CARTHAGE BOYS HIGHLIGHTS

The host Carthage Tigers finished eighth Saturday in the overall standings and qualified for sectionals in six different events.

Miguel Solano won the 800 in 1:58.88, just .07 ahead of Joplin's Hobbs Campbell, and Daryl Martin finished third in both the 110 hurdles in 15.73 and the 300 hurdles in 40.66.

The 4×800 of Trey Nye, Solano, Caleb Fewin, and Michael Lanyon finished third in 8:19 and the 4×400 of Braxton McBride, Solano, Nye, and Joseph Childs also finished third in 3:27.

Trent Yates placed second in the triple jump at 43-1.5 and Micah Lindsey also finished second in the shot put at 54-7.5.

"I think we came out and competed," Carthage boys coach Logan Wilson said. "At the very start of the day I told them, 'Hey, go get another PR and we'll see how we fall.' That's what we did. We got PRs across the board, and a couple of our teams were lucky to be fast enough to move on. We had a shot putter go through, we had a triple jumper go through, and our hurdler got through at 110 and 300. We told them at the beginning of the year to come out and get better every day and that's exactly what they did."

District 6 qualifiers and District 5 qualifiers from schools Camdenton, Capital City, Eureka, Glendale, Lafayette (Wildwood), Lebanon, Northwest (Cedar Hill), Springfield Central, Waynesville, and Willard meet at sectionals.

"It's hard," Wilson said. "When you're going to a Class 5 sectional, it's hard. You've got kids that are top ranked in the state in every event. It's going to be tough, but we're going to go there with the same mentality. We're going to compete, and where the chips fall is where they're going to fall. We've got two guys ranked at the top of sectionals right now, so we like our odds. At the end of the day, we just want a chance to compete, and we earned that today."

CARTHAGE GIRLS HIGHLIGHTS

The host Carthage Tigers tallied 64 points to finish sixth and qualified in five events for sectionals.

Carthage senior Joey Hettinger won a district title with a high clearance of 5-2.25 in the high jump, and she was the lone athlete in her event to clear 5-0 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, freshman Chasity Straw finished second in the discus with a heave of 104-9 and Lilly Holmes and Karlie Nichols finished second and third in the shot at 35-0.25 and 34-9.5.

Lexa Youngblood placed fourth in the 400 in 1:03 and the 4×400 of Aven Willis, Evelyn Carrol, Maggie Boyd, and Youngblood also placed fourth in 4:16.

-SoMo Sports Online