Kennett sweeps own Invitational

The Kennett Indians and Lady Indians track teams may not have hit their respective peaks yet, but they were more than good enough Tuesday.

Both squads won their respective divisions at the Kennett Invitational at Metz Cherry Stadium, with the boys outdistancing second-place Malden 161-114 and the Lady Indians edging SEMO Central foe New Madrid County Central 159-144 in the multi-team event.

"I'd say that the boys are progressing well, but they've got some things that we need to work on," Kennett coach Marc Sherrell said. "The girls are getting better but we've (also) got a lot of work we need to do"

On the boys side, the Tribe got first-place finishes from Will Johnson, who won both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles, while Greg Bowles won the triple jump and high jump, while taking second in the long jump.

Tyler Daugherty won the 3200-meters and took second in the 1600-meters, while Jimmy Gooden won the 400-meters.

Kennett's relay teams dominated as three of the four brought home gold. Taking home first-place finishes were the 4x200 team of Lavonte Hickman, Devin Guyton, Jerry Hodges and Gooden, the 4x100-relay team of Hickman, Guyton, Rakeem Williams and Johnny Hodges and the 4x400-relay squad with Johnson, Travon Weeden, Johnny Hodges and Gooden.

The 4x800-relay squad of Johnson, Dylan Hill, Jerry Hodges and Daugherty finished third.

Also scoring top three finishes for the boys were Jerry Hodges (second in the 800-meters), Dwight Usry (third in the high jump) and Dillon Parr (second in the shot put).

On the girls side, depth was the order of the day.

While the Lady Tribe won four events, Kennett racked up strong finishes in several others to outdistance the competition.

Susan Shetley won the triple jump, while Tiffany Washington won the discus and Tamere White came in first in the 300-meter hurdles. The 4x400-relay of Akita Edmondson, White, Alex Washburn and Tina Howard also took first.

Racking up second place finishes were Enna Thompson in the shot put, Samantha Risner in the high jump, Tina Howard in the 400-meters, Samantha Geary in the 3200-meters and the 4x800-relay team of Shetley, Washburn, Mallory Lancaster and Geary.

Coming home third were White in the 100-meter hurdles, Risner in the 100-meters, Geary in the 800- and 1600-meters, Shetley in the 300-meter hurdles and Howard in the 200-meters and Whitney Callaway in the shot put

Both squads won't have long to enjoy their triumphs as Kennett is back in action Thursday at the Riverbend Classic in New Madrid.

"The boys are kind of walking through things, but with the girls it's going to be a fight to the finish with New Madrid in it," said Sherrell. "They've got a lot of talent and with the girls of Kennett and New Madrid, it's going to come down to whoever wants it the most."

Baseball
Campbell 6, North Pem 2
At Campbell, the Camels got a strong performance on the mound from Joe Campbell to win another Tri-County Conference game.

Joe Campbell pitched 6 2/3 innings, striking out 12 and walking two, while Billy Meadows got the final out with the bases loaded to earn the save.

Offensively, Cody Huber went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for the Camels (11-1).

Softball
Delta C7 9, Southland 6
At Deering, the host Lady Chargers scored twice in each of the fourth through sixth innings to snap a 3-3 tie and take a conference win.

Darcy McMinn was 3-for-5 with three steals and a pair of RBIs to pace Southland, while Paige Baugh was 2-for-2.

Delta outhit the Lady Rebels 16-7.