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Republican Journal Area track results
Darlington, Black Hawk, Belmont and Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg have busy weeks on the track
Shelton
Updated: May 19, 2022, 2:47 PM
Published: May 19, 2022, 2:30 PM

Listed below are the results from the Republican Journal area teams  Darlington, Belmont, Black Hawk and Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg track and field teams held last week at Darlington, Riverdale, Boscobel and Belleville High Schools.

 

REDBIRD INVITATIONAL
Girls Meet– Team Scores: Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 116.5, Evansville 97, Darlington 96.5, Cuba City 84, Monroe 54, Black Hawk 50.5, Albany 47, River Ridge 28, Monticello 25, Belmont 24, Tri-State Homeschool 20, Southwestern 19.5, Pecatonica/Argyle 16. 
Area Place winners: 100- 1- Anna Richardson, BSMS, 14.19; 4- Maddy Lange, BH, 14.39; 5- Jenna Meier, BH, 14.48; 200- 2- Kayci Martensen, BSMS, 28.77; 3- Gabrielle Leuchtenmacher, D, 29.30; 6- Maddie Eaton, D, 30.99; 400- 4- Jaidyn Evenstad, D, 1:09.17; 6- Anna Hardyman, Bel, 1:10.31; 800- 1- Ella Woodworth, BSMS, 2:32.69; 2- Joelle Sigwarth, BSMS, 2:36.50; 4- Abby Reuter, Bel, 2:48.60; 1600- 5- Alexis Murray, D, 6:31.74; 6- Maggie Wedig, Bel, 6:36.57; 8- Madyson King, D, 7:05.66; 3200- 1- Hanna Martensen, BSMS, 12:29.55; 3- Addison DePauw, D, 15:24.22; 4- Stella McGowan, D, 15:27.09; 300LH- 2- H. Martensen, BSMS, 52.16; 4- Hailey Duerst, BSMS, 57.75; 400R- 1- Darl (Zoie Zuberbuhler, Abby Solverson, Leuchtenmacher, Alyza Johnson), 52.48; 2- BH (Meier, Tara Wellnitz, Raylin Peterson, Lange), 56.61; 3- BSMS (Sophie Davis, Taylor Russell, Genna Langkamp, Zoe Stluka), 58.41; 800R- 1- Darl (Solverson, Zuberbuhler, Raquel Reuter, Johnson), 1:50.61; 2- BSMS (Sigwarth, Woodworth, Richardson, K. Martensen), 1:52.99; 4- Belm (Hailey Jentz, Sophia Kress, Reuter, Ashley Foecking), 2:03.68; 1600R- 3- BSMS (Kennedy Kudronowicz, Alison, Russell, Duerst), 4:50.75; 3200R- 2- Darl (Grace Cooper, DePauw, King, S. McGowan), 12:07.67; 4- BSMS (Russell, Zariah Jones, Mylie Gensler, Isabell Langkamp), 13:11.81; PV- 2tie- Blosch, D, 8’0”; 6tie- Lizzie Meylor, D, Lange, BH, and Davis, BSMS, 6’0”; HJ- 4- Ke. Kudronowicz, BSMS, 4’8”; 8- Wedig, Bel, 4’6”; LJ- 2- Johnson, D, 15’11”; 4- Richardson, BSMS, 15’7.5”; 6- K. Martensen, BSMS, 15’0”; 7- Leuchtenmacher, D, 15’0”; 8- Jentz, Bel, 14’10.5”; TJ- 2- Richardson, BSMS, 32’8”; 3- Jentz, Bel, 31’11.5”; 4- Evenstad, D, 30’0”; 5- Wellnitz, BH, 29’6”; SP- 1- Peterson, BH, 34’3.5”; 2- Kailey Fawcett, BSMS, 32’6.5”; 3- Wellnitz, BH, 32’3”; 6- Josie Meister, D, 30’5”; 7- Jaliyah Collins, BH, 30’0.75”; D- 1- Collins, BH, 105’6”; 2- Laura Weaver, D, 101’9”; 6- Octavia Meylor, D, 89’7”; 8- Langkamp, BSMS, 83’5” 
Boys Meet– Team Scores: Evansville 103.5, Cuba City 97, Darlington 81, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 69.5, Monroe 63.5, River Ridge 62.5, Black Hawk 50,Monticello 49, Tri-State Homeschool 37, Pecatonica/Argyle 32, Albany 21, Belmont 19, Southwestern 11. 
Area Place winners: 100- 1- Elijah Shelton, BH, 12.28; 5- Ben Vandigo, BSMS, 12.53; 200- 1- Jovanny Erickson, BH, 24.77; 3- Mason Oellerich, Bel, 25.55; 400- 1- Erickson, BH, 56.02; 5- Garrett Ray, BSMS, 57.08; 6- Jackson Klang, BSMS, 57.39; 7- Oellerich, Bel, 57.71; 800- 2- Thompson, D, 2:10.43; 8- Carter Kettler, Bel, 2:21.88; 3200- 1- Rhett Reuter, D, 10:14.93; 2- George West, D, 10:45.47; 110HH- 1- Luke Unbehaun, BSMS, 17.94; 2- Lane Marty, BH, 18.46; 6- Caden Loeffelholz, BSMS, 23.83; 300IH- 2- Easton Evenstad, D, 41.58; 3- Unbehaun, BSMS, 43.92; 8- Carter Murray, D, 47.01; 400R- 2- BSMS (Nate Lawrence, Vandigo, Collin Fosler, Nevada Sandlin), 46.74; 5- Belm (Noah Fritz, Gavin Opitz, Conner Varvil, Oellerich), 50.53; 7- Darl (Alan Guzman, Pedro McComish, Carter Andrews, Seth Coulthard), 53.08; 800R- 2- BSMS (Lawrence, Vandigo, Antonin Ader, Evan Graves), 1:38.57; 4- Darl (Guzman, McComish, Andrews, Cooper Crist), 1:45.06; 1600R- 1- Darl (Evenstad, Carver Fitzsimons, Isaac Crist, Ethan Thompson), 3:39.64; 3- BSMS (Ader, Sandlin, Graves, Ray), 3:44.92; 7- BH (Marty, Shelton, James Holland, Cade Stietz), 3:53.89; 3200R- 6- BSMS (Chad Haffele, Luke Jansen, Owen Fennell, Roberto Sapietra), 10:46.78; 7- Darl (Ruben Bello, Junior Jimenez, Landon King, Martin Lobato-Sayago), 12:23.06; PV- 8tie- Nick Redington, BSMS, 8’0”; HJ- 2- Fitzsimons, D, 5’8”; 3- Unbehaun, BSMS, 5’8”; LJ- 1- Evenstad, D, 21’3”; 2- Shelton, BH, 18’8”; 3- Haffele, BSMS, 18’3.5”; TJ- 3- Fritz, Bel, 37’8”; 6- Murray, D, 37’3”; 8- Lawrence, BSMS, 35’5”; SP- 7- Milz, BH, 37’3.25”; D- 5- Jhovanny Cruz, D, 113’5”.
At Darlington, on Monday, May 9

 

SWAL MID-SEASON MEET
Girls Meet– No team scores.
Darlington Top 5 Finishers: 400- 1- Raquel Reuter, D, 1:02.52; 3- Alyza Johnson, D, 1:05.06; 5- Abby Solverson, D, 1:06.84; 800- 1- Addison DePauw, D, 2:50.46; 2- Alexis Murray, D, 2:51.40; 4- Stella McGowan, D, 3:00.60; 1600- 3- Scarleth Canales-Irias, D, 8:13; 400R- 1- Darl (Maddie Eaton, Lilee McGowan, Jayci Schliem, Kylie Schliem), 58.76; 800R- 3- Darl (Jaidyn Evenstad, Catie Blosch, Eaton, K. Schliem), 2:01.74; PV- 3- Monica Schmidt, D, 8’0”; 3- Catie Blosch, D, 8’0”; HJ- 2- Evenstad, D, 4’6”; LJ- 2- Johnson, D, 14’7.5”; 2- Zoie Zuberbuhler, D, 14’7”; 4- Gabrielle Leuchtenmacher, D, 14’1.5”; TJ- 2- Evenstad, D, 29’5”; D- 1- Laura Weaver, D, 102’3”.
Boys Meet– Team Scores: No team scores.
Darlington Top 5 Finishers: 200- 2- Easton Evenstad, D, 23.43; 5- Ethan Thompson, D, 24.73; 400- 1- Rhett Reuter, D, 51.88; 800- 1- George West, D, 2:10.68; 5- Connor Larson, D, 2:28.59; 1600- 2- Thompson, D, 5:04.16; 400R- 2- Darl (Carter Andrews, Cooper Crist, Danick Haesler, Pedro McComish), 49.93; 800R- 2- Darl (Isaac Crist, Evenstad, Carver Fitzsimons, Carter Murray), 1:38.12; 3200R- 3- Darl (Richard Cruz, Junior Jimenez, Larson, Luis Rios-Yanez), 10:31.57; LJ- 3- I. Crist, D, 17’2”; TJ- 3- Murray, D, 33’4.5”; SP- 3- C. Crist, D, 37’0”; D- 2-Jhovanny Cruz, D, 99’10”.
At Muscoda, on Tuesday, May 10

 

SPARKY REYNOLDS INVITATIONAL
Girls Meet– Team Scores: Lancaster 104, Kickapoo/La Farge 64.75, Fennimore 54, Cuba City 51, Boscobel 50, Prairie du Chien 41, Cashton 37.75, Darlington 37, Brookwood 34, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 33, Riverdale 28, Richland Center 24, De Soto 21, River Ridge 20.75, Ithaca/Weston 19, North Crawford 18, River Valley 18, Bangor 14, Hillsboro 8, Iowa-Grant 7, Pecatonica/Argyle 7, Seneca 5, Cassville/Potosi 4, Belmont 1, Platteville 0.75.
RJ Area Place winners: 400- 4- Anna Richardson, BSMS, 1:04.75; 8- Anna Hardyman, Bel, 1:07.31; 800- 5- Ella Woodworth, BSMS, 2:28.03; 1600- 1- Kayci Martensen, BSMS, 5:13.21; 300LH- 5- Jaidyn Evenstad, D, 52.31; 400R- 2- Darl (Zoie Zuberbuhler, Abby Solverson, Gabrielle Leuchtenmacher, Alyza Johnson), 51.71; 800R- 2- Darl (Solverson, Zuberbuhler, Raquel Reuter, Johnson), 1:51.24; 1600R- 5- BSMS (Hanna Martensen, Joelle Sigwarth, Woodworth, Richardson), 4:19.46; 6- Darl (Johnson, Leuchtenmacher, Solverson, Reuter), 4:20.64; 3200R- 2- BSMS (Woodworth, Richardson, Sigwarth, H. Martensen), 10:02.08; 6- Darl (Judith Meister, Addison DePauw, Alexis Murray, Reuter), 10:58.51; PV- 6tie- Blosch, D, 8’0”; D- 1- Laura Weaver, D, 113’4”; 7- Zoe Stluka, BSMS, 90’3”.
Boys Meet– Team Scores: Cuba City 76, Lancaster 62, River Ridge 49.5, River Valley 47, Cashton 46.5, Prairie du Chien 43, Darlington 42, Richland Center 40.5, North Crawford 39.5, Boscobel 36, Iowa-Grant 28, Bangor 28, Kickapoo/La Farge 28, Brookwood 27, Wauzeka-Steuben 25, Riverdale 18, Cassville/Potosi 15, Pecatonica/Argyle 12, Fennimore 11, Seneca 9, De Soto 9, Ithaca/Weston 6, Platteville 2, Southwestern 1, Belmont 0. R 
RJ Area Place winners: 100- 3- Easton Evenstad, D, 11.25; 400- 6- George West, D, 54.38; 800R- 6- Darl (Carter Murray, Isaac Crist, Carver Fitzsimons, Ethan Thompson), 1:37.77; 1600R- 1- Darl (Evenstad, Thompson, Fitzsimons, Rhett Reuter), 3:31.82; 3200R- 3- Darl (Thompson, West, Luis Rios-Yanez, Reuter), 8:44.74;HJ- 3- Fitzsimons, D, 6’0”; LJ- 2- Evenstad, D, 20’2.25”.
At Boscobel, on Thursday, May 12

 

SUGAR RIVER INVITATIONAL
Girls Meet– Team Scores: Columbus 141, Sugar River 101.5, Lodi 81, Monroe 55, Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 42, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 36, Lake Mills 36, Cambridge 23.5, Black Hawk 22.5, Albany 19.5, Monticello 13, Waterloo 8.
RJ Area Placewinners: 100- 6- Anna Richardson, BSMS, 13.81; 8tie- Jenna Meier, BH, 13.99; 400- 2- Kayci Martensen, BSMS, 1:01.01; 1600- 1- Hanna Martensen, BSMS, 5:43.06; 3- Ella Woodworth, BSMS, 5:59.04; 300LH- 8- Hailey Duerst, BSMS, 55.92; 400R- 3- BH (Maddy Lange, Jena Meier, Raylin Peterson, Tara Wellnitz), 56.21; 800R- 5- BSMS (Sophie Davis, Taylor Russell, Kennedy Kudronowicz, Alison Winter), 2:04.23; SP- 4- Peterson, BH, 33’7.5”; 5- Kailey Fawcett, BSMS, 31’10”;D- 3- Wellnitz, BH, 101’4”; 4- Jaliyah Collins, BH, 98’0”.
Boys Meet– Team Scores: Sugar River 115.25, Monroe 101.75, Lake Mills 94, Columbus 58.25, Lodi 56.5, Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 55, Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 44, Cambridge 30.25, Monticello 26, Waterloo 18, Black Hawk 11, Albany 11. 
RJ Area Placewinners: 100- 8- Elijah Shelton, BH, 11.72; 200- 7- Jovanny Erickson, BH, 24.16; 400- 7- Cody Haynes, BSMS, 58.54; 8- James Holland, BH, 59.91; 1600- 3- Garrett Ray, BSMS, 4:59.30; 110HH- 2- Luke Unbehaun, BSMS, 16.36; 6- Lane Marty, BH, 18.32; 3000IH- 2- Unbehaun, BSMS, 43.29; 400R- 3- BSMS (Nevada Sandlin, Ben Vandigo, Nate Lawrence, Evan Graves), 45.93; 800R- 3- BSMS (Sandlin, Vandigo, Antonin Ader, Lawrence), 1:35.76; 5- BH (Marty, Lucas Milz, Erickson, Shelton) 1:37.88; 3200R- 7- BSMS (Chad Heffele, Luke Jansen, Owen Fennell, Haynes), 9:57.54; HJ- 3- Collin Fosler, BSMS, 6’4”.
At Belleville, on Friday, May 13
Belmont's Kaleen McGettigan notches career win No. 200
Braves blowout Potosi/Cassville in coach's milestone victory
Kaleen McGettigan 200
Belmont girls head coach Kaleen McGettigan earned her 200th career win last Tuesday night with a 56–25 win over Potosi/Cassville.
Casey Lindecrantz
Published: Dec 13, 2024, 7:23 PM

POTOSI — Belmont girls basketball coach Kaleen McGettigan collected her 200th career win last Tuesday night with a 56–25 victory over Potosi/Cassville.

The Braves shot out to and maintained an early lead in Six Rivers West win over the host Chieftains (3–2, 0–2 SRW).

Potosi/Cassville claimed the opening point on a free throw, but a basket under the hoop by Morgan Freeman earned the only lead change of the night. The result was a Braves lead where the traveling team earned nearly 30 points before Potosi/Cassville tasted double figures.

“Any time we play a conference team, we know it is going to be a battle,” McGettigan said. “The Chieftains lost one of their starters the night before, but credit tot he team and their staff, they came out ready to play. Coach Nebel has done a nice job in her first month as a head coach.”

The Braves clung to a 37–16 lead at the break, nurturing it as they pushed to double Potosi/Cassville’s output over the final 18 minutes.

“I was pleased with the girls’ offensive attacks,” McGettigan said. “We are a tough team to guard because we are so interchangeable, and we need to take more advantage of that.”

The Belmont front was led by a three-headed monster of Lexi Riechers (18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals), Freeman (14 pts, 6 reb), and Kaci Riechers (12 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast, 5 stl). 

Carsyn Ramaker also took on an supporting role — her six rebounds and five assists were each tied for the team high.

“Lexi Riechers was a spark for us, and she got a couple things going on both ends of the floor,” McGettigan said. “Carsyn continues to see the floor well, and Hailey Bahr played the best game of her career.”

With just three opponents left ahead of the new year, the Braves’ next opportunity on the court comes at Benton on Dec. 12.

Junior Lillie Cooley scored a team-high five points in the loss for Potosi/Cassville (3–2, 0–2) which suffered its first loss.

Despite the win, McGettigan believes her team needs improvements in a few areas.

“We need to do a better job of consistently finishing around the rim,” she said. “We also need to be more comfortable  in our half-court sets.”

The Zephyrs (0–6, 0–2) most recently lost to Stockton (Ill.) on Dec. 9, 68–18, and haven’t scored more than 20 points in each of their last three games.

“We need to continue working on limiting other teams’ offensive boards, and getting to our outlet spots,” McGettigan said. “December is a slow month for us, so we need to stay focused in the gym and need to get better.”

Belmont 56, Potosi/Cassville 25
(from Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ Potosi)
Belmont 37 19 — 56
Potosi/Cassville 16 9 — 25
Belmont (2–1, 1–0) — Hailey Bahr 2, Courtney Fritz 5, Kaci Riechers 12, Morgan Freeman 14, Jaelyn Leitzinger 2, Lexi Riechers 18, Brittany Taylor 3. Totals — 25-71 2-7 56.  
Potosi/Cassville (3–1, 0–1) — Matty Udelhofen 4, Madi Weber 2, Lillie Cooley 5, Brielle Fishnick 4, Ruby Roe 3, Miranda Kieler 4, Delany McKillip 3. Totals — 8-43 8-11 25. 
3-pointers — B: 4-19 (Fritz 1, K. Riechers 2, L. Riechers 1); PC: 1-11 (Roe 1). Team fouls — B: 14; PC: 14. Foul out — none.