Two local athletes threw their way into an extension of their seasons and a trip to Bloomington next Friday to compete in the IHSAA State Finals. Trenton Hoffman finally got over the hump and finished second in the discus, while Heritage’s Leviticus Land turned in a great PR throw to make it in the shot put for the Patriots.Â
The biggest surprise of the meet, held at Carroll High School this year, was Churubusco winning the team title, beating out Homestead by ten points. The Eagles were led by Riley Buroff, who was second in the 200 and the regional champ in the 400.  The school had never even won a sectional title before this season’s meet.
Norwell’s Trevon Stoppenhagen also qualified for state, finishing second in the 200.
Also of note in the meet was a crazy finish to the 800, which saw the top six runners all qualify with times of 2:00. Wyatt Neireiter of Busco finished at 2:00.02 and sixth-place Josh Roper from Snider was at 2:00.98.
Bellmont’s Ian Webb turned in a PR in his final race in a Bellmont uniform before heading to the Air Force. He would have needed a school record-breaking time to crack the top three, but still finished fifth to score the only team points for the Braves.
Norwell’s Jake Parker narrowly missed qualifying in both hurdles events, finishing fourth in the 300 hurdles by just .05 seconds.
Land’s third-place distance in the shot was 17 inches better than the throw he made at the ACAC meet, but the key for Land was finishing ahead of Johnny Cruz and Zac Wurm to take the final qualifying spot. Cruz was the ACAC champ with Wurm second and Land third earlier this year.Â
Land’s teammate, Charlie Riddle, was unable to replicate his sectional distance and did not qualify. His sectional distance would have been good enough for second place at the regional meet and would have bumped Land out.Â
Hoffman was second behind Eastside’s double winner Dane Sebert. The AC senior qualified comfortably in second despite being five feet shorter than his distance at sectional.
Bellmont’s Trevor Smith had to clear 12 feet to start against tough competition and was unable to better his career best, which was 11-06.
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Team Scores
1. Churubusco 55
2. Homestead 45
3. Angola 43
4. FW Northrop 41
5. Leo 36
6. Norwell 35
7. Marion 29
8. Oak Hill 28
9. Mississinewa 26
10. Bishop Dwenger 25
10. FW Snider 25
10. FW Wayne 25
13. FW North Side 22
14. Eastside 20
19. Adams Central 14
24. Heritage 10
25. Bluffton 5
28. Bellmont 4
State Qualifiers and local results
100 M
1. Davyion Clark-Wayne 10.65
2. Hayden Nelson-Mississinewa 10.69
3. Sam Handerson-Woodlan 10.85
4. Trevon Stoppenhagen-Norwell 10.93
200 M
1. Davyion Clark-Wayne 22.09
2. Trevon Stoppenhagen-Norwell 22.12
3. Riley Buroff-Churubusco 22.26
400 M
1. Riley Buroff-Churubusco 47.91
2. Devonti Carter-Northrop 49.55
3. Brayden Voght-Huntington North 50.40
8. Marshall Harris-Heritage 52.11
11. Cohen Bailey-Norwell 53.19
800 M
1. Wyatt Neireiter-Churubusco 2:00.02
2. Evan Palmer-Churubusco 2:00.30
3. Nate Shaw-West Noble 2:00.50
1600 M
1. Luke Shappell-Leo 4:20.37
2. Trenton Street-Oak Hill 4:21.16
3. Evan McMahon-Homestead 4:22.45
5. Ian Webb-Bellmont 4:27.66
11. Zach Waldman-Norwell 4:35.91
3200 M
1. Luke Shappell-Leo 9:31.29
2. Sam Yarnelle-Angola 9:31.61
3. Noah Bontrager-Westview 9:34.47
14. Elijah Obringer-Bellmont 10:14.14
110 M Hurdles
1. Javion Westfield-Northrop 14.36
2. Drew Yates-West Noble 14.55
3. Jake Parker-Norwell 14.79
Prelim Times
Derrick Bates-Heritage 15.82
Andrew Hunt-Bluffton 16.02
300 M
1. Jacob Martin-Homestead 39.09
2. Javion Westfiled-Northrop 39.30
3. Spencer Stout-Wabash 40.23
4. Jake Parker-Norwell 40.28
9. Hayden Bennett-Norwell 41.55
14. Andrew Hunt-Bluffton 42.51
4×100 Relay
1. FW Snider 42.89
2. Mississinewa 42.99
3. FW South Side 43.02
16. Norwell 45.65
4×400 Relay
1. Churubusco 3:23.49
2. FW Snider 3:24.44
3. Angola 3:26.11
4×800 Relay
1. Oak Hill 7:53.78
2. DeKalb 8:05.03
3. Leo 8:06.20
13. Norwell 8:41.72
Kwandrans-Morris-Melcher-Neuenschwander
High Jump
1. Alex Meyer-Angola 6-06
2. Winston Frauhiger-Norwell 6-05
3. Ethan Widenhoefer-Homestead 6-05
4. Donavin Betts-Marion 6-05
Pole Vault
1. Eli Griffin-Homestead 15-06
2. Ethan Smith-Churbusco 14-04
3. Trevor Martin-Bishop Dwenger 14-00
Long Jump
1. Alex Meyer-Angola 22-09.5
2. Michael White-Homestead 22-02
3. Donavin Betts-Marion 21-09.75
4. Sam Handerson-Woodlan 21-07
14. Cohen Bailey-Norwell 19-01.5
Shot Put
1. Dane Sebert-Eastside 59-01.75
2. Jordan King-North Side 56-04
3. Leviticus Land-Heritage 51-11
4. Johnny Cruz-Bluffton 50-10.25
5. Zac Wurm-Adams Central 50-04.75
6. Charlie Riddle-Heritage 50-01.75
Discus
1. Dane Sebert-Eastside 169-03
2. Trenton Hoffman-Adams Central 153-03
3. Elijah Douge-Bishop Dwenger 152-04
6. Kyle Zeddis-Norwell 148-04
7. Cashton Reynolds-Adams Central 141-04
