Last week was the busiest of the year for high school sports, with the slowpitch state tournaments, the state track meets and baseball regionals.
Above left, Stroud freshmen Sophie Young brought home the gold medal from the Class 2A meet at Western Heights with a jump of five feet, four inches. Photo/Beth Young Top, the Dale Lady Pirates won their seventh state championship with a dramatic 1110 win over Panama. Photo/Brian Blansett Right, Chandler senior Cali Hilgenfeld runs the 100-meter dash during Friday’s preliminaries. She came back Saturday to run a 12.51 in the finals and take fifth place.
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Below, the NRC Lady Cougars lost the championship game to Washington, but brought home the academic state championship trophy. Photo/Brian Blansett Bottom, Chandler strongmen Sam Hall and Eli Smithey combined for three medals at the Class 3A track meet at Plainview. Smithey won the shot put and took fourth in the discus, while Hall was second in the discus. Photo/Brian Blansett Far left, Stroud’s record-setting junior, Peyton Davis, checks the clock as she hits the finish line in the 200-meter run at Western Heights. Davis won three gold medals and broke the state meet record in two events. Photo/Mario Holland Near left, Aiden Collins from Stroud won the state championship in the long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 2.75 inches to edge Luke Peffer of Merritt by a quarter of an inch. Photo/Beth Young Bottom left, the NRC Lady Cougars celebrate after a home run against Woodward in the state tournament. Photo/Brian Blansett