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TRACK
FROM PAGE 1B the right support. You just have to tell yourself you can do it and go out there and execute.”
While winning gold balls in basketball and gold medals in track is equally satisfying, Price says standing at the top of the podium on Tuesday had a unique feel.
“In track, it’s just you versus yourself, you versus the person next to you,” Price said. “Track is kind of my thing, so it’s definitely exciting for me to win two state championships. It means a lot to me personally.”
Price has not signed with a college, but he’s considering track and field offers from Tusculum University and UVA-Wise.
Greeneville freshman Zayden Anderson finished second to Price in long jump with a 21-11.
Greeneville’s J.J. Durbin took third in discus with a 148-11.
The Devils’ Adjatay Dabbs finished fourth in the 400 meters with a 50.53 and seventh in the 200 meters with a 23.07. He was seeded No. 1 in the 100 meters but was disqualified for false starts.
CLASS A GIRLS
West Greene’s Macy Hinkle finished second in high jump at 5-0, just behind East Nashville’s Aniyah
Marshall at 5-02.
West Greene’s Abbey Cox was second in discus at 113-2 and fifth in shot put at 31-10.75.
South Greene’s Cadence
Mancil and Chuckey-Doak’s Niome Merrill tied for second in pole vault at 8-6, while Chuckey-Doak’s Taliah Johnson took fourth also with an 8-6.
South Greene’s 4x800-meter relay team of Natalie Freise, Samantha Birdwell, Macey Snapp and Trinity Willis finished third with a season-best 10:41.63. Ava Clark was the alternate on the team.
South Greene’s Kieley Smith was fifth in triple
Class A Boys
jump at 35-1.25 and seventh in long jump at 16-1. Snapp was seventh in the 800 meters with a season-best 2:36.68.
Chuckey-Doak’s Laney Ricker was seventh in the 400 meters with a season best 1:03.21.
South Greene’s Natalie Foshie was eighth in discus at 79-6.
Chuckey-Doak’s 4x100 relay team of Johnson, Courtnee Jones, Macy Cox and Carlene Bishop finished sixth with a 53.29. The Lady Knights were also eighth in the 4x200 with a 1:58.57.
South Greene’s Blake May took second in pole vault with an 11-6. South Greene’s Hunter Burkey was fourth in 110 hurdles with a 15.87 and sixth in high jump with a 6-0.
Chuckey-Doak’s Austin Morris was sixth in the 100 meters with a season-best 11.16 and sixth in triple jump with a 40-10.
Chuckey-Doak’s Isaiah Treadway was sixth in long jump with a 20-3.5.
Chuckey-Doak’s 4x200 relay team of Treadway, Morris, Brasen Murvin and Brock Rush was seventh with a 1:39.36.
DEAR ABBY: My narcissistic father feels entitled to do whatever he pleases. He has always insisted that since he makes the money, far more than my mother’s income, he should be waited on and cleaned up after. If he stays in my home, he leaves messes everywhere. He’s 70, but he acts like a 4-year-old. He loves attention and will do anything to be the center of it, whether it’s wearing a kilt or showing off his intellectual prowess. I have no relationship with him, and I’m OK with that. Mom complains constantly about him, and then defends him. It’s emotionally exhausting.
My husband, our kids and I are appalled at his lack of self-awareness, empathy or caring. He makes going on vacation a nightmare. He feels that if he does all the driving, then he’s done his part and refuses to help with anything else. He is difficult and manipulative. He’s getting worse as he gets older, and I no longer want to subject my family to this. My mother doesn’t seem to understand this. How do I deal with a narcissistic father and a mother who refuses to acknowledge it and constantly makes excuses for him? -- EXASPERATED IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR EXASPERATED: One way to deal with it would be to stop taking vacations with them, since the vacations seem to be anything but pleasant for you and your family. Try to avoid him as often as you can. When your mother complains about “Dad,” point out that this is the prize she married and you are tired of hearing her complain since she won’t assert herself. Then change the subject when she brings it up.
DEAR ABBY: My brother is emerging from a painful two-year-long divorce, during which his two teenage daughters and one grown daughter became estranged from him. His now-ex-wife overshared with them during the divorce and did everything she could to prevent them from seeing him, despite court orders for him to have joint custody, visitation and therapy.
My brother isn’t perfect, but he loves his girls and wants them in his life. He’s slowly making progress with one of his minor daughters. My problem is his ex has caused them to shun the rest of their paternal relatives. My two sisters (their aunts) and I are pained by the loss of those relationships.
We still reach out at holidays and birthdays with texts, gifts and well wishes, but we receive no response, not even a polite “thank you.” Because we stood by our brother during a terrible experience, we are “guilty by association.” Should we continue reaching out or leave them alone until they are ready to have a relationship with us again? -- VICTIM OF DIVORCE
DEAR VICTIM: I don’t think you should continue sending gifts that go unacknowledged. However, leave the lines of communication open by sending cards to your nieces on appropriate occasions. If you haven’t discussed this with your brother, I recommend you do, and take your lead from him.
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