PITTSBURG — Athletes from ANW Co-op Special Olympics and Allen County Special Olympics participated in the Kansas Special Olympics Southeast Area Track and Field meet last Thursday.
Here are the results:
ANW Co-Op Special Olympics
Kaleb Beckham, Iola, second in softball throw, fourth in standing long jump; Bo Bland, Iola, first in 100-meter dash, first in softball throw; Chelsea Brantley, Bronson, first in 200-m run, first in softball throw; Jonathan Cress, Iola, second in 25-m run, third in ball throw for distance; Katlin Cress, Iola, fifth in 25-m run, third in ball throw for distance; Erica Dick, Yates Center, fifth in 100-m dash, second in softball throw.
Bridgette Eckrost, Piqua, second in 50-m run, second in softball throw; Cheslese Hanson, LaHarpe, third in softball throw, fifth in standing long jump; Ty Johnson, Moran, sixth in 50-m dash, third in softball throw; Kandra Manbeck, LaHarpe, second in 200-m run, first in running long jump; Liebranne Moore, Iola, second in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance; Paige Riley, Iola, first in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance.
Courtland Sager, Gas, first in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance; Nathaniel Streeter, LaHarpe, third in 100-m dash, first in softball throw; Tyler Streeter, LaHarpe, second in 100-m dash, first in standing long jump; Kendra Thron, Elsmore, first in 50-m dash, first in standing long jump; Jennifer Trester, Iola, fourth in softball throw, second in running long jump; Wolfgang Webber, Colony, second in 50-m dash, second in ball throw for distance; Christopher White, iola, first in 50-m dash, second in ball throw for distance; Derek White, Iola, fourth in 100-m dash, first in running long jump; Kortney Wools, Iola, second in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance.
Relays: first-Beckham, Bland, Manbeck, Thron; first-Brantley, Dick, Hanson, Wools; second-Johnson, Sager, Riley, Webber; first-N. Streeter, T. Streeter, C. White, D. White.
Allen County Special Olympics
Casey Riebel, LaHarpe, fifth in 100-m race, first softball throw; Steven Riebel, LaHarpe, fourth in softball throw, second in 25-m assisted walk; Abby Westgate, Moran, second in softball throw, fourth in 100-m dash; Hana Westgate, Moran, second in softball throw, third in 100-m dash.
Wildcat teams lose
MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s baseball and softball teams were denied wins at home Monday.
Central Heights High’s Vikings beat the Wildcat boys 17-2 and 13-3 in five-inning, run-rule games.
The Lady Vikings shut out the Wildcat girls, winning 11-0 in five innings and 18-0 in three innings. These losses came on the heels of a Three Rivers League split with Northeast High in Arma on Friday for the MVHS girls.
Marmaton Valley’s teams host Chetopa in TRL play today. First pitches are at 4:30 p.m. in Moran.
Wildcat baseball
Marmaton Valley and Central Heights were tied two-all after one inning. The Wildcats never scored again as the Vikings began to build toward the 17-2 win.
Ryan Smith, Sage Hall and Austin Harrison pitched for the Wildcats. They gave up 14 hits and issued 10 walks.
Daylen Houk and Derrick Carr each had two singles. Jimmy Frye and Cole Becker had a single each.
The Vikings led 7-3 after three innings in the second game. They scored six runs in the fifth.
Gage Stewart and Smith pitched for Marmaton Valley. Frye and Becker each hit two singles. Carr, Houk and Smith had a single apiece.
Wildcat softball
Marmaton Valley was trailing 3-0 after three innings against Central Heights in the first game. The Lady Vikings had three runs in the fourth and five more in the fifth.
Hannah Endicott pitched for the Wildcats. Johanna Northcutt had the only hit, a single, for MVHS.
Central Heights scored 17 runs in the first inning of the second game. Cheyanne Miller and Tabitha Ford pitched for the Wildcats.
Miller hit a triple. Ford had a single.
At Arma on Friday, Marmaton Valley pulled out a 6-5 win in 11 innings. Endicott went the distance for the win with six strikeouts.
Miller had a triple and a single. Hitting two singles each were Jamee McEndree, Kailey Boyd, Maggie Meiwes, Kacie Shadden and Morgan Henry. Endicott singled.
They lost the second game 12-5. Meiwes pitched for the Cats. Endicott and Miller had two singles each. Meiwes doubled and Kaitlin Ensminger tripled.
Boyd, Northcutt and Shadden each had a single.
