Grand River Conference

Sponsored by by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com GRC West Athletes captured State Championships in 10 events at the Missouri Track & Field State Championships on Friday and Saturday while Maverick Gentry of Polo was the lone champion for the GRC, Pattonsburg girls brought home team hardware with a 3rd place trophy. Team Standings Pattonsburg girls finished 3rd in Class 1 with 48 points.  Three athletes scored all of Pattonsburg's 48 points.  Katelyn Jones won the Long Jump and finished 2nd in the Triple Jump.  Kelsey Crabtree finished in the top three in the Long Jump and both the 100m and 300m Hurdles.  Annabelle Gardener won the High Jump. The GRC West had 4 teams in the Top 7 of the Class 1 Standings.  Here are the standings for all GRC and GRC West teams: Class 1 Girls 3. Pattonsburg 48 5. Worth County 44 6. Albany 34 7. King City 28 20. Stanberry 12 22. Polo 11 39. Princeton 4 42. Gallatin 3 Class 1 Boys 7. Albany 29 16. Stanberry 19 16. Worth...

by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com The Maysville Wolverines Golf team captured the District Championship, while many GRC and GRC West golfers earned berths in the State Golf Championships on May 13 and 14. 21 golfers from 11 GRC and GRC West schools will be competing at State. Class 1 Championships will be played at Twin Hills in Joplin.  Class 2 will be played at Paradise Pointe in Smithville. Class 1 Qualifiers Albany Lukas Angle 95 Gallatin Brody Bird 80 Jack Donovan 87 Connor Michael 91 King City Nick Simerly 96 Marceline Lance O'Dell  81 Maysville Jace Harms 81 Elijah Gaiser 85 Kayden Gabbard 88 Mac White 93 Bryson Jestes 102 Milan Taylor Trenter 86 St. Joseph Christian Levi Lindley 89 Levi Miller 93 Hayden Riley 94 Stanberry Aiden Graham 85 Class 2 Qualifiers Brookfield Cooper Clarkson 83 South Harrison Caden Littrell 76 Quinn Taylor 81 Trenton Kiefer Tolson 81 Riley Gott 82

Sponsored by by Jeremy Benson, GrandRiverConference.com Class 1 through Class 3 held their District Track and Field Meets on Saturday, May 4. All 16 GRC and GRC West schools participated in one of the meets at various locations. Athletes who finished in the Top four of each event advanced to Sectionals. Here are the District and Sectional Hosts for each school: Here are the sectional qualifiers, along with my projections of their sectional seed. GRC Sectional Qualifiers Gallatin Girls 800m Run – Ashley Feiden (5th) 1600m Run – Ashley Feiden (2nd) 300m Hurdles – Adalyn Miller (8th) 4x200m Relay (3rd) High Jump – Annabelle Ball (3rd) Pole Vault – Lyndsey King (2nd) Long Jump – Annabelle Ball (1st) Triple Jump – Annabelle Ball (2nd), Ashley Feiden (4th) Shot Put – Moriah Parker (4th) Discus – Moriah Parker (4th) Boys 400m Dash – Gavin Wilmes (7th) 800m Run – Pryce Johnson (7th) 4x400m Relay (4th) High Jump – Gavin Wilmes (5th) Pole Vault – Sullivan Bird (2nd) Sh...