Sparta Athletes Highlighting Five State Meet Qualifiers
Melvin Anderson leads area in the 100 and 400 dashes and anchors four relays while reaching the Class A state meet. Brachear battles injury but reaches pole vault finals and five events. A junior high jumper posts 6-11 and sets records at Marion Relays and Herrin Invitational. McIntosh tops area discus at 167-1, claiming SIRR Ohio Division and Harrisburg Invitational marks, surpassing his brother’s record.
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Brachear
McIntosh
Harrisburg
Bulldogs claim state titles in relays and vault
Cole Perkins led the Bulldogs in the 300 hurdles at 38.8 seconds and helped win the 400 relay state title. He finished eighth in the 110 high hurdles and second in the 300. Fellow Bulldog Cullers, one of five state champions, won the Class A pole vault with 15 feet as a junior and later set the school record at 15 feet 3 inches at the Class A sectional.
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Perkins
Bulldogs
Cullers
Justin Raby Benton leads Rangers at state meet
Justin Raby Benton ran four events for the Rangers at the state meet after leading the area in the 110 high hurdles. He placed second in the 110 high hurdles by 0.02 seconds to Matt Rush of Gillespie and earned his third All South first team after finishing fifth in the 1,600 at the Class AA state meet. He leaves Red Devils with school records in the 1,600 and 3,200 and will run for Southwest Missouri State this fall.
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Rangers
Raby
Gillespie
Matt Rush
Red Devils
Southwest Missouri State
Larry Williams
Sparta
Williams
Truss Leads Freshman Track Start for Sparta Bulldogs
DeAndre Truss, a Sparta freshman, led the area in the 100 dash and qualified for state in four events. He finished second in the 100 dash by 0.02 seconds and helped the Bulldogs place sixth in the 400 relay and fourth in the 800 relay.
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Truss
Bulldogs
Harrisburg Bulldogs win fourth 400 relay state title in five years
Harrisburg boys relay team Garnett Perkins Sumner Fayne won 43.33 seconds to clinch the 400 relay state title and posted 43.1 best in area. Perkins topped the 300 hurdles and was among top 110 runners. The quartet Garnett Sumner Fayne Murphy posted 1 28.8 for third at state while Murphy Brachear ran 3 21.3 to lift three of four relay season titles.
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Harrisburg
Ryan Garnett
Cole Perkins
Nathan Sumner
Dominique Fayne
Bulldogs
Perkins
Nathan Murphy
Garnett
Blake Brachear
Alec Holler
Holler
Mitchell Jenkins
Mount Vernon
Jenkins
Rams
Jason Jones
Anna Jonesboro
Jones
Stephen Jones
Marion
Wildcats
Austin Kerkhover
Chester
Kerkhover
Earvin Liddel
Liddel
Michael Lynch
Lynch
Nathan Mattox
Mattox
Ed McNeil
Murphysboro
McNeil
Red Devils
Dustin Morris
Salem
Jordan Queen
Centralia
Queen
Carbondale
Cameron Flowers
Saxton van Cleave
Mike Holly
Iboro Umana
Alex Puello
Josh Carter
Chris Dalton
Jonathon Booker
Josh Dotson
Brandon Owens
Blake Wheeler
Orphans win All-South relay title for second straight season
Centralia and Blake Marcum led by Brad DeMattei and Jay Marcum with Phillip Pierjok contributing as the area 400 leader last season. Pierjok, a five-event state qualifier, finished 11th in the triple jump and was edged by Rondell Williams for the state 200 title by 0.08 seconds. Garnett ran legs on the Bulldogs 400 800 and 1600 relays.
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Centralia
Blake Marcum
Brad DeMattei
Jay Marcum
Phillip Pierjok
Pierjok
Chicago Phillips
Rondell Williams
Garnett
Bulldogs
Chris Dalton
Marion
Dalton
Caleb Deere
du Quoin
Deere
Cody Ellermyer
Red Bud
Guebter
Jeremi Hale
Murphysboro
Hale
Area track leaders shine on state spring sports day
The list names multiple seniors and juniors from Du Quoin, Marion, Harrisburg, Mount Vernon, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Nashville, Sparta, and other schools. It highlights top area finishes in events from 100 to 300 hurdles, 200 and 400 relays, pole vault, shot put, discus, and distance runs, plus state qualifications and relay times.
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Marion
Jonathon Booker
Alex Puello
Josh Carter
Joel Allen
Wildcats
Mount Vernon - Taurean
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SICA
Melvin Anderson
Anderson
Ben McIntosh
Joe Busch
Sumner
Jon Habbe
Nashville
Habbe
Hornets
Mike Chamness
Josh Cullers
Justin Raby Benton
Kevin Doran Murphysboro
DeAndre Truss
Fayne
Murphy
DeMatti
B.marcum
J.marcum
Rodger Barefoot
Derek Beard
Bo Bennett
Bennett
Millikin University
Booker
Adam Casper
Anna
Cory Clark
Helpig
Charles Hatch
Hatch
Kyle Herron
Herron
Ben Reeder
Reeder
Darryl Simmons
Carmi-White County
Simmons
Rob Tilley
Matt Walls
Dane Zeiler
Massac County
Zeiler
Winnebago
Mike Kelley
Delance Rowell
Jarvis Smith
Chris Ward
Steven Wills
Reid Bastien
Ryan Schumacher
Kevin Doran
James Wilson
Travis Stephens
Nathan Maddox
Brad Reach
Josh Williams
Daniel Lovell
Tim Bunselmeyer
Spartan Travis Stephens
Eric North
Greg McBride
Matt Blair
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