Chargers run to regional title

Keyed by five individual gold medalists and more than a dozen others inside the top 5, the Heritage Hall boys and girls track teams captured Class 3A regional championships last weekend at Plainview.

With the title, both squads qualify for the state championship meet this Friday and Saturday in Ardmore.

The Charger boys boasted four of the five gold medal winners, led by Jackson Fowler who also grabbed two silver medals.

Fowler earned the 3200-meter title by just a half-second with a winning time of 10:07.13 and finished second in both the 800 and 1600 meters.

Andy Bass escaped with a small victory over two other teammates in the 100 meters as Heritage Hall swept the event.

second in the 200 meters just ahead of Harris in third place.

Graham Murphy continued his dominance in the field events, winning gold in the high jump by nearly a foot with a leap of 6 feet, 10 inches and claiming second in the long jump in 21 feet, 10 inches.

Xavier Freeman rounded out the Charger quartet with a goldmedal winning throw of 138 feet, 9 inches in the discus.

Anya Birch was the lone Heritage Hall girl with a gold medal and grabbed a bronze.

Birch outdueled teammate Mary RoccoPhillips in the 100 meters, winning in 12.84 seconds as RoccoPhillips broke the tape in 12.99 seconds. She also finished third in the long jump.

5A, 6A regionals Saturday

Four other Fridayland track teams journey towards a state championship as they compete at regional meets this Saturday.

PC North and Deer Creek participate in 6A regionals, with the Panthers at Putnam City and Antlers at Jenks.

John Marshall also competes at Putnam City in 5A, while McGuinness is at Moore. State meets are set for May 12-13 at Yukon.

were runners-up in the 1600 relay.

Meanwhile, the Charger boys also captured the same events, 400 in 42.69 seconds, 800 in 1:30.22 and 3200 in 8:41.67, with a thirdplace effort in the 1600 relay.

KNIGHTS TAKE 3RD

AT CHISHOLM

Trey Bishop earned two gold medals and a silver to lead the Knights. Bishop claimed the 800 meters by a half-second in 2:09.99 and the 1600 meters by more than four seconds in 4:45.55, along with a secondplace effort in the 3200 meters.

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Bass posted a time of 11.04 seconds, followed by Jordyn Harris with silver in 11.4 seconds and River Faulkner with bronze in 11.5 seconds. Bass also took

In addition, the Chargers earned gold medals in three of four relay events.

The Charger girls won the 400-meter relay in 49.79 seconds, the 800 in 1:47.20 and 3200 in 10:42.39, and

Thanks to a trio of double individual gold medalists, the Crossings Christian boys placed third and the girls were fifth in a 3A regional meet at Chisholm.

Both squads also earned spots in the state championship meet this weekend.

Soccer Roundup

Chargers advance to 2nd round

Of the six Fridayland soccer teams competing last Monday night in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs, only the Heritage Hall boys and girls squads secured wins and advanced to the quarterfinal round.

The Charger boys (9-1) held off OCS for a 2-0 victory in the first round, with goals by David Griffin and Thad Butler.

Meanwhile, the defending state champion Charger girls (11-0) rolled to a 10-0 win over Crooked Oak.

Heritage Hall hosted quarterfinals on Thursday, with the girls against Christian Heritage and the boys battling Kingfisher.

Semifinals are set for May 9 at sites still to be determined.

In other girls’ action on Monday, Crossings Christian (6-6) suffered a

Savanna Meek continued her dominance of the hurdles, sweeping the 100- and 300meter events. Meek cruised to victories in the 100 in 14.92 seconds and the 300 in 45.98 seconds for the Knights.

Clara Bebee rounded out the trio with a victory in the long jump. Story continued at OKCFRIDAY.com.

7-0 loss at Community Christian and Mount St. Mary (10-4) endured a 4-2 setback at Christian Heritage.

Meanwhile, the Knight boys (11-5) also lost 3-2 at Community Christian and the 2022 state champion Rockets (4-7) took a 7-0 defeat at Crooked Oak.

IRISH, ANTLERS HOST OPENERS

Last Tuesday, four other Fridayland teams opened their postseason in the first round of the playoffs. McGuinness hosted a pair of 5A playoff openers, with the defending champion Irish girls (11-0) against Lawton MacArthur and the boys (81) taking on Noble.

A win would advance either or both McGuinness squads in to the quarterfinals this Friday, the girls could face the Elgin-Carl Albert winner and the boys would battle the Duncan-Piedmont winner.

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