POWERLIFTING
The Little River Powerlifting team took to Claflin Saturday, April 12, finishing with 16 medals in total and two state title winners.
Lu Mey Cronje and Reece Erickson each won a title in their girls powerlifting events. Cronje won the 140.4 overall weight class, placing in first in the squat (245) and clean (175) while also finishing 2nd in bench (135). Teammate in the weight class Brayli Teeters medaled in bench, tying Cronje with 135. Reece Erickson won bench in the PWT class, benching 170. Payton Harrington medaled in two events in the 105.4 class, finishing 2nd in bench (105) and 3rd in squat (160).
On the boys side, Jay Smith was the only athlete in the entire competition to bench double their body weight. Smith benched 125 lbs. after weighing in at 61 lbs.
CLICK HERE for the full results.
TRACK & FIELD
The Little River Track & Field teams traveled to Halstead Tuesday, April 15, competing against six other schools from the area.
The boys team finished in 3rd, just one point behind second-place Hesston. The girls team finished in 5th. Halstead finished on top on both sides. The teams won a combined seven events and finished in the top five in 23 other instances.
Below are the top five Little River finishers. CLICK HERE to view all of Little River’s results.
GIRLS:
100M Dash:
- 2nd: Saelyn Raleigh (13.60)
200M Dash:
- 1st: Saelyn Raleigh (28.28)
400M Dash:
- 1st: Saelyn Raleigh (1:05.56)
800M Run:
- 3rd: Abby Schroeder (2:42.37)
1600M Run
- 4th: Abby Schroeder (5:54.71)
3200M Run:
- 4th: Harmony Love (15:20.15)
Triple Jump:
- 3rd: Jolie Myers (29-7)
Discus:
- 4th: Avery Lafferty (97-6)
Shot Put:
- 4th: Avery Lafferty (29-7)
BOYS:
100M Dash:
- 1st: Tristan Bristow (11.53)
200M Dash:
- 2nd: Tristan Bristow (23.52)
- 4th: Kal-El Robinson (24.55)
- 5th: Jhet Ewertt (24.59)
400M Dash:
- 4th: Kyler Bergkamp (55.99)
- 5th: Kal-El Robinson (56.67)
800M Run:
- 4th: Jaxson Konen (2:23.00)
- 5th: Duncan Olander (2:24.58)
110M Hurdles:
- 2nd: Logan Schubert (17.81)
300M Hurdles
- 2nd: Logan Schubert (44.95)
4x100M Relay:
- 3rd (44.73)
4x400M Relay:
- 2nd (3:47.61)
High Jump:
- 1st: Ty Janette (6-2)
- 5th: Duncan Olander (5-2)
Long Jump:
- 2nd: Logan Schubert (18-10)
- 4th: Jaxson Konen (18-2)
Triple Jump:
- 1st: Jhet Ewertt (38-4)
- 4th: Nash Look (36-3)
- 5th: Gage Martinez (34-9.5)
Javelin:
- 1st: Christopher Norez (161-6)
- 5th: Cole Dieball (131-1)
Shot Put:
- 1st: Cole Dieball (48-4.5)
BASEBALL
The Little River Varsity Baseball team had just one doubleheader over the past week, which came Thursday, April 17 against Ellsworth. The Redskins took care of both games, winning 15-0 in three innings in game one, followed up by a 17-3 five-inning victory.
Little River scored in every inning in game one, including eight runs in the third inning, thanks to 10 hits and drawing 10 walks. Camden Strecker led the Redskins, going 3-4 with a double and an RBI. Logan Renken went on base in all plate appearances, going 1-1 with three walks. Eastyn Wholetz hit a home run in the contest as well.
Spencer Strecker went 2-2 with 2 RBI’s and pitched all three innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out three.
Game two was nearly the same story. Just like game one, Little River crossed the plate in all four innings they hit, which included eight runs in the 2nd. Logan Renken hit two doubles and went 3-3 with 2 RBI’s. Camden Strecker had a team-high 3 RBI’s after going 2-4. CJ Herzog was the lone pitcher for Little River, throwing five full innings, allowed three runs (two earned), and striking out five.
The Redskins are 12-0 on the season. They will look to stay unbeaten Tuesday, April 22 at home with a doubleheader against Remington.
