Raiders' Moore returning to state in discus

By Brian Hansel

June 06, 2015 at 11:08 PM

Samuel Moore won the Section 6A discus title for the second straight year last Thursday to punch his ticket for the Class A state track and field meet at Hamline University June 5-6.

Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale's star freshman sent the discus a distance of 147-4. He also came very close to qualifying in the shot put with a third place toss of 46-1.

Conditions last Thursday were not good for throwers according to BHV head coach Jeff Moore.

"He didn't have a really good day throwing. It was not a good day to throw up there. He was in that crosswind." Moore said.

The state meet could be an entirely different proposition depending on weather conditions.

"He's doing okay, he just needs some confidence in himself," Moore said.

Moore has seen his son throw the discus 159-6 this year. Only four Class A state discus qualifiers have better throws than that mark going into the state.

BHV's Rumor Stokes qualified for the section in four events but the senior standout was close to a state berth in only one event at the Minnesota State University-Moorhead complex Thursday, taking third in the triple jump with a leap of 34-9.

Courtney Templin was seventh for the Raiders in the 400 dash with a time of 1:05.48. Also placing seventh was the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 4x200 relay team with a time of 1:53.26.

The Perham boys won the Section 6A team title with 130 points. Otter Tail Central was second with 84. The BHV boys placed 12th with 16 points.

Pequot Lakes earned top honors in the Section 6A girls' field with 81 points. Morris/Chokio-Alberta was second with 77. The BHV girls tied Otter Tail Central for 19th place with six points.

Section 6A Track and Field

Boys

Perham 130, Otter Tail Central 84, Pequot Lakes 43, Wadena-Deer Creek 38, Staples-Motley 32, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 27, Osakis 22.5, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 21, Pelican Rapids 21, Breckenridge 20, United North Central 18.5, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 16, Morris 14, Prairie Valley 14, Benson-KMS 12, Minnewaska 11, Sauk Centre 8, Pine River-Backus 8, New York Mills 7, Hillcrest Lutheran 6, West Central Area 2, Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 1, Pillager 1, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 1

State Qualifiers

110 hurdles: 1. Brody Wangsness (WDC) 17.16, 2. Cormick Combellick (CGB) 17.36

300 hurdles: 1. Treyton Hought (Breck) 42.31, 2. Cole Carignan (Per) 42.45

100 dash: 1. Malik Gill (OTC) 11. 8, 2. Joseph Hewitt (PV) 11. 86

200 dash: 1. Malik Gill (OTC) 23.87, 2. Petric VanErp (OTC) 23.9

400 dash: 1. Zack Hofmann (SM) 51. 21, 2. Nick Peterson (OTC) 51.42,

800 run: 1. Grant Backes (Osakis) 2:02.42, 2. Jonathan Tostenson (Benson) 2:03.48

1600 run: 1. Billy Beseman (Per) 4:38.12, 2. Carson Speicher (Per) 4:41.26

3200 run: 1. Billy Beseman (Per) 10:09.52, 2. Hunter Kjelshus (Per) 10:12.07

4x100 relay: 1. Staples-Motley 45.8, 2. Pelican Rapids 45.34

4x200 relay: 1. Otter Tail Central 1:32.12, 2. Perham 1:33.1

4x400 relay: 1. Pequot Lakes 3:30.07, 2. Otter Tail Central 3:30.75

4x800 relay: 1. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 8:29.84, 2. Perham 8:32.88,

Shot put: 1. Sutton Lohmiller (WDC) 49-0, 2. Mitchell Sunder (Osakis) 47-3

Discus: 1. Samuel Moore (BHV) 147-4, 2. William Parks (Per) 137-8

Long jump: 1. Eric VanErp (OTC) 20-10.75, 2. Ben Nelson (PL) 19-9

Triple jump: 1. Eric VanErp (OTC) 43-7, 2. Reid Pierzinski (PL) 41.8

High jump: 1. Stevin Lipp (Breck) 6-1, 2. Blake Hillukka (UNC) 5-11

Pole vault: 1. Patrick Glynn (Per) 12-6, 2. Cole Schmitz (Per) 12-6

Girls

Pequot Lakes 81, Morris/Chokio-Alberta 77, Perham 70, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 55, Osakis 46, Ashby/Brandon-Evansville 28, Staples-Motley 26, Wadena-Deer Creek 19, Minnewaska 19, Pine River-Backus 18, Pelican Rapids 18, Wheaton/Herman-Norcross 16, Pillager 15, Upsala-Swanville 12, Benson-KMS 10, United North Central 10, West Central Area 8, Sauk Centre 8, Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale 6, Otter Tail Central 6, Ortonville 5, Hillcrest Lutheran 2, Breckenridge 2, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 1

State Qualifiers

100 hurdles: 1. Millie Klefsaas (SM) 16.32, 2. Kayla Sorenson (Osakis) 16.96

300 hurdles: 1. Olivia Nelson (Per) 49.58, 2. Millie Klefsaas (SM 50.14,

100 dash: 1. Chloe Bermel (PL) 13.61, 2. Brittny Bzdok (PL) 13.62

200 dash: 1. Mariah Beckius (Minn) 27.57, 2. Katelyn Rohr (LPGE/B) 27.87

400 dash: 1. Abigail Ecker (LPGE/B) 58.9, 2. Jordan Stafford (WHN) 1:01.28

800 run: 1. Olivia Lane (PL) 2:18.45, 2. Emma Schmidt (WHN) 2:18.99, 3. Maddie Carrington (Morris) 2:19.98

1600 run: 1. Brynnan Covington (Per) 5:29.81, 2. Carla Wittern (Morris) 5:35.84

3200 run: 1. Caitlin Covington (Per) 12:00.37, 2. Jenna Wegscheid (Per) 12:09.02

4x100 relay: 1. Pequot Lakes 49.99, 2. Morris 50.98

4x200 relay: 1. Osakis 1:45.09, 2. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Browerville 1:46.34

4x400 relay: 1. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 4:01. 94, 2. Pequot Lakes 4:04.09