Loyal girls take 1st, boys take 6th at Rosholt track meet

After taking first place at UW-Stevens Point and Medford, the Loyal girls track and field team continued their winning ways by claiming the top spot at the “Back the Track” meet in Rosholt Friday. The Loyal girls scored 123.5 points, with the next closest team being Suring at 104. Other team scores were St. Mary Catholic

82, Bonduel 79.5, Wittenberg-Birnamwood

76, Rosholt 76, Wautoma 56.5, Pacelli 49, Lena/Saint Thomas Academy 27.5 and Wild Rose 16.

Athletes finishing in the top eight spots for their event scored points for their team. Point scorers for the Loyal girls were as follows, listed by event.

4x100m relay — Leah Scherer, Sheila Tellock, Addysen Wolf and Aubre Robida,

1st, 52.56.

4x200m relay — Molly Zvolena, Hope Peroshek, Olivia Nikolai and Wolf, 3rd,

1:59.30.

4x400m relay — Noelle Teschner, Maci Bogdonovich, Summer Smith and Autumn Zvolena, 8th, 4:55.24.

4x800m relay — Addison Holm, Alexis Meyer, Autumn Zvolena and Hannah Strey, 4th, 12:21.23.

100m dash — Scherer, 3rd, 13.13; Robida,

4th, 13.17; Tellock, 5th, 13.31.

200m dash — Scherer, 2nd, 27.69; Addysen Wolf, 3rd, 27.73; Robida, 5th, 28.43.

800m dash — Bogdonovich, 7th, 2:57.51; Autumn Zvolena, 8th, 2:57.53.

Shot put — Shalisha Buchanan, 4th,

30’9.25”; Hannah Smith, 8th, 27’11.75”.

Discus — Peroshek, 4th, 86’1”; Hannah Smith, 8th, 74’0.5”.

High jump — Autumn Zvolena, 2nd,

4’10”; Alyssia Zvolena, 3rd, 4’10”; Wolf,

5th, 4’8”.

Pole vault — Tellock, 1st, 8’9”; Nikolai,

4th, 7’0”.

Triple jump — Molly Zvolena, 2nd,

29’10.75”; Summer Smith, 4th, 29’4.25”.

On the boys’ side, Loyal finished around the middle of the pack with 73 points, good for sixth place. Other team scores were Pacelli 99, Wild Rose 87, St. Mary Catholic

82, Bonduel 81, Lena/St. Thomas Academy

77, Rosholt 72, Wautoma 68.5, Suring 23.5 and Wittenberg-Birnamwood 13.

Those making it among the top eight for the Loyal boys team were as follows.

200m dash — Bryce Deegan, 8th, 25.12.

400m dash — Deegan, 2nd, 54.84.

800m dash — Connor Genteman, 2nd,

2:08.65.

1600m dash — Genteman, 3rd, 4:46.16.

110m hurdles — Parker Smith, 3rd,

19.32; Ridge Ashbeck, 5th, 22.48.

300m hurdles — Parker Smith, 4th,

47.22; Ashbeck, 4th, 54.82.

4x100m relay — Preston Farmer, Peyton Farmer, Elijah Henderson and Peyton Tsai, 5th, 52.92.

4x200m relay — Henderson, Kody Szaflarski, Jackson Roehl and Devon Roehl,

8th, 2:03.44.

Shot put — Roby Beranek, 2nd, 43’8.75”. Discus — Jaden Smith, 6th, 105’4”. High jump — Parker Smith, 5th, 5’0”. Pole vault — Tsai, 4th, 8’0”. Long jump — Rory Hanson, 7th, 15’7.25”. Triple jump — Deegan, 4th, 35’5”. Editor Valorie Brecht contributed to this report.

Local dancers receive awards at competition

Members of Uplifting Movement Factory dance studio in Loyal attended Beyond The Stars dance competition in Saint Paul, Minn., March 25. Shown above left are (front, l-r) Brooke Spencer, Kendyll Hauge, Kenzie Much, (back) Hannah Smith, studio owner Holly Stanley, Maddy Beels and Olivia Roman. Dancers also attended the Spotlight Dance Cup in Green Bay Feb. 25. Shown with their awards are: (above middle) Beels, Smith, Roman, (above right) Hauge, Much, Spencer and (right) Roman with her individual awards.

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