Tiger Girls Share State Track Title With West Platte; Boys Finish Second

Worth County’s girls shared the State Track Title with West Platte Friday and Saturday, their first one since 2007. They were edged out in both districts and sectionals by West Platte; however, on the biggest stage, the Tigers caught the Bluejays to get the title. Worth County and West Platte had 50 points. New Haven had 44, Glasgow 40, Braymer 38, Salisbury 30, Stanberry 30, Barat Academy 26, Rock Port 24, Green City 20, St. Joseph Christian 20, Platte Valley 20, State Fe 19, Kansas City Lutheran 18, Knox County 17, Appleton City 16, Paris 16, Hardin-Central 14, Wellington-Napoleon 14, Calvary Lutheran 14, Mound City 13, Princeton 13, Greenwood 13, King City 12, School of the Ozarks 11, Bakersfield 11, Drexel 10, DeKalb 10, North Harrison 10, Thomas Jefferson 10, Crystal City 9, Southwest Livingston 8, Midway 7, Bevier 6, Liberal 6, Community 6, Harrisburg 6, Van Buren 6, Wheatland 6, Van-Far 5, Humansville 4, South/Nodaway-Holt 4, Osceola 4, Wheaton 3, Hermitage 3, Polo 3, East Atchison 3, Osborn 2, Northwestern 2, Greenfield 2, Sacred Heart 1, and Brashear 1.

For the boys, Worth County has come close over the years, with a few runner-up finishes, but has never gone over the top since winning the State Indoor Championship in 1970. This year, they ran into a bigger school which had done well in everything; Van-Far had won the Class 2 State Basketball Championship and won districts in baseball as well this year. Van-Far had 64, Worth County 47.5, Pattonsburg 32, Kansas City Lutheran 32, Valle Catholic 32, Lockwood 27, Glasgow 27, Mound City 23, Chadwick 21, Rich Hill 21, West Platte 20, Liberal 20, Knox County 20, Wellington-Napoleon 19.5, Hermitage 19, Green Ridge 18, Calvary Lutheran 17, Princeton 15, Greenfield 14, East Atchison 14, Stewartsville 13, School of the Ozarks 13, Meadville 13, Stanberry 12, Brunswick 11, Novinger 10, Drexel 10, Lakeland 9, Salisbury 9, Southwest Livingston 9, Midway 9, Osceola 8, Braymer 8, Jasper 7, Paris 7, Weaubleau 7, South/Nodaway-Holt 6, Clopton 6, Northeast Nodaway 6, Platte Valley 6, Richland (Essex) 6, Northland Christian 6, Linn County 6, Jamestown 6, Thomas Jefferson 5, Harrisburg 4, New Haven 4, Wheaton 4, Green City 4, King City 3, Sturgeon 2, Santa Fe 2, St. Joseph Christian 2, Higbee 1, Polo 1, Northeast (Cairo) 1, and Rock Port 1.

The girls placed two in the High Jump. Anna Gladstone matched a personal best with a fourth place finish of 5’2”. Liz Lyle was tied for sixth with a height of 4’10”.

Regan Allee was second in the Pole Vault with a height of 9’6”. She matched a personal best.
Anna Gladstone won the Long Jump with a jump of 16’10. She finished in a dead heat with Molly Miller (Kansas City Lutheran); however, Gladstone’s next-best jump was farther than Miller’s, so she won on tiebreaks.

Merrideth Spiers got Worth County’s second gold medal of the day when she won the discus with a throw of 135’9”, a personal best. She needed it, as Hannah Mitchell (Paris) had a subsequent throw of 134’4” for second. Spiers ran into a loaded field in the Shot Put and finished eighth with a throw of 36’1¾”.

Anna Gladstone got her second gold in the 100 Hurdles, getting a personal best time of 15.63, edging out her nearest competitor by .55 of a second.

In the 300 Hurdles, Anna Gladstone knocked another second off her time and got fifth, with a time of 47.80.

For the boys, Nate Adwell got a personal best in the Pole Vault and got third with a vault of 12’3”.
Tevin Cameron was eighth in the Long Jump with a jump of 19’7¾”.

Drake Kinsella was third in the Discus, saving his best for last with a personal best throw of 147’1”.

On his final throw, Drake Kinsella won the gold medal in the Shot Put, getting a throw of 48’1”. He beat out Logan Miller (Knox County) by one inch. Mason Hawk was seventh with a throw of 44’6¾”.

Tevin Cameron gave Gage Rush (Stewartsville) a run for his money in the Javelin. He got a school record throw of 163’11” and finished second to Rush.

Bryant McCord was fifth in the 110 Hurdles with a time of 16 seconds.

The 4x100 team won one of the most exciting races of the afternoon Saturday. The team of Tevin Cameron, Caleb Parman, Andrew Alarcon, and Bryant McCord got a winning time of 45.53 and edged out Van-Far by six hundredths of a second. Van-Far had a time of 45.59, while Lockwood had a time of 45.74.

Bryant McCord was eighth in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 43.77.