Murphy And Heckman Earn State Medals At Kansas Meet
Ottawa High School athletes Mike Heckman and Michelle Murphy earned all 16 points for their team at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Cessna Stadium. Heckman placed fourth in the 900-meter hurdles and Murphy took thirds in the 3200 and 1600. Murphy posted a personal best in the 3200, while Heckman will enlist in the Air Force after graduation.
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Michelle Murphy
Mike Heckman
Ottawa High
Wichita State University
Heckman
Rick Peterson
Wichita
Murphy
Cessna Stadium
OHS
Mike
Michelle
Ottawa
Cyclone Head
Record Binge Highlights State Track Meet in Wichita
At the Kansas high school championships in Wichita Chanute's Cris Hall set high jump and hurdles marks on the meet's final day. Hall also contributed to a 5A team title for Buhler while Janet Treiber and Leslie Morgan won multiple events. In 6A Topeka Seaman claimed the crown with notable relay and sprint feats. Additional records and wins marked 4A 3A and 2A divisions, with Osage City and Burrton among top finishers.
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Cris Hall
Hall
Lisa Volk
Wichita-Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
Rene Bumgarner
Newton
Karesa Robbins
Great Bend
Buhler
Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights
Parsons
Janet Treiber
Altamont-LaBette County
Leslie Morgan
Topeka-Seaman
Junction City
Manhattan
Shawnee Mission East
Robin Williams
Shawnee Mission North
Pinkie Suggs
Topeka
Seaman
Susan Hedrick
Clarissa Keeling
Topeka Highland Park
Hedrick
Keeling
Anthony Harper
Columbus
Andale
Jill Wood
Ulysses
Lesha Wood
Wood
Suzanne Spencer
Anthony Harper Chaparral
Gina Stevens
Colby
Osage City
Alex Halleck
Shawnee Mission West
el Dorado
Topeka- Washburn Rural
Arkansas City
Salina South
Jasson Goertzen
Mike Regan
David Keller
Pat Hessini
Winfield
Chaparral
Chris Barnes
Wamego
Shawn Brewer
Hoisington
Coricordia
Mike Baumann
Halsstead
Hesston
Smith Center
David Warders
Fritz
Halstead
Neodesha
Ted Methvin
Cottonwood Falls
Chase County
Johnson-Stanton County
Greensburg
Dighton
Burrton Vaulter Sets Kansas High School Vault Record
Burrton junior Darin Bryant cleared 16 feet 7 inches to win the Kansas high school track pole vault and break his own meet record. Almena-Northern Valley led Class 1A with 76 points. Minneola 40, Burrton 26. Carl Huslig of Minneola swept three events as Wichita South claimed 6A, and El Dorado led 5A with 58 points.
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Wichita
Kan
Darin Bryant
Burrton
Kansas
Bryant
Attica
Mike Heath
Almena- Northern Valley
Min
Rockets Edge Celtics 106 104 To Force Game Four
Houston rockets erased halftime deficits to stun Boston 106 104 in a pivotal game three. Robert Reid credited a looser mood and energized lineup as Houston rallied from a 17 3 third period deficit and narrowed the series to 2 1 heading to The Summit.
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Boston
Rockets
Robert Reid
Celtics
Reid
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