; the 300 hurdles with a third-place time of 46.82; and the long jump with a fourth-place distance of 4.92 meters. Moss was third in the 1600 with a time of 5:35.78.

Claire Page won the pole vault by clearing a personal-best height of 3.50 meters. 

Cora King finished second in the shot put and third in the discus with respective throws of 10.98 meters and 36.52 meters. Kassena Ridgel was the runner-up in the discus with a throw of 37.65 meters. 

Siegel jumps to second straight state meet for North Callaway

Jocelyn Siegel had a solid state debut as a freshman and will return as a sophomore.

Siegel was one of two North Callaway athletes competing at the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet on Saturday in Centralia. She qualified for the Class 3 state meet this weekend at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City by finishing second in the girls triple jump. 

She reached a distance of 10.79 meters to earn a spot in the state competition at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Siegel missed medaling by one spot at last year’s state meet. 

Alex Craighead finished sixth in the girls high jump with a height of 1.40 meters to miss advancing by two spots. 

Song season ends for Missouri Military Academy at sectionals

Christopher Song earned the right to run at sectionals.

The Missouri Military Academy senior competed in the boys 800 and 1600 on Saturday in  the Class 3 Sectional 2 meet in Centralia. Song finished seventh and sixth, respectively, with times of 2:04.18 and 4:42.30 to miss the top four that advanced to state. 

Hopke returns to state for Van-Far

Garrett Hopke will be going the distance again this season.

The Van-Far junior qualified for his second straight state meet in the boys 3200 by finishing fourth at the Class 2 Sectional 2 meet on Saturday at South Callaway High School in Mokane. 

Hopke needed to be within the top four to advance and did just that with a time of 10:53.92. He will run around 5:05 p.m. Friday in the Class 2 state meet at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

Evan Utterback finished seventh in the boys javelin with a throw of 46.65 meters. He also was at sectionals for the third straight year. 

Kendrick, Chapman repeat as champions for Paris

For the second straight week, Mia Kendrick and Landen Chapman won multiple events for Paris.

Coming off their district championships, Kendrick won the girls 100 and 200 while Chapman was first in the boys 800, 1600 and 4x800 relay in Saturday’s Class 2 Sectional 2 meet at South Callaway High School in Mokane. They will be going to state along with others Friday and Saturday at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.

Kendrick had a 100 time of 12.43 and 200 time of 26.16. She also qualified in the long jump with a second-place distance of 5.26 meters.

Chapman ran for a personal-best 800 time of 1:55.75 and a season-best 1600 time of 4:21.40. He won the 4x800 relay with Owen Buie, Case Morgan and Hayden DeOrnellas with a time of 8:15.24, and Chapman also advanced in the 3200 with a third-place time of 10:47.72. 

Morgan qualified in the 800 with a personal-best time of 2:00.43, and he also advanced in the 4x400 relay with a third-place time of 3:35.04 along with Buie, DeOrnellas and Jackson Davis. 

The boys were third out of 22 schools in the team standings with 53 points.

Community R-6 season ends at sectionals

Community R-6 couldn’t push anyone through sectionals on Saturday.

There were several boys competing in events during the Class 1 Sectional 1 meet at South Callaway High School in Mokane. The Trojans didn’t finish in the top four that advance to state this weekend.

Lane Carter ran in the 100 and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Carter finished seventh in the 100 with a time of 12.41, and he, Jude Curtis, Nicholas Henke and KaTavyn Wheeler were sixth and seventh in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, respectively, with times of 48.39 and 1:38.87. Carter finished seventh in the 4x400 relay along with Henke, Wheeler and Brett Beamer with a time of 4:00.81.

Layton Wright finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 110 and 300 hurdles with times of 20.06 and 49.43. 

Ezra Johnson took eighth in the javelin with a throw of 28.88 meters.