Mustangs and Bison top finishers for boys in track

BY STAN MADDUX

The River Valley High School boys took first place while the boys and girls from New Buffalo each grabbed second place in their most recent varsity conference track meet Tuesday, May 9.

In the men’s division, the Mustangs finished with 213 points while the Bison had 105 points during the Berrien Cass St. Joseph conference match up at New Buffalo High School.

Our Lady of the Lake won in the women’s division with 174 points compared to 107 for New Buffalo.

The girls from River Valley finished fifth out of six teams with 36 points.

Boys taking first place from River Valley in individual competition were Eli Thomas in the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash and long jump; Adam Slavens in the 800 meter run; Austin York in the 3200 meter run; Braiden Brooks in the 300 meter hurdles; Jaquan Pierce in the shot put and Cadden Krieger in the high jump. For New Buffalo, the winning boys were Giovanni Sanchez-Perez in the 400 meter run and Elliot Bourne in the 1600 meter run.

Finishing first for the New Buffalo girls were Sam Smith in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash; Eva Bauer in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and long jump and Jane Funk in the high jump.

Victories were also scored in the 200 meter relay for the team from New Buffalo consisting of Mnason Smothers, Dre Becerra, Giovanni Sanchez-Perez and Payton Lijewski.

Dre Becerra, Jack Lantz, Elliot Bourne and Giovanni Sanchez-Perez were on the winning team from New Buffalo in the 400 meter relay.

The team of Austin York, Adam Slavens, Charlie Gibson and Landon Rogers from River Valley took the 800 meter relay.

No team from New Buffalo or River Valley placed first in any of the girls’ relay competitions.