Junior High Tiger Girls Tie for First; Boys Run Away with Early Bird

Worth County’s track teams won the Early Bird, with the girls sharing first with Albany and the boys running away with the meet. Worth County and Albany came out on top on the girls side in a four way race with South Harrison and North Andrew. Worth County and Albany had 73, South Harrison 71, North Andrew 55, Platte Valley 49, Princeton 42, Stanberry 23, North Harrison 20, King City 19, Pattonsburg 10, Gilman City 9, Tri-County 8, NEN 7, and North/West Nodaway 6.

On the boys side, Worth County ran away with 106 points. North Andrew had 63, South Harrison 51, Stanberry 47, Albany 43, King City 33, Gilman City 25, Platte Valley 22, NEN 19, Princeton 18, North/West Nodaway 17, and North Harrison 8.

For the girls, Autumn Cousatte was fifth with a time of 1:15.50 in the 400. Hailey Adwell ran away with the 800, winning by almost 14 seconds with a time of 2:43.58. Another seventh grader, Brooklyn Richardson, won the 100 Hurdles, edging out Gracie Thogmartin (Princeton) with a time of 19.53 to Thogmartin’s 19.63. Faith Siemer was third with a time of 19.76.

For the relay squads, the 4x200 team of Hailey Adwell, Autumn Cousatte, Ali Brown, and Becca Smith was second with a time of 2:03.91.

Kynah Steele was sixth in the High Jump with a height of 4 feet. Claire McElvain won the Pole Vault with a height of 6’6”. Ali Brown won the Triple Jump with a jump of 29’8”. ZeeAnna Gladstone was fifth with a jump of 28’1”.

In the throwing events, Ali Brown was fourth in the Shot Put with a throw of 31’8½”. Taylor Sanders won the Discus with a throw of 71’2”. Autumn Cousatte was fourth with a throw of 62 feet.

The boys placed two in the 400 as Levi Cassavaugh won with a time of 1:01.88 while Tyler New was sixth with a time of 1:07.24. The Tigers placed two in the 100 Hurdles as Wyatt Craven was fifth with a time of 19.50 while Braxton Hightshoe was sixth with a time of 20.06.

The 4x100 Relay Team of Levi Cassavaugh, Wyatt Craven, Tyler New, and Colt Cameron was third with a time of 54.28. The 4x200 team of Tyler New, Levi Cassavaugh, Jon Galanakis, and Colt Cameron won with a time of 1:50.80, two seconds ahead of Albany.

Scott Parman still holds the State Record in the High Jump, but Worth County has not produced a lot of standout high jumpers recently. That is about to change as Jon Galanakis won the High Jump with a height of 5’4”. The Tigers finished 1-2 in the Pole Vault as Levi Cassavaugh won with a height of 7 feet, while Tyler New was second with a height of 6’6”.

Jon Galanakis completed a hat trick for the Tigers as he won four firsts. In addition to the 4x200 Relay and the Pole Vault, he won the Long Jump with a jump of 16’11”. He also won the Triple Jump with a jump of 33’5½”.

The Tigers placed two in the Shot Put as Jase Latham won with a throw of 38’6”. Colt Cameron was third with a throw of 35’5”. The Tigers also placed two in the Discus as Jase Latham was second with a throw of 114’10” and Colt Cameron was fourth with a throw of 106’11”.