Mother Lode League track meet No. 3 is in the books; Lady Bullfrogs improve to 5-0

The third Mother Lode League track and field meet of the season took place on Thursday night at Dorroh Field in Angels Camp. Bret Harte, Calaveras, Sonora, Amador and Argonaut took part in the event, while Summerville had the week off.

Bret Harte took on Amador and Argonaut; Calaveras took on Sonora and Argonaut; Amador took on Bret Harte and Sonora; Argonaut took on Bret Harte and Calaveras; and Sonora took on Calaveras and Amador.

Bret Harte’s boys beat Amador 73-48; Bret Harte beat Argonaut 68-48; Calaveras beat Argonaut 64-57; Calaveras beat Sonora 69-57; and Amador beat Sonora 58-45. As for the girls, Bret Harte beat Argonaut 115-9; Bret Harte beat Amador 89-40; Calaveras beat Argonaut 77-28; Sonora beat Calaveras 71-46; and Sonora beat Amador 72-50.

Boys

Bret Harte ended the day with four first-place finishes, seven second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. Calaveras had three first- and second-place finishes and four third-place finishes.

Bret Harte senior Bradley Hall scored the most individual points of any male varsity athlete with 12 points. Hall had one first-place finish, two second-place finishes and one third-place finish.

In the 100-meter race, Hall placed second (11.63); Bret Harte senior Cooper Oliver placed seventh (11.93, personal record); Calaveras junior Ryan McCurdy placed 16th (12.71): and Calaveras junior Colin Dunn placed 18th (13.13, PR).

In the 200-meter race, Bret Harte’s Hall placed first (23.37, PR); Calaveras sophomore Dalton Reed placed seventh (24.36, PR); Bret Harte junior Austin Blodgett placed 13th (25.23, season record); Calaveras’ McCurdy placed 15th (25.95, SR); Calaveras junior Bobby Thomas placed 16th (26.26, PR); Bret Harte senior Gio Da Ros placed 19th (27.14); and Calaveras junior Darby Deagenais placed 23rd (28.08).

In the 400-meter race, Calaveras’ Reed placed third (54.43, PR); Bret Harte freshman Tumiso Owens placed fifth (57.75, PR); and Bret Harte’s Da Ros placed eighth (1:01.77, PR). In the 800-meter race, Bret Harte senior Winter Whittle placed second (2:20.47); Calaveras junior Cale Brassfield placed sixth (2:56.51); and Calaveras senior Ethan Haro placed seventh (3:14.03). Bret Harte’s Whittle placed first in the 3,200-meter race (11:28.17); Calaveras senior Alexander Garcia-Miller placed second (12:34.95, SR); and Brassfield placed fourth (13:20.34).

In the 1,600-meter race, Calaveras senior Logan Gomes placed second (5:11.55); Whittle placed third (5:16.16); Calaveras’ Garcia-Miller placed eighth (5:45.79); Calaveras’ Brassfield placed ninth (5:54.44); and Calaveras’ Haro placed 10th (7:43.66).

Calaveras sophomore Jackson Rice placed first in the 110-meter hurdles with his time of 19.37. In the 300-meter hurdles, Calaveras senior Ethan Lynn placed first (44.94, PR); Bret Harte junior Ian Bauer placed second (46.54); and Calaveras’ Rice placed third (51.15).

The Calaveras foursome of Reed, McCurdy, Thomas and Lynn placed second in the 4×100-meter relay with their time of 46.99. In the 4×400-meter relay, Calaveras’ Lynn, Reed, Rice and senior Tyler Davidson placed first in 3:50.81.

In the shot put, Calaveras junior David Brookshire placed fourth (42 feet, 6.5 inches, PR); Bret Harte senior Lucas Sawyer placed eighth (36 feet, 5 inches); Bret Harte’s Blodgett placed 10th (35 feet, 10 inches, SR); Bret Harte’s Bragg placed 12th (34 feet, 8.5 inches); Calaveras junior Max Crandell placed 13th (34 feet, 6.5 inches, PR); Calaveras senior Elijah Converse placed 14th (33 feet, 10 inches); Bret Harte junior Thomas Habschied placed 15th (33 feet, 9 inches, PR); Bret Harte junior Mason DePonte placed 16th (33 feet, 4.25 inches, PR); Bret Harte senior Sam Whitt placed 18th (32 feet, 8 inches); and Bret Harte junior Chris Morello placed 23rd (20 feet, 3 inches).

In the discus, Calaveras’ Brookshire placed third (131 feet, 0.5 inches, PR); Calaveras Crandell placed fifth (115 feet, 5.75 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Converse placed seventh (114 feet, 4.5 inches); Bret Harte’s Habschied placed eighth (101 feet, 5 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Sawyer placed ninth (98 feet, 6.75 inches); Bret Harte’s Whitt placed 11th (95 feet, 1.5 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s DePonte placed 13th (94 feet, 0.5 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Morello placed 22nd (59 feet, 7.5 inches); and Bret Harte’s Bragg placed 23rd (7 feet, 2.5 inches).

Bret Harte’s Owens placed second in the high jump (5 feet, 8 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Hall placed third (5 feet, 8 inches); and Bret Harte’s Oliver placed fourth (5 feet, 6 inches). Oliver placed first in the long jump with a new personal record of 21 feet, 10 inches; Hall placed second (21 feet, 6 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Lynn placed fourth (19 feet, 11.25 inches); Bret Harte’s Bauer placed fifth (18 feet, 4.5 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Da Ros placed eighth (15 feet, 8.5 inches); and Bret Harte’s Owens placed 12th (14 feet, 1 inch).

And in the triple jump, Bret Harte’s Bauer placed second (37 feet, 9.5 inches); Bret Harte’s Owens placed third (36 feet, 10 inches); Bret Harte’s Blodgett placed fourth (34 feet, 3 inches); Calaveras’ Dunn placed fifth (30 feet, 3 inches); and Calaveras’ Dagenais placed sixth (29 feet, 8 inches).

Girls

Bret Harte recorded seven first-place finishes, five second-place finishes and six third-place finishes, while Calaveras had two first- and second-place finishes and one third-place finish. Bret Harte junior Aurora Lewis scored the most points of any varsity athlete with 16. She had two first-place finishes and two second-place finishes.

Bret Harte senior Morgan Greene placed first in the 100-meter race (12.64, PR); Bret Harte freshman Annelise Zumbach placed third (13.08, PR); Calaveras freshman Evelyn Dart placed fourth (13.23, PR); Bret Harte sophomore Caitlin Johnson placed sixth (13.48, SR); Calaveras freshman Jessica Buecher placed eighth (13.79, PR); Bret Harte junior Bella Perez placed 10th (13.92, PR) and Calaveras junior Aminah Halepota placed 15th (14.30, SR).

In the 200-meter race, Calaveras senior Bailie Clark placed first (27.27, PR); Bret Harte’s Zumbach placed second (27.67, PR); Calaveras’ Dart placed fourth (28.34, PR): Bret Harte’s Johnson placed fifth (28.60, SR); Calaveras senior Madyson Bernasconi placed sixth (29.15, PR); Bret Harte junior Talisa Perez placed seventh (29.34, PR); and Bret Harte senior Makaylah Nickell placed 10th (30.73, SR).

Bret Harte senior Kadyn Rolleri placed first in the 400-meter race (1:05.77, PR); Calaveras senior Grace Damin placed second (1:06.68, PR); Nickell placed fifth (1:15.65, SR); and Calaveras junior Daniella Meza placed sixth (1:16.20). Rolleri placed first in the 1,600-meter race (5:53.69); Bret Harte junior Skylar Mayers placed fourth (6:12.02); Calaveras sophomore Daisy Garcia placed fifth (6:13.64, PR); and Calaveras junior Kaidyn Thornburg placed ninth (8:13.31).

In the 800-meter race, Bret Harte’s Rolleri placed second (2:36.79); Bret Harte’s Mayers placed third (2:50.77); Calaveras’ Garcia placed fourth (2:52.85, PR): and Calaveras’ Thornburg placed seventh (3:45.41). Bret Harte junior Addy Heermance placed first in the 3,200-meter race with her time of 12:35.78.

Bret Harte junior Aurora Lewis placed second in the 100-meter hurdles (17.03, SR) and Perez placed third (18.08). In the 300-meter hurdles, Lewis again placed second (53.60) and Perez placed third (56.38).

The Bret Harte team of Johnson, senior Aariah Fox, Zumbach and Greene took first in the 4×100-meter relay (50.28). Calaveras’ Buecher, Dart, Halepota and Damin placed third (53.72). Calaveras’ 4×400-meter team of Clark, Damon, Meza and Halepota placed first in 4:37.62.

In the shot put, Bret Harte’s Angela Espejel placed fourth (29 feet, 4.5 inches, PR); Bret Harte junior Ella Bach placed seventh (24 feet, 11 inches, PR); Calaveras freshman Paige Blair placed eighth (24 feet, 3.5 inches); Bret Harte senior Mackenzie Carroll placed ninth (22 feet, 9.5 inches); Calaveras junior Amy Willis placed 10th (22 feet, 6.5 inches); and Bret Harte senior CJ DesBouillons placed 12th (21 feet, 6.75 inches).

In the discus, Calaveras’ Blair placed fifth (76 feet, 3.75 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Willis placed sixth (72 feet, 9 inches); Bret Harte’s Carroll placed seventh (70 feet, 1.5 inches); Bret Harte’s Bach placed eighth (69 feet, 10.75 inches); Bret Harte’s Espejel placed 10th (63 feet, 6 inches); Bret Harte’s DesBouillons placed 11th (61 feet, 6.5 inches); and Bret Harte junior Makenna Tutthill placed 13th (51 feet, 8.75 inches).

Bret Harte’s Lewis placed first in the high jump (5 feet, 2 inches); Calaveras’ Dart and Bret Harte’s Tutthill tied for fifth (4 feet, 2 inches). In the pole vault, Bret Harte senior Mencia Moreno Orellana placed fourth (6 feet, 6 inches); Bret Harte’s Talisa Perez placed fifth (6 feet); and Bret Harte junior Yelena Frerking placed sixth (5 feet, 6 inches).

Calaveras’ Clark placed second in the long jump (17 feet, 10 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Fox placed third (17 feet, 6 inches, SR); Bret Harte’s Zumbach placed fourth (16 feet, 11 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Buecher placed fifth (16 feet, 2.25 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Bernasconi placed eighth (14 feet, 10 inches, PR); Calaveras’ Willis placed 10th (14 feet, 5 inches, PR); Bret Harte’s Bella Perez placed 11th (13 feet, 11.25 inches, PR): Bret Harte’s Orellana placed 13th (13 feet, 2 inches, PR); Bret Harte senior Emily O’Flinn placed 14th (13 fee); and Bret Harte’s Frerking placed 15th (11 feet, 6.5 inches, PR).

And in the triple jump, Bret Harte’s Lewis placed first (34 feet); Bret Harte’s Fox placed second (33 feet, 2 inches); and Bret Harte’s O’Flinn placed third (30 feet, 7 inches).

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Mother Lode League Track Meet No. 3
At Bret Harte High School, Angels Camp

Boys’ Results
Bret Harte 73, Amador 48
Bret Harte Bret Harte 68, Argonaut 45
Calaveras 64, Argonaut 57
Calaveras 69, Sonora 57
Amador 58, Sonora 45

Bret Harte Track and Field (Boys)
March 30 vs. Summerville (L) 67-60
April 13 vs. Calaveras (W) 81-50
April 13 vs. Sonora (W) 72-52
April 20 vs. Amador (W) 73-48
April 20 vs. Argonaut (W) 68-45

Calaveras Track and Field (Boys)
April 13 vs. Bret Harte (L) 81-50
April 13 vs. Summerville (L) 69-59
April 20 vs. Sonora (W) 69-57
April 20 vs. Argonaut (W) 64-57
April 24 vs. Amador, 3:30 p.m.

Mother Lode League Standings (Boys)
Bret Harte 4-1 (4 pts)
Summerville 3-0 (3 pts)
Calaveras 2-2 (2 pts)
Argonaut 1-2 (1 pt)
Amador 1-3 (1 pts)
Sonora 0-3 (0 pts)

Girls’ Results
Bret Harte 89, Amador 40
Bret Harte 115, Argonaut 9
Calaveras 72, Argonaut 17
Sonora 71, Calaveras 46
Sonora 72, Amador 50

Bret Harte Track and Field (Girls)
March 30 vs. Summerville (W) 98-30
April 13 vs. Calaveras (W) 118-15
April 13 vs. Sonora (W) 80-51
April 20 vs. Amador (W) 89-40
April 20 vs. Argonaut (W) 115-9

Calaveras Track and Field (Girls)
April 13 vs. Bret Harte (L) 118-15
April 13 vs. Summerville (W) 61-32
April 20 vs. Sonora (L) 71-46
April 20 vs. Argonaut (W) 72-17
April 24 vs. Amador

Mother Lode League Standings (Girls)
Bret Harte 5-0 (5 pt)
Sonora 2-1 (2 pts)
Amador 2-2 (2 pts)
Calaveras 2-2 (2 pts)
Argonaut 0-3 (0 pts)
Summerville 0-3 (0 pts)