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By FRED KAVELAKProgress Sports EditorCLARION - Vickie Smith hurled the javelin farther than last year’s state champion, exploded down the stretch for an unbelievablecome-from-behind win in the 880-yard run and capped a brilliant individual performance by anchoring the victorious mile relay quartetafter picking up points with the fourth place 880 medley relay unit.Kim Kelly flew through the air to take the triple jump and long jump before switching over to the track to run a strong leg in the mile relay. Another superb individual effort.Jcndi Wood rose to the occasion on the final throw to the discus after losing the lead only seconds earlier. She placed third in the shotput and javelin.Marie Morgan, like Smith in the javelin, remained unbeaten for the season by uncorking another excellent heave in the shot pul.Patti Duckett had little trouble claiming first place in the high jump after taking a third in the long jump.Celesta Koval, who was third in the 440, and Karen Roseberry were the baton carriers with Kelly and Smith in the mile relay.That’s eight firsts, if you’re keeping track, for the Clearfield Area High thin* clads in the first District 9 Girls Class AAA Track and Field Meet Saturday at Clarion State College.All except Smith in the 880 and Duckett in the high jump were record-setters, since only a couple of the standards set in the first two District 9 Girls Championships were owned by competitors from AAA schools.Brenda Condon just missed adding another gold medal to the Bisonettes’ loot when she was edged in the 110 hurdles after posting the best time in the trials. She had the same time as winner Cindy Butters of Bradford at 17.1, which is a record.Condon, Morgan and Duckett teamed with Smith in the 880 medley relay to pickup fourth place points.However, even though the field events were a showcase for Coach Rod Rishel’s Bisonettes and they managed to do well in some of the races, they wound up a distant second to Bradford in the team chase, accumulating 70 points to the Owlettes* 92.One major factor was that Clearfield got only three points from standout distance runner Grace Feasler, who pulled up 220 yards from the finish of the two-mile run because of what was later diagnosed as a “stress fracture” of her leg.Encouraged by her teammates, the tall Bisonette junior hobbled, walked and limped to the finish line to get a third.“A profile in courage,” is what Rishel later said in praising Feasler when he learned she had to have herentire leg encased by a cast.Feasler was right with front-runner Suzie Maruca of Punxsy at the time she simply had to slop running because of the pain and was a heavy favorite in the mile.‘‘What she did Saturday is almost beyond belief,” Rishel added in admiration.Smith, improving her distances almost every lime out in recent meets, arched the javelin 134’ U” to win the district title by 30 feet, andthat puts her in line for a shot at placing extremely high in the state championships.“If I’m not mistaken, she’s about two feet off the state record,” Rishel pointed out. “The winning throw last year was 133’ in less than ideal conditions, 1 think it looks very promising for her to do well in the states. I’m talking top five. She’,s gotta be one of the favorites.”What Smith did in the 880 almost defies description. Coming around the final turn, she trailed Kim Thorton of Bradford by at least 15 yards and Sandy Duperree of Punxsy by about half that.“With 220 yards to go, she looked like she might be too far back for second,” said Rishel, “but she’s just a super competitor and a smart athlete. She just knows what she can do and will do to win. She’s a winner.She began her kick as she came out of the last turn and came up so fast on the leaders that neither knew she was there. Thornton actually thought she was coasting tovictory when Smith nipped her right at the finish line. A super race.“I have to believe if the girl had led her by 20 yards, Vickie still would have beaten her,” added Rishel. “That’s the way she is.”Smith’s time was 2:30.5.In the mile relay, Koval and Roseberry stayed with the Bradford runners, and Kelly gave Smith a good lead,but Thornton went out fast on the final 440 and overtook the Bisonette on the backstretch.Again, Smith exhibited her burning desire to win when she used her stronger kick to get to the finish line first. The Bisonettes’ time was 4:20, a full seven seconds faster than the previous week.Morgan, who had to settle for second place behind Bradford’s Kathy Mut-zabaugh last year, got even with the Owlette in the shot put with a heave of 377.25”.Wood led the discus after the second throw, but Janell Johnston of Bradford uncorked a better one on her last attempt. With only one try to go, the Clearfield junior was equal to the challenge as she whirled and spun the disc105’5”.Kelly was the favorite in the triple jump, and she responded with an effort of 32’3.75” but her victory in the long jump was a surprise.She didn’t begin competing in that event until the middle of the season and had never gone beyond 14T0”. She hit one good for 15*6.75 Saturday.“Kim does it through hard work and a great attitude. She just did a tremendous job for us,” Rishel said.Duckett won the high jump in quick fashion as most of the competition dropped out early and she was the only girl to clear 4’10”.“Morgan, Duckett, and Wood did nice Jobs, too,” Rishel added. “Morgan hasn’t been beaten, Duckett didn’t lose in dual meets and Wood lost only once In duals and that was to Grace (Feasler). Wood has really come a long way for her first year.”Rishel, disappointed for Feasler, was ecstatic about the over-ali show staged by his Bisonettes.“I’ve gotta give them a lot of credit. It becomes very depressing to work out on a parking lot every day. That’s not just the girls, either. The boys, too, have to practice on the parking lot.“These girls just had tremendous team spirit and really pulled together, even more when they saw what happened to Grace.“I guess the one event that summed it all up was the mile relay. Those four girls just put everything they had into it and the rest of the girls were really rooting for them.”Smith, Kelly, Morgan, Duckett, Wood, Condon, Koval and Roseberry will be going to Shippensburg State this week* for the PIAA Girls Class AAA Championships.DISTRICT 9 GIRLS CLASS AAA Team Scoring and Keyt. Bradford, B, 92 points; 2. Clear-field, C, 70; 3. DuBols, I),'37; 4. Punx-sutawney, P, 35; 5. St. Marys, SM, 19*.Track Events100-1. Margaret Lawrence, B, 12.0t record); 2. Kline, Bf; 3. IJbertf, SM; 4.Grinnen, D; 5. Kaufman, I).Mite—1. Judy Day. B. 5:30.9 (record); 2. Mnrucn, P; 3. Long, B; 4. Massnro.B; 5. AnksLSM.m -l. Vickie Smith, C. 2:30.5; 2. Thorton, B; 3. Duperree, P; 4. Mnrucn, P;5. Long, B.220-1. Mary Jo Cline. B. 28.0 (record); 2. Lawrence. B: 3. Travis, B; 3. Strong, P; 4. Work. P.Two-mile-1. Suzie Maruca. P. 11:51 (record); 2. Masaro. B; 3. Grace Feasler, C; 4. Duperree. P; 5. Judy Shearer. C.110 Hurdles—1. Clhdy Butters, B. 17.1 (record): 2. Brenda Condon. C; 3. Daghtr. SM; 4. Shaffer, D; 5. Gnrbcck, P. 440— 1. Lawrence, li, 1:03.t* lt;record):2. Strong. P; 3. Celesta Koval. C; 4. Cunningham, SM; 5. Tokarske. P.BOO Medley relay—1. Bradford (Kim Thorton. Brenda Morris. Mary Jo Cline, Khonda Shine). 1:59.7; 2. Punxsutawnev; 3. DuBois: 4, Clearfield (Condon, Smith, Mari6 Morgan. Patti Duckeil); 5. St. Marys.440 Belay—1. Bradford (Mary Jo Cline. Brenda Morris. Margaret Lawrence, Brenda Travis). 54.2 (rcord): 2. DuBols; 3. Punxsutawncy; 4. St. Marys.Mile relay-1. Clearfield (Celesta Koval. Karen Roseberry. Kim Kelly, Vickie Smith), 4:20 (record); 2. Bradford; 3. Punxsutawncy; 4. DuBois.Field EventsDiscus-1. Jcndi Wood. C. 105V (record); 2. Johnston. B; 3, Mut-zabaugh, B; 4. Geary. B; 5. Gruzzo. P.Triple Jump-1. Kim Kelly. (\ 32’3.?5” (record); 2. Semoundiarics. B;3. Thiele, B; 4. Gallagher, D; 5. Daghir, SM.Long Jump-1. Kim Kelly. C. 1.V6.75** (record); 2. Phillips, D; 3. Duckett. C;4. Semoudiaries, B; 5. Frederick, B Shot pul—1. Marie Morgan. C\37*7.25 (record); 2. Mutzobnugh, B; 3. Wood, C; 4. Johnston, B: 5. Phillips. I).High jump-1. Patti Duckelt. C, 4*10**; 2. Wray, D; 3. Dubensky, P; 4. Daghir, SM.Javelin-1. Vickie Smith, C. 134*1 r* (record); 2. Uberlt, SM; 3. Wood. C; 4. Phillips. D; 5. Uhrln, P.Strickland Doublewinner in HurdlesBy FRED KAVELAK Progress Sports EditorCLARION - Randy Strickland breezed to victories in the intermediate and high hurdles and Joe Davis surprised with a second in the shot put at the District 9 Boys Class AAA Track and Field Meet Saturday to become Clearfield’s lone qualifiers for the PIAA Championships coming up this weekend at Shippensburg State College.Strickland, a triple and quadruple winner in many of the Bisons’ meets this season, wasn’t pressed in either of his best events.He cruised around the Clarion State College oval in 42.4 for the 330 intermediates, nine-tenths of a second better than runner-up Jay Clever ofDuBois.The 6-4 Bison senior is unbeaten in the intermediates, but Coach Rich Butler was looking for a better time from his standout.“I expected it to be better, and 1 think it would have helped him to do better, just for seeding purposes at the states,” Butler said. “For himself too, a better time would have been good, but he really hasn’t been pressed.“His best time was 40.7 in the league championships, and that was because we ran heats and he was running strictly against time. He’ll have to do better than that at the states in order to do well.”Strickland, unbeaten induals in the high hurdles, avenged his Big Three Meet loss to Clever in convincing fashion, hitting the finish line in 15.9. The DuBois hurdler was a half-second behind.Davis had the shot put won until Punxsutawney’s Frank Bizousky stepped into the ring for his last heave. The Chuck got off one of 50’11.25”.Davis, who also took a third in the javelin, had held the lead with an effort good for497”.“Joe’s really coming on and we were pleased with him,” Butler said. “Bill Short works with him pretty close, and Joe added two feet to his personal best on Saturday.”Clearfield’s other point-getters were soph Cliff Dixon,/ •a third in the intermediate hurdles; Scott Carlson, Fourth in the discus; Mark Price, fourth in the 440; Dennis Owens, fifth in the mile and 880; Dan Wallace, fifth in the two-mile run, and two relay teams. Strickland, Carlson, Gary Mitchell and Robert Vaughn were third in the 880 while Owens, Price, Mitchell and Strickland were fourth In the mile.As expected, Punx-sutawney had a shambles ofthe team competition with 97 points to St. Marys’ 49, DuBois’ 46, Brookville’s 43, Clearfield’s 35, Bradford’s 13 and DuBois Central’s 4,Butler was hoping for more points from his Bisons.‘‘Saturday was discouraging for me,” heiOVER LAST HURDLE goes Randy Strickland af Clearfield enroute to a 15.9 clocking In the 120 htghs as DuBois' Jay Clever, left, and St. Marys' Scott Lipsey, right, trail. Strickland also breezed to victoryPHOTO BY FRED KAVEIAKin the 330 intermediate hurdles and ran on two Bison relay foursomes which placed to stand out in the District 9 Boys Class AAA Meet.*Husted Cops Late Model, Coupe Features at Clearfield Trackremarked, “but I think we found out what we’ve got to do.“We have to show the kids the opportunity is here. This isn’t one of the stronger districts in the state, and it wouldn’t be impossible for us to win the team championship.“There’s alot of interest in Junior Olympics, and the intra-mural program is going strong at junior high.“Once we get our own track, we will come on, too. I think track will take off on its own really.“DISTRICT 9 B6YS CLASS AAA Team Scoring and Key 1. Punxsutawnev, P. VI points; 2. St. Marys, SM, 49; i DuBois, D, 46; 4. BrookvUle, Bv., 43; 5. Clearfield, C, 35; ^Bradford, BF, 13; 7. DuBois Central,UL, 4.West Side Downs CNBWest Side Distributing balanced its Clearfield Old Town Softball League record at County National Bank’s expense, copping last night’s makeup game 10-5.Ed Yeager and Nick Ae-cordino had a double and a single apiece, Ken Reigel tripled and Greg Shirey doubled for the Draftees. Keith Billotte was the winning pitcher.For the Bankers, Ed Proud rapped a triple and two singles, Rodger Shaw had two singles and Greg Detterbeck added a double. Conklin was the loser.West Side now is 2-2. CNB is 1-3.C-C Golf Team Tops LewistownThe Clearfield-Curwensville Country Club men’s golf team defeated Lewistown 77-58 in a Central Counties Association match yesterday.Stew Butler of. the host team was medalist with a 75. Nelson Rowles turned in a 76. For Lewistown, Bob Johnson’s 77 was the best score.Teams earning most of the points for Clearfield-Curwensville were Butler-Rowles, Marty Collins-Denny Campolong Frank Cimo-Chuck Rees, Dan Dugan-Charlie Adcock, Bud Danvir-Leonard Kantar and Pat O’Day-Larry Okerlund.Track Events330 intermediate hurdles — 1. Itandv Strickland. C, 42.4; 2. Clever. I); 3. Clifford Dixon, C; 4. Butter, P; 5. Davidson. D.120 high hurdles — I. Randy Strickland, C, 15.9; 2. Clever. D; 3. Pelroff, P; 4. Lipsey, SM; 5. Duljensky,1100 - 1. Jim Dlveibiss, P.. 10.2; 2.Raybuck, P; 3. Pompeii. I); 4.l^venduski, SM; 5. Munday, Bf Mile — 1. Max Wonderllhg. Rv, 4:38.8; 2. Madcre, DC, 3. McGee. P; 4. Morgan, R; 5. Dennis Owens. C.440 - 1. Mike Willis. Rv, 52.5; 2.Nichol, P; 3. Renwick, P; 4 Mark Price, C; S. Summerville. SM.880- 1. Paul Hoover, 1), 2:01; 2. Sisk. P; 3. Hoffman. SM; 4. Reitz, P; 5. Owens C,220 - Kevin Raybuck, P. 22.9; 2.Dlveibiss, P; 3. Johnson, P; 4. U*vendusky, SM; 5. Munday. Rf. #Two-mile — I. Sieve McGee, P, Hi:22;2. Morgan, B; 3. Dippold, SM; 4. Mitchell, P; 5. Dan Wallace, C.Two-mile relay — 1. Punxsutawncy (Dan Mitchell, Alan Nichol, Jim Sis, Greg Reitz), 8:22.9; 2. St Alarys; 3. DuBois; 4. BrookvUle; 5. Clearfield (Wallace, Mike Dunegan, Owens, Ray Mullen).880 Relay — l. Punxsutawncy (Jim Dlveibiss, Ed Decker, Lee Johnston,. Kevin Raybuck), 1:33; 2. St. Marys; 3. Clearfield (Strickland, Scolt Carlson. Gary Mitchell, Robert Vaughn); 4. BrookvUle; 5. DuBois.Mile relay — I. BrookvUle (Boyd Kerr, Mike Rakovan, Harvey Kutz, Mike Willis), 3:32.4; 2. Punxsutawncy;3. St. Marys; 4. Clearfield (Owens, Price. Mitchell, Strickland).Field EventsHigh jump - 1. Mike Willis, B. (i*; 2. Miller, P; 3. Johnson, Bf; A Keoly, Bf; 5. Shaffer, P.Javelin - l. Herbert Herbs!ritt, SM, 175’; 2. Hitching. D; 3. Joe Davis. C; 4 Muth; 5. Augusiyn, P.Discus — i. Rav Glnther, SM, 130*2; 2. Johnson, Bf; 3. Peffer, P; 4. ('artson, C; 5. Croft, P.Triple jump - I. Brian Foust. I). 41*10; 2. Fuller, Bv; 3. Glotl. SM; 4. Miller, P; 5. Pompeii, D.IAmorlello.Shot put — 1, Frank Bizmisky,50*11.25 ; 2. J. Davis, C; 3. AmorleSM; 4. Austin, Bf; 5. Kane.Pole vault — l. Eric Lundgren. D. -12*1*’; 2. Reid, SM; 3. Howard. P; 4. Bridges, Bv; 5. L. Malhews. Bv.Long jump - I. Brian.Foust, D.19*fi,5”; 2. Kerr, Bv; 3. D. Malhews, p; 4. Miller, P; 5. Schouer,SM* V■/PHOTO BY FRED KAVELAKU-a %SOARING TO A RECORD, personal, schoofand district, in the triple jump is Kim Kelly, who also won the long jump and helped Clearfield cop the mile relay for an impressive performance in the District 9 Girls Class AAA Track and Field Mbet.Pi ke Wins, Then Bow to Oasis HRsPHILIPSBURG - Pike Coal outslugged the Jaycees 15-14, Oasis used four solo home runs to down Pike Coal 5-3 and Philipsburg bombed Yargcr’s 17-3 in yesterday afternoon’s Philipsburg Men’s Community Softball League makeup games.In game one, Pike Coal came up with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Jaycees on hits by Ed Good, winning hurier Tim McCamley and Kip Barnett.Pike outhit the Jaycees 14-13for their fifth win in six outings, J.P, Reese .leading the parade with a-single and a pair of two-run homers. Kip Barnett, Rick Barnett and Gary Siother each added a pair of hits.For the Jaycees, who dropped their second against four wins, losing hurier Jack Hill, Denny Arnold, Terry Prohaska, Pear Webster and John Dixon each collected a pair of hits.Down by two runs at the start of the seventh, the Jaycees went ahead by a run on Jack Hassinger’s clutch two-out two-run single, but the Jaycees still eame up short with the Pike rally in the seventh.Game two saw Oasis, off to a 7-0 start thanks to the ageless wonder Toby Culp, get solo home runs fromatoMudge Myers, Culp and pair from Greg Smeal defeat Pike Coal.Oasis only managed to get seven hits off McCamley with Smeal the only player able to collect two hits.For Pike, which hit Culp for six hits, Kip Barnett and J.P. Reese contributed a pair apiece in the Pike’s second loss in seven games.In the finale, Philipsburg, 4-3, bombed Ynrger’s for 16 hits in its win with Jack Philips, Russ Morroni and Dan Danko each coming up with three while Larry Greenwalt added a pair.Yarger’s, 0-7, managed just four hits off Beetle Mann in the five inning contest. Fred Shoemaker came up with a pair of singles.JC’8 300 161 3-14 13 10Pike 313 033 2-15 14 7HILL (4-2) and Williams. Ilassingcr (4), JC's; MCCAMLEY t :t 11 and R Rarmdl, PC.Doubles (PC) K BaruHI. Siother Triples (PC) Conklin. D. Thompson) (JC) L Thompson. Homers (PC) Beese2Oasts 011 110 t-S 7 3Pike 000 201 0- 3 6 0CULP (7 0) and M Mvers. (; MC CAMLKY (3 2) and R Harnett, PCDoubles (O) Hickson Triples (PC) Reese. Homers (lt;)) Smeal 2. Culp. M. Myers.Yarger’s 000 30— 3 4 2PhllTpsburg 267 2x-17 16 1SMEAL (0-1) and Walsirnm. Y; MANN (3-1) and Condo, P,Doubles - (P Green wall Triples (P J. Morroni. Prentice. Homers (Pi Morroni.Twisters Dealt First MVSL SetbacksAnother tremendous fur. fonhir*» fnnnH onmn )hrA..«K ...KU uuThe Janesville Braves and the Janesville Jets split a doubleheader, the Braves suffering their first loss of the season, and Glen ;Riehey-B did likewise to the Houtzdale Twisters with a split to highlight yesterday’s Moshannon Valley .Softball League action. i The Jets used the tough seven-hit hurling of; Gary Brady to drop the Braves 8-3 in the opening game of the twinbill before the Braves retaliated in the second contest with a slim 6-5triumnh rivor »h#*irand single for the winners.The Twisters broke a 7-7 lie in the sixth inning to cop the second game 10-7 behind the four-hit effort of Allen Glenn, Among Glenn’s hits were a homer and a double.Getting in on the fun for the winners McKinney, Frank Hopnick and Frank Harchak with two hits each while C. Clark added three hits for the losers.Ramey’s twinbill sweep over Brisbin gives them a 7-1 log, the same as the Janesville Braves.Denny Kitko had five and Larry Kitko had four hits for Madera while Bill Hess and Ed Ross popped three hits apiece. Glenn and Gary Walstrom and Roland Swoope had two hits each while Tom Janocko homered.RameyBrisbin204PAim100 3-10 19 3003 0— 3 5 3FULARE (4-0) and Pataky, LloydSANKKY and Hoiencfk, Shaffer (4), B.Doubles- (R Fulare, Mt-Cully,M»ylL Sunkey- Triples (It)Mihalko, Williams.Ramey 379 2(10)2-33 35 2Brisbin 441 022 -13 17 4„ 1 a‘,d Lloyd (fi).
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