Sports from April 10, 2008
2-2A district track results:
Schwab 'jumps' to regionals
Friona senior Ryan Schwab jumped his way to the regional track meet with 1st place wins in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump during Monday’s district 2-2A track meet held at Tulia.
The Friona boys scored 75 points and tied with Dimmitt for 3rd place. Muleshoe won the boys district title with 172 points. Schwab turned in an impressive 6' 4" in the high jump, 19' 9 ½ “ in the long jump, and 41' 4” in the triple jump. Zack Fair placed 5th in the triple jump at 39' 5 ¾ “.
Dillon Welch qualified for regionals in the shot put with a 3rd place toss of 46-5 and in the discus with a 2nd place throw of 158. Josh Duenes qualified in the 3200m run. Duenes finished 3rd at 11:47. And Jesus Sarabia qualified in the 1600m run finishing 2nd at 5:09.
The varsity girls finished 6th at the district meet with a 38 point total. The Bushland girls won district with 198 points. Three girls qualified for the regional meet. Maria Meza won 1st place in discus with a 101' 2" toss. Jordan Monroe finished 3rd in the 3200m run with a time of 13:32, and Yesenia Rojas was 2nd in the 400m run at 64.25.
In other district track action, Ricardo Monreal was 4th in pole vault at 11'; David Schwab 6th in 300m hurdles at 43.35; Maria Meza 6th in shot put at 30' 5"; Elizabeth Trevino 4th in the 800m run at 2:40 and 5th in the 400m run at 68.23; Heather Sandoval was 6th in the 300m hurdles at 54.74.
The regional track meet is April 25-26 in Abilene.
Frye, Gurley in Golden
Spread all-star games
Friona Squaw senior Miranda Frye and senior Chieftain Alex Gurley will participate in the annual Golden Spread basketball all-star games this weekend at the First United Bank Center on the WT campus in Canyon.
The annual tourney consists of four teams: East, West, North, South, for both boys and girls. Only seniors are selected to play and the event is a talent showcase for college coaches. Both Frye and Gurley were 2-2A all-district selections and both will be playing on the respective West teams.
Frye’s team will play the East team at 6 p.m. today, Thursday April 10. If they lose they play again at 1 p.m. Saturday. If they win they play at 6 p.m. Saturday.
Gurley’s team follows a similar schedule. They play the East squad at 8 p.m. Thursday April 10. If they lose they play at 3 p.m. Saturday. If they win they play at 8 p.m. Saturday.
One possible glitch for the Gurleys. Alex will play Thursday night, travel to Abilene over Friday and Saturday for the UIL Academic regional competition, then try and make it back to Canyon for Saturday’s contest. If his team wins Thursday and plays at 8 p.m. Saturday he should be able to make it back in time. If they lose Thursday and play at 3 p.m. Saturday it is not likely he can make it by game time.
The challenge is simple: win the Thursday game. Go Big Red! Congratulations to Alex and Miranda for being all-stars and for their contributions to Friona athletics and the community.