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Post-Season Competition and Award Winners
Jared Fulton’s trip to the PIAA Championships at the Giant Center March 10-12 may have been shorter than he would have liked but head coach Tony Mendez knows that his experience is invaluable.
“He’s a junior and will be back in the room next year,” said Mendez. “Now he knows what states is like and what you need to do to get there. He can share that experience and use it as motivation to get further next year.”
Fulton (152) opened with a 5-2 win over Nate Shippey of Interboro in the Round of 32 Thursday, March 10. He held a 2-1 lead after two periods and secured the win with a takedown in the final seconds.
In the Round of 16, Fulton dropped a 5-0 decision to eventual second place finisher Matt Repos of Central Dauphin. His trip to states continued with the second round of consolations on Friday where he suffered a 15-6
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defeat to Chad Ozias of Connellsville, the eventual seventh place finisher. “Jared held a brief lead in the second period and then near the end of the third he was down by three and went for the win,” said Mendez. “He wound up giving up five points, but he was going for the win. “You always go in expecting to medal but the competition is so tough,” he added. “Jared was right there. He puts in the time, attends camps and does the weightlifting all to give himself the best opportunity.” After going 15-5 last year, dictated by Covid, Fulton racked up a 38-10 mark this season and currently sits at 67-27. Fulton won a LancasterLebanon League title, was second at sectionals and placed fourth at the regional meet. DISTRICT SWIMMING Solanco’s swim team of one, Addie Scott, punched her ticket to the PIAA Swimming Championships with a pair of solid performances at the District Three Championships held at Cumberland Valley High School March 4-5. Scott, a junior, swam both of her events on Saturday and just 40 minutes apart. She posted a 52.67 in the 100 free and then recorded a 58.12 in the 100 back, leaving her in sixth place in both events. Last year in the district meet Scott was fourth in the 100 free and fifth in the 200. INDOOR TRACK Pennsylvania Track and
Field Coaches Association recently voted on the 2021-22 indoor track and field all-state teams where Solanco’s Katie Urbine, for her stellar efforts in the pole vault, was named to the First Team. She also recently placed sixth at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Saten Island, New York, clearing 12 feet, ı inch. Also, of note on the indoor track scene - former Solanco standout Anna Cooney, a member of the Widener track and field team, placed fifth in the shot put at the 2022 NCAA Division Three indoor championships on March 12, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Cooney tossed the shot 45-7.25 and in doing so, claimed her first All-American honor in indoor track and the second one of her career after also placing fifth in last year’s outdoor nationals. She becomes only the fifth Widener woman to earn AllAmerican status in indoor track and field. BASKETBALL For their efforts on the hardwoods, three Solanco athletes, as voted on by the coaches, received all-star recognition. Jayden Yoder, the team’s leading scorer (11.1 ppg avg. with 34 threes) was a Section Three honorable mention selection while Olivia Lasko, the girls’ leading scorer with a 10.5 ppg avg, received first team and allacademic team recognition. Kendall Jansen was voted to the all-defensive team. The girls team also received the Sportsmanship Award. See Sports pg 7
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Solanco’s Jared Fulton works towards a 5-1 win over Nate Shippey of Interboro in a 132-pound, preliminary-round bout in the PIAA Championships in Hershey’s Giant Center on March 10. Fulton was then blanked, 5-0, by Central Dauphin’s Matt Repos in a quarterfinal match and followed with a 15-6, consolation-round loss to Connellsville’s Chad Ozias to finish the tournament, 1-2.
