Wolverines win Tingstad Invite

HIBBING—Rock Ridge had quite the day at the John Tingstand Invitational Track and Field Meet Thursday at Dr. Ben Owens Stadium in Cheever Field.

The Wolverines accumulated four first-place finishes, plenty of top eight finishes and set some school records en route to 165 points to place first in the eight-team event.

Hibbing finished second with 141, followed by International Falls with 104, Ely 87, Chisholm 64, Hermantown 63, Mountain Iron-Buhl 36 and Bigfork 13.

Not only that, but Allie Fink set a new school record in the triple jump at 34-feet, to win the Lynae Morrow Triple Jump Award, and both Sophie Roark and Shelbie Novak set a new school record in the high jump, with both of them clearing 4-10. Novak placed second, while Roark was fourth.

“Allie, I kind of expected her to do that,” Rock Ridge coach Deanna Kerzie said. “I didn’t know if she would, but she’s becoming stronger, stronger and stronger every week in the triple jump. I thought she might do this, and she deserves it.”

Aside from Fink, Lizzy Fultz was first in the 200 in 27.36; Maija Rantala was first in the 100 hurdles (17.96); Kayden Maturi, Addison Youngren, Allison Fink and Fultz were first in the 4x200 (1:50.58).

“We had fun,” Kerzie said. “It was so nice to not have a meet that is extremely stressful, like True Team and IRC coming up and sections. It was just fun. It was just the girls and the bonding. The bonding was more important than anything, the cheering.

‘I think about 80-percent of our girls got personal bests. The weather, too. We didn’t know what to do. It was warm out. What do you do because it’s so warm? The sprinters because it was warm, and the high jumpers, they were loose. They were able to perform, do their personal bests. We did phenomenal. I love coming here. The girls love it here.”

The Bluejackets got first-place finishes from Brynn Babich in the 400 (1:02.50); Tara Hertling in the 800 (2:23.13); Jocelyn Strukel in the 1600 (5:20.88); Emma Reini in the 3200 (13:01.50); Hertling, Hannah Farnsworth, Hattie Eskeli and Jorie Anderson in the 4x400 (4:15.26); Strukel, Avery Kukowski, Gianna Figueroa and Anderson the 4x800 (10:14.09); and Isabelle Walto in the shot put (29-8).

Acting coach James Plese knew his team got out-pointed in the sprints and field events, which led to Rock Riege’s victory.

“We want to do well in our home meet,” Plese said. “We wanted to win the Morrow Trophy and the McKibbon trophy, but we came up a little short there. Tip your hat. Rock Ridge had a day. They sprinted and jumped well, and that’s where we were a little weak.

“I thought it went alright. Andrea (Petroske) did a nice job for us. Brynn ran well in the 400, Tara in the 800, Jocelyn and Avery in the 1600 and Emma saw an opening in the 3200. She wanted to jump on that, and she helped us out there.”

Chisholm took home a couple of first, with Zoe Plombon winning the 100 (13.11), and Tresa Baumgard winning the high jump (5-3).

Sarah Visser of Ely won the long jump (14-10), and Kaylin Visser won the discus with a toss of 96-4.50.

Mountain Iron-Buhl’s Addison Lobe won the 300 hurdles in 52.74.

Hermantown’s Cora Lord won the McKibbon Award

Overall, it was a great meet.

“It was great to see John here, cruising around in the golf cart and up in the press box,” Plese said. “It’s always fun to see Tingy come back. He meant a lot to the program for over 20 years.

“We had a good day, and hopefully, we build on some of the performances and head into the conference and section meets.”

Chisholm results were as follows:

100—3. Hailey Johnson 13.51.

200—2. Johnson 27.56.

400—4. Olivia Pascuzzi 1:05.34.

800—3. Pascuzzi 2:28.73; 6. Destiny Schmitz 2:43.25; 8. Avaya Dobis 2:49.35.

1600—7. Schmitz 6:05.54.

4x100—4. May Stainiger-David, Kirsten Molich, Plombon, Dobis 55.22.

4x200—4. Stainiger-David, Molick, Plombon, Johnson 1:55.07.

Shot put—6. Josie Baumgard 28-3.

Hibbing results were as follows:

100—5. Andrea Petroske; 8. Tara Hertling 14.25.

400—6. Alizah Langner 1:06.49.

800—5. Haley Mount 2:38.49.

1600—3. Avery Kukowski 5:43.42.

300 hurdles—4. Hannah Farnsworth 55,.08.

4x100—2. Petroske, Rylee Moellering, Hattie Esekli, Babich 53.18.

4x200—2. Eskeli, Jorie Anderson, Petroske, Babich 1:52.16; 6. Abigail Theien, Moellering, Mount, Isabella Zike 1:55.73.

4x400—3. Moellering, Langner, Olivia Theien, Gianna Figueroa 4:63.63.

4x800—3. Reini, Mount, Justine McDannold, Fansworth 11:01.89.

Shot put—8. Adrionna Vittori 27-7.

Discus—5. Walto 84-8.

High jump—5. Eskeli 4-8; 6. Gianna Manning 4-8.

Pole vault—2. Langner 8-0; 6. Zika 7-0.

Triple jump—4. Hertling 30-6.

Rock Ridge results were as follows:

100—6. Miia Johnson 14.21.

200—3. Kayden Maturi 29.00; 4. Addison Youngren 29.51.

400—5. Fultz 1:06.44; 8. Allison Fink 1:07.36.

800—4. Nora Stark 2:31.16.

1600—6. Makayla Waldron 6:03.53; 8. Alice Johnson 6:06.86.

3200—Addy Papin 14:11.98.

100 hurdles—3. Shelbie Novak 19.74; 5. Savanna Bergman 20.59; 7. Emma Bradach 20.85.

300 hurdles—2. Rantala 54.11; 5. Novak 55.12; 6. Bergman 56.09.

4x100—3. Lennon Hilde, Miia Johnson, Lahna Gelo, Nina Paulsen 55.09d; 8. Alexis Berg, Novak, Emma Bradach, Caylee Westby 59.08.

4x200—8. Rantala, Jacinda Wilcox, Gelo, Paulsen 1:58.74.

4x400—5. Stark, Waldron, Wilcox, Miia Johnson 4:42.30.

Shot put—7. Madison Roen 27-8.

Discus—3. Alex Gunderson 91-10; 8. Emily Pontinen 76-5.50.

High jump—2. Novak 4-10; 4. Sophie Roark 4-10; 8. Gelo 4-6.

Pole vault—4. Roark 7-0; 7. Gianina Pualsen 6-6; 8. Miia Johnson 6-6.

Long jump—3. Fink 14-9; 6. Roark 14-4; 8 Jacinda Wilcox 13-10.50.

Triple jump —2. Maturi 31-11.25; 3. Wilcox 31-3.50.

Ely results were as follows:

200—6. Anna Larson 29.69.

1600—2. Molly Brophy 5:41.49; 4. Mattie Lindsay 5:52.04; 5. Katy Brophy 6:01.87.

3200—5. Anna Dunn 15:20.80.

300 hurdles—8. Lindsay 56.87.

4x100—5. Carmen Nelson, Violet Udovich, Miriam Messerschmidt, Anna Larson 56.75.

4x200—5. Messerschmidt, Lydia Shultz, Larson, Grace Latourell 1:55.31.

4x400—2. Shultz, Sarah Visser, Udovich, Latourell 4:15.71.

4x400—2. Isabella Macho, Lucy Dunn, Siiri Nelson, Maddie Johnson 54:31.82.

4x800—2. Lindsay, Elsa Ellerbroek, Katy Brophy, Molly Brophy 10:57.09l 4. Ivy Ohlhauser, Johnson, Dunn, Macho 12:28.69.

Discus—6. Sarah Visser 80-0.

High jump—7. Lydia Schultz 4-8.

Long jump—2. Addison Forsman 14-10.

Triple jump—5. Sarah Visser 30-4.50; 8. Forsman 29-3.25.

Mountain Iron-Buhl results were as follows:

200—8. Anna Neyens 29.92.

400—7. Neyens 1:07.07.

100 hurdles—8. Addison Lobe 20.86.

300 hurdles—1. Lobe 52.74; 7. Anna Holmstrom 56.26.

4x400—7. Neyens, Holmstrom, Izzy Wiita, Alli Wiita 1:56.15.

Shot put—5. Mya Gallus 28-4.

Pole vault—5. Sami Warwas 7-0.

Long jump—4. Neyens 14-5.50.

Triple jump—7. Holmstrom 29-10.

Tennis

Hibbing 6,

Thief River Falls 1

GRAND RAPIDS—The Bluejackets rolled over the Prowlers at the Robert J. Elkington Middle School Courts.

Winning singles matches for Hibbing were Cooper Hendrickson over Noah Burkel, 6-0, 6-0; Jack Gabardi over Kaleb Funk, 6-1, 6-0; and Rex Walli over Jack Dodson, 7-5, 7-5.

Whitaker Rewertz and Keaton Petrick beat Lucas Rantanen and Spencer Hempal, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6; Joey Gabardi and Tyler Fisher beat Ike Olson and Carter Svensgaard, 6-0, 6-0; and Brady Fosso and Benny Galli beat Ian Lundeen and Wyatt Williams, 6-2, 6-2.

Jeff Cornelius beat Isaiah Hildenbrand 6-1, 6-1 for the lone Thief River Falls win.

Hibbing 6, Thief River Falls 1

Singles: No.1—Jeff Cornelius, TRF, def. Isaiah Hildenbrand, 6-1, 6-1; No. 2—Cooper Hendrickson, H, def. Noah Burkel, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3—Jack Gabardi, H, def. Kaleb Funk, 6-1, 6-0; No. 4—Rex Walli, H, def. Jack Dodson, 7-5, 7-5.

Doubles: No,. 1—Whitaker Rewertz-Keaton Petrick, H, def. Lucas Rantanen-Spencer Hempal, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6; No. 2—Joey Gabardi-Tyler Fisher, H, def. Ike Olson-Carter Svensgaard, 6-0, 6-0; No. 3—Brady Fosso-Benny Galli, H, def. Ian Lundeen-Wyatt Williams, 6-2, 6-2.

Hibbing 5,

Grand Rapids/Greenway 2

GRAND RAPIDS—The Bluejackets swept all three doubles matches en route to the win over the Lightning Thursday at the Robert J. Elkington Middle School Courts.

Jack Gabardi and Hildenbrand beat Ben Schroeder and Cooper Lonson, 6-0, 6-0; Fisher and Joey Gabardi beat Elliott Spahn and Anders Morque, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 11-9; and Petrick and Galli beat Ethan Gugisberg and Luke Wheelock, 6-1, 6-1.

In singles, Rewertz beat Will Haarklau, 6-2, 7-5, and Walli beat Owen Kastendick, 6-1, 6-0.

Grand Rapids/Greenway got singles wins from Grady Giffen over Hendrickson, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 12-10, Jax Colter over Fosso, 6-3, 6-2.

Hibbing 5, Grand Rapids/Greenway 2

Singles: No. 1—Grady Giffen, GRG, def. Cooper Hendrickson 4-6, 7-6 (3), 12-10; No. 2—Whitaker Rewertz, H, def. Will Haarklau, 6-2, 7-5; No. 3—Jax Colter, GRG, def. Brady Fosso, 6-3, 6-2; No. 4—Rex Walli, H, def. Owen Kastendick, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: No. 1—Jack Gabardi-Isaiah Hildenbrand, H, def. Ben Schroeder-Cooper Lonson, 6-0, 6-0; No. 2—Tyler Fisher-Joey Gabardi, H, def. Elliott Spahn-Anders Morque, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 11-9; No. 3—Keaton Petrick-Benny Galli, H, def. Ethan Gugisberg-Luke Wheelock, 6-1, 6-1.