Area Roundup: Cats on track for good year

Dalton High coach Scott Thomson wasn’t sure what he was working with as he began putting together this year’s Catamounts track and field team.

With the season a few weeks old now, the situation looks pretty good.

Building on a recent title win at the Northwest Invitational — the Lady Cats also won their portion of that event — Dalton’s boys were dominant in a head-to-head home meet against Ringgold on Thursday, winning 96-34.

The Lady Cats also topped Ringgold, although coach Pam Brackett said no score was kept.

Led by sophomore sprinter Tre Beck, who finished second in two individual events and ran on two winning relay teams, the Cats took first in 12 events.

“I’m just so blessed to have a group that comes out and works every day,” Thomson said.

Beck finished first in the 100-meter dash (10.9 seconds) and 200 (22.8). He also ran legs for the 4x100 team that included Tre Bonds, Trae Washington and Chas Thomason — Beck anchored as the Cats finished in 44.1 seconds — and the 4x400 team that included Keith Wrenn, Thomason and Christian Pineda and finished in 3:47.

Washington was also a double winner, taking both the triple jump (39 feet, 10 inches) and long jump (20-10). Other victories came from Preston Pound (3,200, 10.49), Thomason (high jump, 6-4), Beau Brown (pole vault, 10-0), Josh Burgess (shot put, 44-4), Andrew Bruner (1,600, 4:51) and Pineda (800, 2:08).

In the girls meet, Dalton’s doubles winners were Carina Nieto (3,200,12:39; 1,600, 5:50) and Kathryn Sigmon (long jump, 15-5; triple jump, 32-5 1/2).

Other Dalton wins came from Shelby Whitfield (shot put, 30-3 1/2), Kali Cooper (discus, 89-0 1/2), Reagan Fromm (400, 1:10), Megan Behr (100 hurdles, 17.47) and Bekah Houston (800, 2:41).

• Murray County’s boys won a four-way meet against Gilmer, Pickens and Fannin County. The Indians had 111 points to 67 for runner-up Gilmer.

Murray winners were David Thornbury (discus, 106-0), Alec Wagnon (triple jump, 36-0), Ryan Osborn (400, 55.1), Aaron Young (100, 11.3), Josh Stanley (800, 2:04), Cody Howard (200, 24.1), Nathan Phillips (300 hurdles, 46.5), the 4x100 team of Young, Howard, Raheem Adams and Trevor Nations (45.57), and the 4x400 team of Stanley, Young, Nations and Osborn (3:42).

The Lady Indians finished third. Kayla Stanley (shot, 31-0) and Brandi Norman (long jump, 13-1) were the only winners for Murray County.

Varsity baseball

• Ringgold 6, Northwest Whitfield 1: The Bruins (5-4) were held to five hits, including doubles by Hunter Key and Zach Sloan. Key scored Northwest’s run on Kaine Gibson’s single.

Jarrett Bruce started and went four-plus innings, giving up eight hits and six runs, with one strikeout.

Varsity golf

• Northwest Whitfield’s girls finished second in the LaGrange Invitational at Callaway Gardens. Phenix City, Ala., won with a 164 and the Lady Bruins shot 175. Turner Fordham led Northwest with an 82 and Casey Truelove shot 93.

• Cartersville girls 92, Southeast Whitfield 102, Ringgold 111: Megan Collins shot a 10-over par 46 to lead Southeast, while teammate Carli Ledford also scored for the Lady Raiders (5-2) in the nine-hole match at Indian Trace.

Varsity softball

• Copper Basin 11, Christian Heritage 10: The Lady Lions’ Rebecca Leonard went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a triple in the loss. She also pitched three innings, striking out eight, walking eight and giving up seven runs without allowing a hit.

Shelbee Wilbanks, who had two doubles and a triple in four at-bats, pitched the final four innings and struck out 12.

Ann Marie Massengale had two doubles for the Lady Lions (0-1).

Varsity tennis

• Northwest Whitfield girls 3, Woodland-Bartow 2: In singles, No. 1 Adrienne Orem won 7-6, 6-0 and No. 2 Kelsey Rice won 6-3, 6-4 for the Lady Bruins (3-5, 1-2 in Region 7-4A). At No. 2 doubles, Carolyn Davis and Saman-tha Allen won 6-3, 7-5.

• Northwest Whitfield boys 3, Woodland-Bartow 2: In singles, No. 2 Dillon Flood won 7-5, 7-5 and No. 3 Ashmitt Mittal won 6-2, 6-1. Chaston Asbury and Ben Johnson won 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 at No. 1 doubles for the Bruins (2-6, 1-2).

• Christian Heritage girls 5, Griffin Christian 0: The Lady Lions (2-0) coasted in their GISA Region 4-2A opener with singles victories from No. 1 Ali McClure, 8-1 in pro-set play, No. 2 Bradley Townsend, 8-0, and No. 3 Emma Reigel, who accepted a forfeit. In doubles, the No. 1 team of Anny Kathryn Anglea and Katie Long won 8-1, while No. 2 Camden Hardaway and Katie Beth White accepted a forfeit.

• Cass 4, Murray County 1: In a match picked up from Wednesday — it was halted because of rain with only one match completed — the lone win for the Lady Indians (3-2, 1-2 in Region 7-4A) came from Cassie Quast, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 singles.

JV golf

• Ringgold boys 180, Cartersville 203, Southeast 221: Southeast’s Jackie Stephens, who shot a 14-over par 50, led the Raiders. Bryce Middlebrooks (55), Zach Harper (57) and John Burns (59). Ringgold’s varsity squad played in the match.

JV soccer

• Northwest Whitfield 3, Murray County 0: Emmanuel Pacheco, Jorge Solarzano and Geovanni Aguero each scored one goal for the Bruins (3-2-2). Miguel Deanda got the shutout in goal. The Bruins outshot the Indians, 22-5.

JV tennis

• Dalton girls 4, Darlington 1: The Lady Cats (4-0) swept doubles competition with victories from No. 1 Kimberly Kazmerski and Emily O’Brien, 8-6, and No. 2 Morgan Coker and Katherine Clifford, 8-1. Singles wins came from No. 1 Kara Pendley, 8-1, and No. 3 Melissa You, 8-1.

• Dalton boys 3, Darlington 2: The Cats (3-1) took both doubles matches, with Scott Abernathy and Diego Sanchez winning 8-6 at No. 1 and Vishaak Patel and Sunny Patel winning 8-5 at No. 2. Hutton Sellers led 6-3 at No. 2 singles when his opponent injury-defaulted.

JV track

• Southeast girls 68, North Murray 41: The victorious Lady Raiders were led by wins from Celina Bonds (long jump, 13-11; 200, 32.65), Brittany Painter (400, 1:15; 800, 3:13), Briana Bailey (triple jump, 26-5), Reyna Cruz (1,600, 7:43) and Ashley Stuard (100 hurdles, 18.75).

Southeast also took the 400 relay with a time of 57.7 seconds turned in by Bonds, Tiffany Hughes, Rose Willis and Painter, as well as the 1,600 with a winning time of 5:32 recorded by Willis, Bonds, Painter and Cruz.

North Murray’s winners were Selena Vina (shot put, 25-4; discus, 68-1), Jessica Mauldin (100, 14.26; high jump, 4-8) and Kayla Webb (300 hurdles, 57.18).

• Southeast boys 73, North Murray 62, Calhoun 19: Southeast’s David Rayborn took the triple jump at 38-5, the 200 in 24.5 and ran on both winning relay teams. The 400 team that finished in 46.5 seconds included T.J. Painter, Marcos Soto and Coty Burch, while the 1,600 team that finished in 4:22 included Burch, Painter and Tucker Green.

Other winners for the Raiders were Jayro Perez (discus, 102-6) and Jeremy White (3,200, 15:24).

North Murray’s winners were Austin Carter (shot put, 38-2), Brady Swilling (high jump, 5-10), Austin Owen (long jump 17-4), Cody Malone (400, 59.2), Cody Howard (110 hurdles, 20.46), Jacob Sturgill (800, 2:29) and Justin Saylor (300 hurdles, 49.06).

9th baseball

• Northwest 5, Ringgold 0: Blake Phillips was the winning pitcher — he struck out nine, walked one and allowed two hits in five innings — and had a double and drove in a run for the Bruins (2-0).

MS baseball

• North Whitfield 4, Westside 2: Braden Jacobs pitched a complete game and struck out seven, while Rodrigo Martinez went 2-for-3 for the Pioneers (2-0).

• New Hope 13, Eastbrook 1: Tanner Cockburn went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs for the Kodiaks (5-0). Edwin Hernandez had three hits and three RBIs. Levi Wilson had two hits, including a double, with two RBIs. Diego Peralta also had two hits.

Jack Creswell pitched a two-hitter to get the win.

MS soccer

• New Hope girls 3, Eastbrook 0: Andrea Garcia and Julianna Gomez each scored once for the Lady Kodiaks (3-0), with the other point coming from an own goal by Eastbrook (1-2-1).

• Eastbrook boys 2, New Hope 0: Ramiro Guerrero and Isael Guttierez scored goals for the Mustangs (3-1). Jose Marquez had 15 saves for the Kodiaks (0-2-1).

• Valley Point girls 2, Gladden 0: Jackie Gomez and Iris Jaimes scored for the Lady Green Waves (2-1).

• Gladden boys 4, Valley Point 1: Jose Ruiz scored twice and Siliberto Nunez and Fernando Arias each had one goal for the Warriors (1-3-1). Luis Fraire scored for the Green Waves (2-1).

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