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Spot Tracksters Cap League Season Against Bears
BY ARA GRIGORIAN
The Garden Spot girls’ track and field team fell to 2-5 on the year following Monday’s 85-65 loss to Elizabethtown in a Lancaster-Lebanon League meet on the road. The boys’ team improved to 1-6 by beating the Bears 94-56. Bryna Kelly was again among the leaders for the girls’ team, claiming first in both hurdling events in addition to winning the high jump with a 4-foot-8 jump. “She’s a junior and has been a leader for us all year - hurdler, relay teams, and high jumper,” said Spartan’s head coach Lei Williams. “She has the fastest time in the league for the 100-meter hurdles with 15.3 seconds.” She also won the 300-meter hurdles at 47.6. “That was a personal best,” Williams noted. In that race, Avery Stauffer was second at 49.4. Stauffer would go on to take second in the long jump with a 14-5 jump. Lauren Horning earned first in the 400m with a time of 1:04. The Garden Spot 4x800 relay team won in 10:49 with Cloe Martin, Nicole Kelch, Julia Hoover and Kaleigh Watkins as the winning foursome. Kelch also took second in the 800m (2:35.2) while Martin won the 3,200 (13:38). Angela Nuse was third in the 100m dash with a 13.5 time. Melanie Esh took third in both the 1,600 (6:03.3) and the pole vault, with a 7-foot effort. In other field events, Chloe Grady had a busy day, taking first in the long jump (14-9) second place in the triple jump (29-6) and third in the high jump (4-6). Logan Martin finished second in the javelin with a 106-11 heave.
“Logan Martin has been one of our leaders in javelin and discus,” said Williams. “She and Christy Martin have thrown the javelin over 100 feet.” Kupa Agbokah and Alex McFalls were the leaders in the boys’ meet. McFalls was part of the two Garden Spot winning relay teams - the 4x400 (3:44.2) and the 4x800. In the 4x400 Agbokah and McFalls were joined by Zech Nagle and David Rodriguez. In the 4x800 McFalls anchored the team of Joel Benedict, Tom Watt and Jaxon Kulp for a winning time of 11:21.0. “Alex is a 400 and 800 runner,” Williams said. “ We’ve had to practice in pods because of COVID - sprinters, distance runners, jumpers, and throwers. Alex has been a leader in the distance group. He’s always willing to run whatever race we need him to run. He’s a senior, so we’ll miss him next year.” McFalls Alan Krock and Zane Kauffman claimed first through third place, respectively in the 1,600m race with times of 4:52, 4:54 and 4:55. “We swept the 1,600, 800 and shot put,” Williams said. “That’s 27 points right there.” In the 800, McFalls posted a winning time of 2:10.7 while Krock (2:11.2) and Kulp (2:11.5) took the next two places. Austin Worley, Kaleb Zimmerman and Luke Nagle were the top three in the boys’ shot put. Worley’s toss went 38-3 while Zimmerman (35-7.5) and Nagle (338.5) rounded out the sweep. “Kaleb Zimmerman is only a sophomore,” Williams said. “We expect great things from him in the next two years.” Agbokah, the 100m winner (11.4) also claimed the 200 (23.8) while Finn Wenrich placed second (24.7). Kauffman was first in the 3,200 (11:21.0) and Watt second at 11:53. Tristin Sadowski’s 5-11 high jump was good for first while he earned third in the long jump (17-5). Gavin Miller was second
in the long jump at 18-2. VOLLEYBALL With the end of the regular season within reach, the Garden Spot volleyball team earned a huge Section Two victory at Lebanon on Monday evening. The victory kept the Spartans unbeaten (11-0) and as if a dramatic ending of a scripted finish, set up a season finale with the second-place team in the section - the 10-1 Manheim Central Barons - for Wednesday, May 12. As it turned out, the Spartans swept the Barons 3-0 on Wednesday to clinch the section title by a two-game edge. The Spartans won by scores of 25-21, 25-18 and 25-18. Laine King poured in 13 kills against Central while Tyler Martin led in digs with 15. Both Chandler Xxiong and Griffin Witmer registered two blocks while Jordan Martins served up three aces. In the Lebanon match, the persistent service game and front-line execution by the Spartan hitters helped Garden Spot eke out a 26-24 win in the first set followed by consecutive 2518 victories for a 3-0 win. King racked up 11 kills. Jordan Martin distributed 26 assists and
registered three blocks along with Joseph Sharp and Witmer. Tyler Martin had a team-high 11 digs while Xiong served up five aces. BASEBALL Garden Spot suffered a 3-2 loss at Northern Lebanon on Monday. The Spartans’ late rally fell short as they plated one run in the top of the seventh inning. Ty Stanley doubled and scored one of the Spartan runs. Joel Martin also had a double as the Spartans managed five hits on the day. The Vikings scored two in the bottom of the third inning. Right after the Spartans had trimmed that lead in half with a run in the fifth, the Vikings made it a tworun game again, answering with one run in the bottom of the frame. Justin Petersheim reached base twice on walks and stole two bases. He scored the other Garden Spot run. Starter Josh Tudor suffered the loss, pitching four innings and allowing just one earned run. Mason Graybill had two quality innings in relief, allowing one run on two hits while striking out three. Garden Spot fell to 3-13 on the year (2-9 league).
Petersheim homered in the Spartans’ 6-4 victory over the Elco Raiders on Wednesday evening. He finished with two hits, two RBI’s and three runs scored. George Rohrbaugh went 2-for3 with two runs and an RBI, slugging one of two Garden Spot extra-base hits - a double. Evan Myers drove in three for Spot. Graybill went the distance,
scattering 12 hits and allowing only one walk in the complete game victory. SOFTBALL Garden Spot fell on hard times, losing back-to-back league games in Section Three softball action this past week. With a 9-6 loss at Elco on Thursday, May 6, and a 12-2 loss at home to Northern Lebanon, the Spartans fell to 7-9 (7-8 league).
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The Spartans’ Micha Lapp clears the bar with room to spare on his pole vault attempt in Garden Spot’s 95-54 victory in last Monday’s Section Two meet in Elizabethtown.
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