Blue Caplinger made history in a few different ways for Louisburg High School during the 2018-19 season.

Caplinger, along with fellow LHS student Alyse Moore, became the first Wildcat athlete in recent memory – if ever – to participate in two sports during the same season. All that led up to what was a spectacular finish to his senior year.

Caplinger helped the 4×400-meter
relay to a state championship in late May, which was the school’s first individual
track title since 2015. When all was said and done, Caplinger lettered in four
sports this past year.

These are just a couple of the
reasons why Caplinger was chosen as the 2019 Louisburg Sports Zone Male Athlete
of the Year.

The award, which is in its second
year, is to recognize an outstanding LHS student athlete. Louisburg Sports Zone
asked the head coaches at LHS to submit nominations and those nominations were
then organized and submitted back to the coaches for a vote.

The coaches then submitted their
top three choices and the number of votes were added up, which decided the
winner.

Caplinger was one of the leaders
of the Wildcat football team that reeled off 10 straight wins to start the season
and captured a regional championship before falling to eventual state champion
Bishop Miege.

He was an All-Frontier League player on both sides of the ball as he earned first team defensive honors from the safety spot with 31 tackles, two fumble recoveries and an interception.

Caplinger played a couple different positions offensively and earned second team all-league honors as a multi-purpose player. He had 310 yards rushing and four touchdowns to go along 234 yards receiving and two more scores.

He was also the lead blocker on a
lot of the big runs that teammate Austin Moore – who was a first-team
all-league and all-state running back – had during the season.

“Blue was the most all-purpose player we had,” Louisburg football coach Robert Ebenstein said. “He was the ideal teammate who put the team first all the time. He always did anything that was asked of him. He was a tough competitor and a great all-around person.”

During the wrestling season, Caplinger was a state-ranked
wrestler at 170 pounds for much of the year. He ended his season with a team-high
33-5 record and was a regional champion.

At the Class 4A state tournament, Caplinger finished one win shy of his first state medal. In all, Caplinger finished with a team high in wins and also holds the school record for most career reversals (72) and most career escapes (86). He ended his Wildcat career with a 111-57 record.

“Anyone who knows Blue understands what a great young man he
is,” Louisburg wrestling coach Bobby Bovaird said. “Blue embodies so much
about what wrestling is all about. I wanted him to get that state medal so
badly, and he came so close not once, but twice. With these sorts of setbacks,
Blue has demonstrated that he’s gained the resilience to be a champion in life.”

In the spring, Caplinger became a dual-sport athlete as he
participated in both baseball and track and field.

Although his focus was on track, Caplinger helped out the
Wildcat baseball team as a pinch-runner as he stole five bases in eight games.

However, Caplinger did a lot of his damage on the track as he was one of the Wildcats’ top sprinters. He joined Justin Collins, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams to win the Class 4A state title in the 4×400-meter relay.

Caplinger, along with Charlie Koontz, Wiedenmann and Collins, also medaled fifth at state in the 4×100 relay. Both relays broke school records this past season in the Frontier League and regional meets.

Caplinger will continue his athletic career this fall as he plans to attend Benedictine College on a football scholarship.

For the past three years, Louisburg Sports Zone has given out Athlete of the Week awards during each of the three sports seasons. I do it to recognize special athletic achievements and to highlight the athletes.

For the second straight year, Louisburg Sports Zone will be handing out an Athlete of the Year honor to a male and female athlete at Louisburg High School. I wanted the opportunity to recognize those who exemplify what it means to be an “athlete.”

Although I am giving out the award, I wanted the process to be subjective, so I asked the head coaches at LHS to help me out. I asked each coach to send me nominations of who they thought exemplified the Athlete of the Year honor. They will then vote for their top 3 male and female athletes and then I will tabulate the results and determine the winner. In the next week, I will announce this year’s recipients.

Below are the nominees for this year’s award in alphabetical order by last name. Congrats to all those who were nominated and best of luck!

FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

CARSON BUFFINGTON – SENIOR – BASKETBALL, SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL

Carson was a 3-time letter winner in her senior season and
was named as a team captain in volleyball, basketball and soccer.

In volleyball, Buffington earned second team All-Frontier
League honors as she helped lead the Lady Cats to a Class 4A state runner-up
performance. She also moved from her starting setter position to the outside
hitter spot and had a lot of success for the Lady Cats as she tallied 130 kills
in her new position. With all that success, Buffington was also selected to the
Greater Kansas City Volleyball Coaches Association Senior All-Star Match.

Buffington also wrapped up a strong career for the Louisburg
basketball team as she averaged eight points and seven rebounds to go along
with three steals a contest. She was named as a Frontier League honorable
mention this past season, and she also was selected as an all-state honorable
mention.

In girls soccer, Buffington was the starting goalie for Louisburg in all 20 games. She posted 13 shutouts, which is a school record and had a .952 goals against average, which is also a school record. Buffington had 90 saves on the season that ended as a Class 4-1A state runner up for the second consecutive year. For her efforts, she was also selected second team All-Frontier League. Buffington was also named first team all-state goalie and was named Goalkeeper of the Year.

ANNA DIXON – SENIOR – VOLLEYBALL

Anna wrapped up her fourth volleyball season as a varsity starter for the Lady Cats and guided Louisburg to its second consecutive Class 4A-state runner-up finish.

Dixon, who is currently with the Kansas State volleyball
team, ended her senior season with 584 kills and had a hitting percentage of
.260. She also added 325 digs, 50 aces and 42 blocks as she played all six
rotations. With those lofty numbers, Dixon earned several big time honors in
her final season.

She was selected as an All-Frontier League first team player
and was also named to the 4A State All-Tournament Team. Those honors continued
as she was named the Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association Class 4A Player of the
Year and earned a spot on KVA All-State First Team.

Following the season, Dixon was also named as an
Under-Armour All-American also earned MaxPreps/American Volleyball Coaches
Association Player of the Week honors.

ALYSE MOORE – SOPHOMORE – BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD

Alyse is a 3-sport varsity letter-winner this past year as she earned letters for the basketball, softball and track and field teams. This past spring season, Moore went to state in two different sports and became the first Wildcat athlete in recent memory to do so.

In her first season in track and field, Moore threw the
javelin for the Lady Cats and went on to become regional champion as she
eclipsed her personal best throw by almost 25 feet in just her third
competition of the season. The following week, she medaled fourth at the Class
4A state tournament with a personal best throw of 131 feet and 9 inches.

Moore was also the starting shortstop for the Lady Cats as
she helped Louisburg to its first regional championship since 2014.

During the basketball season, Moore was a starter for the
Lady Cats and averaged six points, five rebounds and three steals a game.

TRINITY MOORE – JUNIOR – CROSS COUNTRY, SOCCER

Trinity is 2-sport letter-winner for Louisburg this past
year as she had state performances in both cross country and soccer.

During the fall, Moore was the top runner on the Louisburg girls cross country team as she helped the Lady Cats to a regional runner-up finish and qualified for state as a team for the first time in school history. Moore medaled fourth at the Class 4A state meet in Wamego and currently holds the school record for the fastest time in program history. She also earned first-team All-Frontier League honors for her third place finish at the league meet.

In soccer, Moore was a starter on the Wildcat team that recently finished as the Class 4-1A state runner-up for the second consecutive year. At the midfield spot, she finished the season with 12 goals and six assists and was also named to the All-Frontier League first team.

DELANEY WRIGHT – FRESHMAN – BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, TRACK AND FIELD

Delaney is a 3-sport letter-winner as she took part in cross country, basketball and track and field and competed at the state level in two of those.

Wright found most of her success in track and field as she
earned four medals at the Class 4A Kansas State Track and Field Championships
in Wichita this past month. She medaled in the long jump, 400-meter-dash,
200-meter dash and as a member of the 4×400-relay.

During the regional meet, Wright broke two school records
(long jump, 400 dash) and earned a regional and Frontier League title in the
long jump. She also earned a medal in the long jump at the Kansas Relays
earlier in the season.

In cross country, Wright was a member of the Louisburg team
that finished as a Class 4A regional runner-up and qualified for the state meet
as a team for the first time in school history. In basketball, Wright saw
playing time at the varsity level as a freshman at different points throughout
the season.

MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

BLUE CAPLINGER – SENIOR – BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, WRESTLING

Blue is a 4-sport letter-winner in football, wrestling,
baseball and track and field and competed at the state level in two of the
sports.

In football, Caplinger was an All-Frontier League player on
both sides of the ball as he was named to the first team defense as a defensive
back and second team offense as a multi-purpose player. On defense, Caplinger,
who helped Louisburg to a 10-1 record and a regional championship, had 31
tackles from the safety spot and also had two tackles for a loss, two fumble
recoveries and an interception. Offensively, he had 544 total yards and six touchdowns.

On the wrestling mat, Caplinger was a regional champion at
170 pounds and finished his season with a 33-5 record. The Louisburg senior
fell one match short of state medal with a 2-2 record at the Class 4A state
tournament. He currently holds the school record for most career reversals (72)
and most career escapes (86). Following the season, he was also named to the
KWCA Academic All-State first team.

Caplinger split time between baseball and track and field in
the spring. Although he spent time as a reserve and pinch-runner on the
baseball team, Caplinger found a lot of success on the track.

He qualified for state as a member of two relays. Caplinger was a member of the 4×400 relay team that won the Class 4A state championship in 3 minutes and 25 seconds. Caplinger also helped the 4×100 relay to a fifth place finish and went on to garner two state medals.

Caplinger will join the Benedictine football team this fall.

AUSTIN MOORE – SENIOR – FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, WRESTLING

Austin is a 3-sport letter winner in football, wrestling and
track and field and was among the state’s best in two of the sports.

Moore thrived on the football field for the Wildcats as he helped Louisburg to a 10-1 record and a regional championship. Moore was a first team All-Frontier League player on both sides of the ball and was the league’s leading vote-getter. He went on to rack up all-state awards as the Louisburg senior earned Class 4A first team all-state honors as a running back from the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Kansas Football Coaches Association. Moore was also named as a Class 4A first team all-state linebacker from the Wichita Eagle.

When the season was all said and done, Moore tallied 1,554
total yards from the running back spot, including 1,428 yards on the ground,
and had 21 touchdowns before he broke his collarbone during the regional
championship game.

With those numbers, he was named the Kansas Small Class
Player of the Year by 810 Varsity and was All-Purpose Player of the Year by
Kpreps.com. Earlier this year, Moore was also named to the Kansas Shrine Bowl
roster.

On the wrestling mat, Moore missed more than half of the
season with his broken collarbone, but came back in a big way. Moore won his
first 14 matches when coming back at 220 pounds, which included a regional
championship. He went on to earn his first state medal as he finished fourth at
the Class 4A state tournament with a 3-2 record. He was also named to the KWCA
Academic All-State first team.

During the spring, he was a member of the Louisburg track and field team and threw the javelin for the Wildcats. He was also on the throwers relay that ranked Top 5 nationally at one point in the season.

Moore will join the Kansas State football team this fall.

KIEFER TUCKER – SENIOR – FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, WEIGHTLIFTING

Kiefer is a 2-sport letter winner in football and track and
field and also went to state competition in two activities.

Tucker was a presence on the line of scrimmage for the
Louisburg football team as he was a first team All-Frontier League player on
both sides of the ball and helped the Wildcats to a 10-1 record and a regional
championship.

The Louisburg senior was among on the leaders on the
offensive line as he helped pave the way for more than 3,500 yards of total
offense. On defense, Tucker recorded 55 tackles from the defensive end spot,
including three tackles for a loss, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and
a sack. Those numbers helped earn him honorable mention all-state honors and was
also named to the all-state team by the Kansas Football Coaches Association.
The honors kept coming for Tucker as he was recently selected to participate in
the Kansas Shrine Bowl.

During the winter, Tucker was a member of the Louisburg
powerlifting team and certainly made his mark there as well. Tucker won the Class
4A state championship in the 220-pound class and broke a 24-year-old record in
the bench press with a lift of 375 pounds.

In track and field, Tucker qualified for state for the first time in the discus. He finished as a regional runner-up and went on to take ninth at the Class 4A state meet in Wichita, just one spot away from earning a state medal.

Tucker will join the Emporia State football team this fall.

Louisburg freshman Delaney Wright reaches out for the sand pit during the long jump Saturday at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships in Wichita.

WICHITA – Coming of an impressive
regional performance where she qualified in four events and broke two schools
records, Louisburg’s Delaney Wright was busy last weekend at the Kansas State
Track and Field Championships.

Wright may have not gotten the
times or marks she had hoped, but she left Wichita with a lot of decoration
around her neck. The Louisburg freshman medaled in all four events at Wichita
State’s Cessna Stadium.

In all, the Lady Cats medaled in eight events and racked up 28 points to finish 10^th in the team standings. The finish left a good impression with the Louisburg athletes as almost all of its state qualifiers are underclassmen.

It wasn’t easy for Louisburg
either as the Wildcats had to deal with numerous weather delays and didn’t get
to compete till Saturday. The meet wrapped up a day later and the athletes in
running events didn’t get to run in any preliminaries, while jumpers and
throwers only got four attempts with no finals.

“Delays are always tough, but we weathered
the storm and performed well,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “It was an
awesome long weekend. On paper, I was hoping for a little more, but with the
youth we took, I could not be happier. They did great.”

Wright’s best individual event came in the 400-meter dash Saturday as she finished fourth overall in 1:00.74 and Ottawa’s Summer Spigle won the race in 59.51 seconds.

“To be able to qualify for four
events was super cool and I will definitely remember my first season as a
freshman,” Wright said. “Running the 400 was very difficult, but I was so
nervous that I barely remember a lot of it. The competition was tough and I
didn’t think I would do as well as I did. Running with all the girls from 4A
was so fun and such a good experience.”

The Lady Cats saved their best performance for last as the 4×400-meter relay of Wright, Carlee Gassman, Rain Pugh and Sydni Keagle ran a personal best time of 4:12.74 to take fourth overall and was just .10 seconds behind third place Andale.

“I’m so proud of my 4×400 team,”
Gassman said. “We had to deal with a lot of chaos, but we still stayed strong.
We have so much talent and we fought for that fourth place finish. I can’t wait
to see what we do next year.”

Wright would also go on to finish
seventh in the 200-meter dash in 27.07 seconds. In her first event on Saturday,
she was eighth in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet and 10.5 inches.

“I feel like it was rough in my
two other events,” Wright said. “It was such a great experience to go to state
and learn how things work as a freshman. After not competing how I wanted to in
the long jump, I had to change my mindset because I had three other events.

“Our 4×400 was so fun to be a part
of. We have a great team and we worked so hard this season. I was grateful to
be a part of that team and stand with them on the podium.”

Gassman, a junior, also had a big
meet for the Lady Cats she came away with three medals, including an individual
one in the 300-meter hurdles. Gassman ran a time of 47.52 seconds to finish
fourth overall.

“In all honesty, I was very
disappointed with my 300 race,” Gassman said. “I know I can do so much better,
and knowing my time from last year was faster than first place at state this
year, just tells me that I didn’t work hard enough. I am going to keep my head high
and work for it next year.”

A second Louisburg relay also made
its way to the medal stand. Gassman, along with Jordon Leach, Pugh and Keagle,
ran a time of 50.69 seconds in the 4×100 relay to take eighth overall.

“It was great being able to go on
the medal stand with the people I love and getting a medal for the 4×100 is
amazing,” Gassman said. “Getting to run against girls that are so much faster
than us just pushed us even more.”

In the field events, the Lady Cats earned two more medals as both Alyse Moore and Avery Graham both captured their first state medal.

In the javelin, Moore recorded a
personal best for the second week in a row as she had a toss of 131-9. The
Louisburg sophomore went on to finish fourth in her first state meet.

Graham also found her way to the
medal stand in the pole vault. The Louisburg junior tied a personal best mark
of 10 feet to take fifth overall.

“It was really nice to see both of
them medal,” Reece said. “I think that is going to be a huge confidence builder
for them.”

Keagle, a junior, just missed out
on her first state medal by one place in the 100 hurdles. On Saturday morning,
she ran a time of 16.67 seconds to take ninth overall.

Leach, a senior, competed in her
final meet for the Lady Cats and came in 12^th in the 100-meter dash
in 12.81 seconds.

The Louisburg 4×400-meter relay (from left) of Justin Collins, Blue Caplinger, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams pose with their state championship medals Sunday at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium. The Wildcat quartet won the state title in 3:25.39.

WICHITA – Three days after
arriving in Wichita for the Kansas State Track and Field Championships, Justin
Collins, Blue Caplinger, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams finally got the
chance to get on the Cessna Stadium track.

The four Wildcat runners had the
top time in Class 4A going into the 4×400-meter relay, but weather threw a
little wrench into their plans. The meet, which was supposed to end on
Saturday, was postponed to Sunday morning and all races were judged by times
with no preliminaries.

It wasn’t the ideal situation, but
they made it work – and it worked well.

Collins, Caplinger, Wiedenmann and
Williams won the state championship in a time of 3 minutes and 25.39 seconds as
they edged Chapman at the finish line, which ran a 3:25.61. It was the first
state track championship for Louisburg since 2015 when Connor McMullen won the
discus.

“I felt we ran well,” Wiedenmann
said. “Our coach (Andy Wright) had told us that individually there would be
kids faster than us, but that as a team they couldn’t’ beat us as long as we
ran our best race.”

Collins opened the relay, and the
Louisburg sophomore was a little nervous, knowing there was more than just a
state championship on the line.

“It was a relief because right
before I went out there to run, coach Wright told us he had never had anyone
win a state championship and we wanted to make sure to do that,” he said.

Collins then handed the baton to
Caplinger, who also helped keep the Wildcats toward the front of the pack and
the Louisburg senior was happy to do his part.

“I think it was cool to win state,”
Caplinger said. “It is something everyone hopes for and actually accomplishing
it is pretty awesome. I think I ran a decent leg, but it wasn’t my best. The
competition was tough and much different than anything we saw during the
regular season.”

Caplinger then gave the baton to Wiedenmann and the Louisburg sophomore remembered something he told Williams two days prior to the race.

“I told Chris that I would do my
best to give him a 20-meter lead, and even after all the delays, I made sure to
stick to my promise,” Wiedenmann said. “When I handed it off to him, I thought
I was pretty close to accomplishing my goal.”

Williams then took the final leg
of his high school career and made it count as he left the other seven teams
behind him.

“Once I crossed the line, I knew
that I used all the effort that Justin, Blue and Ben gave to get me the baton
in first and to finish the race like they started,” Williams said. “It was a
great feeling that we were able to provide coach Wright with his first state
championship in his coaching career.”

The rest of the team felt the same
as they came together to celebrate on the infield as Williams crossed the
finish line.

“I had mixed feelings watching
Chris cross the finish line,” Wiedenmann said. “One part of me was stoked that
we had finished first, but the other half of me was glad that it was finally
over and that our hard work had finally paid off.”

Louisburg’s 4×400-meter relay was one of two relays to earn state medals for the Wildcat boys. Louisburg medaled in four events overall as the top eight in each event make their way to the medal stand.

Charlie Koontz, Caplinger,
Wiedenmann and Collins worked their way to the medal stand for the 4×100 relay
as the Wildcats finished fifth in 43.68, just behind rival Paola who ran a
43.66.

“Getting a medal was really cool
in the 4×100,” Caplinger said. “We were ranked seventh coming in and we were
just .02 seconds off of third place. I think we ran well against this
competition, even though it wasn’t our best time.”

Sophomore Luke Faulkner picked the
perfect time to have his best performance in the pole vault as he cleared a
personal best 13 feet, 6 inches to finish fourth overall and earned his first
state medal. Teammate Trent Martin was 12^th in the event after
clearing 12-6.

Williams also earned an individual
state medal for the second straight season in the 400-meter dash. The Louisburg
senior finished seventh in 52.52 seconds.

“To be honest, the one race I
cared about was the 4×400, but once the race started I decided to just go for
it,” Williams said. “I was just wanted to make my last individual race in high
school a good one and it is nice to get another medal.”

Senior Kiefer Tucker was just one
spot away from earning his first state medal, but the Louisburg senior took
ninth with a throw of 141-3, just three feet behind the eighth-place finisher.

Junior Michael Waldron recorded
his best throw of the season Saturday in the javelin as he recorded a toss of
165-3 and took 10^th. Waldron was a little more than a foot behind
eighth-place.

In other events, freshman Tom
Koontz had a good time in his first state meet as he took 12^th in
the 300 hurdles in 42.21 seconds and senior Brandon Cooper was 13^th
in 11.45 in the 100 dash.

Junior Anthony Davis and freshman
Ryan Rogers finished 15^th and 16^th, respectively, in the 1,600-meter
run.

Louisburg sophomore Alyse Moore is competing at state this weekend in both softball and track this weekend and is the first Wildcat athlete to do so in recent memory.

Alyse Moore was filled with
excitement after she and the Louisburg softball team qualified for state last
week.

As the team’s starting shortstop on the 5-win team, it was an unexpected, yet a fantastic feeling for the Wildcat sophomore. Just three days later, however, Moore’s excitement level reached a new level.

Moore qualified for state in the
javelin after she won a regional title in the event last Friday in Paola. So,
for the first time in recent school history, she is the first Wildcat athlete
to head to state in two sports in the same season.

“It is such an honor,” Moore said.
“I am so thankful because I couldn’t imagine do it without my teammates in
softball and my coaches in track. I am just very thankful and it is a great
opportunity for me.”

After the Lady Cat softball team won the regional title on May 14, Moore took to the javelin runway last Friday in Paola during regional track and she had an outside shot of earning a spot at the state track meet.

She knew she was going to have to have her best throw of the season to have a chance. Moore had competed in just two meets all season prior to regional due to her softball schedule.

So in her final throw of prelims, Moore let it fly and she shattered her old personal record by 25 feet with a throw of 129 feet, 11 inches. That mark jumped her to the top of the leaderboard and it was good enough win regionals by three feet.

She held off Baldwin senior Kayla Kurtz, who recently signed with the University of Oklahoma. When Moore’s personal record mark was read out, her javelin coach, Alex Gentges, got a little excited himself.

“I knew she was capable of a big throw but 129-11 exceeded expectations so I let out some excitement after they read off the distance, that’s for sure,” Gentges said. “The great thing is that she is capable of more, but walking away a regional champ after the first year ever throwing is incredible.”

The idea of participating in two sports was brought to Moore’s attention before the start of the season, and after talking with coaches from both sports, she was given the go-ahead to compete in both, with softball being the priority.

It made for some busy afternoons and evenings after school as she would attend softball practice and then made her way over for track workouts.

“It is definitely a challenge sometimes, but at the same
time it is super fun and it is fun to be around different people,” Moore said. “Most
of the time I will go to softball first, practice there, and then Gentges comes
over and we will put in the time after softball practice working on throwing. It
means a lot that he created extra time for me to get better.”

Moore grew up playing softball and the thought of throwing javelin hadn’t even entered her mind until before the season when the Wildcat track coaches brought the idea to her parents. They knew she had a strong arm as a shortstop, and they thought it would translate well into the javelin.

Although there were some growing
pains early, Moore has taken off with the javelin as she threw over 100 feet in
just her second meet earlier this month at Wellsville. She then followed it up
with the regional-winning throw.

“I’m very impressed about her success in both sports,” Gentges
said. “She comes to practice with a great attitude and takes criticism well.
She is a competitor and anyone that watches her compete knows that. This is the
first time in a long time that someone has played two sports at once and to
have this success this early is a special thing.”

Moore and the Lady Cats softball team competed in Salina on
Thursday and left with a 10-0 loss to No. 1 seed Andale-Garden Plain. It is
just the first part of what is a busy weekend as Moore will throw the javelin
at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday in Wichita at the state meet.

Whatever happens, Moore has enjoyed the experience of being able
to participate in two sports and is hoping for good things on Saturday.

“Although this is my first year throwing javelin, I am
expecting to go out there and place,” Moore said. “There are a lot of good
throwers out at state, but hopefully I can go out there and throw well. It will
be a lot of fun.”

Louisburg freshman Delaney Wright lands in the sand put after breaking the school record in the long jump with a mark of 17-11.75 on Friday at the Class 4A regional meet in Paola. Wright qualified for state in four events.

PAOLA – Delaney Wright was already
having a great season for the Louisburg girls track and field team as a
freshman.

On Friday, she took it to even
bigger heights.

During the Class 4A regional meet
at Paola High School, Wright qualified for state in four events, broke two
school records and earned a regional title in her first postseason track meet.

Wright won a regional title in the
long jump and finished second in the 200 and 400-meter dashes. She also helped
Carlee Gassman, Rain Pugh and Sydni Keagle to a second place finish in the
4×400-meter relay.

“I am so grateful for everything,”
Wright said. “I had been having trouble with my hip this week and I just wanted
to come out and make state in at least one event. I didn’t realize I would make
it in four. It is an unbelieveable feeling.”

Wright’s day was just one of the
many positives for the Lady Cats as they broke four school records, had four
regional champions and qualified for state in 10 events.

As a team, the Lady Cats nearly
earned the regional runner-up trophy as they racked up 86.5 points and finished
a half a point behind second place Baldwin and Bishop Miege, who tied for
second. Paola won the regional title with 107 points.

Wright began her historic day in the long jump as she was sitting third going into the finals when she popped her best jump of the season in her first attempt in the finals. Wright had a mark of 17 feet, 11.75 inches, which won her a regional championship and broke a school record in the process.

She eclipsed the old record of 17-10.5 set by Carolyn Burk in 1995 and Wright currently has the best jump in Class 4A heading into the state meet.

“I was so surprised,” Wright said.
“Carlee (Gassman) and I said a prayer right before finals and we both just went
for it. It was a great jump and I am just really happy.”

Her record-breaking streak
continued in the 400 dash as she was second overall in 1 minute, just .05
seconds behind Ottawa’s Summer Spigle. Wright finished .28 seconds ahead of
Baldwin’s Carly Lindemeyer as all three runners reached for the finish line.

Wright’s time broke Sue Truman’s 44-year-old
record of 1:00.30 that was set in 1975.

“It was just a battle,” Wright
said. “It was all about who had the most heart and we all wanted to go to
state. It was a great race. This season has really exceeded my expectations. I
just wanted to come out and do my best and do what it takes to win.”

She later qualified in her third event as she took second in the 200-meter dash in 26.45 seconds. In the last event of the night, Wright, Gassman, Pugh and Keagle recorded a season-best time of 4:15.28 to take second overall in the 4×400 relay.

As for Gassman, she is heading to
state in three events. The Louisburg junior won the regional championship in
the 300-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 46.69 seconds and has the
second-best time going into the state meet this weekend.

“I’m blessed to have gotten the
regional title,” Gassman said. “Honestly, I started out the season a little
rocky and to know that I’ve been working hard enough to keep improving my time,
makes me extremely happy.”

Gassman also helped the
4×100-meter relay earn a trip to state as she joined Pugh, Keagle and Jordon
Leach to finish second overall in 50.70 seconds. Bishop Miege was first at
50.54.

“I’m so proud of both the relay
teams,” Gassman said. “We have so much talent and determination. I think out at
state we are going to run our hearts out and good things will come from that”

Leach continued the historic day
for the Lady Cats she broke the school record in the 100-meter dash with a time
of 12.66 second and broke LeAnn Rhoten’s mark set in 1980. Her time was also
good enough to win her first regional title as she heads into state with one of
the top times.

“The prelims were pretty tough and
I didn’t think that I ran all that well,” Leach said. “Coach (John) Reece told
me I was ranked first going in so that they are chasing me. I knew that I
needed to step up in the finals and I just went for it. I was so nervous
though. I have raced a lot of these girls before, and it is always a toss-up on
who wins and after I crossed I almost cried. It felt so good.”

Sophomore Alyse Moore provided the
Lady Cats with their biggest surprise of the day as Moore, who had thrown in
just two meets prior to regionals, finished her day as a regional champion.

Moore set a new personal record by
almost 25 feet as she finished with a mark of 129 feet, 11 inches, which came
in her final throw of the prelims. She is now headed to state in two different
sports as she is also the starting shortstop on the softball team.

“I’ve worked all week on it and I’ve
been focusing a little more,” Moore said. “Whenever I let it go, it just felt
really natural for me and I was so excited to be able to go to state in track
too, along with softball.

“It definitely surprised me that I
was able to win it. It all has to do with Coach G (Alex Gentges) because he has
really worked with me and put in extra time whenever I have to come late
because of softball. It is definitely all because of him helping me out and it
feels awesome to be able to win.”

Keagle competed in a difficult field of the 100-meter hurdles, but the Louisburg junior rose to the occasion as she recorded a time of 15.99 seconds to set a new school record and earned her first state bid in the process as she came in fourth.

She broke the 40-year-old mark of 16 seconds that was set by Barbara Spies in 1979.

Junior Avery Graham also earned her first state bid in the pole vault as she took fourth overall after she finished at 8-6. Graham cleared that mark early in the competition, but sustained an ankle injury after and wasn’t able to vault.

Louisburg will begin their journey
to a state medal Friday afternoon at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita
State University. The top eight in each event will earn a medal.

“Having so many people qualify for
state just proves how much talent we have on our team,” Gassman said. “I’m so
proud of everyone who made it and I know everyone is going to do their absolute
best this weekend.”

Other results are:

100 dash: Rain Pugh, 6^th,
13.23

200 dash: Jordon Leach, 10^th,
29.49

1,600 run: Shaylor Whitham, 10^th,
6:25

High jump: Eileen Benne, 5^th,
4-8; Shelby Grandon, 7^th, 4-6

Pole vault: Malee Rutherford, 11^th,
7-0

Long jump: Carlee Gassman, 5^th,
17-1; Sydni Keagle, 10^th, 15-7

Triple jump: Benne, 12^th,
29-5.5

Shot put: Shea O’Hara, 11^th,
32-0.50; Cayden Forrester, 13^th, 24-9

Discus: Rinny McMullen, 5^th,
100-11; Aiyana Penca, 8^th, 90-8; Melia Rice, 13^th, 81-2

Javelin: Davis Guetterman, 10^th,
91-7; Lakin Cunningham, 17^th, 71-3

Louisburg senior Chris Williams pumps his fists in the air after the Wildcat 4×400-meter relay won a regional championship and broke their own school record with a new time 3:23.76 on Friday during the Class 4A regional meet in Paola.

PAOLA – As Justin Collins, Blue Caplinger, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams raced around the track in the 4×400-meter relay Friday at the Class 4A regional meet in Paola, they had only two thoughts in mind.

One was to qualify for state and
the other was to hold on to that No. 1 state ranking.

The Wildcats did both of those
things and then some. The Louisburg quartet easily won the regional
championship as they broke their own school record with a time of 3 minutes and
23.76 seconds after setting it last week at the Frontier League meet.

“I think we ran pretty well,”
Caplinger said. “We are looking forward to even tougher competition at state. I
think we compete harder as the competition gets tougher and it was very
satisfying to know that we can run good times consistently.”

Louisburg currently has the best
time in Class 4A heading into the state meet this weekend in Wichita.

“We are all pretty excited since
we are No. 1 in the state instead of No. 8,” Williams said. “It is always a
good thing to be at the top. At the same time, we are now the team to beat and
we are who everyone wants to catch. It is going to be a fun race. It is going
to be tough and we are going to do our best.”

It was a successful day for the Wildcat team as they qualified for state in nine events and will send 13 to Wichita this weekend. The end of the meet almost got even better for Louisburg as it was in the hunt for the regional runner-up trophy.

Louisburg finished with 82 points,
but unfortunately they finished one point behind Eudora for second place in the
team standings. Paola won the regional crown with 168 points.

Still, the Wildcats had a successful
regional meet that led them to qualifying for state in nine events and are
sending 13 athletes to Wichita in the process. The top four finishers in each
event get to compete at the state meet.

Along with his regional title in
the 4×400 relay, Williams, a senior, ran his best race of the season in the 400-meter
dash in 51.44 seconds to win a regional championship.

“I thought I ran it pretty slow,
but down the final stretch I decided to just go for it since it was my last one
and finally got below 52 seconds, which I had been struggling with all season,”
Williams said. “It was good to get that good time.”

Louisburg’s 4×100-meter relay of Charlie Koontz, Caplinger, Wiedenmann and Collins ran their best time of the season Friday. After tying the school record the week before at the league meet, the four athletes now have it all to themselves as the Wildcats ran a 43.34 to finish second overall to Paola, who ran a 43.17.

“It’s really awesome to get the
record to ourselves,” Caplinger said. “It was nice since we’ve been working for
that record for two years. If we make it to finals (at state), I think we’ll do
very well.”

In the discus, senior Kiefer Tucker almost finished as a regional champion as he put together a strong round of throws to take second overall with a toss of 148 feet, 6 inches.

Tucker led going into finals of
the competition, but in the second round of the finals, he was passed by Bishop
Miege’s Taylor Poitier with a 152-7.

“It feels to go out to state,
especially with it being my senior year,” Tucker said. “I am just glad I made
it and it will be my first time going so it will be a new experience, but I am
definitely excited for it.

“Going in, I was a little scared,
but once I got my warm-up throws in I felt good and I knew it was going to be a
good day. I’m just glad that I went out and competed and just got it.”

The Wildcats also had six athletes
that finished in either third or fourth place to earn a state bid.

Junior Michael Waldron will make
his trip to state in the javelin as he took third overall with a throw of 154-9
in windy conditions. Waldron is excited for his first opportunity in Wichita
after narrowly missing state a year ago.

“It feels great,” Waldron said. “This
is my first year going and last year I missed out on going to state by like a
few feet, so it is a nice to be able to get there.

“It was actually good throwing into
the wind, and I have actually had success this year doing that, so it was good
and I’m looking forward to state.”

Louisburg had a pair of pole vaulters qualify after both Trent Martin and Luke Faulkner both tied personal bests to finish third and fourth, respectively.

Martin cleared 13-6 for the second
consecutive week, while Faulkner was fourth at 13-0. A lot of their competition
was eliminated early on and knew they qualified shortly into the event, which made
it a little less stressful.

“I felt really good today,” Martin
said. “It was nice when the four of us found out early in the competition that
we had already qualified and that took a lot of the pressure off. It just let
us have fun.

“We are going to be putting in
work this week and going for PR’s at state and we will just see what happens.”

It will be the second trip to
state for both vaulters and Martin will try for his second state medal.

“I am just trying to go to state
all four years and I have been successful so far,” Faulkner said. “There was
great conditions and that helped with some of the high marks.

“It is fun having competition to
go up against at practice with Trent. Everyone is slowing getting better and it
makes the sport more fun.”

Louisburg got a pleasant surprise from freshman Tom Koontz in the 300 hurdles. Koontz ran a personal best time of 41.35 seconds to finish third overall and led to a celebration at the finish line.

The Wildcats also qualified a pair
of distance runners as junior Anthony Davis and freshman Ryan Rogers finished
third and fourth, respectively, in the 1,600-meter run. Davis ran a 5:00.48,
while Rogers sprinted toward to the finish to edge Osawatomie’s Bryce Filipin
in 5:03.

In the sprints, senior Brandon
Cooper was fourth in a difficult race in the 100-meter dash. Cooper ran a time
of 11.22 to punch his ticket to state.

Events for state will begin at 3
p.m., Friday at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University and
the top eight in each events will earn state medals.

Other results:

100 dash: Justin Collins, 5^th,
11.33; Blue Caplinger, 6^th, 11.51

200 dash: Charlie Koontz, 10^th,
23.85; Ben Wiedenmann, 11^th, 23.95

800 run: Anthony Davis, 14^th,
2:24; Ryan Rogers, 15^th, 2:24

110 hurdles: Tom Koontz, 5^th,
16.88

Long jump: Hayden Feikert, 7^th,
19-10; Will Finestead, 8^th, 19-8.5; Weston Guetterman, 15^th,
16-10

Triple jump: Finestead, 5^th,
40-7.5; Isaac Guetterman, 10^th, 39-5.25; Indy Strumillo, 13^th,
38-5.75

Shot put: Kiefer Tucker, 12^th,
42-9.5; Jonathan DePriest, 15^th, 39-7.5

Discus: Carter Anglin, 8^th,
122-2

Javelin: Jay Scollin, 6^th,
148-7; Austin Moore, 7^th, 142-10

Louisburg junior Carlee Gassman glides her way to a Frontier League crown in the 300-meter hurdles last Friday in Paola. Gassman won with a time of 47.07 seconds.

PAOLA – Carlee Gassman and Delaney Wright had a Frontier League Invitational to remember for a few different reasons – one of which was they left with a league title in hand.

Gassman won the league crown in
the 300-meter hurdles and Wright took first place in the long jump as they
guided the Lady Cats to a fifth-place team finish Friday in Paola. The Wildcat
duo certainly wasn’t done scoring points.

Both athletes captured three
league medals and Gassman was also a part of history. Gassman, along with
Jordon Leach, Rain Pugh and Sydni Keagle, broke the school record in the
4×100-meter relay as they ran a time of 50.59 seconds to finish second overall.

They eclipsed the old mark of
50.96 that was set in 2000 by the quartet of Laura Gjerde, LaTasha Roberts, Megan
Howard and Libby Dean.

It was a competitive event as
Piper went on to set a new league record in a time of 49.15 seconds.

“The 4×100 did an awesome job,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “I was coaching when the 2000 team broke the record and again with this group. Yes, there are similarities between them, but only one difference – we only lose one from this relay due to graduation. I expect them to continue to improve on their time, not only this year, but next as well.”

Gassman continued to show improvement in the 300 hurdles as she
recorded a season-best time of 47.07 seconds to win the event going away.

The Louisburg junior broke the school record in the event last
year in 45.78 and Reece believe she is rounding into form for the postseason
run.

“Carlee had a great start in the first 150 meters, which made
the others chase her,” Reece said. “Her conditioning continues to improve and
the best is yet to come.”

Wright, a freshman, had a big performance in her first ever
league meet as she won the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 4 inches. She beat
out Baldwin senior, Carly Lindenmeyer, by one inch to take the top spot.

Gassman also scored points for the Wildcats in the long jump as
she was fifth at 16-5.75.

“Delaney is not a freshman when it comes to competition,” Wright
said. “She is a focused individual that will bring it every time. It is
impressive for a freshman to claim a league title, especially in our league.”

Wright and Gassman teamed up with Pugh and Keagle to run the
4×400-meter relay as well. The team medaled third overall with a personal best
time of 4:17.86.

In the sprints, the Wildcats picked up a couple more medals as
Wright took third in the 200-meter dash in 26.83 seconds, while Leach was third
in the 100 dash in 12.96. Wright also went on to score points in the 400 dash
with a season-best time of 1:01.26 and took fourth.

Louisburg also scored points in a pair of field events. Junior
Avery Graham cleared 8-6 to medal second in the pole vault and freshman Rinny
McMullen was fifth in the discus with a toss of 93-11.

As a team, the Wildcats were fifth overall with 65 points.
Baldwin won the league title with 112.5 points and Paola was second at 105.50.

The Lady Cats will be back in action Friday when it travels to
Paola for the Class 4A regional meet. Events start at 1 p.m. and the top four
finishers in each event will qualify for the state meet next week in Wichita.

“I believe we can qualify as many as 8 girls and be represented
in 11 events,” Reece said. “As always, we need to go and take care of what we
can control, our own performances, and good things will happen. If we go and
PR, the other teams will see the energy we create and they will feel the
pressure, not us. The best is yet to come.”

Other results are:

200 dash: Jordon Leach, 7^th,
29.99

800 run: Shaylor Whitham, 11^th,
2:52

1,600 run: Whitham, 10^th,
6:15

100 hurdles: Kristen Bell, 8^th,
18.90

300 hurdles: Bell, 14^th,
1:04

High jump: Shelby Grandon, 10^th,
4-8; Eileen Benne, 10^th, 4-8

Long jump: Sydni Keagle, 13^th,
14-3

Triple jump: Benne, 11^th,
29-5

Shot put: Shea O’Hara, 15^th,
29-2; Cayden Forrester, 20^th, 25-3; Eden Strumillo, 21^st,
24-6

Discus: Aiyana Penca, 12^th,
85-7; Melia Rice, 13^th, 81-9

Javelin: Alyse Moore, 10^th,
95-7; Davis Guetterman, 16^th, 74-8; Lakin Cunningham, 20^th,
68-0

The Louisburg 4×400 team of (from left) Justin Collins, Blue Caplinger, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams broke at 19-year-old school record with a time of 3:25.10 to win a league title Friday in Paola.

PAOLA – It was a record-breaking
night for the Louisburg boys track and field team and the Wildcats picked a
good time to do it.

At the Frontier League Invitational at Paola High School, the Wildcats broke a school record, tied another and finished with two league champions Friday. Most of it was on the track as both relay teams were a part of history.

The 4×400-meter relay team of
Justin Collins, Blue Caplinger, Ben Wiedenmann and Chris Williams broke the
school record with a time of 3 minutes and 25.10 seconds and earned a league
title in the process. The old record of 3:25.60 was set in 2000 by the team of
Sauber, Brittingham, Johns and Hoppe.

Louisburg beat runner-up Eudora by
more than a second as the Wildcat quartet eased to a league championship in the
event. Their new school record time is currently the top mark in Class 4A this
season.

“They were on a mission and they
wanted the school record,” Louisburg coach Andy Wright said. “They ran with a
purpose and were determined to win. I don’t want them to be satisfied and I don’t
think they are. They are all competitors and compete with that mentality. I can’t
ask for more than that as a coach.”

The Wildcats’ 4×100 team of Charlie Koontz, Caplinger, Wiedenmann and Collins rose to the occasion as well. Louisburg tied a school record in the event with a time of 43.43 seconds as the Wildcats took third overall in a fast race that saw Piper win the league title at 43.20.

That mark of 43.43 tied the record set in 1996 by Hoppe, Burk, Jaccard and Antisdel.

“It was a well-deserved time,”
Wright said. “This crew works hard every day in practice. They show up and do
everything that is asked of them. They competed hard. All of the events,
including the relays, were state-medalist caliber at this meet.”

Junior Trent Martin had the best
day of his high school pole vaulting career as he won his first league crown.
Martin cleared a personal best mark of 13 feet and 6 inches and nearly cleared
14 feet in his final attempt.

Martin tied Paola’s Preston Martin
at 13-6, but Trent won based on number of misses. Louisburg sophomore Luke
Faulkner cleared 12-6 and finished fourth.

“Trent had some great attempts on
Friday,” Wright said. “It is nice to have him healthy and improving. He is
working very hard this week and I know he will be ready for regionals.”

 As a team, the Wildcats finished fifth in the
league standings with 55 points. Piper won the league championship with 122
points and Paola was second with 121.

On the track, Williams rounded out the Wildcat medalists as he was the league runner-up in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52 seconds.

Also in the sprints, Collins ran a
time of 11.47 seconds to take fifth in the 100-meter dash. Caplinger was fifth
in the 200 dash in 23.33.

Louisburg also scored points in
the 300 hurdles as freshman Tom Koontz was sixth in 42.81.

The Wildcats also scored points in
a few field events. Junior Michael Waldron recorded a throw of 156-6 to take
fifth in the javelin.

Junior Carter Anglin was sixth in
the discus with a toss of 131-5 and junior Indy Strumillo took sixth in the
triple jump with a mark of 39-4.

“The Frontier League meet is,
event for event, one of the toughest we will compete at,” Wright said. “In
several events, the top finishers are the leading event leaders in the state. I
was very proud of the way our team handled themselves and the level of
competition. They didn’t back down.”

Louisburg will be back in action
Friday when it travels back to Paola to compete in the Class 4A regional meet. The
top four finishers in each event will travel to Wichita next week to compete at
the state meet.

“Our regional is tough, and has
some very tough competition,” Wright said. “The mark coming into the Paola
regional are some of the best in 4A. I expect us to go out and give it our
best, and if we compete like we can, we hope to qualify in several events. It
should be very exciting on Friday.”

Other results are:

100 dash: Blue Caplinger, 8^th,
11.72; Charlie Koontz, 11^th, 11.91

200 dash: Ben Widenmann, 9^th,
23.41; Skylar Tinsley, 13^th, 24.31

400 dash: Dylan Armstrong, 12^th,
55.96; Weston Guetterman, 14^th, 56.92

800 run: Anthony Davis, 14^th,
2:19; Ryan Rogers, 17^th, 2:26; Caden Bradshaw, 18^th, 2:27

1,600 run: Davis, 7^th,
4:58; Rogers, 12^th, 5:12; Bradshaw, 13^th, 5:12

3,200 run: Gareth Baus, 18^th,
13:00

110 hurdles: Tom Koontz, 10^th,
17.84

Long jump: Will Finestead, 11^th,
18-4; Hayden Feikert, 12^th, 18-3; Guetterman, 18^th, 17-2

Triple jump: Isaac Guetterman, 8^th,
38-0.50; Finestead, 9^th, 37-6.5

Shot put: Kiefer Tucker, 10^th,
45-6; Brayden White, 17^th, 39-11; Jonathan DePriest, 22^nd,
37-6

Discus: Tucker, 16^th,
109-7; White, 18^th, 107-6

Javelin: Jay Scollin, 7^th,
142-2; Austin Moore, 9^th, 141-2

Carlee Gassman won the 300 hurdles, was second in the long jump and helped the Louisburg 4×100 relay to a first place finish Friday in Wellsville.

WELLSVILLE – The Louisburg track
and field teams took part in one of its toughest meets of the season Friday in
Wellsville.

Louisburg competed in the Red Bud
Relays and both the boys and girls teams had a fair amount of success as they
each took sixth in the team standings. The Lady Cats came in sixth with 45
points, while Baldwin won the meet with 91 and Paola was second with 79.

The Wildcat boys were also sixth
with 43 points. Paola took first in the team standings with 124 points and
Spring Hill was second with 104.5.

“The boys ran up against some good
competition,” Louisburg boys coach Andy Wright said. “We had some athletes step
up and compete. As a team, I would like to see us refocus our goals and get
ready for league coming up.”

Carlee Gassman had a big meet for
the Lady Cats on the girls side as she earned a pair of gold medals and was
runner-up in another event as well.

Gassman won the 300-meter hurdles
in 48.53 seconds to pull away from the rest of the field. Earlier in the day,
Gassman, along with Jordon Leach, Rain Pugh and Sydni Keagle, put together a
season-best time in the 4×100-meter relay in 50.99 seconds.

The Louisburg junior would also go
on to finish second in the long jump with a mark of 15 feet and 6 inches.

Louisburg won one event on the boys
side and that came thanks to the arm of Kiefer Tucker. The Louisburg senior
captured the discus title for the second week in a row on a throw of 144-6.

“Kiefer really competed,” Wright
said. “He lost the lead in the finals and I was proud of how he responded by
putting his last throw out there to regain the lead and win it.”

Although it didn’t count in the
team standings, Tucker also took part in the thrower’s relay with Austin Moore,
Michael Waldron and Jonathan DePriest. The team took first in 48.37 seconds and
their time is the fourth fastest in the nation according to milesplit.com

Two other relays also had
season-best times as the 4×400-meter relay of Chris Williams, Justin Collins,
Blue Caplinger and Ben Wiedenmann finished second in 3 minutes and 28 seconds
to take second overall.

The 4×100 relay of Brandon Cooper,
Caplinger, Wiedenmann and Collins found themselves in a competitive race, but
came in fourth in 43.98 seconds.

“The 4×400 set a PR by two seconds
and they ran a solid race, even without everyone running their best split,”
Wright said. “When we get everyone’s best in the same race we are going to be
right at the top of the mix in league and regionals.

“The 4×100 also got a PR, but we
just have to keep improving every week. We are getting down to the end and we
need to stay focused on improving with the races we have left.”

In the sprints, Cooper led the way in the 100-meter dash as he took third in 11.49 seconds and Caplinger was sixth in 11.70. Caplinger was also sixth in the 200 dash in 23.87.

Williams ran a 52.82 to take
fourth overall in the 400 dash and freshman Tom Koontz was sixth in the 300
hurdles in 44 seconds to complete the point-getters on the track.

In the field events, Waldron earned a medal in the javelin with a throw of 152-5 to take third and sophomore Jay Scollin was fifth at 148-4.

On the girls side, Leach had a successful day as she was runner-up in the 200-meter dash in 27.50 and was fifth in the 100 dash in 13.54.

Keagle earned points for Louisburg
in the 100 hurdles as she finished fifth in 17.06 seconds. Keagle, Pugh,
Gassman and Shaylor Whitham was sixth in the 4×400 relay in 4:28.

The girls 4×100 thrower’s relay, although they didn’t earn points, took gold in 1:03.

A pair of throwers also placed for the Lady Cats. Sophomore Alyse Moore finished fifth with a toss of 104-4 and freshman Rinny McMullen was sixth in the discus at 93-1.

Senior Eileen Benne and sophomore
Shelby Grandon tied for sixth in the high jump after clearing 4-6.

Louisburg will begin its
postseason slate Friday when it travels to Paola for the Frontier League
Invitational. Events are set to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Other results are:

GIRLS

400 dash: Andrea Gaza, 19^th,
1:14

1,600 run: Shaylor Whitham, 14^th,
6:21

100 hurdles: Kristen Bell, 11^th,
19.59

Long jump: Sydni Keagle, 10^th,
13-6

Triple jump: Eileen Benne, 11^th,
28-5

Shot put: Shea O’Hara, 16^th,
26-10; Eden Strumillo, 18^th, 25-6; Cayden Forrester, 24^th,
22-9

Discus: Aiyana Penca, 15^th,
87-0; Melia Rice, 22^nd, 77-4

Javelin: Davis Guetterman, 23^rd,
73-5

BOYS

100 dash: Justin Collins, 9^th,
11.79

200 dash: Ben Wiedenmann, 8^th,
24.27; Brandon Cooper, 10^th, 23.90

400 dash: Dylan Armstrong, 21^st,
56.69; Weston Guetterman, 25^th, 59.39

800 run: Anthony Davis, 18^th,
2:20; Ryan Rogers, 21^st, 2:25; Sawyer Richardson, 24^th,
2:28

1,600 run: Davis, 12^th,
5:01; Rogers, 15^th, 5:14; Richardson, 17^th, 5:24

110 hurdles: Tom Koontz, 7^th,
17.54

Pole vault: Trent Martin, 8^th,
11-6; Caleb Shaughnessy, 12^th, 9-6

Long jump: Will Finestead, 9^th,
18-4; Hayden Feikert, 12^th, 18-0

Triple jump: Finestead, 8^th,
37-4; Indy Strumillo, 9^th, 36-11; Guetterman, 13^th, 34-10

Shot put: Kiefer Tucker, 9^th,
42-3.5; Jonathan DePriest, 13^th, 39-8; Brayden White, 19^th,
38-3

Discus: Carter Anglin, 7^th,
121-7; White, 14^th, 111-8

Javelin: Austin Moore, 12^th,
125-11