Heritage earns combined track win

The Heritage Generals and Lady Generals posted a combined 165.25 points to hold off Sonoraville (162.75) for the win in a highly-competitive four-team meet in Boynton last Tuesday. Southeast Whitfield (128.50) was third and Gordon Central (80.50) was fourth.

The Lady Generals were first in the girls’ standings, while the Generals were second in the boys’ standings.

The Heritage girls won eight events. Piper Collins swept the 800 (2:45) and the 1600 (6:16), while Avah Morrison took first place in both the shot put (32-11.5) and the discus (116-7.5).

Harper Carstens cleared 5-0 in the high jump to win that event. Addi Dills took first place in the long jump (1411.5) and Kylie Campbell was first in the triple jump (31-1.5). The Lady Generals also won the 4x100 relay (53.82).

Earning second-place points was Caroline Hamilton in the high jump, the pole vault and the 300 hurdles, Malia Mckibben in the 100, and the 4x400 relay team of Mckibben, Carstens, Campbell and Jenna Ryans.

Mckibben place third in the 100 hurdles. Dills was third in the 200. Emma Watson placed third in the pole vault, and Lindsey Gibson was third in the discus.

Rhett Mcdonald swept the throwing events for the Heritage boys. He won the shot put with a throw of 44-9 and took the discus with a heave of 145-0. Defending state champion J.D. Black won the high jump (6-2), Collin Black raced to a win in the 400 (52.15), and the team of Smartt, Mccrary, Collin Black and Tyler Cheatwood won the 4x400 relay (3:45).

Placing second for Heritage was Drew Bradley in the 200, Travis Faulkner in the 110 hurdles, Jaxon Smith in the triple jump, and the 4x800 relay team.

Bradley also took third in the triple jump and Smartt was third in the high jump, while other third-place finishers included Paxton Mccrary in the 100, Grayson Stallings in the 800, Camden Pritchett in the 3200, Brayden Krajesky in the pole vault, Caden Walling in the discus, and the 4x100 relay team.

The LFO track team took part in a six-team meet at North Murray

High School last Tuesday.

The Lady Warriors finished in third place with 28.5 points. Dalton took first with 61, while North Murray was second with 33. Adairsville (19.5), Northwest Whitfield (16) and Dade County (1) rounded out the scoring.

Lexi Downey had the only event win for LFO as she took first place in the shot put with a throw of 267. Downey also took third place in the discus.

Piper Brown cleared 4-10 in the high jump, but had to settle for second place on a jump-off tiebreaker. The freshman also finished third in the 400. Angel Simmons sprinted her way to second-place finishes and the 100 and the 200. Aubrey Medrano was second in the 100 hurdles, while Lady Warrior relay teams took second in the 4x800 and third in the 4x200.

In the boys’ meet, the lone point for the Warriors came on a thirdplace showing by the 4x800 relay.

Dalton scored 68 points to take first place, followed by Dade County (34.67), Adairsville (29), North Murray (19.33), Northwest Whitfield (18) and LFO (1).

Charlie Qualls, warriors In Motion Photography Citing family considerations, Josh Laney stepped down as the head boys’ basketball coach at LFO last week after one 6- AAA regular season title, one 6- AAA tournament title, four straight playoff appearances and 88 wins in five seasons.

Contributed University of Florida freshman and Ridgeland alum Logan Montgomery recently finished his first indoor season with the Gators. He won the Last Chance Meet at Florida, setting a facility-record in the process, and ended his indoor season with a season-best throw of 58-feet at the SEC Indoor Championships at Arkansas.