Thursday, May 3, 2007

Letter of intent signings

Drew Kraxner, a senior at Jefferson County North High School, recently signed a letter of intent to play football next season at Benedictine College in Atchison. Drew is the son of Vern and Sheri Kraxner. At JCN, Kraxner was first team running back on the All-Delaware Valley League team in 2006 and amassed 2,052 all-purpose yards in his high school career.


Rachael Thompson, a McLouth High School senior, recently signed a letter of intent to play softball next season at Dodge City Community College. Thompson plays third base for the Bulldogs and is the daughter of Pat and Laura Thompson.

JCN takes titles at Pleasant Ridge track

The Jefferson County North High School boys’ and girls’ track teams bested a field including three other county teams to take both team titles at the Pleasant Ridge Invitational track meet Monday.

The North girls finished with 140 team points, which was 13 points ahead of second place Christ Prep. McLouth was fourth with 58 points, Oskaloosa was sixth with 47 points and Valley Falls was seventh with 36 points. Pleasant Ridge and ACCHS were also involved in the meet.

The North boys scored 176.5 points for first, 72.5 points better than second-place Pleasant Ridge. Oskaloosa was fifth with 51 points, Valley Falls was sixth with 30.5 points and McLouth was seventh with 10 points.


Following are the county athletes who finished in the top six of their respective events.


Girls – Pole vault: Amanda Niemann, JCN, first; Kasey Campbell, McLouth, second; Megan Weishaar, JCN, third. Discus: Rachell Hicks, Oskaloosa, fifth. 4x800 relay: JCN, first; McL., fourth. 100-meter dash: Katie Brevitz, Valley Falls, second; Emma Sorensen, Osk., third; Jordan Sparks, McL., fourth. 400-meter dash: Lisa Weishaar, JCN, first; Nicole Rockhold, Osk., fifth; Whitney Lindteigen, VF, sixth. 200-meter dash: Miranda McLaughlin, McL., third; Monica Cardona, JCN, fifth. Long jump: Brevitz, VF, first; McLaughlin, McL., second; Danielle Jolliff, Osk., third; Sara Henthorne, VF, sixth. Shot put: Jackie Schrick, JCN, third; Lacey Farmer, VF, fifth. Javelin: Tara Hammerschmidt, JCN, first; Leah Hoffhines, McL., third; Schrick, JCN, sixth. 4x100 relay: McLouth, fourth; Oskaloosa, fifth; JCN, sixth. 300-meter hurdles: Niemann, JCN, first; Haley Nevins, JCN, third; Chelsie Shackelford, Osk., sixth. 3,200-meter run: Kelsey Schuler, JCN, first; Audrey Metzger, Osk., third; Lincoln Kingman, JCN, fourth; Sara Polson, JCN, fifth. High jump: Rockhold, Osk., first; M. Weishaar, JCN, second; Lisa Lyon, JCN, third; Kylie Shufflebarger, McL., fifth; Breanna Robbins, Osk., sixth. Triple jump: Rockhold, Osk., first; Brevitz, VF, second; Lindteigen, VF, third; Schuler, JCN, fourth; Sparks, McL., sixth. 100-meter hurdles: Nevins, JCN, second; Ann Courtney, McL., third; Molly Lyon, JCN, fourth. 1,600-meter run: Aliaa Ghaddar, McL., fifth; Metzger, Osk., sixth. 800-meter run: Amelia Noll, JCN, first; Tori Lange, JCN, fourth. 4x400 relay: JCN, second; McLouth, fourth.


Boys – High jump: J.T. Thurston, Osk., second; Mathew Perry, JCN, third; Drew Kraxner, JCN, fourth; Breck McMillan, JCN, fifth; Riley Bunde, VF, sixth. Shot put: Boone Heston, Osk., third; Lutz Chrobok, Osk., fourth; Ethan Miller, Osk., fifth. Long jump: Devin Brown, VF, third; Luke Noll, JCN, fourth; Kraxner, JCN, fifth; Josh Kearney, VF, sixth. 100-meter dash: Abe Noll, JCN, first; Thurston, Osk., fifth. 400-meter dash: Ely Henry, JCN, fifth; Perry, JCN, sixth. 200-meter dash: A. Noll, JCN, first; Thurston, Osk., fifth. Pole vault: Henry, JCN, first; Quentin McAfee, JCN, second; Chris Colter, McL., third; Austin Gaspard, JCN, fourth. Triple jump: Kraxner, JCN, second; L. Noll, JCN, third. Javelin: Austin Lowe, JCN, first; Stan Drinkard, VF, second; Pat Willyard, JCN, third; Riley Noll, JCN, fifth. 4x100 relay: JCN, second; McLouth, fifth; Oskaloosa, sixth. 300-meter hurdles: Daniel Finley, JCN, first; Thurston, Osk., third; Nick Clark, JCN, fourth; Gaspard, JCN, fifth; Dalton Cline, McL., sixth. 3,200-meter run: David Collins, VF, third; Jon Peres, JCN, fourth; Pat Booth, JCN, fifth; Matthew Finley, JCN, sixth. Discus: Heston, Osk., first; Chrobok, Osk., second; Chris Hale, JCN, fourth. 4x800 relay: JCN, third; Oskaloosa, fifth. 110-meter hurdles: Clark, JCN, second. 1,600-meter run: Wes Weishaar, JCN, first; Brown, VF, third; Collins, VF, fifth; David Erhart, JCN, sixth. 800-meter run: Josh Abel, JCN, first; Brown, VF, sixth. 4x400 relay: JCN, first; McLouth, fifth.