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Crandall top Kemp meet
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–Eustace’s girls and Crandall’s boys took the team
championships at the annual Kemp Yellowjacket Relays March 31.
With absolutely perfect weather helping boost times, Eustace’s
girls ran up 151 points, with Rains finishing a strong second
with 145 points.
Crandall’s girls were third with 134 points, followed by Mildred
(104) and hosting Kemp (74).
On the boys’ side, Crandall ran up 199.5 points, with Rains
finishing a distant second at 166 points.
Monitor Photos/Kerry Yancey
ABOVE: Crandall's Aaron Zamora (left) and Eustace's Jared Rogers
clear the next-to-last hurdle virtually at the same time during
the varsity boys 110 hurdles at the Yellowjacket Relays March
31. Zamora edged Rogers by a step at the finish line, clocking
16.28 seconds to Rogers' 16.4 seconds. The pair also finished
1-2 in the 300 hurdles.
Eustace was third with 109.5 points, followed by Mildred (87)
and Kemp (47).
In the junior varsity divisions, Eustace took first place and
Kemp second in the girls’ competition, finishing with 191 and
166 points, respectively.
Rains took third with 107 points, followed by Crandall (87) and
Mildred (31).
Rains won the JV boys division with 166 points, with Eustace and
Crandall tied for second with 121 points each.
Kemp was third with 92 points, followed by Mildred, with 84.
Complete meet results are listed below. First names of
contestants were not supplied.
Girls Results
Shot put – 1. Springer, Rains (34-9), 2. Lopez, Eustace (32-6),
3. Newton, Crandall (32-3¼), 4. Rose, Kemp (31-5½), 5. Roest,
Rains (31-1½), 6. Oldham, Eustace (29-10).
Discus – 1. Shipp, Kemp (105-8), 2. Maxvill, Rains (104-3), 3.
Lopez, Eustace (94-9), 4. Rose, Kemp (86-1½), 5. Atkinson,
Mildred (81-2½), 6. Newton, Crandall (79-4½).
High jump – 1. Cass, Eustace (5-0), 2. Hasman, Crandall (4-10),
3. Mahoney, Crandall (4-10), 4. Springner, Rains (4-6), 5.
Heirholzer, Mildred (4-4).
Long jump – 1. Talkington, Rains (16-9), 2. Aiken, Eustace
(15-7), 3. Kirk, Crandall (15-5), 4. Heirholzer, Mildred (15-4),
5. Hashman, Crandall (15-3), 6. Cass, Eustace (15-2¼).
Triple jump – 1. Talkington, Rains (35-11½), 2. Hashman,
Crandall (34-7½), 3. Aiken, Eustace (32-3½), 4. Bongiorno, Rains
(31-10½), 5. Kirk, Crandall (31-4½), 6. Cole, Rains (31-0).
Pole vault – 1. Farmer, Mildred (9-0), 2. Gipson, Rains (8-6),
3. Shirley, Crandall (8-0), 4. Keeling, Eustace (7-0), 5.
Renteria, Eustace (6-6).
3200 run – 1. Gunter, Eustace (13:40.22), 2. Gainer, Rains
(13:45.19), 3. Hererra, Eustace (13:49.77), 4. Murff, Eustace
(13:51.32), 5. Milton, Mildred (14:09.22), 6. Banda, Crandall
(14:55.22).
400 relay – 1. Crandall (51.03), 2. Mildred (51.55), 3. Rains
(51.83), 4. Kemp (53.46).
800 run – 1. Garza, Eustace (2:54.5), 2. Ham, Rains (2:55.67),
3. Oberm, Rains (2:55.7), 4. Youn, Mildred (3:02.97), 5. Stegar,
Eustace (3:03.4).
100 hurdles – 1. Aiken, Eustace (16.51), 2. Weisinger, Kemp
(16.69), 3. Keeling, Eustace (16.77), 4. Mahoney, Crandall
(16.89), 5. Cass, Eustace (17.11), 6. Crittenden, Mildred
(17.76).
100 dash – 1. Elenes, Rains (13.06), 2. Phillips, Crandall
(13.22), 3. Richards, Eustace (13.47), 4. Collie, Eustace
(13.51), 5. Girouard, Crandall (13.58), 6. Lopez, Rains (13.64).
800 relay – 1. Crandall (1:52.19), 2. Rains (1:52.91), 3.
Mildred (1:54.85), 4. Eustace (1:55.56), 5. Kemp (1:55.71).
400 run – 1. Phillips, Mildred (1:00.44), 2. Renteria, Eustace
(1:06.13), 3. Gilerease, Crandall (1:06.40), 4. Heirholzer,
Mildred (1:06.44), 5. Lopez, Rains (1:07.51), 6. Arenett,
Mildred (1:10.33).
300 hurdles – 1. Weisinger, Kemp (49.03), 2. Keeling, Eustace
(49.19), 3. Cass, Eustace (51.0), 4. Thompson, Rains (51.03), 5.
Mahoney, Crandall (52.27), 6. Keenzi, Rains (52.82).
200 dash – 1. Crittenden, Mildred (27.19), 2. Grant, Eustace
(27.4), 3. Farmer, Mildred (27.81), 4. Cox, Kemp (28.13), 5.
Aiken, Eustace (28.47), 6. Cole, Rains (28.5).
1600 run – 1. Gunter, Eustace (6:12.95), 2. Casaday, Mildred
(6:12.96), 3. Banda, Crandall (6:15.38), 4. Murff, Eustace
(6:18.15), 5. Garcia, Rains (6:21.08), 6. Milton, Mildred
(6:36.52).
1600 relay – 1. Rains (4:13.03), 2. Kemp (4:20.25), 3. Crandall
(4:22.01), 4. Mildred (4:24.09), 5. Eustace (4:26.9).
Boys results
Shot put – 1. Burris, Crandall (47-9½), 2. Russell, Mildred
(45-7¼), 3. Buunt, Crandall (43-9), 4. Brown, Eustace (43-8), 5.
Dixon, Eustace (43-6), 6. Jones, Crandall (41-6¾).
Discus – 1. Brown, Eustace (139-7), 2. Potter, Crandall (120-2),
3. Smith, Rains (114-1), 4. Parker, Kemp (113-1), 5. Pennell,
Mildred (111-8), 6. Jones, Crandall (108-0).
High jump – 1. Goldman, Kemp (5-10), 2. Jackson, Rains (5-8), 3.
Zamora, Crandall (5-6), 4. Pryor, Rains (5-6), 5. Brandawae,
Crandall (5-6), 6. Harrison, Mildred (5-6).
Long jump – 1. Tilley, Crandall (20-5½), 2. Patterson, Kemp
(19-5), 3. Taylor, Rains (19-1½), 4. Jackson, Rains (18-11), 5.
Bennett, Eustace (18-9), 6. Flores, Rains (18-7¼).
Triple jump – 1. Flores, Rains (43-2½), 2. Offord, Crandall
(42-4), 3. Russell, Rains (40-7), 4. Harrison, Mildred (40-3),
5. Jackson, Rains (39-8½), 6. Sterling, Mildred (39-1½).
Pole vault – 1. Martin, Mildred (13-6), 2. Vinson, Crandall
(10-6), 3. Hudson, Rains (10-0), 4. Dykema, Crandall (10-0), 5.
Kirkheart, Eustace (9-0), 6. Royas, Crandall (9-0).
3200 run – 1. Arambula, Eustace (10:35.58), 2. Cuhudar, Kemp
(10:46.09), 3. Caldwell, Eustace (10:46.63), 4. Kirkheart,
Eustace (11:18.81), 5. Mendez, Rains (11:34.56), 6. Grudger,
Rains (11:37.53).
400 relay – 1. Crandall (44.06), 2. Mildred (45.2), 3. Rains
(45.25), 4. Kemp (45.26), 5. Eustace (46.71).
800 run – 1. Brown, Rains (2:03.26), 2. Mosley, Crandall
(2:03.58), 3. Bennett, Eustace (2:06.75), 4. Knight, Mildred
(2:09.66), 5. Yates, Eustace (2:11.32), 6. Mung, Mildred
(2:13.28).
110 hurdles – 1. Zamora, Crandall (16.28), 2. Rogers, Eustace
(16.4), 3. Bramblett, Rains (17.45), 4. Venegas, Rains (18.27),
5. O’Sullivan, Mildred (18.57).
100 dash – 1. Taylor, Rains (11.44), 2. Blunt, Crandall (11.5),
3. Tilley, Crandall (11.5), 4. Lester, Rains (11.9), 5. Neal,
Mildred (11.9), 6. Patterson, Kemp (11.91).
200 relay – 1. Crandall (1:32.64), 2. Rains (1:34.25), 3.
Mildred (1:35.26), 4. Eustace (1:35.71), 5. Kemp (1:37.17).
400 run – 1. Miles, Crandall (51.2), 2. 0fford, Crandall
(51.84), 3. Stone, Rains (52.26), 4. Bennett, Eustace (53.77),
5. Weaver, Mildred (55.14), 6. Yates, Eustace (55.91).
300 hurdles – 1. Zamora, Crandall (41.44), 2. Rogers, Eustace
(42.33), 3. Bramblett, Rains (45.32), 4. Venegas, Rains (46.32),
5. O’Sullivan, Mildred (47.19), 6. Dowdle, Rains (49.71).
200 dash – 1. Bryant, Crandall (22.75), 2. Flores, Rains
(22.83), 3. Folsom, Eustace (23.96), 4. Tilley, Crandall
(23.97), 5. Harrison, Mildred (23.97), 6. Tucker, Rains (24.06).
1600 run – 1. Arambula, Eustace (4:41.46), 2. Knight, Mildred
(4:51.84), 3. Brown, Rains (4:52.07), 4. Cuhudar, Kemp
(4:52.51), 5. Mobley, Crandall (4:56.32), 6. Kirkheart, Eustace
(4:57.58).
1600 relay – 1. Crandall (3:29.03), 2. Rains (3:35.18), 3.
Eustace (3:37.34), 4. Mildred (3:37.41).
Mabank’s
playoff run ends
LadyCats’ speed leads to
big halftime lead
By Kerry Yancey
Monitor Staff Writer
PALESTINE–Mabank’s Lady Panthers won the second half, but the
Whitehouse LadyCats won the first half and the sectional playoff
match, 4-1, at Palestine’s Wildcat Stadium Friday night.
The Lady Panthers finished their historic season – marking the
first playoff win and the deepest playoff run yet for the Mabank
High School soccer program – at 10-13-2, and the best part is
most of the players will return next year.
In front of a handful of fans (mostly parents and a few school
officials), the LadyCats spent most of the first half in
Mabank’s end of the field, pressuring the Lady Panthers with
their quickness and physical play.
 Monitor
Photo/Kerry Yancey
Mabank Lady Panther Maegan Olivarez (16) battles with Whitehouse
LadyCat Amy Enlow (23) to head the ball during the first half of
Mabank's 4-1 sectional playoff loss in Palestine Friday. Also
shown is Mabank's Allie Duke (13).
“You’ve got to give them credit – they dominated
the first half,” Mabank coach Jeff Downs said afterward.
“We knew they would play hard, and be a technically very sound
team, but they came out being very aggressive,” he added.
“They’re always going to be one of the best teams in East Texas,
and they proved it tonight.”
That aggressive physical play Downs noted took the Lady Panthers
out of any semblance of offensive rhythm, and resulted in four
quick goals, the first coming when Chestley Strouther got free
in close with less than two minutes gone in the contest.
“Their physical play shocked us more than anything, but we
haven’t played as physical a team in the playoffs,” Downs said.
“We played well,” Whitehouse coach Brad Jones told the Tyler
Morning Telegraph. “This (Mabank) was, by far, the best team
we’ve played in the playoffs.”
Whitehouse had swept both district matches with Mabank by a
combined score of 13-1, but the Lady Panthers weren’t up to full
strength in either contest.
“I knew this game was going to be a lot better game (than the
first two playoff matches), because they are a district
opponent,” Jones told the Telegraph. “I thought we were focused
and did a good job in the first half.”
It wasn’t long before the LadyCats were knocking on the door
again, and this time, a goal by Amy Enlow with about 29 minutes
left to play was accompanied by a scrum that took out starting
Mabank goalie Trudy Marler with a concussion.
Backup goalie Shelby Fry came in, and posted a shutout after
halftime, making at least six key saves in the process.
Both teams swapped missed opportunities before the LadyCats
struck again with Amber Bennett heading in a corner kick with
just under 22 minutes to play.
Fry made her first big save with about 13:30 left, but the
LadyCats had one more opportunity to score on a penalty kick,
which Brittany Gonzalez toed to make it 4-0 with about 3:15 left
in the first half.
Mabank’s most serious scoring attempt came in the final seconds
of the first half, when Lady Panther Samantha Saucedo got off a
point-blank shot, only to have LadyCat defender Anna Hayden
block it with her right leg as the horn sounded.
It was a different Mabank team who came out in the second half,
using smarter and more aggressive play to offset the LadyCats’
clear edge in team speed.
“We came out more aggressive,” Downs said. “We were kind of
shell-shocked in the first half.
“After losing Trudy, Shelby stepped up and played a really good
second half, making several saves – it was very impressive of
her,” he added.
Fry’s second-half performance was extremely solid, as she made
at least six saves, including one on a penalty kick midway
through the half that wowed the crowd.
Following a very quiet first half, Lady Panther junior Ashton
Norman started taking control of the Mabank offense, and scored
what would be the team’s only goal from the right side with
about three minutes gone.
That also happened to be the only goal the LadyCats have given
up so far in three playoff matches.
From that point on, both teams battled to a draw, as the Lady
Panthers’ defensive positioning – and Fry’s work in goal –
helped negate most of Whitehouse’s offensive speed.
Conversely, the LadyCats’ team speed helped blunt Mabank
offensive thrusts, usually before the Lady Panthers could get
close enough for a shot.
The Lady Panthers started matching the LadyCats’ physical play,
but the officials called the game closely, making sure neither
team could gain an edge.
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