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County teams rise at state

Anniston’s boys finish third in 5A, Pleasant Valley girls place seventh in 3A, Piedmont’s Green closes career with 4 wins, 2 records

By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today

Anniston’s boys established themselves as the best boys team in their coach’s tenure, Pleasant Valley’s girls served notice as the team of the future and Piedmont’s Karri Green completed another golden sweep on the final day of the state championship track meets Saturday.

Anniston’s boys kept telling coach Lisa Howard they were going to be the best boys teams she’s ever had and they lived up to that by finishing tied for third in the 4A-7A State Championship Meet in Gulf Shores.

The Bulldogs scored 52 points and tied with Alabama Christian for third in Class 5A. They were 13 points behind winner St. Paul’s and 10 points behind runner-up Ramsay. This season they won the Calhoun County Meet, finished second in the sectionals and third at the state.

“I’ll take that all day,” Howard said. “We’d gotten to a point where we’d win an event here or there. Last year we just wanted a trophy, then came (this year’s) County and the sectionals. Losing at state by 13 points, we’ve come a long way.”

Among the highlights of Anniston’s final day were Jeremy McCants finishing fourth in the 100 and the 4×400 and 4×100 relays both finishing second to Ramsay. The 4×100 broke the school record.

In the 1A-3A Championship in Cullman, Pleasant Valley’s youthful girls team scored 45 points and finished seventh in Class 3A, five points behind sixth-place county rival Piedmont.

Rachel Faucett, who won her third straight high jump title Friday, helped the cause Saturday when she medaled for the first time in a running event with a third-place finish in the 800.

“I knew this year if we could just get in the mix, get the kids some confidence, show them where they need to be and how close they really are, I think next year they’re fired up and know we’re just that close,” PV coach Brad Hood said. “Half of my kids, this is their first year ever doing track so now they’re fired up and they know what it takes.

“I’ve got everybody back, plus there are going to be some more come out; it’s catching on. Next year could be a special year for us.”

Piedmont’s Green won three events Saturday – 100 hurdles (14.90), 200 (24.97) and 330 hurdles (46.04) – and set another record in the 200 to help the Lady Bulldogs finish sixth.

Green met her goal of winning four events and setting two records in the meet. She has 11 individual gold medals in the last three state outdoor meets and 16 in the last three indoor and outdoor meets combined.

TEAM STANDINGS
1A-3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
At Cullman
(Calhoun County teams only)

GIRLS
CLASS 1A
1. Whitesburg 109
24. Donoho 2

CLASS 3A
1. T.R. Miller 92
6. Piedmont 50
7. Pleasant Valley 45
22. Wellborn 5
22. Ohatchee 5

BOYS
CLASS 1A
1. St. Bernard 138
19. Donoho 9

CLASS 3A
1. Winfield 97
9. Piedmont 36
10. Weaver 29
13. Pleasant Valley 23
19. Ohatchee 8

4A-7A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
At Gulf Shores
(Calhoun County teams only)

GIRLS
CLASS 4A
1. UMS-Wright 138
9. Jacksonville 27
18. White Plains 9
25. Saks 3

CLASS 5A
1. St. Paul’s 123
13. Anniston 16.5
26. Alexandria 3

BOYS
CLASS 4A
1. UMS-Wright 86
11. White Plains 16
12. Jacksonville 15

CLASS 5A
1. St. Paul’s 65
3. Anniston 52

CLASS 6A
1. Opelika 113
29. Oxford 2

SATURDAY RESULTS
(Calhoun County point scorers)

CLASS 1A
Boys Shot put: 6. Reaves Nelson, Donoho (39-6)
Girls 3200: 8. Camryn Swain, Donoho (13:08.78)

CLASS 3A
Boys 800: 4. Quinton Thornton, Pleasant Valley (2:02.83)
Boys 300 hurdles: 4. Marshall Smith, Pleasant Valley (42.32); 7. Trey Snyder, Piedmont (44.06)
Boys 100: 5. Giovanni Mosley, Weaver (11.27)
Boys 110 hurdles: 5. Giovanni Mosley, Weaver (15.64)
Boys 4×100: 4. Piedmont (44.37); 6. Weaver (44.368)
Boys 3200: 4. Matisse Miller, Pleasant Valley (10.14.93)
Boys Long jump: 5. Giovanni Mosley, Weaver (20-11)
Boys High jump: 4. Darrian Bossey Piedmont (6-0); 6. Chris Lemon, Weaver (5-10)
Girls 800: 3. Rachel Faucett, Pleasant Valley (2:28.56)
Girls 4×400: 8. Pleasant Valley (4:39.45)
Girls 200: 1. Karri Green, Piedmont (24.97)
Girls 300: hurdles: 1. Kerri Green, Piedmont (46:04)
Girls 100: 1. Karri Green, Piedmont (14.90)
Girls 3200: Trinity Roberts, Pleasant Valley (12:22.76)
Girls Discus: 4. Anaya Lowe, Wellborn (86-1) 6. Mikala Simpson, Pleasant Valley (82-1).
Girls pole vault: 3, Megan Mohon, Piedmont (9-0); 5. Macy Hanson, Piedmont (8-6); 7. Leah Johnson, Pleasant Valley (8-0)

CLASS 4A
Boys High jump: 2. Cam Horton, Jacksonville (6-4)
Boys 4×100 7. Saks (45.42)
Boys 110 hurdles: 8. Michael Singleton, White Plains (17.58)
Boys 4×400: 4. White Plains (3:36.69)
Girls Javelin: 6. Grey Young, White Plains (104-10)
Girls 4×100: 5. Jacksonville (52.42); 6. Saks (53.09)
Girls 100 hurdles: 1. Jazzmyn McClendon, Jacksonville (15.66)
Girls 100: 3. Jazzmyn McClendon, Jacksonville (13:08)
Girls 800: 8. Alyssa Hudgins, White Plains (2:27.62)
Girls 4×400: 7. White Plains (4:29.93)

CLASS 5A
Boys Triple jump: 5. Tae Miller, Anniston (43-2 ¼)
Boys 4×100: 2. Anniston (42.88)
Boys 100: 4. Jeremy McCants, Anniston (11:23)
Boys 800: 4. Zebedee Lunsford, Anniston (2:00.73)
Boys 4×400: 2. Anniston (3:28.09)
Girls Triple jump: 6. Carsheuna Curry, Anniston (34:10)
Girls 800: 7. Raven Cooley, Anniston (2:30.91); Miajah Bullock, Anniston (2:31.03)
Girls 4×400: 6. Alexandria (4:20.91)

CLASS 6A
Boys 100: 8. Laquavious Ford, Oxford (11.24)

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