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Husky Invitational March 23rd

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By Jonamar Jacinto Sports Editor

Manteca High appears to be on its way to a second straight Valley Oak League title run.

The Buffaloes started out the regular season with three strong opponents and have  vanquished them all, the latest being visiting crosstown rival Sierra in Wednesday’s 76.5-59.5 victory. Sierra’s girls won, 71.5-54.5.

“Today we went into the meet knowing that we had to score well in each event,” Manteca coach Sean Hogan said. “The kids that we were counting on responded with some amazing performances.”

Manteca’s boys (3-0) picked up big points in the triple jump, sweeping behind the 1-2-3 finish of sophomores Carl Chandler and Lechi Nkwocha along with Ben Tolman.

Emmanuel Elijah, Sierra’s Sac-Joaquin Section Masters qualifier in the sprints a year ago, settled for runner-up finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes won by Tylo Both and Jordan Lyons, respectively. Lyons also took the 400.

Phillip Herrera doubled in the 800 and 1,600. Daniel Clemons set a personal record with a 47-foot, 10-inch first-place toss in the shot put, and Joe Eavenson won the discus.

Nick Valdez was the top performer for the Timberwolves (2-1), as he won the 110 and 300 hurdle events and anchored the winning 4x400 relay. Justin Patton placed first in the high jump and second in the 400.

Hayley Silva put forth a big effort for Sierra’s girls, winning four events — 800, mile, two-mile and 4x400.

The Timberwolves dominated the field events.  Jaliya Williams won the long and triple jumps. Valerie Nestor was first in the shot and second in the discus, while Valerie Westover was the runner-up shot putter and winner in the discus.

Freshmen Jade Griffin and Regan Both were 1-2 in the 100 and 200 for Manteca.

  

Frosh-soph girls

Manteca 75, Sierra 23

Marissa Ringwood spearheaded Manteca sweeps in the 100 and 200. The Buffaloes also swept in the 100 hurdles won by Stephanie Salemi.

Frosh-soph boys

Manteca 75, Sierra 56

The Buffs swept in the long jump behind Edward Gomez. Francisco Alcantar took second in the event and was first in the triple. Trevor Crippen added wins in the mile and two-mile races.

Jordan Thompson won the 100 and 200 for Sierra.

Manteca 93.5, Oakdale 53.5 Boys

 

 By Jonamar Jacinto Sports Editor
 

Manteca 93.5, Oakdale 53.5 (Boys)

Oakdale 92, Manteca 36 (Girls)
 

The Buffaloes continued their march for a second straight Valley Oak League title with some dominant performances. The team swept the 100 and 800 and excelled in the mile, both hurdles and the jumps.

Philip Herrera paced the 800 sweep with a time of 1 minute, 59 seconds. Carl Chandler improved his personal best mark in the triple jump with a 42-4.

 

 

 

 

Trevor Crippen PR'd in the 1600 with a 4:58 and Brett Kovacs bested his 1600 with a 5:15



Port City Invitational - 2nd Place Boys Varsity

By Jonamar Jacinto Sports Editor

 

Manteca High’s boys track and field team continued its strong start to the season Saturday, placing second in the Port City Classic hosted by Bear Creek of Stockton.

 

The Buffaloes made up for their lack of quantity with quality efforts. Jordan Lyons won the 400-meter dash in 51.22 seconds and joined Eddie Smith, Tylo Both and Elijah Cooper on the winning 4x100 team that edged Franklin of Elk Grove by two-tenths of a second with a time of 44.46.

Both was also fourth in the 100 in 11.71. John McDonald of Weston Ranch won the event, blazing to a time of 11.46.

 

Joe Eavenson set a personal record in the discus throw with a mark of 130 feet, 10 inches, good for fifth place. Sophomores Carl Chandler and Lechi Nkwocha showed well in the jumps. Chandler took fourth with a 41-foot triple jump, and Nkwocha wasn’t too far behind at 40-09 ½. In the long, Nkwocha got the better of his teammate with a fifth-place mark of 19-05. Chandler was sixth with a 19-04 ½.

 

Manteca’s girls did their damage in the relays, as Sophie Barragan, Jade Griffin, Summer Kirby and Raygen were the runners-up in the 4x400 (4:35.02) and fourth in the 4x100 (54.21).

 

Manteca 92, Kimball 46 (B)

By Jagada Chambers
Staff Reporter


Manteca 92, Kimball 46 (B)

The Buffaloes VOL season opener went their way Wednesday, handling a talented Kimball team with relative ease to open league play.

Jordan Lyons raced to a first place victory in the 100-meters and assisted the 4x100-meter team to a first place finish. Joe Eavenson (discus) and Daniel Clemons (shot put) earned first place finishes for the throwers, while Carl Chandler bested the 41-foot mark to win the triple jump. He also earned a first in the high jump.

“We had a good evening and got a good early season win against a speedy Kimball team,” Manteca head coach Sean Hogan said. “They set some good early season marks.”

Manteca had clean sweeps of the top-3 places in the 800-meters and the 2-mile and nabbed the top two spots in the mile.

Buffs off to a hot start

By Jonamar Jacinto

Sports Editor

Manteca High’s defending Valley Oak League champion boys track and field team had a strong first showing of the 2013 season Saturday in the 9th Annual Sacramento State Classic. 

Senior Jordan Lyons was in on three top-seven finishes. He placed third out of 56 runners in the 400-meter dash, clocking a time of 49.93 seconds. 
He also took sixth in the 200 (22.61) and anchored Manteca’s 4x400 relay team that finished seventh in 3 minutes, 31.97 seconds — which eclipsed its fastest 2012 time of 3:32.14. Joining Lyons on the mile relay were Evan Fisk, Eddie Smith and Cameron Crippen.

Sophomore Carl Chandler put together a promising start to the season, marking a personal best 41-foot, 2 ½-inch leap for a fifth-place finish in the long jump. He also ended up eighth in the high jump, topping out at 5-10. Tylo Both sprinted to a time of 11.34 to take sixth in the 100, and Daniel Clemons took ninth in the shot put with a measurement of 44-8.

The Manteca girls also left their mark and were led by a pair of freshmen. Jade Griffin checked in at 13.3 for a 10-place finish in the 100 and was the fastest freshman competitor. She was also 15th with a 27.69 time in the 200. Raygen Both was 22nd (13.71) and 24th (28.34) in the 100 and 200. 

Griffin and Both teamed up with fellow freshman Summer Kirby and sophomore Sophie Barragan in the 4x100 relay. They placed ninth in 53.23.
Jessy Talarico set a personal record in the pole vault, where she finished fifth with a mark of 8-6.

Manteca begins the VOL season at home Wednesday against Kimball.