Noxon competes at districts

NOXON – The Red Devils went to the District 14-C meet in Polson on Thursday pulling in a third place win for their boys with a team score of 76.

Bradey Wilson took first place in the 1600 with a time of 4:45.67. Wilson also took third place in the 800 with a time of 2:09.65

Neal Jopling took second place in the long jump with a distance of 19-6 ?, third place in the 200 with a time of 24.37, and fourth place in the 100 with 12.43.

Brandon Piazzola secured a second place victory in the javelin throwing 146-9 and sixth place in the long jump with a length of 18-5.

Brent Wilson took third in the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.38, fifth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 18.53 and had yet another fifth place finish in the 400 with 54.38.

Coming in at fourth place in the high jump was Zach Osborne with 5-4. Daniel Overman took fifth in the 1600 with a time of 5:08.87,Austin Johnson took fourth in the 3200 with 11:44.78, and Tyler Piazzola had fifth place in the javelin with 132-1.

The relay teams also saw success placing third in the 400 relay with 47.87 and fourth in the 1600 relay with 3:55.45.

As for the girls, they came in last with a score of 30 points.

Casey Chenoweth placed several times with first place in the shot put with 32-1, second place in the discus throwing 89-7, and fifth place in the javelin with a length of 92-10.

Shelby Clark took fifth in the 1600 with 6:50 and sixth in the 800 with 2:51.03.

Another fifth place finish went to Shay Lloyd in the triple jump with a distance of 39-6.

The 1600-relay team secured fourth with a time of 5:06.97.

Overall Head Coach Matt Havens said the team had a good day at districts.

“I am proud of the team for what each and everyone did,” said Coach Havens stating the boy’s third place finish came as a pleasant surprise to him and all of the guys.

“We are right where we need to be – we have to remember what got us this far – the athletes daily hard work,” said Coach Havens stressing that from here on out it is all up to the athletes.

“They have worked extremely hard to get this far so (we’re) not quitting now. The team that will top divisionals is the team that has as many kids possible at divisionals and that place as many as possible. Anything is possible on any given day,” said Coach Havens.

Stressing how proud he was of each athlete he was able to coach this year, Coach Havens hopes that everyone learned something about themselves and the sport as a whole.

“They all need to be proud of what they have accomplished this year. I know one thing is for sure, the they have went to every meet and competed to their best ability,” said Coach Havens.