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Platteville boys win Lancaster Invite; girls finish second
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Plattevilles Cole Gore (middle), Kevin Donovan (right) and Logan Weaver (left) finished first, second and third in the boys 300-meter intermediate hurdles at Thursdays Lancaster Invitational to help the Hillmen win the boys team title.

     LANCASTER — Senior Cole Gore won the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediated hurdles as the Platteville boys amassed 133 points to finish first out of 12 teams at Thursday’s Lancaster Invitational.

     The Platteville girls won three events, finished six in five others and scored 123 points to finish second behind Viroqua (134.5).

     Gore won the 300 hurdles in a time of 43.94 seconds and led a Hillmen sweep with teammates Kevin Donovan (44.58) and Logan Weaver (45.06) finishing second and third. Gore won the 110 hurdles in 17.80, while Weaver was second (18.37) and Donovan placed fourth (44.58).

     Junior Dan Iselin won the boys’ 1,600 (4:40.10), while senior teammate Vince Momot finished second (4:44.21).
The pair teamed with senior Blake Julius and freshman Jace Serres to finish second in the 4x800 relay (8:25.56), and Momot and Donovan finished second and third in the pole, each clearing 11’6”.

     Belmont junior Jacob Wedig won the boys’ discus (140’9”) and placed sixth in the shot put (42’0½”) as the Braves finished 11th in the boys competition with 13.5 points.

     On the girls side, senior Maggie Durni won the 100-meter dash in 13.35 seconds.  Senior Faye Bailie won the high jump (5’2”) and the Platteville 4x400 relay of Durni, Rachel Emendorfer, Brelynn Updike and Britney Baker won a gold medal with a winning time of 4:21.85.

     Emendorfer finished second in the 400 (1:03.45) and Updike was second in the 1,600 (5:50.38).  Senior Grace Hammermeister placed second in the 300 hurdles (53.59), and sophomore Skye Digman placed second in both the shot put (30’0½”) and discus (134’4”).

     Belmont freshman Elise deHaan finished fourth in the shot put (30’3¾”) to lead the Braves, who placed 12 with 11 points.

     Monday afternoon the Platteville boys finished third out of 14 teams at the Prairie du Chien Relay. The Platteville girls placed fifth.

Lancaster Invitational
(from Tuesday, April 12 @ Rich. Center)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.Platteville 133, 2.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 107.5, 3.Cuba City 90, 4.River Valley 88, 5.Boscobel 69, 6.Fennimore 59, 7.Viroqua 43.25, 8.Lancaster 39, 9.Prairie du Chien 28, 10.De Soto 18, 11.Belmont 13.25, 12.Southwestern 13.
Platteville place winners (top 8)
400 — 8.Logan Henry 57.81. 800 — 3.Jace Serres 2:04.14. 1,600 — 1.Dan Iselin 4:40.10, 2.Vince Momot 4:44.21, 4.Blake Julius 4:59.68. 3,200 — 5.Josh Taber 11:40.19, 6.Josh Taber 11:40.19. 110 hurdles — 1.Cole Gore 17.80, 2.Logan Weaver 18.37, 4.Kevin Donovan 18.73. 300 hurdles — 1.Gore 43.94, 2.Donovan 44.58, 3.Weaver 45.06. 4x100 relay — 2.Platteville (Colin Thiele, Marvin Kaye, Mike Musarra, Nick Mewhirter) 47.49. 4x200 relay — 3.Platteville (Grant Digman, Kaye, Mewhirter, Colin Thiele) 1:38.21. 4x400 relay — 3.Platteville (Momot, Iselin, Serres, Henry) 3:39.96 4x800 relay — 2.Platteville (Momot, Iselin, Julius, Serres) 8:25.56. Pole vault — 2.Momot J11’6”, 3.Donovan J11’6”. Triple jump — 6.Tyler Moss 38’8¼”. Shot put — 8.Ian Carter 41’10½”. Discus — 6.Carter 124’8”.
Belmont place winners (top 8)
High jump — 8(tie).Josh Adams 5’4”. Shot put — 6.Jacob Wedig 42”0½”. Discus — 1.Wedig 140’9”.
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.Viroqua 134.5, 2.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 123, 3.Platteville 120, 4.Lancaster 67, 5.Fennimore 59, 6.Cuba City 50.5, 7.Boscobel 36.5, 8.Prairie du Chien 27.5, 9.River Valley 26, 10.Southwestern 24, 11.De Soto 21, 12.Belmont 11.
Platteville place winners (top 8)
100 — 1.Maggie Durni 13.35. 200 — 6.Rachel Emendorfer 29.45. 400 — 2.Emendorfer 1:03.45.  1,600 — 2.Brelynn Updike 5:50.38. 3,200 — 6.Allison LaHaie 16:03.59. 100 hurdles — 6.Grace Hammermeister 19.2, 7.Faye Bailie 19.46. 300 hurdles — 2.Hammermeister 53.59, 5.Hannah Langmeier 55.73. 4x100 relay — 2.Platteville (Emilie Busch, Baker, Katherine Kasper, Durni) 52.84. 4x200 relay — 3.Platteville (Langmeier, K. Kasper, Busch, Skye Digman) 1:59.09. 4x400 relay — 1.Platteville (Emendorfer, Updike, Baker, Durni) 4:21.85. 4x800 relay — 7.Platteville (Kasper, Cori Kettler, Courtney Jentz, LaHaie) 11:54.56. High jump — 1.Bailie 5’2”, 8.Digman J4’8”. Pole vault — 3.Busch 8’6”, 6.Hammermeister J7’0”. Long jump — 5.Durni 15’4½”, 6.Bailie 14’11”. Triple jump — 6.Emendorfer 30’4¼”, 7.Bailie 30’0½”. Shot put — 2.Digman 34’0½”. Discus — 2.Digman 113’4”.
Belmont place winners (top 8)
800 — 7.Taylor Foecking 2:47.93. 4x400 relay — 7.Belmont (Ricca Varvil, Brooklyn Barth, Taylor Reuter, Foecking) 4:55.86. Shot put — 4.Elsie deHaan 31’4¼”. Discus — 7.Sasha Wrege 91’0”.

Prairie du Chien Relays
(from Monday, April 18 @ Prairie du Chien)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.La Crosse Central 149.25, 2.Westby 99.75, 3.Platteville 97, 4.River Valley 79, 5.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 53.5, 6.Boscobel 48, 7.Cuba City 40.5, 8.Fennimore 32.25, 9.Lancaster 27, 10.Viroqua 26, 11.Belmont 19.5, 12.Prairie du Chien 18.25, 13.Richland Center 12, 14.Potosi 0.
Platteville place winners (top 8)
100 — 7.Nick Mewhiter 12.12. 400 —5.Logan Henry 57.24, 8.Tom Lambert 58.21. 800 — 5.Jace Serres 2:05.43, 8.Blake Julius 2:13.76. 1,600 — 2.Dan Iselin 4:36.97, 3.Vince Momot 4:37.03, 8.Julius 4:53.17. 110 hurdles — 2.Cole Gore 16.68, 6.Logan Weaver 17.88, 8.Kevin Donovan 18.32. 300 hurdles — 1.Donovan 43.23, 3.Gore 43.89. 4x100 relay — 3.Platteville (Marvin Kaye, Colin Thiele, Mike Musarra, Wewhirter) 46.40. 4x200 relay — 3.Platteville (Thiele, Grant Digman, Kaye, Mewhirter) 1:37.38. 4x400 relay — 2.Platteville (Momot, Thiele, Serres, Iselin) 3:39.06 4x800 relay — 2.Platteville (Momot, Iselin, Serres, Julius) 8:28.81. 800 sprint medley relay — 7.Platteville (Musarra, Kaye, Digman, Henry) 1:46.46. High jump — 7.Tyler Moss J5–6.Pole vault — 3.Momot J12’0”, 5.Donovan 11’0”.
Belmont place winners (top 8)
4x400 relay — 8.Belmont (Levi Kasten, Seth Peters, Andrew Weber, Jacob Wedig) 3:56.67. High jump — 3(tie).Josh Adams 5’6”. Shot put — 2.Jacob Wedig 47”5”. Discus — 3.Wedig 141’10”.
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.Westby 132, 2.La Crosse Central 110, 3.Viroqua 74, 4.Dodgeville/Mineral Point 72.5, 5.Platteville 69, 6.Cuba City 57, 7.Lancaster 51, 8.Fennimore 45, 9.Richland Center 43, 10.Boscobel 17.5, 11.River Valley 16, 12.Prairie du Chien 14, 13.Belmont 0, 13.Potosi 0.
Platteville place winners (top 8)
100 — 1.Maggie Durni 12.98. 1,600 — 5.Brelynn Updike 5:41.77. 3,200 — 8.Allison LaHaie 16:10.54. 100 hurdles — 7.Grace Hammermeister 18.84. 300 hurdles — 3.Hammermeister 52.17. 4x100 relay — 2.Platteville (Emilie Busch, Katherine Kasper, Hannah Langmeier, Durni) 52.97. 4x200 relay — 4.Platteville (Langmeier, Busch, K. Kasper, Skye Digman) 1:58.68. 4x400 relay — 4.Platteville (Rachel Emendorfer, Updike, Hammermeister, Durni) 4:28.78. 4x800 relay — 3.Platteville (Emendorfer, Updike, Renee Momot, Julia Kasper) 10:37.15. High jump — 2.Faye Bailie J5’0”. Pole vault — 8.Busch J7’6”. Long jump — 8.Durni 15’3½”. Shot put — 2.Digman 35’5¼”. Discus — 4.Digman 104’1”.

Richland Center SWC Triangular
(from Tuesday, April 12 @ Rich. Center)
(Boys)
Team scores — 1.Platteville 104, 2.Prairie du Chien 54, 3.Richland Center 28.
Platteville place winners (top 3)
100 — 1.Mike Musarra 12.4, 2.Collin Thiele 12.4. 200 — 1.Thiele 24.6, 2.Nick Mewhirter 24.7. 400 — 1.Vince Momot 54.3. 800 — 2.Dan Iselin 2:04.8, 3.Blake Julius 2:16.6. 1,600 — 1.Jace Serres 5:03.3. 3,200 — 4.Jordan Brunette 12:41. 110 hurdles — 1.Cole Gore 17.7, 2.Logan Weaver 18.2, 3.Kevin Donovan 19.2. 300 hurdles — 1.Donovan 44.2, 2.Gore 44.7. 4x100 relay — 1.Platteville (Marvin Kaye, Mewhirter, Thiele, Musarra) 47.7. 4x200 relay — 1.Platteville (Kaye, Mewhirter, Weaver, Gore) 1:39.5. 4x400 relay — 1.Platteville (Momot, Serres, Iselin, Henry) 3:45.3. 4x800 relay — 1.Platteville (Iselin, Lambert, Julius, Momot) 8:42.0. Pole vault — 1.Momot 11’0”. Long jump — 1.Xiong 18’0¾”. Triple jump — 1.Moss 36’10”. Shot put — 2.Ian Carter 38’8¼”. Discus — 1.Caleb Lueder 124’0”, 3.Carter 117’4”/
(Girls)
Team scores — 1.Platteville 103, 2.Prairie du Chien 48, 3.Richland Center 34.
Platteville place winners (top 3)
100 — 1.Maggie Durni 13.4, 2.Britney Baker 14.1. 200 — 1.Rachel Emendorfer 28.9, 2.Baker 29.2. 400 — 2.Renee Momot 1:07.2.  800 — 1.Brelynn Updike 2:51.2. 1,600 — 2.Julia Kasper 6:28, 3.Cori Kettler 6:40. 100 hurdles — 1.Grace Hammermeister 20.1, 2.Hannah Langmeier 20.7. 300 hurdles — 2.Langmeier 58.1. 4x100 relay — 1.Platteville (Baker, Emilie Busch, Katherine Kasper, Durni) 54.0. 4x200 relay — 1.Platteville (Busch, Skye Digman, K. Kasper, Langmeier) 1:58.1. 4x800 relay — 1.Platteville (Emendorfer, Momot, Updike, J. Kasper) 10:44. High jump — 1.Faye Bailie 5’4”, 3.Skye Digman 4’8”. Pole vault — 1.Busch 8’0”, 3.Hammermeister 7’0”. Long jump — 2.Durni 15’0”, 3.Bailie 13’9½”. Triple jump — 2.Emendorfer 30’5½”, 3.Langmeier 29’4¾”. Shot put — 1.Digman 35’1”. Discus — 1.Digman 95”10½”.

North Crawford Invitational
(from Tuesday, April 12 @ Soldiers Grove)
(Boys)
Teams scores — 1.Royall 126.5, 2.North Crawford 108, 3.Kickapoo/La Farge 82, 4.De Soto 67, 5.Wauzeka/Steuben 55.5, 6.River Ridge 50, 7.Hillsboro 48, 8.Wonewoc–Center 40, 9.Cassville 39.5, 10.Brookwood 34, 11.Riverdale 24, 12.Belmont 18.5, 13.Seneca 6.
Belmont place winners (top 8)
High jump — 8(tie).Josh Adams 5’0”. Shot put — 2.Jacob Wedig 43’3”. Discus — 1.Wedig 125’4”.
(Girls)
Teams scores — 1.River Ridge 131, 2.Wauzeka/Steuben 120.75, 3.North Crawford 87.5, 4.Kickapoo/La Farge 65.75, 5.Hillsboro 58, 6.De Soto 55.25, 7.Royall 51.5, 8.Brookwood 44.5, 9.Wonewoc–Center 25, 9.Cassville 25, 11.Riverdale 14.5, 12.Belmont 14.
Belmont place winners (top 8)
800 — 6.Taylor Reuter 2:53.36. 4x200 relay — 3.Belmont (Taylor Foecking, Taylor Reuter, Holly Rath, Brooklyn Barth) 5:09.52. Shot put — 4.Elsie deHaan 30’3¾”. Discus — 7.DeHaan 82’0”.

Cassville Six Rivers Meet
(from Thursday, April 14 @ Cassville)
(Boys)
Teams scores — 1.North Crawford 153, 2.River Ridge 138, 3.Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 92, 4.Cassville 79, 5.Black Hawk 46, 6.Potosi 5.
Potosi place winners (top 6)
400 — 6.Nathaniel Schmitt 1:19.94.300 hurdles — 4.Christian Bauer 53.4.
(Girls)
Teams scores — 1.River Ridge 183, 2.North Crawford 149, 3.Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg 52, 4.Potosi 50, 5.Black Hawk 40, 6.Cassville 37.
Potosi place winners (top 6)
100 hurdles — 3.Maggie Schmitz 20.65, 5.Lily Reynolds 21.98. 300 hurdles — 4.Schmitz 1:01.76. 4x100 relay — 4.Potosi (Jacy Koeller, Lexie Brandt, Marissa Mayers, Brittany Horner) 1:04.03. 4x200 relay — 3.Potosi (Mayers, Koeller, Horner, Madelyn Kruser) 2:10.15. 4x400 relay — 2.Potosi (Reynolds, Schmitz, Mayers, M. Kruser) 5:02.71. Long jump — 2.M. Kruser 13’7½”. Shot put — 3.Grace Morgan 27’9”. Discus — 3.Morgan 80’0”.