Tigers runner-up to Auburn at FCHS Invite

Falls City Invitational

April 27, 2015

TEAM STANDINGS

Boys

1. Auburn Bulldogs153

2. Falls City High School148

3. Johnson Co. Central112

4. Southern Raiders38

5. Horton High School28

6. Nebraska City Pioneers19

 

Girls

1. Auburn Bulldogs170

2. Johnson Co. Central146

3. Falls City High School108

4. Southern Raiders34

5. Nebraska City Pioneers29

6. Horton High School29

 

Falls City High School guys scored an outstanding 148 points, yet somehow still finished runner-up to Auburn by a measly five, at the Tiger Invite last Tuesday at Jug Brown Stadium. JCC scored 112 for third place, leaving Southern (38), Horton, KS (28) and NE City High (19) a separate lower tier altogether. 

FCHS dominated the relays with 26 total points — winning the 400 and 3200 and finishing third in the mile relay — as well as the jumps, with Lee Huettner winning long jump (21-4) and triple jump (43-4) and Zach Jordening going 6-2 for first in the high jump. 

In all, the Tigers amassed 25 medals on their home turf. 

The Lady Tigers also had a strong day, eclipsing the century mark with 108 points. Auburn, led by former Tigers Maggie and Meg Rieschick and area native Taylor Petersen (father, Steve, taught and coached at SE Consolidated), scored 170 to beat runner-up Johnson CC, which scored 146. The other three teams – Southern, NE City High and Horton, KS, combined for 92. 

Maggie Rieschick won both hurdle events, Meg was runner-up in both the 100 and 200, and Petersen won the 800 and high jump. They then comprised three-fourths (with Theresa Nichols) to win the finale: the 1600, running it in 4:24.53 — a 25 seconds ahead of runner-up Falls City (Taylor O’Brien, Cheyenne Dovel, Kirsten Carter and Tavia Bruxellas). 

Junior Lainey Larsen carried the torch for the FC girls, winning the 1600 (6:10.04) and finishing runner-up in the two-mile (13:09.73). She was the Lady Tigers’ lone gold medalist, however, there were several second- (400-meter relay – Anthony, Samqua, Armbruster, Frederick; O’Brien, in the 400) and third- (Bierman, 1600; Webster, discus; Dovel, 400; Poppe, 800) and fourth-place (Frederick, 100; Armbruster, both hurdle events; Webster, shot) medalists.

The Tigers, as well as Auburn, compete at the Class B-2 District Meet Thursday, May 14 at Concordia University at Seward. State is May 22-23 at Omaha’s Burke Stadium.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOYS

100 – 3. Huettner, FC, 11.63; also: 5. Z. Jordening, FC, 11.673; 6. Heckenlively, FC, 11.70.

110 Hurdles – 2. L. Kirkendall, FC, 18.18.

1600 – 4. Gibson, FC, 5:11.17.

300 Hurdles – 2. L. Kirkendall, FC, 49.88; also: Hogue, FC, 50.67.

3200 – 2. Baker, FC, 11:51.88.

3200 Relay – 1. FC (Gibson, Baker, Eickhoff, Campbell), 9:31.70.

400 Relay – 1. FC (Huettner, Heckenlively, Stoller, Jordening), 45.51.

Discus – 3. Merz, FC, 123’09; also: 5. Bauman, FC, 111’11.

Shot Put – 6. Bauman, FC, 41’09.

High Jump – 1. Jordening, FC, 6’2; also: 3. Hogue, FC, 5’02; 4. Baker, FC, N/A.

Pole Vault – 3. Ernst, FC, 10’00.

Long Jump – 1. Huettner, FC, 21’04; also: 3. Z. Heckenlively, FC, 19’02.75.

Triple Jump – 1. Huettner, FC, 43’04.00”; also: 4. Eickhoff, FC, 35’10.01”; 5. Dean, FC, 35’10.00”.

400 – 3. Ernst, FC, 58.47.

200 – 2. Stoller, FC, 24.09.

1600 Relay – 3. FC (Ernst, Dean, Kirkendall, Eickhoff), 4:05.18.

GIRLS

100 – 4. Frederick, FC, 13.58.

100 Hurdles – 4. Syd Armbruster, FC, 18.90; also: 6. Roberts, FC, 20.53.

1600 – 1. Larsen, FC, 6:10.04; also:  3. Bierman, FC, 6:48.85; Gilsdorf, FC, 7:38.56.

300 Hurdles – 4. Armbruster, FC, 54.78.

3200 – 2. Larsen, FC, 13:09.73; also: 5. Patnode, FC, 15:39.00.

400 Relay – 2. FC (Anthony, Samqua, Armbruster, Frederick), 57.33.

Discus – 3. Webster, FC, 79’08.00”.

Shot Put – 4. Webster, FC, 27’04.50”; also: 5. Findlay, FC, 27’03.75”.

400 – 2. O’Brien, FC, 1:09.78; also: 3. Dovel, FC, 1:10.90; 4. Carter, FC, 1:11.91.

800 – 3. Poppe, FC, 2:52.63; also: Romine, FC, 2:57.87.

200 – 6. Frederick, FC, 29.28.

1600 Relay – 2. FC (O’Brien, Dovel, Carter, Bruxellas), 4:48.21.