CARSON CITY — The rivalry simmered for more than three months and finally reached its conclusion Friday.
Boys Track & Field
Dominic Smallwood’s best jumps always seem to come out of nowhere.
If Vashti Cunningham had to predict the day she would make history, Saturday would have been way down the list.
Drea Austin tried to calm her nerves, but nothing seemed to work.
When Sunrise Mountain’s Manuel Hernandez took the baton to run the anchor leg of the boys 3,200-meter relay with a three-step lead over Faith Lutheran on Saturday, the only drama remaining was if the Miners could set a new Class 3A/Division I-A record.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
Chase Wood and Mark Rubalcaba each finished first in two individual events Friday to help Faith Lutheran’s boys track team win the Boulder City Invitational.
From the moment he picked up the 3-pound-9-ounce discus during his freshman year, Liberty’s Reno Tu’ufuli wanted to become the best thrower he possibly could be.
Vincent Ackerman and Robert Reyes each won two individual events and ran on a winning relay to lead the visiting Liberty boys track team to a 97½-36½ win over Foothill on Wednesday.
Tyrone Prewitt won the 200-meter dash and triple jump and was third in the 100 to lead Valley’s boys track team to a 77-61 home victory over Silverado on Tuesday.
Anyah Nutter had three first-place finishes and one second-place showing Saturday to help Centennial’s boys track team win The Meadows Invitational.
Toure Cook and Omar Rubio each won two events Wednesday to help Del Sol’s boys track team edge host Foothill, 86-81.
Travis Noone won two events on Tuesday to lead Bonanza’s boys track team to a 116-62 win over visiting Legacy.
The Mt. SAC Relays are often viewed as a preview of the California state meet. But that didn’t stop some local track and field standouts from crashing the party.
Taylor Lauten and Logan Lucas each won one individual event and ran a leg on the winning 3,200-meter relay team Friday to help Coronado’s girls track team to a narrow win in the Ron Resler Invitational in Boulder City.
