Tuesday, April 30, 2024
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Kassidy Kirkpatrick and Miller Schenewark are flying high these days.
Well, they’re actually jumping high. But either way, they have earned their way to Austin to compete in the Class 5A State Track Meet May 11-13 at the University of Texas.
Both will be competing in the high jump after Kirkpatrick, a senior, won the Region I Meet this past weekend in Lubbock and Schenewark, a freshman, qualified as a wild card. She cleared 5 feet, 5 inches, sharing the tallest height cleared, but won in a tiebreaker with fewer misses.
“Kassidy has been very determined to finish this season doing her very best. She has been working hard with coach (Desiree) Shahan and has been jumping very consistent in meets and peaking at the right time,” Lady Pirates head coach Amber Ward said.
Kirkpatrick is the first Lady Pirate to qualify for state since Madison Northcutt did so in the pole vault three consecutive years (2010-12).
Meanwhile, Schenewark tied for second and an automatic qualifying berth, but lost a tiebreaker. So that meant waiting to see how he fared against other third-place jumpers across the state’s four regions. Again, he was tied for the best third-place performance, but this time he won the tiebreaker to join Kirkpatrick for a trip to Austin.
Class 5A Region I Track Meet
April 28-29 in Lubbock
Granbury results
Top two finishers in each event qualify for state
Running events in meters, field events in feet
Girls
100 hurdles: 14. Aubrey Ward, 17.64, prelims, no finals.
High jump: 1. Kassidy Kirkpatrick, 5-05.
Long jump: 9. Kirkpatrick, 17-04.
Boys
100: 11. Jadon Rogers, 11.11, prelims, no finals.
3,200: 16. Bryan Hailey, 10:25.79.
110 hurdles: 13. Hayden Burns, 16.13, prelims, no finals.
High jump: 3. Miller Schenewark, 6-06.
Pole vault: Rylan Brennish, no height.
TOLAR/LIPAN TRACK
Dillon Soileau of the Rattlers qualified for the Class 2A State Track Meet, finishing second in the 110-meter hurdles this past weekend’s Region 2 Meet in Springtown. Solieau clocked a finals time of 14.94 seconds, about a second and a half better than his preliminaries time.
He will joined by three friends and teammates who ran with him on the 400 relay. The quartet of Garrison Nation, Caden Pate, Wyatt Jones and Soileau posted a time of 43.40 to place third.
However, they had the best time of all third-place finishers in the event across all four regions, meaning they will advance as a wild card.
Soileau narrowly missed qualifying in a third event as he placed third in the 300 hurdles.
Class 2A Region 2 Track Meet
April 28-29 at Springtown
Tolar results
Top two finishers in each event qualify for state
Running events in meters, field events in feet
Girls
800: 8. Allyson Dobbs, 2:39.17.
High jump: 10. Senne Imel, 4-8.
Shot put: 11. Karley Richardson, 29-11.75.
Boys
100: 16. Ty McClure, 11.90, prelims, did not reach finals.
400: 5. Caden Pate, 53.47.
110 hurdles: 2. Dillon Soileau, 14.94.
300 hurdles: 3. Soileau, 41.78.
400 relay: 3. Garrison Nation, Pate, Wyatt Jones, Soileau, 43.40.
800 relay: 12. McClure, Rowdy Tryon, Dacen Watkins, Isaac Blessing, 1:38.07, prelims, no finals.
1,600 relay: 9. Pate, Jones, Nation, Matthew Behrens, 3:42.82, prelims, no finals.
Long jump: 7. Jeffery Collie, 21-0.75.
Triple jump: 4. Collie, 42-03.5; 7. Reis Brown, 41-0.25.
Pole vault: 6. Brylen Feist, 12-0; 8. Logan Stein, 11-6; 10. Julian Noyola, 10-6.
Discus: 10. Mason Berry, 124-01; 15. Peyton Brown, 113-08.
Shot put: 7. Sam Stewart, 44-03.25.
Lipan results
Girls
800 relay: 3. Madison Cornelius, Lynsey Little, Jolie Russell, Taylor Branson, 1:51.21, prelims, no finals.
Discus: 9. Trinity Benitez, 99-1.
TOLAR SOFTBALL
The Lady Rattlers (19-1-1) ran their unbeaten streak to 20 games and their win streak to 10 with a 24-0 dismantling of host Itasca in their Class 2A bi-district playoff encounter on Thursday, April 27.
Reese Tryon pitched her third no-hitter of the season and her eighth shutout.
All 15 outs by the Lady Wampus Cats were via strikeout by Tryon, who walked one and hit a batter. She also had a pair of base hits offensively, with a walk and three RBI.
Also for the Lady Rattlers on offense: Senne Imel, 3-for-5, double, RBI, stolen base; Courtlynd Hogan, 2-for-3, double, two walks, two RBI, two stolen bases; Allyson Dobbs, 2-for-2, two walks, two RBI, five stolen bases; Kanyn Deaver, 2-for-3, hit by pitch, RBI, stolen base; Ava LeCluyse, 1-for-3, walk; Lane Gardner, 1-for-2, walk, hit by pitch; Kaira Krause, 1-for-3, hit by pitch, RBI, stolen base; Landri Kammel, two walks, hit by pitch, RBI, stolen base.
The Lady Rattlers stole 13 bases, received nine walks and had four players hit by a pitch.
In a warmup game earlier in the week, the Lady Rattlers won 12-2 at Benbrook as Tryon was 2-for-3 with a double, home run, walk and three RBI. She also pitched a three-hitter with no earned runs, 11 strikeouts, three walks and a hit batter.
Also for Tolar: LeCluyse, 2-for-4, RBI; Gardner, 2-for-3; Imel, 1-for-4, two stolen bases; Hogan, 1-for-4, RBI; Dobbs, 1-for-2, walk, RBI.
The Lady Rattlers also capitalized on 11 Benbrook errors.
Next for Tolar is a best-of-three series against Muenster (20-8) in Springtown. Game 1 is Thursday at 5:30 p.m., Game 2 is Saturday at 11 a.m. and a third game, if needed, will be played after.
LIPAN SOFTBALL
The Lady Indians (10-6) made short work of Hamilton in their Class 2A bi-district series in Glen Rose, winning 22-0 on Friday, April 28, and 12-0 on Saturday.
Ella Sharp pitched a no-hitter in Game 2 after tossing a one-hitter in the opener.
Game 1: Hitting - Neali Overton, 3-for-4, double, RBI, two stolen bases; Ashlyn Clark, 3-for-4, double, walk, four RBI; Sharp, 2-for-4, two walks, two RBI, three stolen bases; Addison Tarpley, 1-for-1, double, RBI, stolen base; Finley Shockley, two walks, two stolen bases; Sarah Marcantonio, two walks, two stolen bases. Pitching - Sharp, five innings, one hit, 11 strikeouts, five walks.
Game 2: Hitting - Marcantonio, 2-for-3, double, walk, hit by pitch, three RBI, stolen base; Overton, 1-for-5, double, RBI; Savannah Green, 1-for-4, two RBI, stolen base; Dixon Sinclair, 1-for-2, double, two walks, two RBI; Shockley, 1-for-3, hit by pitch, stolen base; Dawson Oliver, three walks, three stolen bases. Pitching - Sharp, six innings, no hits, eight strikeouts, three walks.
The Lady Indians will next face Collinsville in the area round, a best-of-three series Thursday through Saturday. Times and site were being determined at press time.
GRANBURY BASEBALL
The Pirates (12-16 overall) missed the postseason, finishing 5-7 in District 5-5A with a 2-0 loss at home to Justin Northwest to end the season on April 28. They kept their hopes alive earlier in the week, winning 3-1 at Northwest on April 25 as Tyler Guidry pitched a three-hitter.
Game 1: Hitting - Guidry, 3-for-4, triple, two RBI; Blake Bramlett, 1-for-4, double; Gavin Current, 1-for-4, stolen base; Cooper Brown, 1-for-4; James Byrd, 1-for-2, walk; Hudson Hamilton, walk, hit by pitch. Pitching - Guidry, seven innings, three hits, one run (none earned), 10 strikeouts, four walks.
Game 2: Hitting - Levi Martinez, 2-for-3; Byrd, 1-for-2. Pitching - Bramlett, three innings, two hits, no runs, four strikeouts, four walks; Noah Madearis, three innings, six hits, two earned runs, one strikeout, two walks, hit batter; Hunter Jones, one inning, two strikeouts, one walk.
TOLAR BASEBALL
The Rattlers (14-7-2), after winning the District 13-2A championship with a 6-0 record, now enter the postseason. They will play the winner between Crawford and Moody later this week.
ALL-DISTRICT SOCCER
Freshman Jillian Williams led all Granbury honors, being selected as the District 5-5A Newcomer of the Year by the league’s coaches. She is one of 10 Lady Pirates and six Pirates to receive accolades.
Also chosen from the Lady Pirates were: First team - Dominique Callahan and Emery Kirby, juniors, midfielders/forwards; second team - Riley Morris, junior, defender; Claire Burdett, senior, goalkeeper. Honorable mention - Maddie Black, senior, midfielder; Kyleigh Chavez, senior, midfielder; Madison Rogers, senior, defender; Elise Mikulskis, sophomore, utility; Tessa Rohleder, sophomore, forward.
Selected from the Pirates were: First team - Brack Peacock, senior, forward; second team - Justin Massey, senior, defender; honorable mention - Weston Cantrell, junior, forward; Abel Aguado, sophomore, midfielder; Kevin Aguado, sophomore, forward; Robby Castaneda, sophomore, midfielder.
The Lady Pirates advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
