The first track and field meet and softball games of the spring took place Friday and Saturday.
The Juneau-Douglas girls won the Ketchikan Invitational in convincing fashion, scoring 194 points. Five athletes — Sadie Tuckwood, Trinity Jackson, Anna Iverson, Katie McKenna and Lainey Rehder — made multiple podium visits for the Crimson Bears. Jackson, a freshman, was particularly impressive in her first-ever meet, winning the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and triple jump.
Tuckwood, Jackson, Iverson and McKenna made up the bulk of last fall’s state cross country championship team.
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The Thunder Mountain girls, who placed second, had a strong showing in the sprinting events, placing in the top-two in the 100 meters, 100-meter hurdles, 200 meters, 300-meter hurdles and 400 meters.
The JDHS and TMHS boys finished the invite in second and third place, respectively. Crimson Bear sophomore Dawson Hickok placed first in all three of his individual events — the 200 meters, long jump and triple jump.
The Southeast track scene shifts to Sitka for the Sitka Invitational this weekend.
Lady Kings clip Falcons’ wings
The Thunder Mountain softball team dropped their season opener to Ketchikan 9-5 on Friday in a rematch of last season’s state championship game in Fairbanks. The Falcons rebounded Saturday with a 11-7 victory over the Lady Kings, before losing a second time to Ketchikan 7-4. All three games were played at Dudley Field in Ketchikan.
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Senior Nina Fenumiai punched out three batters in the Falcons’ win, while Kyra Jenkins Hayes posted four hits and two RBIs.
TMHS plays against the Sitka Wolves this Friday and Saturday. The Falcons and Wolves meet Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 11 p.m. and 2 p.m. in Sitka.
Thunder Mountain High School sophmore Mariah Tanuvasa-Tuvaifale makes a catch during a 11-7 loss to Ketchikan at Dudley Field in Ketchikan on Saturday, April 20, 2019. (Dustin Safranek | Ketchikan Daily News)
Winless in Sitka
The Juneau-Douglas softball team lost three straight road games to Sitka at Moller Field. After scoring just six runs over their first two losses on Friday night and Saturday afternoon, the Crimson Bears scratched across 15 runs in the weekend finale, a 15-14 loss.
JDHS swaps places with TMHS this weekend for three road games against Ketchikan.
Ketchikan Invitational Results
Esther Shea Field
April 19-20
Boys Events
100 meters — 1, Ali Beya, 11.59; Thunder Mountain. 2, Aiden Luhr, 11.61; Petersburg. 3, Colton Johns, 11.78; Juneau-Douglas. 4, Ivan Credito, 12.00; Ketchikan. 7, Gabe Cruz, 12.18; Ketchikan.
200 meters — 1, Dawson Hickok, 24.53; JDHS. 2, Cody Zartman, 24.81; Ketchikan. 3, Colton Johns, 24.88; JDHS. 5, Christopher Carlson, 25.68; Ketchikan. 6, Gabe Cruz, 25.87; Ketchikan.
400 meters — 1, Jonah Brown, 56.50; TMHS. 2, Ivan Credito, 56.75; Ketchikan. 3, Hunter Mathews, 58.41; Ketchikan. 5, Riley Vierra, 1:04.60; Ketchikan.
800 meters — 1, Tucker Kelly, 2:12.09; TMHS. 2, Tolin Eddy, 2:15.09; Petersburg. 3, Owen Squires, 2:18.12; JDHS.
1600 meters — 1, Arne Ellefson-Carnes, 4:42.00; JDHS. 2, Tucker Kelly, 4:48.00; TMHS. 3, Tolin Eddy, 4:51.00; Petersburg. 5, Dwight King, 5:05.00; Ketchikan. 6, Brent Capps, 5:11.00; Ketchikan. 8, Riley Vierra, 5:15.00; Ketchikan.
3200 meters — 1, Tucker Kelly, 10:22.00; TMHS. 2, Tolin Eddy, 10:31.00; Petersburg. 3, Arne Ellefson-Carnes, 10:47.00; JDHS. 3, Finn Morley, 10:47.00; JDHS. 5, Brent Capps, 10:59.00; Ketchikan. 6, Dwight King, 11:24.00; Ketchikan.
110-meter hurdles — 1, Christopher Carlson, 17.97; Ketchikan. 2, Richard Stuart, 18.25; Ketchikan. 3, Ivers Credito, 18.31; Ketchikan. 5, Riley Deal, 19.60; Ketchikan. 6, Carter Effenberger, 30.60; Ketchikan.
300-meter hurdles — 1, Ivers Credito, 46.07; Ketchikan. 2, Christopher Carlson, 46.75; Ketchikan. 3, Julian Cumps, 47.21; Petersburg. 4, Riley Deal, 49.60; Ketchikan. 5, Richard Stuart, 49.69; Ketchikan.
4×100 relay — 1, JDHS (Dawson Hickok, Tyler Weldon, Ian D’Amore, Colton Johns), 47.38. 2, TMHS (Gaven Smith, Maikeli Tupou, Clayton Gilbert, Ali Beya), 47.87. 3, Petersburg (Julian Cumps, Koren Sperl, Noah Sullivan, Aiden Luhr), 48.43. 4, Ketchikan (ER Caparas, Ivan Credito, Ivers Credito, Gabe Cruz), 48.78.
4×200 relay — 1, Ketchikan (Christopher Carlson, Gabe Cruz, Riley Deal, Brendan Roof), 1:45.94. 2, JDHS (Sahil Bathija, Mitchell Laudert, Marion McQueen, Jaydon Maloney), 1:49.62.
4×400 relay — 1, Ketchikan (Jon Barron, Ivan Credito, Ivers Credito, Riley Viera), 3:54.13. 2, JDHS (Aubrey Hekkers, Ethan Sellers, Jake Sleppy, Jaydon Maloney), 3:57.53. 3, TMHS (Clayton Gilbert, Elijah Mead, Ali Beya, Jonah Brown), 4:10.50.
4×800 relay — 1, JDHS (Aaron Blust, Finn Morley, Ethan Sellers, Owen Squires), 9:20.75. 2, TMHS (Thomas Bowman, Elijah Mead, Sam Dobson, Tucker Kelly), 9:31.28. 3, Petersburg (Uriah Lucas, Tristan Enriquez, Chase Lister, Kole Sperl), 10:13.97.
Shot put — 1, Gaven Smith, 42-02.00; TMHS. 2, Brendan Wong, 42-01.00; Ketchikan. 3, Justice Yoder, 41-04.00; Ketchikan. 4, Tarrant Sasser, 39-04.00; Ketchikan. 6, Gregory Bolshakoff, 31-09.00; Ketchikan. TMHS. 7, Robert Seludo, 31-07.00; Ketchikan. 9, Jerome Munsi, 29-01.00; Ketchikan. 10, Josh Rhoads, 28-07.00; Ketchikan. 14, Robert Cope-Powell, 22-00.00; Ketchikan. 15, Josh Ryan, 20-09.00; Ketchikan. 16, Dutch Meyer, 19-09.00; Ketchikan.
Discus — 1, Brendan Wong, 118-10; Ketchikan. 2, Koren Sperl, 114-09; Petersburg. 3, Justice Yoder, 108-00; Ketchikan. 5, Tarrant Sasser, 98-11; Ketchikan. 9, Josh Rhoads, 82-06; Ketchikan. 10, Gregory Bolshakoff, 72-02; Ketchikan. 13, Jerome Munsi, 61-06; Ketchikan. 15, Robert Cope-Powell, 59-03; Ketchikan. 16, Dutch Meyer, 52-04; Ketchikan. 17, Josh Ryan, 51-00; Ketchikan.
High jump — 1, Aiden Luhr, 5-06.00; Petersburg. 2, Hunter Mathews, 5-02.00; Ketchikan. 3, Jake Sleppy, 5-00.00; JDHS. 4, Jordan Geary, 4-10.00; Ketchikan. 7, Brendan Roof, 4-06.00; Ketchikan.
Long jump — 1, Dawson Hickok, 17-06.00; JDHS. 2, Julian Cumps, 16-07.50; Petersburg. 3, Grant Alphege Dulay, 16-05.00; Ketchikan. 4, Hunter Mathews, 16-04.00; Ketchikan. 6, Riley Deal, 15-02.00; Ketchikan. 8, ER Caparas, 14-11.50; Ketchikan. 11, Robert Cope-Powell, 14-05.00; Ketchikan. 11, Jordan Geary, 14-05.00; Ketchikan. 14, Brendan Roof, 13-07.00; Ketchikan. 17, Josh Rhoads, 12-11.50; Ketchikan. 19, Gregory Merle, 11-08.00; Ketchikan. 20, Josh Ryan, 10-00.50; Ketchikan.
Triple jump — 1, Dawson Hickok, 37-02.50; JDHS. 2, Hunter Mathews, 36-00.00; Ketchikan. 3, Grant Alphege Dulay, 33-10.50; Ketchikan. 3, Tyler Weldon, 33-10.50; JDHS. 6, Jordan Geary, 32-11.00; Ketchikan. 8, ER Caparas, 31-06.50; Ketchikan. 11, Robert Cope-Powell, 30-03.00; Ketchikan. 12, Josh Rhoads, 28-06.00; Ketchikan. 13, Gregory Merle, 26-01.50; Ketchikan. 14, Josh Ryan, 25-11.00; Ketchikan.
Girls Events
100 meters — 1, Trinity Jackson, 13.00; JDHS. 2, Reece Bleakley, 13.25; TMHS. 3, Ada Odden, 13.44; Ketchikan. 6, Carlee Zartman, 14.53; Ketchikan.
200 meters — 1, Trinity Jackson, 27.75; JDHS. 2, Hannah Deer, 27.96; TMHS. 3, Ada Odden, 28.22; Ketchikan. 4, Rachel Knight, 29.73; Ketchikan.
400 meters — 1, Hannah Deer, 1:02.13; TMHS. 2, Sophia Harvey, 1:06.38; TMHS. 3, Rachel Knight, 1:07.37; Ketchikan. 5, Carlee Zartman, 1:10.65; Ketchikan.
800 meters — 1, Sadie Tuckwood, 2:33.00; JDHS. 2, Katherine McKenna, 2:41.00; JDHS. 3, Ashley Cyr, 2:50.94; Ketchikan. 6, Morgan Elerding, 3:17.84; Ketchikan.
1600 meters — 1, Sadie Tuckwood, 5:31.00; JDHS. 2, Katherine McKenna, 5:48.00; JDHS. 3, Anna Iverson, 5:50.00; JDHS. 4, Ashley Cyr, 6:13.00; Ketchikan. 5, Madison Rose, 6:52.00; Ketchikan. 7, Riely Geil, 7:49.00; Ketchikan.
3200 meters — 1, Sadie Tuckwood, 11:27.00; JDHS. 2, Anna Iverson, 12:15.00; JDHS. 3, Morgan Elerding, 12:47.00; Ketchikan. 4, Ashley Cyr, 13:17.00; Ketchikan.
100-meter hurdles — 1, Maia Cowan, 18.10; Petersburg. 2, Audrey Welling, 18.25; TMHS. 2, Kendra Coonrad, 18.25; Petersburg. 4, Shelby Johansen, 20.63; Ketchikan.
300-meter hurdles — 1, Maia Cowan, 52.63; Petersburg. 2, Audrey Welling, 54.75; TMHS. 3, Kendra Coonrad, 55.22; Petersburg. 5, Shelby Johansen, 58.31; Ketchikan.
4×100 relay — 1, JDHS (Gretchen Neal, Dezirae Jabalde, McKenna McNutt, Trinity Jackson), 55.56. 2, TMHS (Audrey Welling, Hannah Deer, Tzadi Hauck, Reece Bleakley), 56.10. 3, Ketchikan (Aedel-France Magno, Rachel Knight, Ada Odden, Carlee Zartman, 56.28).
4×200 relay — 1, Petersburg (Ruby Massin, Kendra Coonrad, Jolyn Toyomura, Annie Christensen), 2:17.04.
4×400 relay — 1, Ketchikan (Ada Odden, Carlee Zartman, Rachel Knight, Ashley Cyr), 4:44.88. 2, JDHS (Gretchen Neal, Linnea Lentfer, Shelby York, Anna Iverson), 5:10.66.
4×800 relay — 1, JDHS (Anna Iverson, Sadie Tuckwood, Sosan Monsef, Linnea Lentfer), 11:26.25.
Shot put — 1, Lainey Rehder, 26-10.00; JDHS. 2, Janae Rhoads, 24-05.00; Ketchikan. 3, Trinity Rehder, 24-04.00; JDHS. 5, Sophie Cornwall, 21-09.00; Ketchikan. 6, Savannah Nieshe, 21-08.00; Ketchikan. 7, Autumn Yeisley, 18-02.00; Ketchikan. 8, McKenna Johansen, 17-11.00; Ketchikan. 10, Kendall Kamm, 17-00.00; Ketchikan. 11, Evelyn Staples, 15-07.00; Ketchikan.
Discus — 1, Lexi Murray, 76-08; TMHS. 2, Lainey Rehder, 74-11; JDHS. 3, Ruby Massin, 71-07; Petersburg. 4, Janae Rhoads, 67-07; Ketchikan. 7, Sophie Cornwall, 57-00; Ketchikan. 8, Autumn Yeisley, 56-11; Ketchikan. 9, Kendall Kamm, 51-07; Ketchikan. 10, McKenna Johansen, 50-05; Ketchikan. 11, Savannah Nieshe, 45-00; Ketchikan. 13, Evelyn Staples, 26-10; Ketchikan.
High jump — 1, Sophia Harvey, 4-00.00; TMHS. 2, Gwen Bannerman, 3-08.00; TMHS. 2, Alexa Godkin, 3-08.00; TMHS.
Long jump —1, Trinity Jackson, 14-00.50; JDHS. 2, Annie Christensen, 12-04.00; Petersburg. 3, Audrey Welling, 12-02.50; TMHS. 6, Evelyn Staples, 9-06.00; Ketchikan.
Triple jump — 1, Tzadi Hauck, 29-05.00; TMHS. 2, Abigail Booton, 27-09.00; TMHS. 3, Kareena Bathija, 24-09.50; JDHS.
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