On Saturday, the curtain came down for the Alliance junior high track teams with the Dogs competing in the Jack Martin Invite in Gering. Six teams took part. The Bulldogs boy’s side was especially strong in the long jump. Grant Bloyd won the seventh grade division with Wyatt Barthel Hardy taking first in the eighth grade side. 8th grader Xander Narjes also was a standout, winning the 200 hurdles, taking second in the 100 hurdles and the discus. In the boy’s team race, Gering was first in the 7th grade division with 147 points with Scottsbluff second with 142 points. AMS was fifth with 38 points. The Bluffs took first in the 8th grade boy’s team race with 114 points while Gering tallied 112 points for second. The Dogs were fourth, scoring 71 points.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Alliance had three silver medal performances. In the 7th grade 100, Nyah Ramirez was second while the seventh grade 400 relay took second as well. The 8th grade girl’s medley relay was a second place finisher. In the team race, AMS scored 39 points in the 7th grade division which was good for fourth. Scottsbluff was first with 200 points with Gering the runner up with 123 points. Gering was first in the 8th grade race with 141 points while Sidney took second with 96 points. The Lady Bulldogs tallied 37 points which was good for fifth.
Girl’s results AMS 7th grade 39 points 4th overall top 6 placers
100 Ramirez 2nd 14.1
100 hurdles Corley Connor 6th 21.2
400 relay AMS 2nd 58.6 Frances Furman T’Anna Taylor Ramirez Kaitlyn Robbins
medley relay AMS 3rd 5:34 Ramirez Taylor Nyah Montes Aubrey Sanchez
discus Jailee Jurado 3rd 62’2
long jump Oaklynn Red Nest 4th 13’8
AMS 8th grade 37 points 5th overall top 6 placers
100 hurdles Myleigh Simmons 4th 19.6
400 relay AMS 4th 58.7 Simmons Alexis Soils Olivia Krejci Amilya Lopez
medley AMS 2nd 5:17 Brinlee Lanik Lopez Solis Krejci
shot Charlize Dorenbach 3rd 25’3
discus Dorenbach 5th 61’5
pole vault Hannah Chatterton 6th 5’0
triple jump Krejci 3rd 26’11 Lanik 4th 26’11 Solis 5th 26’8
Boy’s results AMS 8th grade 71 points 4th overall top 6 placers
100 Barthel Hardy 2nd 12.5
100 hurdles Narjes 2nd 17.4
200 hurdles Narjes 1st 31.5
400 relay AMS 4th 52.1 Ethan Bates Canden Marsteller James Scriven Barthel Hardy
shot Narjes 5th 33’11
discus Narjes 2nd 113’3
highjump Baes 5th 4’8
pole vault Kylar Adams 2nd 7’0 Corbin Beningo 3rd 6’6
long jump Barthel Hardy 1st 19’3
triple jump Kyler Hamel 4th 34’4 Marsteller 6th 31’5
AMS seventh grade 38 points 5th overall top 6 placers
200 Aschen Fries 5th 30.7
400 Bloyd 4th 1:09
400 relay AMS 2nd 55.1 Fries Bloyd Mykey Valdovinos Atreus Walker
shot Walker 2nd 36’2
discus Walker 5th 97’9
long jump Bloyd 1st 15’9
triple jump Fries 4th 31’3
Gothenberg will host the junior high state meet on Saturday.