Knights bring home hardware, again

It wasn’t the trophy the North Star girls track team was gunning for. But all the same, the Knights proved once again why they are one of the elite prep track and field teams in the state.

North Star, which captured the 2012 state championship, grabbed third place at this weekend’s Class C state track meet, held Friday-Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. The 47 points the Knights scored was behind state champion Seely-Swan’s 62 points and five behind second place West Yellowstone’s 52. Yet, it wrapped up another brilliant season for the Knights.

And North Star senior Bettie Carlon also went out with a bang. Carlon repeated as the Class C state triple jump champion, winning the event on Friday with a 35-07 leap. But the gold medals didn’t end there for the four-year track and field star. Carlon also captured the long jump state championship with a jump of 16-10, outdoing teammate Tylynn Rettig, who jumped 16-06 to finish in second place.

Chinook got a great individual performance from Britney Nelson, who scored all 18 team points for the Sugarbeeters. Nelson captured the state championship in the shot put with a toss of 37-07, while she finished second in the discus with a toss of 110-09.

Carlon and Rettig were the big point getters for the Knights, as expected.

Rettig, who’s had a stellar season, finished third in the 100 meters with a time of 12.98, while Carlon finished right behind her with a time of 13:02. Rettig also placed sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 27:03.

Carlon also scored points as part of the Knights’ outstanding 4x100 relay team, which finished second with a time of 52.54. The team was also composed of Graysen Spicher, Delainey Spicher, who ran anchor, as well as Mackenzie Hansen.

"You can't replace her, (Carlon)" North Star head coach Brian Campbell said. "You can't replace any of the six senior girls we're losing to graduation. You just hope somebody steps up. But I think my girls have turned the corner with meet preparation. It's our third straight team trophy."

Big Sandy got on the medal stand on the girls side as well. Senior Molly Herron capped off an outstanding sports career for the Pioneers with a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters. Herron finished the race in 2:26.82.

In the boys state meet, Hi-Line teams weren’t in the trophy hunt, and the tremendous prep career of Box Elder’s Will Ketchum didn’t quite end how he was hoping.

Ketchum entered the state meet in Great Falls as one of the premier distance runners in the state, and he finished an outstanding second in the grueling 3,200 meters. Ketchum finished the race in 10:25.50, but was just not able to catch up to Bainville’s Chance Hyatt, who dominated the distance races. Ketchum just missed the podium in the faster 1,600 meters, finishing in seventh place overall.

Chinook scored the most team points of any area boys team in the field. Senior Zach Molyneaux totaled 10 points for the Beeters. He finished third in the shot put with a final toss of 50-05 and fourth in the discus with a throw of 134-11.

Chester/J-I’s Cody Ramberg also got on the medal stand, in the high jump, finishing in a tie for sixth with a height of 5-10.

The Charlo Vikings captured the team title with 52 points. Jordan was second with 44 points and Manhatten Christian was third with 41.5.

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BOYS

Team scores: Charlo 53.5, Belt 52, Jordan 44, Manhattan Christian 41.5, Broadus 37, Ennis 35, Bainville 22, Hot Sprints 21.5, Twin Bridges 19, White Sulphur Springs 16, Wibaux 12, Culbertson 12, Darby 11, Fort Benton 10, Chinook 10, Power 10, Savage 10, Harrison 10, Froid-Medicine Lake 10, Victor 10, Shields Valley 8, Alberton 8, Box Elder 8, Circle 8, Two Eagle River 6, Broadview-Lavina 6, Melstone 5, Terry 4, Dutton-Brady 4, Centerville 4, Fairview 4, Nashua 4, Cascade 4, Harlowton 2, Noxon 2, Winnett-Grass Range 2, Superior 1, C-J-I .5

100: 1, Kris Noble, Powder River, 11.26. 2, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 11.32. 3, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 11.38. 4, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 11.42. 5, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 11.44. 6, Seth Bayles, Powder River, 11.46.

200: 1, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 22.65. 2, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 22.70. 3, Kris Noble, Powder River, 22.73. 4, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 22.81. 5, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 22.84. 6, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 22.86.

400: 1, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 50.23. 2, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 50.56. 3, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 50.58. 4, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 50.73. 5, Bill Yeager, Twin Bridges, 51.42. 6, Austin Storle, Dut-Brdy, 52.06.

800: 1, Jory Fisher, White Sulphu, 1:55.10. 2, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 1:57.63. 3, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 1:57.73. 4, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 1:59.45. 5, Joe Koch, Harlowton, 2:01.21. 6, Austin Storle, Dut-Brdy, 2:01.55.

1,600: 1, Chance Hyatt, Bainville, 4:34.95. 2, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 4:36.38. 3, Jory Fisher, White Sulphu, 4:36.62. 4, Lane Nickels, Nashua, 4:37.62. 5, Bradey Wilson, Noxon, 4:39.28. 6, Brayden Wacker, Melstone, 4:40.36.

3,200: 1, Chance Hyatt, Bainville, 10:05.83. 2, William Ketchum, Box Elder, 10:26.50. 3, Harry Green, Belt, 10:27.00. 4, Brayden Wacker, Melstone, 10:32.49. 5, Dalton Delaney, Charlo, 10:38.95. 6, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 10:41.39.

110 hurdles: 1, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 15.12. 2, Ryan Kasten, Circle, 15.40. 3, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 15.63. 4, Ben Hulme, Fort Benton, 15.98. 5, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 16.01. 6, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 16.20.

300 hurdles: 1, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 40.41. 2, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 41.13. 3, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 41.67. 4, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 41.69. 5, Kail Pope, Charlo, 41.71. 5, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 41.71.

400 relay: 1, Broadus (na) 44.41. 2, Charlo 44.60. 3, Belt 44.91. 4, Hot Springs 45.18. 5, Ennis 45.20. 6, Savage 45.78.

1,600 relay: 1, Belt (Colton Swanson, Matt Metrione, Koltin Haugrose, Parker McCafferty), 3:28.24. 2, Charlo, 3:29.90. 3, Broadus, 3:31.74. 4, Manhattan Christian, 3:31.94. 5, Dutton-Brady, 3:32.30. 6, Ennis, 3:32.86.

High jump: 1, Quin Schroedel, Power, 6-04. 2, Jacob Bakken, Wibaux, 6-00. 3, Seth Christiaens, Broadview-Lavina, J6-00. 4, McQ Burley, Powder River, J6-00. 5, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Ch, J6-00. 6, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 5-10. 6, Cody Ramberg, Cji Hi-Line, 5-10.

Pole vault: 1, Walker McKitrick, Ennis, 13-06. 2, Jacen Petersen, Charlo, 13-00. 3, Brett Berry, Fairview, 11-06. 3, Zack Riphenburg, Cascade, 11-06. 3, Haakon Fredrickson, Ennis, 11-06. 6, Jordan Skaley, Savage, J11-06.

Long jump: 1, Zac Agee, Victor, 20-07.25. 2, Cole Fairchild, Shields Vall, 20-06.75. 3, Kamiah Payne, Two Eagle River, 20-00. 4, Jacob Bakken, Wibaux, 19-11.75. 5, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 19-09. 6, Scott Kamps, Manhattan Ch, 19-08.25.

Triple jump: 1, Jed Fike, Harrison, 43-01.50. 2, Jarod White, Hot Springs, 42-03.25. 3, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 42-01. 4, Josh Stickel, Terry, 41-08.50. 5, Cedar Martin, Winn-GR, 41-06. 6, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Ch, 41-05.

Shot put: 1, David Manning, Culbertson, 51-04.50. 2, Derek Wham, Ennis, 50-11.50. 3, Zach Molyneaux, Chinook, 50-05.75. 4, Austin Brentlinger, Twin Bridges, 47-01. 5, Rhett Harmon, Bainville, 46-11. 6, Joe Caicedo, Darby, 46-02.

Discus: 1, Derek Wham, Ennis, 171-04. 2, Andrew Lommen, Alberton, 144-00. 3, Brandon Ereaux, Fort Benton, 141-02. 4, Zach Molyneaux, Chinook, 134-11. 5, David Manning, Culbertson, 134-04. 6, Jarrod Tippens, Superior, 131-04.

Javelin: 1, Joe Caicedo, Darby, 176-11. 2, Braden Feisthamel, Savage, 168-03. 3, Jacen Petersen, Charlo, 162-01. 4, Dylan Lencioni, Centerville, 161-08. 5, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 158-01. 6, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 157-04.

GIRLS

Team scores: Seeley-Swan 62, West Yellowstone 52, North Star 47, Darby 35, Hinsdale 28, Belt 28, Charlo 22, Drummond 19, Broadview-Lavina 19, Park City 18, Chinook 18, Alberton 18, Harrison 17, Melstone 14, Saint Regis 13, Shields Valley 12, Winnett-Grass Range 12, Richey-Lambert 12, Hobson 11.5, Twin Bridges 11, Simms 10, Arlee 7, Highwood 6, Manhaggan Christian 6, Terry 5, Lincoln 4, Fairview 4, Cascade 4, Harlowton 3, Broadus 2.5, Valier 2, Willow Creek 2, Fort Benton 2, Big Sandy 1

100: 1, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 12.65. 2, Brianna Gray, Park City, 12.93. 3, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 12.98. 4, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 13.02. 5, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 13.04. 6, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 13.10.

200: 1, Brianna Gray, Park City, 25.93. 2, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 25.96. 3, Keely Ehmann, Darby, 26.15. 4, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 26.69. 5, Ally Martin, Harlowton, 26.71. 6, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 27.03.

400: 1, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 59.04. 2, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 59.65. 3, Keely Ehmann, Darby, 1:00.04. 4, Kylie Kerkaert, Shields Vall, 1:00.80. 5, Sara Anderson, Belt, 1:01.46. 6, Paige Phillips, Twin Bridges, 1:01.70.

800: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 2:17.99. 2, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 2:24.11. 3, Jessica Knoll, Arlee, 2:25.04. 4, Shae Sager, Shields Vall, 2:26.41. 5, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 2:26.43. 6, Molly Herron, Big Sandy, 2:26.82.

1,600: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 5:01.75 (new Class C record; old record 5:11.80 by Marni Ryti, Terry, 1984). 2, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 5:25.05. 3, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 5:26.64. 4, Lily Lang, Darby, 5:29.68. 5, Nikki Aiken, Manhattan Ch, 5:30.28. 6, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 5:34.92.

3,200: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 11:03.89 (new Class C record; old record 11:17.70 by Mackinzie O'Dore, Joliet, 2010) . 2, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 11:49.95. 3, Lily Lang, Darby, 11:53.42. 4, Nikki Aiken, Manhattan Ch, 11:56.51. 5, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 12:00.36. 6, Caitlyn Lantis, Terry, 12:11.98.

100 hurdles: 1, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 15.71. 2, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 15.75. 3, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 16.17. 4, Aspen Runkle, Charlo, 16.36. 5, Mikaela Grove, Highwood, 16.62. 6, Taya DeFrance, Harrison, 16.77.

300 hurdles: 1, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 46.73. 2, Taya DeFrance, Harrison, 47.52. 3, Sarai McCollaum, Darby, 47.65. 4, Mikaela Grove, Highwood, 48.30. 5, Mariah Stoltz, Valier, 48.53. 6, Aspen Runkle, Charlo, 48.94.

400 relay: 1, Belt (na) 51.04. 2, North Star 51.63. 3, Darby 51.84. 4, Charlo 52.26. 5, Twin Bridges 53.35. 6, Arlee 53.42.

1,600 relay: 1, Seeley-Swan (Paige Holmes, Alex Bohlman, Marge Henrekin, KeAnna Conley), 4:06.25 (new Class C record; old record 4:06.9 by Cascade, 1995). 2, Belt, 4:13.36. 3, Charlo, 4:14.62. 4, Shields Valley, 4:16.08. 5, Twin Bridges, 4:17.51. 6, Darby, 4:17.98.

High jump: 1, Jaegen Hughes, Hobson, 5-00. 2, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, J5-00. 2, Gabby Moeller, St. Regis, J5-00. 4, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 4-10. 5, Sage Collins, Powder River, J4-10. 5, Ember Drivdahl, Hobson, J4-10.

Pole vault: 1, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 9-06. 2, Jordan Ludeman, Charlo, 9-00. 2, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 9-00. 4, Caty Morrison, Terry, J9-00. 5, Cassidy McCarthy, Fort Benton, J9-00. 6, Cera Strumpfer, Seeley-Swan, 8-06.

Long jump: 1, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 16-10.50. 2, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 16-06. 3, Shelby Browning, Winn-GR, 15-11. 4, Faith Vitt, Fairview, 15-08.75. 5, Jaci Nesbit, Willow Creek, 15-05.75. 6, Paige Fickler, Drummond, 15-03.

Triple jump: 1, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 35-07. 2, Britt Cooper, Harrison, 34-06.75. 3, Shelby Browning, Winn-GR, 34-04.50. 4, Kelsie Dustin, Twin Bridges, 34-02.50. 5, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 34-01.50. 6, Taylor Price, Powder River, 34-01.25.

Shot put: 1, Britney Nelson, Chinook, 37-07. 2, Abby Bymaster, Broadview-Lavina, 37-00.50. 3, Autumn Rehbein, Richey-Lambert, 36-06.25. 4, Abby Erickson, Lincoln, 36-01. 5, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 35-10.75. 6, Kylie Mahana, Harlowton, 34-11.50.

Discus: 1, Delani Hanley, Alberton, 119-03. 2, Britney Nelson, Chinook, 110-09. 3, Autumn Rehbein, Richey-Lambert, 108-04. 4, Elsie Carpentar, Cascade, 106-09. 5, Morgan Martin, Twin Bridges, 106-08. 6, Abby Bymaster, Broadview-Lavina, 103-10.

Javelin: 1, Hollee Meek, Simms, 123-11. 2, Ryan Vicek, Alberton, 121-09. 3, Arianna Jones, St. Regis, 121-02. 4, Mary Strumpfer, Seeley-Swan, 116-00. 5, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 111-04. 6, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 110-07.