Sports

The Hanover boys won the Class 1A regional track meet on Friday at Washington, with Clifton-Clyde right behind them. Hanover scored 79 points to win the meet and Clifton-Clyde scored 70. But more importantly, Hanover qualified 10 entries in the Kansas State Track & Field Championships on Friday and Saturday in Wichita and Clifton-Clyde qualified eight. To make it to state, competitors needed to finish in the top four in an event.

Hanover senior Thomas Atkins won all of his events, qualifying in the maximum of four. He won the long and triple jumps, the 200-meter dash, and was part of Hanover’s 4x400 meter relay team.

Clifton-Clyde seniors Christian Seifert and Brant Douglas were also a fourevent qualifiers. Seifert won the 110 and 300 hurdles and was part of Clifton-Clyde’s first place 4x100 meter relay team and second place 4x400 meter relay. Douglas won the 100 and was third in the 200. He was also on the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

Several local golfers are headed to the Class 1A state golf tournament on Monday at the Salina Municipal Golf Course after Hanover qualified as a team and Washington County sophomore Kobe Hoover qualified by placing second overall. Their regional tournament was Monday at Cedar Hills Golf Course in Washington.

Hoover shot a 90 to take second behind regional champ Aiden Gerstner of Frankfort, who shot an 81. Two shots behind Hoover was Trent Mars of Centralia, who shot a 92.

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The Clifton-Clyde boys were named league champs at Thursday’s Twin Valley League meet in Washington. The Eagles scored 111 points on their way to their first league title since 2006. They finished well ahead of the 89 points scored by Centralia for second. Hanover and Axtell tied for third with 70 points. The remaining team placings were: 5, Washington County, 41 points; Tie-6, Troy and Valley Heights, 33; 8, Frankfort, 30; 9, Linn, 25; 10, Onaga, 17; 11, Doniphan West, 14; 12, Blue Valley, 13; 13, Wetmore 9.

Centralia won the girls’ championship with 125 points. Frankfort was second with 95 and Valley Heights third with 69. Remaining placings were: 4, Hanover, 63 points; 5, Clifton-Clyde, 57; 6, Troy, 46; 7, Axtell, 44; 8, Washington County, 28; 9, Doniphan West, 16; 10, Blue Valley, 12; 11, Wetmore, 1.

Clifton-Clyde won three of the four team championships on Thursday at the Blue Valley League track meet at Valley Heights. They won the seventh and eighth grade boys’ championships and the seventh grade girls’. Hanover won the eighth grade girls title. Local athletes who medaled included:

SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS

Kobe Hoover was fourth at the Twin Valley League golf tournament on Monday at Waterville. He shot a 93 to lead the Tigers.

Hanover took third place as a team. Dawson Sedlacek was ninth, Carter Bruna was 13th and Zach Bruna was 17th. Frankfort won the meet, followed by Valley Heights.

Both teams will now compete in the 1A regional meet on May 13 at Cedar Hills. This will be a qualifying meet for the 1A state meet in Salina on May 24-25.

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The Clifton-Clyde Eagles grabbed four golds at the Thompson Relays in Lincoln on Friday. Jaden Christianson won the high jump on the boys’ side. On the girls’ side, Jaysie Bowser won the long jump, while Mallory Callihan won two events – the shot put and discus. Eagles placing in the top six included:

BOYS

The track teams from Hanover, Washington County and Linn finished their regular season with an ideal-weather meet at Rock Hills High School on Friday in Mankato. On the boys side, Hanover senior Thomas Atkins won the 200, Washington County junior Sean Bruna was on the discus, and Hanover senior Daiken Stallbaumer jumped a personal best to win the triple jump. There were four local golds on the girls’ side. Washington County freshman Natalie Harlan won the 1600 and teammates Mia Cardenas won the shot put and Britany Metz won the discus. Hanover senior Macy Doebele won the triple jump and was also part of Hanover’s gold medal 4x100 meter relay team, which also included MaKenna Jueneman, Avery Behrends and Taeghan Zabokrtsky. Local athletes placing in the top six include:

VALLEY HEIGHTS

INVITATIONAL

Hanover and Washington County competed in the Valley Heights Invitational on pril at the Waterville Community Golf Course.

Hanover’s Dawson Sedlacek led all local golfers with a fthplace nish He shot a 45 on the front nine and a 41 on the back nine for an , ust ve strokes out of rst His Hanover teammates Carter Bruna and Zach Bruna were eighth and ninth, shooting a and respectively Dayton Shockley nished 16th with a 99.

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The Clifton-Clyde boys’ 4x100 relay team broke their school record at the Beloit Relays on Friday. Their time of 44.19 broke the 00 record set by Brayden Bloomeld, Christian Jackson, Michael Lambert and Kyle Brown, which was Team members are Drake Steinbrock, Brant Douglas, Christian Seifert and Nathan Ohlde. They currently have the top time in Class 1A. The only gold medal for local girls in this competitive meet was for Mallory Callihan, Clifton-Clyde, who won the discus with a throw of 117-5. ocal athletes nishing in the top six include:

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HANOVER GOLF

The Hanover golf team competed in three meets over the last two weeks. At Belleville, the Wildcats took second as a team overall and third in the two-man contest and at Onaga on April 22, they won the four-man event. Top individual results include:

April 8 at Onaga – 9th, Zach Bruna, 101; 11th, Carter Bruna, 104; 12th, Dawson Sedlacek, 104.

April 15 at Belleville – 7th, Zach Bruna, 88; 12th, Carter Bruna, 93; 18th, Dawson Sedlacek, 99.

April 22 at Onaga – 5th, Carter Bruna, 98; 6th, Dawson Sedlacek, 98; 9th, Zach Bruna, 101; 12th, Dayton Shockley, 102.

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