Area Sports Briefs: Sanders win two events

Published 2:47 am Saturday, February 13, 2016

From staff reports

West Rowan’s boys indoor track team finished second to Weddington in Friday’s 3A State Championships held in Winston-Salem.
West scored 51 points. Weddington had 58.
J.T. Sanders won two events, taking the 300 in 35.40 seconds and the 500 in 1:05.84.
West’s Juwan Houston took second in the 55 hurdles in 7.69 seconds.
West’s Javon Quarles placed fourth in the 55-meter dash in 6.56 seconds.
West’s Joel-Thomas Morales placed seventh in the long jump (19 feet, 3 inches) and the triple jump (39-4).
West’s 4×200 relay team of Thomas-Morales, Houston, Quarles and Kortez Weeks placed third in 1:33.71.
West’s 4×400 relay team of Weeks, Thomas-Morales, Houston and Michael Anton placed second in 3:31.14.
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Carson’s Zachary Marchinko was fifth in the 3200 in 9:46.26.
Nick Cox was ninth in the 1000 in 2:45.85.
Carson’s 4×800 relay team of Jacob Higgins, Garrett Ingold, Dylan Koontz and Cox placed sixth in 8:28.03.
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East Rowan’s Devaniel Dale was seventh in the 300 in 36.96.
East’s Lee Sharum was ninth in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet.
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East Rowan’s Brittany Small placed second in the girls high jump in the 3A state indoor meet on Friday. Small cleared 5 feet, 2 inches.
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East’s Taylor Kirk won the wheelchair shot put in the 3A indoor track state meet with a throw of 8 feet, 10 inches.
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West Rowan’s Josie Heglar was fifth in the 1000 in 3:09.32.
West’s Brienna Owens was seventh in the 500 in 1:25.56.
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Carson’s Chloe Kirkpatrick and South Rowan’s Brittany Luckey cleared 9-6 and tied for third in the pole vault.

Prep swimming
In the 3A State Swimming and Diving Championships, South Rowan’s Madyson Campbell placed sixth in 1-meter diving. She accounted for the Raiders’ 13 points in the meet.
South’s boys 200 medley relay team was 24th in 1:54.40.
South’s Andrew Perry was 22nd in the 500 in 5:42.47.
South’s Stetson Johnson was 18th in the 100 backstroke in 59.93 seconds.
East’s Chance Brown was 24th in the 200 freestyle in 2:04.88.
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Carson’s Brynne Hardman was 19th in the girls 200 IM in 2:22.95. She was 22nd in the 100 butterfly in 1:05.84.
Carson’s girls 200 free relay team was 23rd.

Carson jayvee boys
Carson’s jayvee boys won 44-43 in overtime against Cox Mill on Friday.
James Stepp made the game-winner for the Cougars.

Local golf
William Gary made a hole-in-one at Corbin Hills .
He aced the 160-yard No. 13 hole with a 3-iron.
Dennis Wilson witnessed the shot.