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The Southern Jr. High Boys Track & Field has had a difficult time getting any meets in this year as five times weather has caused the cancellation of meets.
That is why on Tuesday when the weather broke, the Raiders were more than happy to run on a soggy track at home against Northwestern and Dallas City/Nauvoo.
The 8th grade boys from Southern dominated the meet winning every event except the high jump on the way to a final score of Southern 97, Northwestern 24, and Dallas City/Nauvoo 13. Darick Clark took firsts in the 400, the 800, and the long jump while Adam Corzatt won the 1600, the hurdles, and the shot put. Abe Chockley handled the sprints with wins in both the 100 and 200. Jerry Morris won the discus and then equaled a SJH school record of 5'7" in the high jump while finishing second to Mitchell of Dallas City. All three Raider relay teams won! The 4x100 consisted of Tristan Cain, Dan Warth, Blake Fox, and Tanner Hartman. The 4x200 team was Chockley, Morris, Corzatt, and Clark. The 4x400 team was Ryan Utter, Fox, Hartman, and Ross Gullberg. Jimmy Bride also scored in the shot put to help the Raiders win.
The 7th grade team ran into a powerhouse Northwestern squad as the Huskies won all but two events in the meet.
The final score was Northwestern 81, Southern 27, and Dallas City/Nauvoo 26. Raiders who scored for the 7th grade squad were Andy Chockley, Sean Webb, Taylor Hoover, Layton Housman, Brice Jack, and Kevin Magee.
The Southern Jr. High Boys Track & Field team traveled to Carthage Wednesday for a make-up meet with Carthage and Mendon Unity. Despite Southern not having a full squad, as several boys did not attend the meet, the Raiders nearly won against a good Carthage team. The 7th grade scores were Carthage 60, Southern 57, and Unity 12.
Andy Chockley led the 7th grade with wins in the 110 m hurdles and the high jump! Brice Jack took first in the discus and Cameron Hartman won the the 1600 m run. Others who placed for the 7th grade were Drue Waterman, Cody Postle, Sean Webb, Layton Housman, Brad Buss, Taylor Hoover, Josh Harkness, and James Torrance.
The 8th grade boys were low on numbers Wednesday and had to scratch from the 4x400 relay on the last event and they lost the meet by only two points.
The final score was Carthage 59, Southern 57, and Unity 11. Jerry Morris and Darick Clark each had wins in two events! Clark won the 400 m dash in 57.37 seconds, only 17 hundredths off the school record! He also jumped 18'1 1/2".
Morris high jumped 5'4" and threw the discus 129'3". Adam Corzatt and Abe Chockley also took firsts.
Corzatt won the hurdles in 17.5 seconds. Chockley won the 100 m dash in 13.56 seconds. Others who placed for Southern were Ross Gullberg, Dan Warth, Tanner Hartman, and Blake Fox.
The Southern Jr. High Boys Track & Field traveled to Warren on Monday, April 15th for a triangular meet with Warren and Roseville. The 8th grade boys won the meet with 81 points! Roseville had 36 and Warren 19. Darick Clark was a winner in the long jump, the 400 m dash, and the 800 m run. Jerry Morris took first place in the discus and high jump. Adam Corzatt won both the 1600 m run and the 110 m hurdles. Abe Chockley sprinted to victory in the 100 m dash. Both the 4x200 relay team of Chockley, Corzatt, Ryan Utter, and Clark and the 4x400 relay team of Blake Fox, Tanner Hartman, Ross Gullberg, and Utter finished in first place.
The 7th grade score was Roseville 55, Warren 44, and Southern 35. Andy Chockley won the 110 m hurdles and Brice Jack won the shot put. The 4x200 m relay team of Taylor Hoover, Chockley, Brice Jack, and Sean Webb also took first. Others who scored for the Raiders were Drue Waterman, Cameron Hartman, and Layton Housman.
The Southern Jr. High Boys Track & Field team hosted a quadrangular meet at Media on Tuesday, April 16, with Yorkwood, Dallas City/Nauvoo, and Monmouth ICS.
The 8th grade boys once again proved their talent with a team victory despite dwindling numbers due to ineligibility.
The finals were Southern 96, Yorkwood 59, DC/Nauvoo 27, and ICS 0. Darick Clark established a new school record in the long jump with a leap of 19' 1 1/2 ".
He also picked up victories in the 400 m dash and the 800 m run. Jerry Morris took first in the high jump and the discus. Adam Corzatt did his part with wins in the 110 m hurdles and the 1600 m run. The 4x200 relay team of Abe Chockley, Ryan Utter, Corzatt, and Clark and the 4x400 relay team of Tanner Hartman, Blake Fox, Utter, and Morris were both victorious! Others scoring in the 8th grade meet were Robert Day, Jimmy Bride.
The 7th graders from Southern finished in third overall. The 7th grade score was Yorkwood 83, ICS 44, Southern 37, and DC/Nauvoo 28.
Those who placed for Southern were Andy Chockley, Sean Webb, Drue Waterman, Cody Postle, Tyler Keane, James Torrance, Cameron Hartman, Taylor Hoover, Brice Jack, Layton Housman, Brad Buss, and Josh Harkness.
The Southern Jr. High 5th & 6th grade boys track & field team traveled to Northwestern on Wednesday, April 18th, for a triangular ribbon meet with La Harpe and Northwestern. Several Raiders earned ribbons in the meet!
Taylor Hoover took 3rd in the 100 m dash, 1st in the 200 m dash, and 4th in the long jump.
Layton Housman took 2nd in the 1600 m run and 4th in the 800 m run. Drue Waterman finished 3rd in the 200 m dash, and 3rd in the high jump. Josh Harkness threw for 2nd place in the shot put and in the discus. Cody Postle was 4th in the 100 m dash; Brad Buss was 4th in the 1600 m run; and Robert Day was 4th in the 400 m dash.
Although the Raiders only had enough guys for two relay teams, both of them placed!
The 4x200 team of Waterman, Buss, Postle, and Hoover took first place! The 4x100 team of Day, Harkness, Tyler Zeh, and Housman finished in second place.
The Southern Jr. High boys track and field team traveled to Avon on Thursday, April 18th for a long, tiring track meet against Roseville, Dallas City/Nauvoo, Monmouth ICS, La Harpe, Cuba, Yorkwood, Avon, Alexis, Union and Northwestern that lasted seemingly forever.
But the Raiders endured the marathon to capture first place in the 8th grade team standings with 113 points! Yorkwood was second with 64 points, Alexis had 47 1/2 and Avon had 45.
Despite strong winds, the Raiders also set or tied several meet records. Adam Corzatt won the 110 hurdles in a record time of 17.7.
Darick Clark long jumped 17' 5 1/2" into a cross wind to set the meet record in winning the long jump. He then tied the meet record in the 400 m dash with a winning time of 60.1 and set the new meet record in the 800 m run with a first place time of 2:32.
Jerry Morris had to throw the discus directly into the wind but threw 117' 8" to take first place and set a new meet record. The 4x200 relay team of Ryan Utter, Abe Chockley, Corzatt, and Clark established a new meet record as they won with a time of 1:59.2. The 4x400 relay team of Ross Gullberg, Blake Fox, Utter and Tanner Hartman also took blue ribbons in the meet.
The Raiders had to leave the track meet before the high jump was completed so no team scores were available for 7th grade, but several boys placed for the Raiders even though no one took first. Andy Chockley, Brice Jack, Taylor Hoover, and Sean Webb each scored points.