Thursday's boys prep track: Hosts win "Little Classic" frosh-soph title
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Winning nine of 14 events-and tying for first place in another-Du Quoin High Scholl's boys track and field team kept a firm grip on lits Frosh-Soph "Little Classic" Wednesday at Van Metre Field.
The young Indians out-pointed Pinckneyville 137-119 in the relay affair, which included two individual events.
Friday, both schools send their varsity and girls squads to the Sparta Invitational.
Du Quoin 137, Pinckneyville 119
Shot Put relay-1. Du Quoin, 108'4 1/2 (Brandon Williams, Bryce Willi, Christian Riley)l 2. PCHS, 23'9 1/2
Triple Jump Relay-1. Du Quoin (Cayle Diggins, Quivon Bledsoe, Dalton Donoghue) and Pinckneyville, 99'11 (tie).
Long Jump Relay-1. Du Quoin, 48'7 (Deeja Cole, Quivon Bledsoe, Shayne Baxter)' 2. PCHS, 30'6.
4x800 Meter Relay-1. PCHS, 10:09.35; 2. Du Quoin, 10;15.24 (Zach Cavitt, Tommy Cooper, Josh Sanders, Austin Mapps).
Discus Relay-1. Du Quoin, Brandon Williams, Gene Rodley, Bryce Ford), 291'7 1/2; 2. PCHS, 279,3 1/2.
Open 100-1. Quivon Bledsoe (DQ), 12.06; 2. Robbie Knight (PV), 12.28; 3. Devon Harris (DQ), 13.16
Pole Vault Relay-1. Du Quoin, 300 (Cayle Diggins, Haeden Sweetin, Dalton Donoghue).
Sprint Medley-1. PCHS, 1:51.56; 2. Du Quoin, 2:02.53 (Quinton Mathis, Trevon Jones, Brandon Williams, Devon Harris).
High Jump Relay-1. Du Quoin, 16'4 (Deeja Cole, Dalton Donoghue, Jesse McDicken); 2. PCHS, 14'4.
4x200 Relay-1. Du Quoin, 1:44.76 (Quivon Bledsoe, Brandon Williams, Devon Harris, Trevon Jones), 2. PCHS, 1:44.72
400 Low Hurdle Shuttle-1. Du Quoin, 60.7 (Austin Mapps, Cain Porter, Timmy Cochran, Quinton Mathis); 2. PCHS, 1:12.88
Distance Medley-1. PCHS, 10:49.87; 2. Di Quoin, 10:35.63 (Jared Morgan, Tommy Cooper, Josh Sanders, Austin Mapps)
Open 1,600-1. Zach Hall (PV), 5:35. 03: 2. Zack Cavitt (DQ), 5:37.09
4x400 Relay-1. Du Quoin, 4:02.9 (Cayle Diggins, Haeden Sweetin, Dalton Donoghue, Deeja Cole); 2. PCHS, 4:04
LATE S-V RELAYS RESULTS
Last Wednesday, Du Quoin's varsity team won the Sesser-Valier Relays. The invitational title was the first for the Tribe under new coach Derek Beard.
A list of Indian finishers follows below:
4x800 Relay-2. Jared Morgan, Josh Sanders, Tommy Cooper, Austin Mapps , 10:32.99
4x100 Relay-1. Quivon Bledsoe, Luchie Porter, David Gayton, Karson Hoffman , 46.16
3200-2. Zack Cavitt, 12:50.4; 4. Robbie Wagner, 14:16.61
110 High Hurdles-2. Chaz Bland, 16.49; 4. Quinton Mathis, 18.28
100-1. Luchie Porter, 11.8
800-1. Josh Sanders, 2:20.03; 2. Austin Mapps, 2:36,56
4x200 relay-1. Quivon Bledsoe, Travon Jones, David Gayton, Luchie Porter, 1:42.5
400-1. Karson Hoffman, 53.16; 5. Cayle Diggins, 58.0
300 Hurdles-2. Chaz Bland, 44.13; 4. Kyle Webb, 48.6
200-2. Karson Hoffman, 25.12
4x400 relay-1. Aaron Smith, Chaz Bland, Cayle Diggins, Haeden Sweetin, 3:59.76
Shot Put-1. Brock Morgenstern, 45'0; 2. Brandon Williams, 43'4
Discus-2. Brandon Williams, 124'7; 3. Brock Morgenstern, 119'2
Long Jump-1. Aaron Smith, 19'4
PANTHER BOYS TRACK
Pinckneyville was eighth in Nashville's Hornet Invitational Tuesday, scoring 28 points.
The lone first place finishes came from the 4x400 frosh relay (3:58.25). and Taylor Pyatt (42'6 3/4) in the Triple Jump.
Jake Bathon soared 6'3 and placed second among the High Jump entries.