Tiger Teams Sweep Junior High Early Bird

Worth County’s junior high teams ran away with the Early Bird last Tuesday, with the boys getting over double that of their nearest competitor while the girls match was closer, but the Tigers still came out on top.

For the boys, Worth County had 166, King City 63, Albany 49, Princeton 30, Nodaway Valley 29, North Andrew 28, North Harrison 22, Gilman City 21, Tri-County 21, Stanberry 13, NEN 11, Pattonsburg 2, Platte Valley 2, and North Nodaway 1.

For the girls, Worth County had 96½. Albany had 70, Platte Valley 69, Gilman City 61, Princeton 33, East Harrison 33, Nodaway Valley 32½, North Andrew 14, Stanberry 12, King City 8, NEN 6, Pattonsburg 5, Tri-County 3, and North Nodaway 1.

Rayleigh Smith won the 100 on the girls side with a time of 14.53. She took over a second off her time from the preliminaries to the finals. Addie Gray was sixth with a time of 18 seconds. Alivia Moyer was sixth in the 400 with a time of 1:17.33. Kristen Tracy was fourth in the 800 with a time of 3:05.85 while Brylea Paxson was fifth with a time of 3:08.72. Brylea Paxson was third in the 1600 with a time of 6:44.46 while Kristen Tracy was fifth with a time of 7:05.02. Riley Ridge won the 100 Hurdles with a time of 20.48, while Katie Fletchall was third with a time of 20.94.

The 4x100 team of Katie Fletchall, Sumer Riley, Keira Hardy, and Rayleigh Smith was second with a time of 1:00.57. The 4x200 team of Katie Fletchall, Sumer Riley, Keira Hardy, and Rayleigh Smith was third with a time of 2:09.10. The 4x400 team of Rylee Ruckman, Addie Gray, Keira Hardy, and Sumer Riley was fifth with a time of 5:26.45.

Riley Ridge was third in the High Jump with a height of 4’3¼”. Kristen Tracy was tied for sixth with a height of 3’9¼”. Kambree Briner won the Pole Vault with a height of 6’0¾”. Riley Ridge was third in the Triple Jump with a jump of 28’5¾”. Rylee Ruckman won the Discus with a throw of 82’0¼”. Kristen Tracy was third with a throw of 59’2½”.

On the boys side, Bo Collins won the 100 with a time of 12.5 seconds. Collins also won the 200 with a time of 26.37. Brayden Stevens won the 400 with a time of 1:00.74. Lucas Frisch was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:39.40. The Tigers were 1-2 in the 100 Hurdles as Brayden Stevens won with a time of 16.89 and Andrew Griffin was second with a time of 17.76.

The 4x100 Relay team of Andrew Griffin, Lucas Frisch, Brayden Murphy, and Franklynn Taute won with a time of 52.53. The 4x200 team of Sawyer Thurman, Lucas Frisch, Brayden Murphy, and Franklynn Taute also won with a time of 1:53.57. The 4x400 completed the hat trick by winning the 4x400 as the team of Brayden Combs, Wyatt Hill, Sawyer Thurman, and Franklynn Taute held off Nodaway Valley by .29 of a second and got a time of 4:37.34.

Bo Collins won the High Jump with a height of 5 feet. Andrew Griffin was fourth with a height of 4’11”. The Tigers were 1-2 in the Pole Vault. Brayden Stevens won with a height of 9’¼”. Brayden Combs was second with a height of 7’¾”. 

Brayden Stevens won the Long Jump with a jump with a jump of 17’3” to complete the hat trick and claim four firsts. Franklynn Taute was fourth with a jump of 15’1½”. Andrew Griffin won the Triple Jump with a jump of 36’¼ while Lucas Frisch was third with a jump of 31’8¼”.

Brayden Murphy was third in the Shot Put with a throw of 34’¼”. Bo Collins, not wanting to be outdone by his sister Maggie, who threw the Discus over 108 feet the day before in the Varsity Early Bird in her first ever throw, won the Discus with a throw of 131’4¾”. He won by 19 feet over his nearest competition. Jace Cameron was third with a throw of 102’11½”.