Sturgis boys notch another track and field win

PAW PAW — The Sturgis boys took care of business on the road Tuesday. It was another victory for the Trojans as they beat Paw Paw 84-53.

Many of the Trojan athletes competed in events non-typical for their normal routines, it still worked out for them.

"We were confident we could win the meet tonight without having to max out all of our top guys in multiple events," Sturgis boys coach J.B. Starkey said. "They got the job done today and some kids that don't usually score got some badly needed points."

The boys brought home first in 11 events.

Sturgis won both of the distance race. Brock Fergison claimed first in the mile run at 4:54.35, narrowly finishing in front of Nolan Park's time of 4:59.70. Tanner Hickey claimed third in that race at 5:10.55. Park rebounded to win the two-mile run, he finished with a time of 10:53.52.

"We are really proud of how our distance crew is stepping up in these dual meets," Starkey said. "Our next two opponents are strong in distance events, so we will need those guys more than ever."

Brenden Myers ran to first place in the 100 dash (11.56 seconds) and Rasean O'Tey won the 200 (23.36). Kaicee Kyle ran to second place in the 200 at 24.51.

Ruben Medina paced the field in the 800 run, posting a time of 2:10.11.

The Trojans swept the relays on the day as well.

The 400 saw O'Tey, Brandin Kelley, Kyle and Myers turn in a time of 45.00 to win. The 800 was won by O'Tey, Dalton Tisdel, Kyle and Myers with a time of 1:34.33.

"Our sprint relays continue to fine tune their handoffs but still remain atop the conference rankings, if we want to come away with a conference championship we need those relays to be in top form," Starkey said.

Sturgis claimed wins in the mile relay (3:45.80) with Wyatt Miller, Fergison, Hickey and Medina and the two-mile relay (9:09.10) with Park, Henry Ebert, Benjamin Morales and Medina.

Gavin Strang was second in the shot put at 41-6 feet. Matt Wickey finished second in the discus at 129-6.5 feet.

Fergison won the high jump at 6-6 feet, Jason Stutzman was second at 5-6 feet.

Miller was first in the pole vault, clearing 10-6 feet. Tisdel was second at 10-0 feet.

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