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The Riverdale Rams took the title and Erie-Prophetstown tied for third at the 11-team Rosenberry Indoor Invite hosted by Newman at Westwood Sports Complex in Sterling.

The Panthers scored 66 points to tie Princeton. Riverdale (75) took the title and Kewanee (67.5) placed second. Newman was sixth (30), Morrison placed seventh (29), Amboy-LaMoille and Bureau Valley tied for eighth (25) and Fulton took 10th (15).

R i v e r d a l e ’ s t o p f i n i s h e s c a m e f r o m L a n d i s Musser, who placed second in the 400 meters (54.74), Tommy Murray, who took the 800 (2:03.29), Cadin Ludin, who won the 3,200 (11:17.93), and Cael Hinde, who placed second in the 3,200 (11:36.66). Riverdale’s 4x400 relay team of Murray, Wyatt Widolff, Lucas Simpson and Owen McBride took second (3:45.26). Taking first in the 4x800 were Murray, Musser, Peyton Sand and Cameron Overton (8:41.98). William Leighty placed first in the triple jump (12.16).

Morrison’s Brady Wolf took the 60-meter hurdles (9.72 seconds).

Erie-Prophetstown’s Braxton Froeliger won the long jump (6.16 meters). Froeliger also had a runner-up finish in the 200 (24.50) and a third in the 60-meter dash (7.30). Panthers teammate Parker Holdorf was second in the pole vault (3.88 meters).

Erie-Prophetstown got third-place finishes from Ben Lantz in the 400 (55.52 seconds), Trevor Cobo in the high jump (1.88 meters), Aidan Jepson in the pole vault (3.43) and Caleb Naftzger in the triple jump (11.46).

Morrison’s Tyler Shambaugh had a third-place finish in the shot put (13.22 meters). Morrison also was third in the 4x200 (1:40.61) with the foursome of Skylar Drolema, Chase Newman, Thomas Dauphin and Wolf.

Fulton’s best finishes were fourths by Braiden Damhoff (shot put, 13.05 meters), Lukas Schroeder (high jump, 1.77), Daken Pessman (triple jump, 11.41), and the 4x200 team of Alex Wherry, Brock Mason, Baylen Damhoff and Pessman (1:42.96).

E-P Panthers girls take home the team title at Rosenberry Invite

Erie-Prophetstown racked up six wins, two runner-up finishes and four third-place showings to take home the team title at the 10-team Rosenberry Indoor Invite hosted by Newman at Westwood Sports Complex in Sterling.

The Panthers scored 111.25 points to easily outpace runner-up Princeton (88). Fulton took third (75), and St. Bede finished fourth (43.75). Amboy-LaMoille (41.25) rounded out the top five, with Bureau Valley finishing seventh (28.5), Newman placing eighth (18) and Morrison taking 10th (3).

Erie-Prophetstown’s Kennedy Buck won two events and took third in another. Riley Packer won an individual race and also ran on two winning relay teams. Teammates Dylan Chandler and Jade Nickerson were part of two wins.

Buck won the 200 (27.84 seconds) and 400 (1:03.56) and took third in the shot put (10.28 meters).

Packer took the top spot in the 800 (2:36.43), teamed with Chandler, Nickerson and Madyson Bushaw to win the 4x400 (4:36.62), and joined Nickerson, Bushaw and Jillian Norman to take the 4x800 (11:05.74). Chandler added a win in the 3,200 (13:38.65). Hayley Wuebben won the pole vault (2.75 meters).

Bushaw had a runner-up finish in the triple jump (9.50 meters). Olivia Purvis was second in the pole vault (2.44 meters). The Panthers got thirds from Brooke Lalley in the 3,200 (15:11.53), Avery Olinger in the high jump (1:40 meters) and the 4x200 relay team of Wuebben, Purvis, Olinger and Bushaw (2:01.78).

Lauren Mahoney was a double-winner for Fulton, taking the 60-meter dash (8.24 seconds) and teaming up with Abbigail Thyne, Annaka Hackett and Mikayla Gazo to take the 4x200 relay (1:53.89). Kylie Smither also was a winner for the Steamers, taking the shot put (10.54 meters).

Lara Bielema was a runner-up for Fulton in the 60-meter hurdles (9.97 seconds). Miraya Pessman, Hackett, Mahoney and Gazo took second in the 4x400 (4:38.29). Pessman was third in the long jump (4.41 meters), and the Steamers took third in the 4x800 (12:22.85) with the quartet of Kali Brewer, Kara Stoecker, Aliya Bueno and Jasmine Moreland.

Morrison scored its only points in the 800 as Leah Scott finished fifth (3:05.98) and Kate Henson took sixth (3:08.55).

Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Morrison shortstop Danny Mouw puts the glove down to try to tag out Kewanee’s Dylan Armstrong as he steals the base during April 1 action at Northside Park in Kewanee.

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