OPELIKA —
Opelika High School’s girls and boys track and field teams participated in the AHSAA Class 7A State Championship Meet in Gulf Shores last Thursday through Saturday.
Opelika’s girls and boys finished 8th in the 7A State Meet.
The following are final standings for OHS, including the Long Jump State Champion Tierra Agee, who recorded a winning jump of 18 feet and 5-3/4 inches.
GIRLS
200 METER DASH
25.69 – Tierra Agee – 10th
26.32 – Amiya Brown – 18th
400 METER DASH
1:01.69 – Makiah Paschal – 17th
300 METER HURDLES
47.98 – Makiah Paschal – 6th
HIGH JUMP
5-0 – Kyndall Brundidge – 7th
LONG JUMP
18-5.75 – Tierra Agee – 1st
16-0.25 – Kyndall Brundidge – 13th
15-6.5 – Dasia Keith – 18th
TRIPLE JUMP
36-8 – Dasia Keith – 5th
35-4.25 – Kyndall Brundidge – 9th
DISCUS
100-7 – Trinity Rooks – 12th
JAVELIN
113-5 – Sanai Stringer – 4th
96-11 – Rorie Dunbar – 17th
90-11 – Cherdi Daniels – 21st
BOYS
200 METER DASH
22.92 – Theo Hubbard – 19th
400 METER DASH
52.01 – Sam Washburn – 18th
800 METER RUN
2:06.33 – Michael Hart – 22nd
600 METER RUN
4:33.57 – SB – Brantley Turnham – 19th
4:36.86 – Charles Brewer – 20th
3200 METER RUN
10:08.15 – Brantley Turnham – 15th
10:10.97 – Charles Brewer – 17th
110 METER HURDLES
14.34 – Tykell Thomas – 3rd
300 METER HURDLES
40.12 – JaClarence Perry – 6th
40.77 – Theo Hubbard – 9th
LONG JUMP
22-7 – Davian Jones – 3rd
19-3.5 – Tirus Patten – 20th
TRIPLE JUMP
46-3.5 – Davian Jones – 4th
41-10.5 – Tirus Patten – 18th
POLE VAULT
12-0 – Dontarius Alvis – 14th
DISCUS
143-5 – Mikeil Heard – 6th
124-7 – Octavious Gay – 14th
DISCUS
143-5 – Mikeil Heard – 6th
124-7 – Octavious Gay – 14th
JAVELIN
158-9 – Octavious Gay – 10th
145-3 – Ronald Reese Jr. – 16th
SHOT PUT
47-9.25 – Mikeil Heard – 13th
OHS HIRES NEW WRESTLING COACH
According to the Opelika High school’s athletic website, opelikaathletics.com, coach David Simpson is the new varsity wrestling coach. No official release from OCS and no other information listed.
TIDBITS
Opelika’s athletic year winds down with spring football. This will be the last sport to conduct activities prior to the end of the school year.
Opelika’s move to class 7A made it difficult for teams to qualify for their respective sport’s playoffs. The following sports made the AHSAA playoffs or participated in state meet: flag football team, indoor track team, girls and boys soccer and girls and boys track and field.
Several individual student-athletes qualified for the AHSAA State Championship in swimming and wrestling. Congratulations to all the teams and student-athletes who advanced to state competition.
SUMMER BASEBALL
Opelika Dixie Youth, Billy Hitchcock Miracle League, girls softball, DBB baseball and Perfect Game travel baseball are keeping Opelika’s West Ridge Park busy. Most nights you can find children from 5 years old through 15 year olds playing baseball and softball at West Ridge. The two turf softball fields make things easier when it rains because they dry faster and require no field prep to play games. Multiple games can be played because the field does not require as much maintenance as the other nine fields at West Ridge.
Perfect Game travel organization brings hundreds of people to Opelika for many weekends by hosting tournaments at West Ridge Park. Many teams travel from out of town and will spend money on lodging, food, gas and entertainment which provides economic impact in Opelika, Auburn and Lee County.
Special thanks to Michael Hilyer and his ESG team for working at West Ridge year round in order to keep the park in good playing condition.
More news about upcoming tournaments in next week’s column.
D. Mark Mitchell is the sports director at iHeartMedia, host of “On the Mark” Fox Sports the Game 910-1319, co-chair of the Auburn-Opelika Sports Council, chairman of the Super 7 and Dixie Boys Baseball state director.