Comparing the 2012 vs. 2013 Fayette Relays

I don’t get many chances to do analysis, so I’m going to take advantage of this opportunity.

I understand that last Thursday was the first quality time many high school track teams were able to get out on the track for the 2013 season. Coincidentally, for a lot of them, it happened to be at a track meet, not at a practice.

So common sense tells me that, with a limited number of practices because of the inclement weather, numbers should be down, right? Well, that got me curious, and I got the idea to compare numbers from last year’s Fayette Relays to last week’s meet. For most schools, last year’s Fayette Relays was a team’s second meet of the season.

Yeah, some numbers are down, but believe it or not, there were some numbers that were up. And those numbers that are up give me reason to believe there is a lot of promise for those athletes this season. Below are some of the figures comparing results for Fayette and Glasgow athletes. (New Franklin did not complete in this year’s Fayette Relays).

NOTE: I’ll list these by Name: 2013 result (2012 result).

FAYETTE

100-meters

• Max McKinney: 12.08 sec. (12.01 sec.)
• Kate Moorehead: 13.60 sec. (13.30 sec.)

200-meters

• Kate Moorehead: 28.65 sec. (28.34 sec.)

1,600-meters

• Tiffany Ray: 7:18.90 (6:24.33)

3,200-meters

• Nickie Foland: 12:15.36 (11:39.30)

110-meter hurdles

• Dillian McDonald: 17.41 sec. (19.02 sec.)

4×100-meter relay

• Boys: 48.70 sec. (50.23 sec.)
• Girls: 56.70 sec. (57.32 sec.)

4×200-meter relay

• Boys: 1:41.03 (1:42.51)
• Girls: 2:00.96 (2:02.00)

Pole vault

• Nickie Foland: 10′-6″ (10′-0″)

Long jump

• Max McKinney: 17′-6.75″ (16′-11.5″)

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GLASGOW

100-meters

• Alex Mathews: 12.13 sec. (12.28 sec.)

200-meters

• Austin Speiser: 24.92 sec. (24.90 sec.)
• Alex Mathews: 24.98 sec. (25.84 sec.)

400-meters

• Blake Hackman: 57.43 sec. (55.42 sec.)

800-meters

• Kyler Monnig: 2:26.37 (2:24.69)
• Erin Reynolds: 2:57.40 (2:46.03)

1,600-meters

• Ethan Thompson: 5:12.74 (4:55.12)

300-meter hurdles

• Ethan Thompson: 44.23 sec. (44.12 sec.)

4×100-meter relay

• Boys: 48.88 sec. (51.10 sec.)
• Girls: 58.37 sec. (58.05 sec.)

4×200-meter relay

• Boys: 1:37.09 (1:42.65)
• Girls: 2:03.52 (2:03.00)

4×400-meter relay

• Boys: 3:43.75 (3:45.78)
• Girls: 4:43.20 (4:36.10)

4×800-meter relay

• Boys: 9:49.33 (9:36.00)

Shot put

• Reid Littrell: 40′-0.5″ (35′-6.5″)
• Lexie Uthlaut: 22′-1″ (22′-8.25″)

Discus

• Reid Littrell: 112′-3″ (109′-7″)
• Clay Littrell: 95′-3″ (66′-11″)
• Nikki Fuemmeler: 80′-0″ (82.-4″)

High jump

• Carley Brucks: 4′-8″ (4′-4″)

Pole vault

• Landon Brand: 11′-0″ (8′-6″)
• Anthony Weydert: 9′-6″ (7′-6″)
• Alyson Fuemmeler: 7′-6″ (6′-6″)
• Peyton Davis: 5′-6″ (7′-0″)

Long jump

• Carley Brucks: 14′-7″ (15′-6″)

Triple jump

• Blake Hackman: 40′-0.5″ (38′-10″)

Media announces 2012-13 All-District high school basketball teams

Another year of basketball is complete in the Howard County area, and many teams came away with successful seasons. Of the 10 high school basketball teams in the coverage area, seven teams had 10 or more wins in a season, five finished at the .500 mark or better, four played for a district championship and one team reached the state playoffs, for the 34th time in school history.

At last week’s All-District meeting among Mid-Missouri sportswriters and sportscasters in Jefferson City, 16 area athletes received All-District recognition and one coach received Coach of the Year honors. Glasgow came away with the most recognition — and deservedly so — with seven All-District basketball players. The two teams combined to have a 44-13 record this season.

In total, six players received a selection to the first team of their respective class and 10 others were named to the second team. We had two players (Rudy Williams and Tyler White) make the Class 2 boys first team, which is a very impressive collection of basketball players.

Here are the Class 1 and Class 2 lists, which were released earlier today. Area players (and coach) are highlighted in bold.

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Class 1 – Boys

First Team

• Ryan Benny 5-11 Sr., Otterville
• Cody Eidson 6-3- So., Macks Creek
• Jake Gaskell 6-2 Sr., Otterville
• Trevor Huth 6-3 Sr., Prairie Home
• Rayce Kendrick 5-11 So., Prairie Home
• Kendall Kraus 6-3 Sr., Pilot Grove
• Reid Littrell 6-3 Sr., Glasgow
• Joel Monnig 6-4 Sr., Glasgow
• Alden Rohrbach 6-3 Jr., Jamestown
• Mason Schlotzhauer 6-2 Fr., Pilot Grove
• Eli Strobel 6-0 Sr., Chamois
• Kyler Tucker 5-9 Jr, Bunceton

Second Team

• Wyatt Aahrt 5-9 Jr., Tuscumbia
• Cortlen Austin 6-2, Jr., NW-Hughesville
• Jared Bax 6-0 Sr., St. Elizabeth
• Jacob Clevenger 5-10 Sr., Bunceton
• Devin Cook 6-1 Sr., Higbee
• Sam Distler 6-2 So., Prairie Home
• Colton Glenn 5-11 Jr., Pilot Grove
• Blake Hackman 5-10 So., Glasgow
• Zane Humphreys 6-0 So., Tuscumbia
• Austin Nelson 5-9 So., Higbee
• Loren Scdhlichting 6-3 Sr., Calvary Lutheran
• Jay Thompson 5-11 Sr., Glasgow
• Tommy Willis 5-9 Jr., Macks Creek

Coach of the Year – Mick Cropp, Glasgow

Class 1 – Girls

First Team

• Miranda Brandt 5-11 Sr., Chamois
• Alyssa Bullock 5-11 Sr., Chamois
• Rachel Emde 6-0 Jr., Bunceton
• Nikki Fuemmeler 6-0 Jr., Glasgow
• Tempary Gunter 5-7 So., Tuscumbia
• Juli Hix 5-9 So., Macks Creek
• Allie Heckemeyer 5-11 Jr., St. Elizabeth
• Alison Mehmert 5-11 Jr., Chamois
• Melissa Schlotzhauer 5-8 So., Pilot Grove
• Savannah Stiles 5-6 Jr., St. Elizabeth
• Kendra Stinson 5-5 Sr., Prairie Home
• Mickayla Strother 5-4 Fr., Jamestown
• Kerrigan Wessing 5-8 So., Pilot Grove

Second Team

• Allysin Carnahan 5-5 Sr., Macks Creek
• Hope Clark 5-8 So., Higbee
• Erica Kahle 5-2 Sr., Bunceton
• Alli Muri 5-2 Fr., Jamestown
• Paige Nolte 5-11 So., Chamois
• Paige Otto 5-10 Sr., St. Elizabeth
• Erin Reynolds 5-8 Jr., Glasgow
• Hannah Stone 5-11 Sr., Otterville
• Summer Rush 5-5 So., Tuscumbia
• Abby Thompson 5-5 So., Glasgow
• Kendra Vaughan 5-6 So., Tuscumbia
• Makayla Zey 6-0 Fr., Prairie Home

Coach of the Year – Marty Gerloff, Chamois

Class 2 – Boys

First Team

• Dane Apsher 6-1 Jr., Smithton
• Aaron Barratt 6-1 Sr., Cairo
• Darrien Dickey 6-1 Jr., Iberia
• Austin Francis 6-5 Sr., Salisbury
• Malik Hackett 6-0 So., Sacred Heart
• Dakota Hall 6-2 Sr., Richland
• Brenden Jackson 5-8 Sr., Russellville
• Ethan Koechner 6-1 Sr., Tipton
• Tanner Oelrichs 6-5 Jr., Cole Camp
• Brad Roberts 6-4 Jr., Cairo
• Jacob Schowengerdt 6-1 Jr., Sweet Springs
• Tyler White 6-2 Sr., New Franklin
• Rudy Williams 6-3 Jr., Fayette
• Austin Wyatt 6-5 Sr., Salisbury
• Zach Wyatt 6-3 Sr., Salisbury

Second Team

• Connor Backues 6-3 Sr., Vienna
• Ethan Beringer 6-3 Sr., Harrisburg
• Josh Boyer 6-6 So. Tolton
• Andrew Bray 6-1 Sr., Belle
• Dexter Frisbie 6-9 Fr., Iberia
• Garrett Goetze 6-5 So., Stover
• Kody Kleffner 6-2 Sr., Vienna
• Seth Johnson 5-8 Jr., La Monte
• Spencer Kelly 6-3 Sr., Sturgeon
• Isaac Minnick 6-2 Sr., Iberia
• Garrett Stange 6-0 So., Sacred Heart
• Austin Story 6-4 Sr., Green Ridge
• Jesse Wiggins 6-2 So., Linn
• Ryan Ward 5-9 Fr., Newburg
• Timothy Ward 6-1 Sr., Cole Camp
• Chandler Wolf 6-6 Sr., Russellville

Coach of the Year – Kenny Wyatt, Salisbury

Class 2 Girls

First Team

• Brittany Bexten 5-1- Sr., Linn
• Jasmyne Boggs 6-0 Jr., New Franklin
• Lacey Clark 5-9 So., Belle
• Maddie Embree 5-8 Sr., Sturgeon
• Molly Gregory 5-5 Sr., Sturgeon
• Loryn Hirst 5-7 Sr., Tipton
• Kaylea Kimrey 5-9 So., Plato
• Lindsay Medlen 5-7 Fr., Crocker
• Hannah Nicolay 6-0 Jr., Salisbury
• Briana Peterson 5-11 Sr., Crocker
• Amy Schroder 5-6 Sr., Stover
• Emma Schiermeier 5-8 Sr., Vienna
• Maura Skidmore 5-5 Jr., Laquey
• Kennedy Volkart 6-1 Sr., Russellville
• Alexa Willard 6-1 Fr. Stoutland

Second Team

• Nicole Bright 5-10 So., Sweet Springs
• Sabrina Burris 5-6 Sr., Salisbury
• Mariah Cairer 5-8 Jr., Smithton
• Hannah Campbell 5-8 Sr., Russellville
• Clare Chambelrin 5-2 Sr., Green Ridge
• Caroline Combs 5-4 Jr., Tipton
• Raechel Douglas 5-9 Sr., Harrisburg
• Mary Rose Gonzalez 5-10 Jr., Slater
• Aly Hundley 5-8 Jr., New Franklin
• Kaleena Logan 5-8 So., Cole Camp
• Carley Nolting 5-10 So., Stover
• Emily Pritzel 5-10 Sr., Cole Camp
• River Remis 5-10 So., Tolton
• Taylor Shreve 5-6 Sr., Iberia
• Sydney Smith 5-9 Sr., Sacred Heart
• Marley Winkler 5-2 Fr., Cairo

Coach of the Year – Luke Floyd, Sturgeon

2012-13 Central Activities Conference All-Conference basketball teams

It feels strange that all of the CAC teams are done playing at this point. Well, here is one last hurrah of the basketball season for the Central Activities Conference.

In total, nine Glasgow players and six New Franklin players received All-Conference honors this basketball season. In fact, the entire starting five for the Glasgow boys and the Sturgeon girls received All-CAC honors, which is worthy of bragging rights. The way the season unfolded, it’s no surprise that Brad Roberts of Cairo and Molly Gregory of Sturgeon won the Most Valuable Player awards this season. Both teams had an unblemished conference record of 12-0.

Boys first this time.

BOYS

First team

• Brad Roberts, jr. — Cairo (MVP)
• Spencer Kelly, sr. — Sturgeon
• Aaron Barratt, sr. — Cairo
• Reid Littrell, sr. — Glasgow
• Tyler White, sr. — New Franklin
• Jay Thompson, sr. — Glasgow
• Brayden Kelly, soph. — Sturgeon
• Tyler Kirkendoll, jr. — Cairo
• Tanner White, soph. — New Franklin
• Lorenzo Chisholm, soph. — Sturgeon
• Joel Monnig, sr. — Glasgow
• Blake Brown, jr. — Madison

Honorable mention

• Blake Hackman, soph. — Glasgow
• Tyler Hull, jr. — New Franklin
• Tanner Sandker, soph. — Sturgeon
• Jimmie Wilson, sr. — Glasgow
• Quade Rice, jr. — Brunswick
• Russell Shaw, soph. — Keytesville

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GIRLS

First team

• Molly Gregory, sr. — Sturgeon (MVP)
• Jasmyne Boggs, jr. — New Franklin
• Nikki Fuemmeler, jr. — Glasgow
• Aly Hundley, jr. — New Franklin
• Kylee Foster, jr. — Sturgeon
• Marley Winkler, fr. — Cairo
• Abby Thompson, soph. — Glasgow
• Julia Galloway, jr. — Sturgeon
• Maddie Embree, sr. — Sturgeon
• Caitlin Canote, sr. — Cairo
• Morgan Schupback, soph. — Keytesville
• Madi Lyons, soph. — New Franklin

Honorable mention

• Marissa Kahn, jr. — Brunswick
• Erin Reynolds, jr. — Glasgow
• Trisha McMillan, sr. — Glasgow
• Brigett Arends, jr. — Sturgeon
• Jami Westfaul, sr. — Madison
• Alex Wehar, sr. — Cairo

2012-13 Lewis & Clark All-Conference basketball teams

This will be the first of many basketball postseason lists honoring high school basketball players this season. It’s time to start adding some patches to those letter jackets.

The Fayette boys, who took second place in the Lewis & Clark Conference with an 8-2 record, had two first-teamers and two honorable mentions. The Fayette girls, who took fifth in the conference with a 3-7 record, had all three seniors receive All-Conference recognition, one on the first team and two as honorable mentions.

We’ll go boys first this time.

BOYS

First Team

• Rudy Williams, jr. — Fayette
• Austin Wyatt, sr. — Salisbury
• Austin Francis, sr. — Salisbury
• Zach Wyatt, sr. — Salisbury
• Brett McGlothlin, sr. — Marceline
• Jacob Denslow, fr. — Westran
• Rashad Jackman, sr. — Fayette
• Chase Hilsabeck, sr. — Marceline
• Caleb Pemberton, jr. — Slater
• Brady Francis, soph. — Salisbury

Honorable Mention

• Brennen Floray, sr. — Marceline
• Brant Francis, soph. — Paris
• Eli Asbury, sr. — Salisbury
• Matt Curren, jr. — Slater
• Collin O’Connell, jr. — Fayette
• Haiden Harlan, sr. — Westran
• Zach Cook, sr. — Fayette

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GIRLS

First Team

• Kendra Gladbach, sr. — Marceline
• Madison McCormick, sr. — Marceline
• Morgan McCormick, jr. — Marceline
• Abby Gauthier, sr. — Marceline
• Hannah Nicolay, jr. — Salisbury
• Sabrina Burris, sr. — Salisbury
• Payton Gruber, sr. — Paris
• Haley Fredrick, sr. — Paris
• Mary Rose Gonzalez, jr. — Slater
• Mary Anne Boston, jr. — Slater
• Caitlin Wells, sr. — Fayette

Honorable Mention

• Sarah Roling, sr. — Salisbury
• Sarah Willhite, soph. — Salisbury
• Kennzie Thornton, sr. — Fayette
• Kenya Johnson, sr. — Fayette
• Dede Bounds, jr. — Paris
• Camryn Hunt, fr. — Westran
• Sylvia Knox, sr. — Slater

Predictions for Day Three of the Class 2 District 7 Tournament

OK, so I finally missed a game last night. Fayette fans are pretty happy I was wrong though.

Now it’s time to buckle down. All games from here on out should be pretty close, especially the two games tonight I’m about to talk to you about. Head on up to Sturgeon before this winter storm hits. Tonight’s games will be worth the $4 admission price.

No. 4 Harrisburg (G) vs. No. 1 Sturgeon (6 p.m. tip-off): These two teams met back in December in Harrisburg, with Sturgeon — ranked No. 1 at the time — winning 49-39. For some reason, I could only remember most of the boys game that night, and taking a look at my play-by-play sheet, Harrisburg won the battle of the first quarter and then Sturgeon took over from there. However, things are different now. Harrisburg doesn’t have post player Chloe Franklin this time. They won’t have Kassi Blakemore either, who fractured her thumb in Monday’s win against Tolton Catholic. Harrisburg has lost 10 times since that game. Sturgeon, just once. I could throw all these facts in your face about how Sturgeon should run away with this game, but I know it won’t be a blowout, even if it is at Sturgeon this time. Harrisburg will keep this one close and can’t afford to make mistakes, but I’m having a tough time going against Sturgeon. Prediction: Sturgeon 55, Harrisburg 48.

No. 3 New Franklin (G) vs. No. 2 Salisbury (7:30 p.m. tip-off): Sure, we’ve seen these two teams play twice already, but that won’t matter in this matchup, even if Salisbury won both meetings. New Franklin’s losses this year have come against Sturgeon (3 times), Glasgow (2 times) and Salisbury (2 times). All three teams have won 20 games and New Franklin is 1-7 against the three combined, beating Glasgow at home last month. Salisbury has had a rather quiet 21-win season and after their performance against Fayette on Monday, the dominance of this team appears to be waning a bit. If New Franklin plays the way it did on Monday, they stand a pretty good chance. New Franklin has been waiting for a long time to win a big game. I think tonight’s the night, for their 20th win of the season. Prediction: New Franklin 46, Salisbury 42.

Predictions for Day Two of the Class 2 District 7 Tournament

Well, 3-for-3 is a pretty good start to picking district games. I was nearly spot on with the Fayette-Salisbury game, but I probably shot a little too high in the Harrisburg-Tolton Catholic contest.

Today’s a new day. Can I go 3-for-3 again? We’ll see…

No. 6 Fayette (B) vs. No. 3 New Franklin (5 p.m. tip-off): You know, normally I would say we’ve seen this game too many times already, so why do we have to see it again in districts? Fayette beat New Franklin to start the season in their regular-season contest, New Franklin beat Fayette a week later in the first round of the Glasgow Tournament and New Franklin won again in the consolation final of the New Franklin Tournament. So you’re telling me if it’s a tournament game, New Franklin beats Fayette? Don’t tell the Falcons that. Prediction: New Franklin 59, Fayette 55.

No. 7 Slater (B) vs. No. 2 Sturgeon (6:30 p.m. tip-off): Two of the three games tonight should be fairly entertaining to watch. This one is the odd game out. Sturgeon is going to pummel Slater. And yes, there will be a running clock. Prediction: Sturgeon 74, Slater 39.

No. 5 Tolton Catholic (B) vs. No. 4 Harrisburg (8 p.m. tip-off): A week ago, I was nervous for Harrisburg entering this game. I mean, when you haven’t won a game since mid-January, it’s kinda hard to lock down and all of a sudden start winning in districts. Then Harrisburg goes on the road and upsets Hallsville Friday night. Yeah, I’d say that changes everything. Prediction: Harrisburg 68, Tolton Catholic 60.

Predictions for Day One of the Class 2 District 7 Tournament

I was getting ready to leave for Sturgeon, when it dawned on me that I had nearly forgotten to make my predictions. Better late than never, right?

Enough chit chat. Let’s make some picks.

No. 6 Slater (G) vs. No. 3 New Franklin (5 p.m. tip-off): It’s a little hard to believe this is the first meeting between these two schools this season. It feels like they always play each other once or twice a year. Oh well. New Franklin has been on a roll lately, even with a 3-point loss at Glasgow. Slater, on the other hand, struggled over the final month of the season. It won’t take a rocket scientist to make this pick. Prediction: New Franklin 57, Slater 41.

No. 7 Fayette (G) vs. No. 2 Salisbury (6:30 p.m. tip-off): You can take a look at these teams’ records and you would probably think this game will get to a running clock, but you’d be wrong. Fayette has managed to hold Salisbury under 50 points in both conference meetings this year, but the offense didn’t score more than 30 points in either game. It was good for Fayette to get one last hurrah in Friday night, because I think their season is about to end. Prediction: Salisbury 49, Fayette 32.

No. 5 Tolton Catholic (G) vs. No. 4 Harrisburg (8 p.m. tip-off): Well, this will be the third meeting between these two schools, splitting their first two games. Harrisburg beat Tolton back in early January at home, while Tolton won the consolation final of the Southern Boone Classic over the Lady Bulldogs. I’ve never seen the Harrisburg girls play in the first round of districts before, and come to think of it, I’ve never seen them lose in districts before. Does that change tonight? Prediction: Harrisburg 54, Tolton Catholic 46.