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Meanwhile, the boys finished ninth out of 13 teams, scoring 33.5 points to overall winner Grayson’s 147. The boys trailed Southwest DeKalb, Eastside, South Gwinnett, Clarke Central, Loganville, Hart county and Towers, while beating out Salem, Oglethorpe, Walnut Grove and Gainesville.

Individually, for the girls, Brooklyn Watkins was first in the pole vault (9’ 10”) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (18.35); Jessie Harper was second in the high jump (4’ 10”); Lauren Sanders placed third in the 100-meter hurdles (18.51); and Courtney McDowell placed seventh in the 3200-meter run (14”09.0).

For the boys, Nick Fulks was first in the discus (138’ 11”) and placed third in the shot put (44’ 3.5”); Ronnie Slizenski was fourth in the pole vault (10’ 6”); Cale Pirtle placed sixth in the 1600-meter run (4:53.23) and eighth in the 3200-meter event (11:10.9); Caleb Bailey finished seventh in the shot put (40’ 11”); and T C Collins placed sixth in the high jump (5’ 10”), seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (16.71) and seventh in the 300-meter hurdles (43.58).

For more on this story, see Wednesday's edition of The Commerce News or The Jackson Herald.