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Black Hawk crowns five champs at Six Rivers Meet
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HAYDEN SCHLIEM took home a Six Rivers Conference title in the long jump on this leap of 211 and as a member of the Warriors winning 400-meter relay team.

    PLATTEVILLE – Senior Dejay Warrell had a hand in three conference titles for Black Hawk, while senior Hayden Schliem and sophomore Jayden Rufenacht each were part of two titles at Monday’s Six River Conference Track and Field Meet.
    Warrell won the triple jump with a leap of 40’3.5” and he joined with Schliem, Rufenacht and Jace Johnsrud to claim the 400-meter relay in 45.17 and with Rufenacht, Kyle Woodruff and Shawn Woodruff to win the 800-meter relay in 1:37.46.
    Schliem added a title in the long jump with a mark of 21’1” and he placed second in the 200-meter dash in 23.61. Warrell was fourth in the 200 (24.14).
    Senior Chris Priebe also won the 1,600-meter run in 4:34.88 for the Warriors, who finish fourth overall as a team with 96.5 points.
    River Ridge captured the boys’ title with 143.5 points to sweep the conference championships for the third consecutive year.
    Benton/Scales Mound was a distant second with 103 points, followed by Albany with 98. Belmont pulled in eight (31) and Shullsburg was ninth (25) on the day.
    Junior Brandon Wedig placed second in the triple jump (40’5”) and freshman Tucker Wedig finished second in the shot put (43’1.75”) to lead the Braves.
    Senior Nate Carrier jumped away with a second in the long jump (20’4”) for the Miners.

Boys Team Scores: River Ridge 143.5, Benton/Scales Mound 103, Albany 98,  Pecatonica/Argyle 83, Cassville 73, Monticello 43, .

Other area place-winners: 100- 3- Jayden Rufenacht, BH, 11.7; 5- Brandon Wedig, Bel, 11.9; 8- Shawn Woodruff, BH, 12.43; 400- 5- John Hentrich, Bel, 55.75; 800- 4- B. Wedig, Bel, 2:09.14; 110HH- 6- Taime Paul, BH, 20.35; 300IH- 3- Kyle Woodruff, BH, 44.01; 400R- 6- Shullsburg (Nathan Houtakker, Cody Groskreutz, Hervey Trejo, Nate Carrier), 49.49; 800R- 7- Shullsburg (Brett Knautz, Bret Doyle,  Bradley Sigwarth, Groskreutz), 1:44.5; 1600R- 5- Black Hawk (Dakota Meier, S. Woodruff, Tyler Peterson, Tanner Sweeney), 3:58.62; 6- Shullsburg (Knautz, Doyle, Trejo, Houtakker), 3:58.69; 3200R- 5- Shullsburg (Knautz, Doyle, Trejo, Houtakker), 9:24.28; HJ- 4tie- Hayden Schliem, BH, 5’4”; LJ- 4- Sweeney, BH, 19’4.75”; 5- Johnsrud, BH, 19’3”; TJ- 6- Houtakker, SH, 36’10.25”; SP- 7- Reid Schwartz, SH, 37’11.25”; D- 7- Tucker Wedig, 115’5”.