HS Boys’ Track: Eagles top Miners for D-I crown, Green Wave cruises to D-II title
Blue Mountain's Rafael Liranzo competes in the hurdles during a Schuylkill League dual meet earlier this season (Photo by Brook Koch-Guers).
ORWIGSBURG —- Blue Mountain is the Schuylkill League Division I boys’ champion once again.
The Eagles used a sweep of the hurdles by Rafael Liranzo and their overall depth to outlast Minersville 88-61 in a Division I battle of unbeatens Tuesday at the Eagles’ Nest. The victory caps an unbeaten league slate for Blue Mountain (5-1, 5-0 D-I) and hands Minersville (6-1, 4-1) its lone setback in the final dual meet for both teams.
Liranzo was the lone double winner for the Eagles, who won 11 of 18 events. Gaige Guers (400), Francesco Carr (800), Chase Guers (triple jump), Kurt Krammes (shot put), Hunter Reichart (discus) and Dalton Minnick (pole vault) added individual wins for Blue Mountain, which swept the relays.
In battle of two of the league’s top sprinters, Minersville’s Paiten LaPoint (10.91) edged Blue Mountain’s Chase Guers (10.98) in the 100 meters, then LaPoint topped Guers again in the 200 in a near-photo finish, 22.11 to 22.14.
Kolin Long won the 800 and 1600, while Dante Carr took first place in the high jump and long jump and Aiden Boom won the javelin for the Miners.
Blue Mountain 88, Minersville 61
100 — Paiten LaPoint (Min), 10.91
200 — Paiten LaPoint (Min), 22.11
400 — Gaige Guers (BM), 53.27
800 — Francesco Carr (BM), 2:09.29
1600 — Kolin Long (Min), 4:46.10
3200 — Kolin Long (Min), 10:59.08
110 hurdles — Rafael Liranzo (BM), 16.14
300 hurdles — Rafael Liranzo (BM), 39.27
400 relay — Blue Mountain (no names provided), 42.68
1600 relay — Blue Mountain (Buchman, Carr, G. Guers, Liranzo), 3:43.77
3200 relay — Blue Mountain (no names provided), 10:03.84
High Jump — Dante Carr (Min), 6-3
Long Jump — Dante Carr (Min), 22-10
Triple Jump — Chase Guers (BM), 43-1.5
Shot Put — Kurt Krammes (BM), 40-1.5
Discus — Hunter Reichart (BM) 121-5
Javelin — Aiden Boom (Min) 156-0
Pole Vault — Dalton Minnick (BM), 10-6
Nativity 115, Mahanoy Area 22
MAHANOY CITY — The Green Wave left no doubt in the Division II title chase, cruising past the Golden Bears to finish their Schuylkill League slate unbeaten at 6-0.
Noah Dolbin led the way, sweeping the hurdles and taking first in the long jump. Bo McDonald won the 100 and 200, Nolan Daynorowicz captured the 800 and 1600 and George Shimko won the shot put and discus.
Kyler Quick (javelin) and Victor Hanley (3200) were the sole winners for the Golden Bears (4-2, 4-2).
100 — Bo McDonald (Nat), 11.10
200 — Bo McDonald (Nat), 22.00
400 — Michael Stank (Nat), 50.10
800 — Nolan Daynorowicz (Nat), 2:08.60
1600 — Nolan Daynorowicz (Nat), 4:59.80
3200 — Victor Hanley (Mah), 11:50.10
110 hurdles — Noah Dolbin (Nat), 15.00
300 hurdles — Noah Dolbin (Nat), 41.70
400 relay — Nativity (no names provided), 45.30
1600 relay — Nativity (no names provided), 3:54.00
3200 relay — Nativity (no names provided), 11:36.5
High Jump — Liam Messina (Nat), 5-4
Long Jump — Noah Dolbin (Nat), 20-11
Triple Jump — Emmet Portland (Nat), 37-7.25
Shot Put — George Shimko (Nat), 36-5.5
Discus — George Shimko (Nat), 113-3.5
Javelin — Kyler Quick (Mah), 112-01
Pole Vault —No event
North Schuylkill 76, Pottsville 72
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Luke Miller moved to the 400 and scored a key victory as the Spartans edged the Crimson Tide in a Division I meet.
Miller, who usually runs the 100, took first in the 200 and 400. Brady Welker took Miller’s place in the 100 and won in 11.08, then was second in the 200.
Wyatt Zendrosky was also a double winner for North Schuylkill (4-2, 2-2), taking first in the long jump and triple jump. The Spartans placed first and second in four of the seven field events.
Cullen Clarke paced Pottsville (2-4, 2-3) by winning the 1600 and 3200.
100 — Brady Welker (NS), 11.08
200 — Luke Miller (NS), 22.36
400 — Luke Miller (NS), 50.52
800 — Colin McGinley (Potts), 2:11.00
1600 — Cullen Clarke (Potts), 5:14.00
3200 — Cullen Clarke (Potts), 11:32.00
110 hurdles — Donovann Durham (Potts), 16.25
300 hurdles — Dayn Stillwagner (Potts), 43.53
400 relay — North Schuylkill (no names provided), 44.76
1600 relay — Pottsville (Stillwagner, Durham, McGinley, Galavage), 3:54.00
3200 relay — Pottsville (McGinley, Davis, Reichert, Clarke), 9:54.00
High Jump — Xavier McNally (NS), 5-7
Long Jump — Wyatt Zendrosky (NS), 18-6
Triple Jump — Wyatt Zendrosky (NS), 41-3
Shot Put — Aiden Zilker (NS), 45-11
Discus — Ryan Galen (Potts), 140-8
Javelin — Maxum Direnzo (Potts), 135-7
Pole Vault — Killian Bressler (Potts), 9-0
Tamaqua 108, Pine Grove 33
PINE GROVE — Scott Case won the high jump and triple jump as the Blue Raiders defeated the Cardinals in Division I action.
Tamaqua (2-3, 1-3 D-I) took first in all three throwing events, with Jacob Hehn taking discus, Larson Hudak winning the javelin and Thomas Rivera capturing the shot put. Luis Sanchez (400), Levi Kunkel (800), Aidan Elston (1600), Anthony Marchetti (3200) and Gio Rivera-Poke (110 hurdles) added wins on the track, while Tamaqua won the 1600 and 3200 relays as well.
Nathan Frankenfield took first on the 100, Tanner Kolb captured the 200, Conan DeBruyn took top honors in the 300 hurdles and Dane Hannevig won the long jump for the Cardinals (0-6, 0-5).
100 — Nathan Frankenfield (PG), 11.50
200 — Tanner Kolb (PG), 24.41
400 — Luis Sanchez (Tam), 55.72
800 — Levi Kunkel (Tam), 2:06.54
1600 — Aidan Elston (Tam), 4:52.55
3200 — Anthony Marchetti (Tam), 10:52.92
110 hurdles — Gio Rivera-Poke (Tam), 17.44
300 hurdles — Conan DeBruyn (PG), 43.73
400 relay — Pine Grove (Kolb, Schneck-Haines, Hannevig, Frankenfield), 44.89
1600 relay — Tamaqua (Schwartz, Sanchez, Elston, Hehn), 3:48.13
3200 relay — Tamaqua (Elston, Steencken, Kunkel, Boyce), 9:29.77
High Jump — Scott Case (Tam), 5-08.00
Long Jump — Dane Hannevig (PG), 18-11.50
Triple Jump — Scott Case (Tam), 37-04.25
Shot Put — Thomas Rivera (Tam), 34-07.50
Discus — Jacob Hehn (Tam), 133-01
Javelin — Larson Hudak (Tam), 114-01
Pole Vault — None
Panther Valley 78, Shenandoah Valley 62
LANSFORD — Gino Williams won all three throwing events and Edison Mitchell was a double winner as the Panthers downed the Blue Devils in a Division II meet.
Williams swept the shot put, discus and javelin, while Mitchell won the 200 and 400. Abraham Cabrera (800), Frank Shubeck (110 hurdles) and Nuredin Gjoca (300 hurdles) added wins for Panther Valley (2-3, 2-3).
Michael Elchisak swept the throws and Robert Guzman won the 1600 and 3200 for Shenandoah Valley (1-5, 1-5).
100 — Ayden Zamudio (SV), 12.0
200 — Edison Mitchell (PV), 25.3
400 — Edison Mitchell (PV), 1:05.3
800 — Abraham Cabrera (PV), 2:38.0
1600 — Robert Guzman (SV), 5:27.0
3200 — Robert Guzman (SV), 11:14.0
110 hurdles — Frank Shubeck (PV), 18.3
300 hurdles — Nuredin Gjoca (PV), 50.3
400 relay — Panther Valley (Mitchell, Nunez, Neziri, Shubeck), 50.2
1600 relay — Panther Valley (Rodriguez, Vermillion, McArdle, Ahn), 5:15.0
3200 relay — Shenandoah Valley (Zamudio, Meza, Garcia, Guzman), 10:13.0
High Jump — Michael Elchisak (SV), 5-10
Long Jump — Michael Elchisak (SV), 17-6
Triple Jump — Michael Elchisak (SV), 38-9
Shot Put — Gino Williams (PV), 40-3
Discus — Gino Williams (PV), 122-4
Javelin — Gino Williams (PV), 128-10
Pole Vault — None
