McKenzie Track Teams Finish Sixth in Sixteen-Team Match

In boys competition, Josh Stenberg was sixth in the shot put. David Duncan was second in the 200, and third in the 100 and 400. Ty Winkler placed fifth in the 800. Kent Ozment placed eighth in the 3200. Shiron Perkins was seventh in the high hurdles.

In the 400 relay, McKenzie's team of Clint Woodard, Stenberg, Perkins and Justin Adkisson placed seventh. The Rebel team of Winkler, Ryan Drewry, Daniel Duncan and Clint Anderson were sixth in the 1600 relay and in the 3200 relay, the Rebel team of Anderson, Ozment, Drewry and Winkler placed seventh.

The Lady Rebels Julie Smith took first place in the discus with a 95'11" throw and placed eighth in the 400 run. Other individual accomplishments found Sarah Hartz placing second in the 800 run, Amber King fifth in the 3200, and Brandi Burke fourth and Lucy Snead seventh in the high hurdles.

Team competitions found the Lady Rebels with a sixth, fourth and fifth place finish overall. In the 400 relay, the team of Smith, Mallory Brandon, Hope Wyder and Mary Holland placed sixth. In the 800 relay, the team of Wyder, Holland, Savanna Cooper and Brandon placed fourth. In the 1600 relay, Hartz, Holland, Brandon and Naomi Street placed fifth.
        

McKenzie's Lady Rebels hosted a pair of games with Humboldt's Lady Vikings last week at McKenzie Recreation Park and picked up victories in both. In the opening game, Summer Poff gained the victory as she struck out two batters and gained a single, which ultimately scored the single run victory. After both teams failed to score in the first inning, Poff led off with a single in the second inning and after Amanda Rogers and Brittany Russell walked to load the bases, Brittany Carpenter also walked to score the winning run. Angie Birdwell also singled while Whitney Townes doubled in the 1-0 victory. Poff is now 5-3 for the season.

In the afternoon's second game, Brittany Carpenter began the game and struck out six Lady Vikings in a 6-0 game with Rachael Clark coming in to pitch the final two innings in relief. Clark gave up two hits and struck out two batters. In the top of the first inning (as the Lady Rebels took the visitor's side of the scoreboard), Carpenter led off with a single and Kristin Wiggins and Becky Toombs walked to load the bases. Townes came to bat and hit a grand slam to give McKenzie a 4-0 lead. The final two runs came in the top of the third inning as both Wiggins and Toombs singled and ultimately scored. Amanda Rogers hit a single with two out. Brittani Esch and Angie Birdwell also singled in the five-inning game.

Earlier in the week, Poff took the loss against Waverly as the Lady Rebels lost a heartbreaker 2-1. Wiggins had a double and a single while Toombs had a pair of singles and Birdwell and Russell each had a single. Birdwell scored the single run in the top of the sixth on Toombs' second single of the day. Poff struck out four batters in the loss while giving up six hits.