Prep report: East girls place first at St. Francis track meet – Duluth News Tribune

ST. FRANCIS — Rowan Bixler, Azalea Steffes and Taylor Wood all earned first place finishes for the Greyhounds girls track and field team, which placed first out of nine teams at the Terry Nutter Memorial Invitational with 167 points Saturday at St. Francis.

Bixler (5 minutes, 19.88 seconds) and teammate Anna-Britta Helmer (5:27.35) finished first and third in the 1,600 meters. Lizzy Harnell of Proctor took second place with a time of 5:21.20.

Wood dominated the 3,200m event with a winning time of 12:27.95. Steffes won the pole vault with a mark of 9 feet.

Proctor’s Zak McPhee dominated the discus with a throw of 165.10 feet, while teammate Carlie Blevins won the 800 in 2:22.28 for the girls.

Denfeld’s Luke Rosholt (51.57) narrowly edged out East’s Donovin Wittenberg (51.79) to win the 400. Wittenberg (11.47) and Denfeld’s Zeija Moore (12.56) each took first place of 100. Moore’s mark was a personal best.

East’s JV (10:17.95) and varsity (10:19.79) relay teams placed first and second in the girls’ 4×800. The Greyhound girls also won the 4×200 in 1:50.69.

The Proctor boys finished fifth out of 10 teams with 80 points after winning the 4×200 with a time of 1:32.92 and the 4×400 in 4:17.05.

Denfeld’s sixth-place girls (45.5) won the 4×100 with a time of 53.36.

East’s Mark Goettel (10:26.64), Russell Hill (10:41.37) and Joey Gustafson (10:45.71) placed first, second and third, respectively, in the 3,200. The Greyhounds (127.5) finished second to St. Francis (142) as a team.

Steve Kerzie Invitational

The Hibbing boys and Rock Ridge girls track and field teams paced the seven-team fields with scores of 162 and 171.5, respectively, at the Steve Kerzie Invitational at Rock Ridge High School.

Rock Ridge (143) and Hermantown (95) finished second and third on the boys’ side, while Hibbing (150) and Ely (70) rounded out the second and third places on the girls’ side.

Bluejackets junior Finn Eskeli swept the 200 and 400 events with times of 23.67 and 52.39, respectively. Teammate Brady Janezich won the 3,200 in 10:37.30.

Corban Peterson of Hermantown won the 100 in 11.98 seconds.

Hibbing racked up points in the field events as Aiden Shepherd and Vincent Marchetti placed first and second in the discus and shot put events. Shepherd’s mark of 51.35 feet set a PR in the shot put.

Austin Valento beat Bluejacket teammates Wylie Stenson and Nehemia Figuerora in the pole vault with a mark of 11-6 feet to take first.

Rock Ridge’s Lizzy Fultz sprinted to first place in the 200 with a time of 27.40, as well as second place in the 100 in 13.23, behind only Chisholm’s Zoe Plombon in 13.15.

Allison Fink rallied the Wolverines with two strong finishes in the long jump (16 feet) and triple jump (33-1).

Barnum’s Annaka Bogenholm swept the girls’ throwing events with scores of 35-3 in the shot put and 101-65 in the discus.

Denfeld’s Ben Senich and Brett Lapcinski led the Hunters with two hits each, but a seven-run burst in the sixth inning ultimately led the Panthers to victory.

Caleb Kilroy allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits in five innings pitched for Denfeld. Brady McGinn allowed four earned runs on three hits in his only inning of action.

The Hunters rallied from a five-run deficit to force extra innings in Game 2 against the Tornadoes behind two-hit performances from Vinny Udd and Kilroy. The effort ultimately failed, as Anoka scored the winning run on a defensive error in the eighth inning.

Lapcinski walked two batters in six innings pitched with just one earned run allowed on six hits. Udd held the Tornados hitless through two innings of work.

Duluth East’s Dylan Cole went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles in the first game of the doubleheader, but the Panthers’ five-run third inning proved too difficult for the club to fight back.

Cole Licari struck out three over seven innings pitched for the East, allowing four earned runs on seven hits.

Bjorn Lind, Timothy Hudoba, Cade Fladmark and Jackson Spoden all had hits for the Greyhounds.

East got back in the win column in Game 2 after an eight-strikeout performance from pitcher Jackson Spoken in 6.2 innings, keeping the Tornados offense in check. Lind collected the final two takedowns to earn the stoppage.

From the mound to the plate, Lind paced the Greyhounds with a 3-for-4 performance. Fladmark finished 2-for-3, while Jay Nick and Hudoba each recorded extra-base hits.

Owen Marsolek pitched a complete gem for the Hilltoppers with 13 strikeouts and just two hits allowed in the first game of the doubleheader against the Bears.

Tanner Carlson led Duluth Marshall to the plate with a two-run homer in the fifth inning. Charlie Hayden, Carter Boos, Max Berrisford and Aiden Marsolek all added hits.

The Hilltoppers advanced to the doubleheader sweep in Game 2 behind three-hit performances from Carter Boos, Owen Marsolek and Charlie Hayden to highlight an explosive display at the plate.

Carlson went four innings on the mound for Duluth Marshall, allowing six earned runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and three walks. Aiden Marsolek and Weston Heeren also each pitched shutout innings.

Seven different players had a hit for the Lumberjacks en route to victory over the Rails.

Brody Dushkin got Cloquet on the board early with a two-RBI double in the first inning. Luca Gentilini added a triple with three walks. Aiden Sievert held Proctor to one earned run in three innings pitched to earn the win, while Drew Angell allowed four hits in four innings to earn the save.

Alizae Yoki walked seven in three innings on the hill for Proctor, allowing four earned runs in the process. The Rails pitching staff of Yoki, Nick Terhaar and Ethan Carter allowed 12 walks in the loss.

Safety Tarver Sellwood’s pressure lifted undefeated Northwood/Solon Springs to its fourth consecutive Lakeland Conference baseball championship.

Abe Ahlberg pitched seven shutout innings for the Green Eagles with 16 strikeouts and only two hits allowed. Isaiah Alberg and Jared Schultz accounted for NSS’s two hits.

Rookie Ada Burrows scored the lone goal for the injury-depleted Hilltoppers Saturday at Minnetrista.

Duluth Marshall goalie Anna Hron stopped 16 shots.

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