Katt finishes season at State
--Stephanie Griffith
Making his second appearance at the 3-2-1A State Tennis Tournament at Wichita’s Bishop Carroll High School on May 15-16, Junior Brandon Katt fell to tough competition.
Prior to the tournament, TCHS students attended a send-off out front of the school to wish Katt “Good Luck.”
Katt went 0-2 for the tournament after losing in the first round to Drew Swank, Shawnee Marantha, 6-3, 6-3; and to Andrew Labenz, Hutch Trinity, 6-4, 6-3.
Swank went on to place 9th and Hoffman finished 7th.
Katt finished his season with a 16-6 record.
Coach Sheryl Hillman commented about the tournament.
“Brandon played well; I’m very proud of his accomplishments this year.”
Returning the ball to his opponent, Brandon Katt, participates in the 3-2-1A State Tournament at Wichita’s Bishop Carroll High School on May 15-16. Katt went 0-2 for the event.
Three Trego players in the top 10 at the 2A State Golf Meet, held at Salina Municipal Golf Course on May 27, cinched the team a respectable second-place finish.
Pittsburg Colgan garnered the top prize with 323 strokes, followed by Trego with 333. Seneca-Nemaha Valley rounded out the top three teams of the 12-team pool.
Eric Cunningham, with 40 strokes on the front nine and an improved 37 strokes on the back nine, led the Golden Eagles with a personal second-place finish.
The Pfannenstiel brothers , Scott and Ryan, sealed the 2nd-place team deal. Both shooting 80, a five-way tie for sixth resulted, with Scott and Ryan finishing 7th and 10th, respectively.
The remaining team scores included Brad Pfannenstiel, 96; Jade Bliss, 97; and Rubin Sherwood, 109.
Coach Doug Durr commented about the event.
Golden Eagle golfers end season with 2nd-place State finish
Members of the 2nd place State team include the following: (front from left) Brad Pfannenstiel, Rubin Sherwood & Jade Bliss. (back) Coach Doug Durr, Scott Pfannenstiel, Eric Cunningham, Ryan Pfannenstiel and Coach Greg Smith.
"Our three seniors today shot their best rounds of the season.
"The underclassmen shot well, handling the pressure of State competition. I know they all feel they could have played better, but it would have taken an exceptional round from one of them for the team to beat Pittsburg.
Five girls shine at State Track
By the looks of this year's season's end, the Lady Eagle track team has a lot to look forward to next year.
The young team, three of them freshmen, brought home four medals and placed 10th.
Lexi Riedel raced her way to three medals: a 2nd place in the 400 dash (58.72), and two 3rd place medal-- one in the 100 dash ( 12.73) and one in the 200 dash (26.41).
Coach Jeff Rhoden expressed his pride in the 4x400 relay team of Catie Riedel, Kaylin H., Allison Carr and Lexi Riedel.
"The girls came into the meet ranked fourth, and almost didn't qualify for the finals. Ranked 7th after the qualifying run, the girls finished 2nd."
The girls ran the distance with a time of 4:15.24.
Rounding out the team, Stephanie Griffith placed 9th with a 111' discus throw, and Carr placed 12th in the 800m run with a time of 2.35.
"The event was a good building block to set the stage for next year. I think we will score higher as a team next year," said Rhoden.
