SCC girls take district

PIERCE -- The Scotus Central Catholic girls track and field team won yet another meet.

But it was the biggest meet up to this point of the season. The Shamrocks won seven events in taking the Class B-4 District Meet with 124 points Thursday at Pierce High School.

Boone Central took third with 93 points, David City was seventh with 16 points, Lakeview finished eighth with 12 points and Schuyler came in ninth with 12 points.

The Scotus boys were second with 83 points, 71 points less than champion Norfolk Catholic. Boone Central was fifth with 48 1/2 points, while David City took seventh with 29 points. Schuyler came in 10th with 13, while Lakeview finished 11th with one point.

SCC girls coach Janet Tooley said the girls picked up right where they left off after winning the Centennial Conference meet Saturday at Pawnee Park’s Memorial Stadium and added it was a team effort.

“Our sprinters and jumpers have provided a lot of quality points this entire season and this district championship as well as conference championship were achieved because of those points, as well as other members getting some of those extra points we needed,” Tooley said. “We qualified some girls in events we knew that were going to be very close but we also missed out on a few.”

Once again, Amber Ewers and Sami Spenner paved the way for the Shamrocks. Ewers won four events, while Spenner took home three. Ewers cruised to wins in the 100-meter run (12.3 seconds), 200 (25.2) and 400 (57.7). Spenner took home victories in the long jump (17 feet, 6 3/4 inches) and triple jump (36-4). Both were members of the winning 400 relay team with Ashley Paprocki and Monica Boeding, who ran a 50.6. Spenner earned a state berth in the 200 after finishing second at 25.6.

Katelyn Kerkman won the high jump, clearing 5-1. She also earned a state berth in the long jump (third, 15-11).

Other qualifiers included Kelli Schumacher in the triple jump (third, 35-0 3/4), Becky Hall in the 800 (third, 2:32.9), Boeding in th 100 (fourth, 12.9) and Paprocki in the 400 (fourth, 1:02.5).

The Shamrock boys will take six kids to the state meet. Jordan Janda, hampered by a hamstring injury, won the 100-meter run at 10.7, while Callen Schwank took the 200 and 400 with times of 22.5 and 51.8, respectively. He also qualified in the 100, taking second at 10.8.

Tyler Suess won the discus with a throw of 165-11, while finishing third in the shot put at 50-8. Josh Ryba earned a spot in the discus after taking third at 143-5. The last qualifiers were Kirby Reardon in the triple jump at 43-2 1/2, and Pat McKay, who grabbed third at 2:06.0.

“I thought it was a great day for our program,” SCC boys coach Jeff Ohnoutka said. “Callen had a great day for us, going to state in three events. Jordan running a 10.7 in the finals after having a bad hamstring all season. Great day for him. I’m looking for Tyler to have a big week as I think he is one of the best discus people in the state.”

It was an up and down day for the Lakeview teams. The girls will take two down to the state meet. Macey Gronenthal earned a third-place finish in the discus with a 104-7 toss, while Sarah Leimser qualified in the shot put after throwing 35-1 1/2, good enough for a third-place finish.

“I’m excited for both girls,” Lakeview coach Chris Thoms said. “They both worked hard all year long and it’s a special thing for Macey and Sarah because they have never been to state.”

Unfortunately for the boys, the Vikings didn’t get as single kid qualified.

For the Boone Central girls Emily Wells was the lone individual winner for the Boone Central girls in taking the discus at 112-5. The 1,600 relay team of Breann Thorberg, Savannah Baker, Chancee Nolan and Bobbi Beckwith won its race with a 4:12.4.

Other qualifiers includ Baker in the long jump (second, 16-0 1/2), Beckwith in the 400 (second, 1:00.1) and 200 (third, 25.7), Paige Kolm in the pole vault (second, 8-4) and 1,600 relay (fourth, 5:52.4), Megan Bygland in the 300 hurdles (second, 48.7) and 100 hurdles (third, 15.9), and the 400 relay (second, 51.1).

Becky Buntgen qualified in two events to lead the David City girls. She took third in the 100 at 12.8 and fourth in the 200 at 26.7.

Katie Flynn is the lone Schuyler girl to qualify for the state meet. She won the shot put with a toss of 39-8 1/2.

For the Boone Central boys, Kalvin Zoucha and 400 relay team were highest place finisher. Zoucha qualifying for state in the discus after finishing second with a 146-6 and 200 at 23.3. He was also a member of the 400 relay team with Dustin Christo, Kevin Krohn and Nathan Olson, who took second with a 45.3. Other qualifiers were Krohn in the 300 hurdles (third, 42.9), Olson in the 300 hurdles (fourth, 43.0) and Kevin Carder in the 3,200 (fourth, 10:26.6).

David City will take four kids to the state meet. The 1,600 relay team of Aaron Schmid, Justin Chmelka, Matthew Unger and Seth Behrens finished second at 3:33.8. Unger finished second in the 800 at 2:05.6, while Behrens was third in the long jump at 20-0 1/2.

Cory Kracl is lone Schuyler boy to make the state meet in finishing second in the shot put at 51-0.

Class B-4 District Meet

Thursday at Pierce

Girls Team Standings

• 1. Scotus 124, 2. Pierce 105, 3. Boone Central 93, 4. Norfolk Catholic 54, 5. O’Neill 52, 6. Wayne 49, 7. David City 16, 8. Lakeview 12, 9. Schuyler 12, 10. Madison 6. 11. Battle Creek 4.

Girls event winners, area placers

*State Qualifiers

• High jump -- *1. Katelyn Kerkman, SCC, 5-1.

• Long jump -- *1. Sami Spenner, SCC, 17-6 3/4; *2. Savannah Baker, BOO, 16-0 1/2; *3. Katelyn Kerkman, SCC, 15-11.

• Triple jump -- *1. Sami Spenner, SCC, 36-4; *3. Kelli Schumacher, SCC, 35-0 3/4; 5. Ashley Paprocki, SCC, 33-8 1/4; 6. Emily Rath, SCH, 32-1 1/2.

• Shot put -- *1. Katie Flynn, SCH, 39-8 1/2; *3. Sarah Leimser, LAK, 35-1 1/2; 5. Emily Wells, BOO, 33-10; 6. Sara Wells, BOO, 33-4.

• Discus -- *1. Emily Wells, BOO, 112-5; *3. Macey Gronenthal, LAK, 104-7; 5. Morgan Otte, DC, 96-1; 6. Megan Kresha, SCC, 95-7.

• Pole vault -- *1. Bobbi Walters, ON, 8-4; *2. Paige Kolm, BOO, 8-4; *4. Alicia Getzfred, BOO, 8-0; 5. Emmie Odberg, SCC, 8-0.

• 100 -- *1. Amber Ewers, SCC, 12.3; *3. Becky Buntgen, DC, 12.8; *4. Monica Boeding, SCC, 12.9; 5. Morgan Otte, DC, 12.9; 6. Savannah Baker, BOO, 13.0.

• 200 -- *1. Amber Ewers, SCC, 25.2; *2. Sami Spenner, SCC, 25.6; *3. Bobbi Beckwith, BOO, 25.7; *4. Becky Buntgen, DC, 26.7; 6. Monica Boeding, SCC, 27.1.

• 400 -- *1. Amber Ewers, SCC, 57.7; *2. Bobbi Beckwith, BOO, 1:00.1; *4. Ashley Paprocki, SCC, 1:02.5; 6. Sarah Brichacek, SCH, 1:03.9.

• 800 -- *1. Emily Haxton, ON, 2:30.9; *3. Becky Hall, SCC, 2:32.9.

• 1,600 -- *1. Kara Polt, PIE, 5:43.4; *4. Paige Kolm, BOO, 5:52.4.

• 3,200 -- *1. Tiffany Guenther, PIE, 12:43.2; *2. Halie Smith, BOO, 12:47.1; 5. Emily Jarecki, SCC, 13:13.0.

• 100 hurdles -- *1. Joey Koehn, PIE, 15.5; *3. Megan Bygland, BOO, 15.9.

• 300 hurdles -- *1. Joey Koehn, PIE, 48.7; *2. Megan Bygland, BOO, 48.7.

• 400 relay -- *1. Scotus 50.6; *2. Boone Central 51.1; 5. David City 54.6.

• 1,600 relay -- *1. Boone Central 4:12.4; 3. Scotus 4:15.7.

• 3,200 relay -- *1. Wayne 10:08.7; 3. Scotus 10:21.2.

Boys Team Standings

• 1. Norfolk Catholic 154.4, 2. Scotus 83, 3. Wayne 66, 4. Pierce 54, 5. Boone Central 48.5, 6. O’Neill 38, 7. David City 29, 8. Battle Creek 26, 9. Madison 14, 10. Schuyler 13, 11. Lakeview 1.

Boys event winners, area placers

*State Qualifiers

• High jump -- *1. Trenton Ptacek, ON, 6-5; 6. Justin Jazwick, LAK, 5-7.

• Long jump -- *1. Tyler Daake, NC, 21-6 1/2; *3. Seth Behrens, DC, 43-2 1/2; 4. Kyle Emanuel, SCH, 19-10 1/2.

• Triple jump -- *1. Tyler Daake, NC, 43-3 1/4; *2. Kirby Reardon, SCC, 43-2 1/2; 6. Austin Wallick, SCC, 39-5.

• Shot put -- *1. Brent Schlote, BAT, 55-7; *2. Corey Kracl, SCH, 51-0; *3. Taylor Suess, SCC, 50-2 1/2; 4. Josh Ryba, SCC, 49-8.

• Discus -- *1. Taylor Suess, SCC, 165-11; *2. Kalvin Zoucha, BOO, 146-6; *3. Josh Ryba, SCC, 143-5.

• Pole vault -- *1. Terry Laursen, ON, 14-7; 6. Keenan Howell, BOO, 12-6.

• 100 �” *1. Jordan Janda, SCC, 10.7; *2. Callan Schwank, SCC, 10.8.

• 200 -- *1. Callen Schwank, SCC, 22.5; *2. Kalvin Zoucha, BOO, 23.3.

• 400 -- *1. Callen Schwank, SCC, 51.8.

• 800 -- *1. Jarren Heng, NC, 2:02.1; *2. Matthew Unger, DC, 2:05.6; *3. Pat McKay, SCC, 2:06.0; 6. Wade Reigle, BOO, 2:09.1.

• 1,600 -- *1. Jarren Heng, NC, 4:37.6; 5. Kevin Carder, BC, 4:49.1; 6. Matthew Unger, DC, 4:57.0.

• 3,200 -- *1. Jarren Heng, NC, 9:55.8; *4. Kevin Carder, BC, 10:26.6; 6. Sadid Carillo, SCH, 10:55.3.

• 110 hurdles -- *1. Devin Neal, NC, 15.9.

• 300 hurdles -- *1. Jesse Pfeifer, MAD, 41.3; *3. Kevin Krohn, BC, 42.9; *4. Nathan Olson, BOO, 43.0.

• 400 relay -- *1. Pierce 44.8; *2. Boone Central 45.3.

• 1,600 relay -- *1. Pierce 3:33.4; *2. David City 3:33.8; 3. Boone Central 3:36.9.

• 3,200 relay -- *1. Norfolk Catholic 8:20.1; 3. David City 8:27.1; 4. Scotus 8:51.2; 6. Boone Central 9:33.1.