Pottsville's Alexa Giuffre competes in the 300 hurdles during Tuesday's Schuylkill League Division I track and field meet against Blue Mountain at Veterans Memorial Stadium (Photo by Brook Koch-Guers).

Colonial League squads sweep team titles

TAMAQUA —- Alexa Giuffre continues to dominate the local track and field circuit.

The Pottsville senior won three more times Saturday, capturing the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump at the Tamaqua Invitational.

This week’s Fanelli, Evans & Patel T102 Sports Now Athlete of the Week, Giuffre cruised to victory in the 100 hurdles by more than a second over second-place Ruby Walters of Palmerton, crossing the tape in 15.48 seconds.

Giuffre won the long jump with a best attempt of 17 feet, 8 inches, then leaped 36-3 to take first in the triple jump. She nearly won a fourth event, placing second to Lehighton’s Lilyana Shapiro in the 200 meters.

Giuffre was the only Schuylkill League track and field athlete to win three times at the 14-team competition that was dominated predominantly by Colonial League teams Jim Thorpe, Lehighton, Northwestern Lehigh and Palmerton. Other Schuylkill League teams competing were Mahanoy Area, Marian, Nativity, Panther Valley, Pine Grove, Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua and Weatherly.

Northwestern Lehigh secured the girls’ team title with 117 points, edging Lehighton (114) and Palmerton (112). Pottsville was the highest finishing Schuylkill League team, taking fourth with 97.5 points.

In addition to Giuffre, other Schuylkill League girls’ event winners included Tamaqua’s Katelynn Fredericks in the 300 hurdles, Pottsville’s Myla Fegley in the high jump and Nativity’s Emmalee Pinkey in the shot put.

On the boys’ side, Pottsville’s Donovann Durham was a double-winner, sweeping the hurdle events. The Crimson Tide’s Shay Strencosky (100) and Colin McGinley (800) were also gold-medal winners, helping Pottsville place third in the team standings behind Jim Thorpe and Lehighton.

In addition to the Pottsville athletes, Schuylkill League winners on the track included Nativity’s Robert McDonald in the 200 meters and Tamaqua’s Aidan Elston in the 1600.

In the field events, Mahanoy Area’s Connor Bowman cleared a personal-best 5-10 to take home the title in the high jump, Pine Grove’s Dane Hannevig leaped 21-9.75 to win the long jump and Schuylkill Haven’s Niko Carestia heaved the javelin 169 feet to take first in that event.

You can watch Bowman’s first-place-clinching jump here: https://www.facebook.com/100002411686315/videos/pcb.26346995391630825/2918660301808693

Tamaqua Invitational

Saturday’s results

Teams participating: Jim Thorpe (JT), Lehighton (Leh), Lehigh Valley Academy (LVA), Mahanoy Area (Mah), Marian (Mar), Nativity (Nat), Northwestern Lehigh (NWL), Palmerton (Palm), Panther Valley (PV), Pine Grove (PG), Pottsville (Potts), Schuylkill Haven (SH), Tamaqua (Tam), Weatherly (Wea)

BOYS

100 — 1. Shay Strencosky (Potts) 11.43, 2. Josh Louk (JT) 11.48, 3. Tanner Kolb (PG) 11.69

200 — 1. Robert McDonald (Nat) 23.36, 2. Maksim Letosky (JT) 23.54, 3. Shay Strencosky (Potts) 23.55

400 — 1. Kayden Spence (JT) 51.47, 2. Robert McDonald (Nat) 53.44, 3. Connor Felty (Nat) 54.03

800 — 1. Colin McGinley (Potts) 2:06.58, 2. Shane Meyer (Nat) 2:06.59, 2. Brady Furman (NWL) 2:09.19

1600 — 1. Aidan Elston (Tam) 4:48.39, 2. Elijah Pagotto (Leh) 4:50.54, 3. Nash Stehr (Nat) 4:51.15

3200 — 1. Elijah Pagotto (Leh) 10:24.46, 2. Shane Meyer (Nat) 10:24.54, 3. Parker Steencken (Tam) 10:34.46

110 hurdles — 1. Donovann Durham (Potts) 14.86, 2. Equan Warner (Leh) 15.81, 3. Malachi Kollie (Potts) 16.20

300 hurdles — 1. Donovann Durham (Potts) 41.12, 2. Spencer Gothard (JT) 42.59, 3. Equan Warner (Leh) 42.72

400 relay — 1. Jim Thorpe 43.78, 2. Pottsville 45.14, 3. Nativity 46.19

1600 relay — 1. Jim Thorpe 3:28.73, 2. Pottsville 3:37.14, 3. Nativity 3:42.23

3200 relay — 1. Northwestern Lehigh 8:44.06, 2. Nativity 8:52.03, 3. Pottsville 8:58.81

High Jump — 1. Connor Bowman (Mah) 5-10, 2. Pierce Gothard (JT) 5-10, 3. (tie) Owen Eckhart (Leh) and Michael Lagowy (NWL) 5-8

Long Jump — 1. Dane Hannevig (PG) 21-9.75, 2. Robert Levins (JT) 20-11.75, 3. Jacob Tom (Mar) 20-9

Triple Jump — 1. Logan Mesics (NWL) 43-11.5, 2. Bradley Burnard (NWL) 41-1.25, 3. Owen Eckhart (Leh) 39-9.25

Shot Put — 1. Bodie Hawk (Leh) 46-11.5, 2. Ian Zettlemoyer (NWL) 45-0, 3. Dante Angelus (Leh) 41-8.5

Discus — 1. Bodie Hawk (Leh) 142-11, 2. Gavin Strohl (JT) 139-2, 3. William Behun (Tam) 122-2

Javelin — 1. Niko Carestia (SH) 169-0, 2. Aiden Becker (Nat) 142-1, 3. Josh Louk (JT) 138-5

Pole Vault — 1. Ethan Kaschak (NWL) 11-6, 2. Jacob Walkowiak (Palm) 11-0, 3. Connor Zurwawa (JT) 11-0

Final Team Standings (Top 5) — 1. Jim Thorpe 126, 2. Lehighton 114.5, 3. Pottsville 99, 4. Nativity 90, 5. Northwestern Lehigh 79.5

GIRLS

100 — 1. Taylor Moyer (Leh) 13.40, 2. Bella Kassab (PG) 13.41, 3. Katelynn Fredericks (Tam) 13.44

200 — 1. Lilyana Shapiro (Leh) 26.77, 2. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 27.63, 3. Bella Kassab (PG) 27.88

400 — 1. Lilyana Shapiro (Leh) 1:00.02, 2. Cayley Reph (Leh) 1:02.73, 3. Emily Kistler (NWL) 1:03.16

800 — 1. Rosalia Nestor (NWL) 2:24.40, 2. Emily Kistler (NWL) 2:33.53, 3. Stacy Bos (JT) 2:34.35

1600 — 1. Stacy Bos (JT) 5:46.62, 2. Madison Bisner (NWL) 5:51.29, 3. Payten Fornaro (Palm) 5:53.77

3200 — 1. Logan Gillespie (JT) 12:02.00, 2. Claudia Pagotto (Leh) 12:57.71, 3. Anna Hawk (Leh) 12:58.60

100 hurdles — 1. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 15.48, 2. Ruby Walters (Palm) 17:04, 3. Taylor Langley (NWL) 17.63

300 hurdles — 1. Katelynn Fredericks (Tam) 49.16, 2. Ruby Walters (Palm) 49.46, 3. Riley Davis (Potts) 50.39

400 relay — 1. Palmerton 52.26, 2. Mahanoy Area 53.06, 3. Tamaqua 53.73

1600 relay — 1. Lehighton 4:16.52, 2. Pottsville 4:23.23, 3. Tamaqua 4:25.12

3200 relay — 1. Northwestern Lehigh 10:28.28, 2. Tamaqua 10:40.12, 3. Lehighton 10:54.69

High Jump — 1. Myla Fegley (Potts) 4-9, 2. Kailee Thomas (Leh) 4-8, 3. Kali Grochowski (Mar) 4-8

Long Jump — 1. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 17-8, 2. Taylor Langley (NWL) 16-5, 3. Allison Herman (Palm) 16-1

Triple Jump — 1. Alexa Giuffre (Potts) 36-3, 2. Aubrey Frable (Palm) 35-6.5, 3. Rhyan Brennan (Potts) 32-10.75

Shot Put — 1. Emmalee Pinkey (Nat) 30-2, 2. Vanessa Sadler (JT) 29-10, 3. Ceanna Gormley (Tam) 29-9

Discus — 1. Mallory Connor (NWL) 98-5, 2. Emmalee Pinkey (Nat) 85-10, 3. Hallie Miller (Leh) 85-9

Javelin — 1. Emma Rex (Palm) 124-7, 2. Isabella Roman (JT) 111-6, 3. Kylie Christman (NWL) 111-4

Pole Vault — 1. Rylee Roman (Palm) 8-0, 2. Ava Okuley (NWL) 8-0, 3. Jossalin Romanot (NWL) 8-0

Final Team Standings (Top 5) — 1. Northwestern Lehigh 117, 2. Lehighton 114, 3. Palmerton 112, 4. Pottsville 97.5, 5. Jim Thorpe 63.5

Eagles excel at UD Cardinal Classic

FORT WASHINGTON — Blue Mountain’s Chase Guers, William Shaner and the girls’ 3200 relay all captured gold medals at Friday’s UD Cardinal Classic hosted by Upper Dublin High School.

Guers won the 200 meters in 21.95, then teamed with Tyler Buchman, Francesco Carr and Rafael Liranzo to place sixth in the 1600 relay. Liranzo also had a big night, taking fifth in the 100 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles.

Shaner won the javelin with a top throw of 160-5, while Noah Lechleitner was second in the pole vault, clearing 12-6.

On the girls’ side, the quartet of Gianna Chipriano, Vanessa Frasnelli, Victoria Frasnelli and Emma Lazarchick won the 3200 relay in 10:13.01, more than two seconds faster than second-place Central Bucks East (10:15.62).

Kendall Koch had a big night in the field for the Eagles, placing third in the javelin and 10th in the shot put.

UD Cardinal Classic

At Upper Dublin High School

Blue Mountain top-10 finishes

BOYS

200 — 1. Chase Guers 21.95

100 hurdles — 5. Rafael Liranzo 15.62

300 hurdles — 3. Rafael Liranzo 41.19

1600 relay — 6. Blue Mountain (Buchman, Carr, Guers, Liranzo) 3:33.98

3200 relay — 4. Blue Mountain (Buchman, Carr, Tremaglia, Moyer) 8:30.09

Shot Put — 8. Kurt Krammes 44-8.5

Discus — 10. Hunter Reichart 111-7

Javelin — 1. William Shaner 160-5

Pole Vault — 2. Noah Lechleitner 12-6, 7. Dalton Minnick 10-6

GIRLS

100 — 9. Sophia Spolski 12.78

200 — 6. Sophia Spolski 27.08

3200 — 7. Vanessa Frasnelli 12:05.37

100 hurdles — 9. Breilly Lazur 16.95

3200 relay — 1. Blue Mountain (Chipriano, Va. Frasnelli, Vi. Frasnelli, Lazarchick) 10:13.01

Shot Put — 6. Haley Banonis 31-6, 10. Kendall Koch 30-0

Discus — 6. Sophia Woll 95-1

Javelin — 3. Kendall Koch 99-9

Pole Vault — 9. Hannah Wildermuth 7-6