Members of both the Climax-Scotts High School boys and girls track teams will be aiming to qualify for the Division 4 regionals at Concord May 17 at 3 p.m.

The top two finishers in each event and athletes who meet a qualifying standard qualify for the state finals.

C-S coach Dave Lodes said the 4x100-meter relay team made up of Ryan Dehaan, Luke Lawrence, Miles Shannon and Chase VanMiddlesworth currently own the second fastest time in Division 4, but defeated Gobles May 4, which has the fasted posted time.

The C-S coach adds the 4x200-meter relay team made up of Chase VanMiddlesworth, Luke Lawrence, Jordan Grove, Josh Walman is ranked and Luke Lawrence in the hurdles is ranked high.

Climax-Scotts High School senior Miles Shannon set a new school record in the long jump  at an SCAA event hosted by C-S May 1.

Shannon recorded a distance of 22’ 0.75 in his second jump of the day.

The old school record was 20’11.25” set by Alex Lodes in 2012.

Both the Panther men and women were in action May 4 at the Centreville Invitational. The boys finished in third place out of 10 teams with 760 points and the girls totaled 315 points, good for eighth place out of 10 teams.

Constantine won the mens event with 1013 points and Centreville, with 1015 points, finished first in the women’s event.

The 4x200-meter relay team, made up of Chase VanMiddlesworth, Luke Lawrence, Jordan Grove and Josh Walman placed first with a time of 1:33.63 and Shannon won the long jump with a jump of 20’04.00”.

The quartet of Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards and Annabelle Edwards helped the 4x200-meter relay team to C-S’ highest finish at the event in third place finish with a time of 1:59.88.

Centreville Invitational

Men
1.Constantine, 1013, 2. Centreville,880, 3. Climax-Scotts, 760, 4. Gobles, 728, 5. Mendon, 705, 6. Bronson, 671, 7. White Pigeon, 657, 8. St Philip Catholic Central, 371, 9. Marcellus, 345, 10. Niles Brandywine, 81
C-S Results
100 Meters: 2. Chase VanMiddlesworth, 11.74a, 3. Miles Shannon, 11.79a 11. Jordan Grove, 12.28a; 200 Meters: 2. Chase VanMiddlesworth, 23.43a, 10. Josh Walman, 25.18aPR; 400 Meters: 11. Liam Lasala, 59.59a, 16. Maddox Wyman, 1:02.13aPR; 800 Meters: 4. Ryan Dehaan, 2:10.50aPR, 16. Logan Gilbert, 2:30.21aSR; 1600 Meters: 16. Dean Parks, 5:52.14a, 21. Ethan Seage,6:41.53aPR; 3200 Meters: 15. Jackson Bagwell, 13:09.90aSR; 110m Hurdles: 2. Luke Lawrence, 16.27a, 12. Blake Buddemeier, 21.06a; 300m Hurdles: 4. Luke Lawrence, 43.34a, 14. Blake Buddemeier, 53.18a, 15. Eli DeWaal, 54.27aPR; 4x100 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Ryan Dehaan, Luke Lawrence, Miles Shannon, Chase VanMiddlesworth), 44.81a; 4x200 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Chase VanMiddlesworth, Luke Lawrence, Jordan Grove, Josh Walman), 1:33.63a; 4x400 Relay:  6. Climax-Scotts (Jackson Bagwell, Jordan Grove, Liam Lasala, Ryan Dehaan), 4:02.47a; 4x800 Relay: 8. Climax-Scotts (Jackson Bagwell, Logan Gilbert, Dean Parks, Maddox Wyman), 10:11.87a;  Shot Put: 3. Ryan Pejakovich, 41-00.75, 4. Sam Bleeker, 41-00.50, 19. Max Bleeker, 32-00.00; Discus: 3. Gabe Walliczeck, 122-08, 15. Liam Lasala, 96-01PR, 19. Max Bleeker, 85-09.50; High Jump: 2. Miles Shannon, 6-03.00SR, 8. Rosendo Garcia, 5-03.00, Carter Pio, NH; Long Jump: 1. Miles Shannon, 20-04.00, 20. Carter Pio, 15-03.00PR, 23. Blake Buddemeier, 14-00.00

Women
1.Centreville, 1015, 2. Gobles, 996, 3. Constantine, 718, 4. Mendon, 509, 5. Bronson, 455, 6. Marcellus, 449, 7. White Pigeon, 352, 8. Climax-Scotts, 315, 9.Niles Brandywine, 213, 10. St Philip Catholic Central, 180
C-S Results
100 Meters: 7. Sophie Braithwaite, 14.07a, 8. Paige Amos, 14.09a, 13. Lillie Edwards, 15.04a; 200 Meters: 6. Sophie Braithwaite, 29.44a, 8. Paige Amos,29.70a, 11. Lillie Edwards, 31.49a; 400 Meters: 15. Fanni Zauner,  1:19.13aPR; 800 Meters: 12. Ona Hagedorn, 3:48.94a;  4x100 Relay: 4. Climax-Scotts (Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards, Annabelle Edwards), 56.56a; 4x200 Relay: 3. Climax-Scotts (Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards, Annabelle Edwards), 1:59.88a; High Jump: 7. Annabelle Edwards, 4-06.00; Long Jump: 13. Lylah Parirsh, 10-09.00, 16. Chloe Czuk, 10-00.00.

The Climax-Scotts boys track team settled for a second place finish and the girls finished in third place at an SCAA event hosted by C-S May 1.

The boys, who had six first place finishes, finished with 152 points behind first place finishing Hillsdale Academy, which totaled 209 points in the eight-team event. The Lady Panthers, who had two first place finishes, had 77.5 points. Hillsdale Academy, with 250.5 points, won the six-team girls’ event and Pittsford (152) finished second.

Chase VanMiddlesworth placed first in two individual events and helped two C-S relay teams to first place finishes to pace the boys. The Panther junior won the 100-meter dash with a personal record time of 11.48 and 200-meter dash with a time of 23.46. He joined Logan Gilbert, Jordan Grove and Like Lawrence on the 4x100-meter relay team in a first place effort with a time of 46.86 and then teamed up with Jordan Grove, Luke Lawrence and Josh Walman to win the 4x200-meter relay with a time of 1:35.86.

Other C-S first place finishes came from Luke Lawrence, in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal record time of 15.84, Ryan Pejakovich in the shot put with a throw of 41’7”, and Miles Shannon, in the long jump with a personal record distance of 22’0.75”.

Overall, the Panther boys totaled 27 personal records.

The Lady Panthers earned first place finishes in two relay events and had six top two finishes overall.

The 4x100-meter relay team made up of Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards and Addy Reeves placed first with a time of 56.48 and the same quartet won the 4x200-meter relay team with a time of 1:59.04.

Paige Amos had second place finishes in the 100-meter (13.76) and 200-meter (28.28, personal record) dashes and in the 300-meter hurdles (59.33) and Addy Reeves place second in the long jump (14’2”).

SCAA Track Meet At C-S

Men
1.Hillsdale Academy, 209, 2. Climax-Scotts, 152, 3. Camden-Frontier, 93, 4. St Philip Catholic Central, 70, 5. Pittsford, 64, 6. Hillsdale Will Carleton, 40, 7. Waldron, 9, 8. Burr Oak, 3
C-S Results
100 Meters: 1. Chase VanMiddlesworth, 11.48aPR, 2. Miles Shannon,  11.73a, 3. Josh Walman, 11.99aPR, 5. Jordan Grove, 12.15a, 7. Jackson Bagwell,12.22aPR, 9. Tyler Smith, 12.42aPR, 10. Ben Crocker, 12.54aPR, 14. Jose Espino, 12.75a, 22. DeShon Newton, 13.00a, 25. Elijah Bowron, 13.16aPR, 33. Leo Bagwell, 13.58a, 37. Zack Roebuck, 14.26a, 40. Arturo Espino, 14.45a, Mason Shannon, NT, Rosendo Garcia, NT; 200 Meters: 1. Chase VanMiddlesworth, 23.46a, 2. Miles Shannon, 24.14aSR, 4. Jordan Grove, 24.86aSR, 8. Josh Walman, 25.46aPR, 9. Jackson Bagwell, 25.53aPR, 14. Ryan Dehaan,  25.75aPR, 15. Tyler Smith, 25.78aPR, 19. Logan Gilbert, 26.19aPR, 20. Maddox Wyman, 26.35aPR, 22. Ben Crocker, 26.41aPR, 29. Jose Espino, 27.06aSR, 30. DeShon Newton, 27.87a, 33. Leo Bagwell, 28.68a, 35. Carter Pio, 29.44a, 39. Arturo Espino, 31.09a, Elijah Bowron, NT; 400 Meters: 15. Jose Espino, 1:02.89aSR, Aiden Klusman, NT; 800 Meters: 7. Ryan Dehaan, 2:15.03aSR, 20. Dean Parks, 2:41.35aSR, 23. Ethan Seage, 2:47.73a; 1600 Meters: 16. Jackson Bagwell, 5:49.82a; 110m Hurdles: 1. Luke Lawrence, 15.84aPR, 5. Blake Buddemeier, 19.88aPR, 7. Aiden Klusman, 22.46aPR; 300m Hurdles: 2. Luke Lawrence, 42.77a, 9. Blake Buddemeier, 54.43a; 4x100 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Logan Gilbert, Jordan Grove, Luke Lawrence, Chase VanMiddlesworth), 46.86a, 2. Climax-Scotts (Ryan Dehaan, Ben Crocker, Miles Shannon, Josh Walman), 47.06a, 8. Climax-Scotts (Leo Bagwell, Arturo Espino, Liam Lasala, Blake Buddemeier), 53.69a, 9. Climax-Scotts (Aiden Klusman, Maddox Wyman, Zack Roebuck, Ethan Seage), 54.48a; 4x200 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Jordan Grove, Luke Lawrence, Chase VanMiddlesworth, Josh Walman), 1:35.86a; 4x400 Relay: 6. Climax-Scotts (Maddox Wyman, Ryan Dehaan, Liam Lasala, Jackson Bagwell), 4:10.54a, 8. Climax-Scotts (Max Bleeker, Sam Bleeker, Ryan Pejakovich, Gabe Walliczeck), 4:59.19a; 4x800 Relay: 4. Climax-Scotts (Dean Parks, Ethan Seage, Maddox Wyman, Logan Gilbert), 10:29.78a; Shot Put: 1. Ryan Pejakovich, 41’ 7, 3. Sam Bleeker, 41’ 2, 10. Gabe Walliczeck, 34’ 1PR, 14. Max Bleeker, 32’ 0, 16. Zack Roebuck, 30’ 8; Discus: 5. Gabe Walliczeck, 116’ 10, 7. Ryan Pejakovich, 97’ 6SR, 8. Liam Lasala, 93’ 1PR, 10. Sam Bleeker, 87’ 0.5PR, 11. Max Bleeker, 84’ 11.25, 13. Zack Roebuck, 73’ 4.25PR; High Jump: 8. Carter Pio, 5’ 1SR, Mason Shannon, NH, Rosendo Garcia, NH; Long Jump: 1. Miles Shannon, 22’ 0.75PR, 16. Blake Buddemeier, 15’ 8.5PR, 17. Liam Lasala, 15’ 4.5PR, 18. Dean Parks, 15’ 4PR, 20. Elijah Bowron, 15’ 1.5PR, 23. Sam Bleeker, 14’ 10.5PR, 25. Carter Pio, 14’ 6.25, 30. Aiden Klusman, 13’ 7.5PR, Rosendo Garcia, ND, Mason Shannon, ND

Women
1.Hillsdale Academy, 250.5, 2. Pittsford, 152, 3. Climax-Scotts, 77.5, 4. Camden-Frontier, 51, 5. St Philip Catholic Central, 25, 6. Waldron, 4
C-S Results
100 Meters: 2. Paige Amos, 13.76a, 3. Sophie Braithwaite, 13.92aPR, 11. Lillie Edwards, 14.41aPR, 16.  Fanni Zauner, 15.38aPR, 22. Chloe Czuk, 16.39aPR, 23. Lylah Parirsh,  16.42aPR; 200 Meters: 2. Paige Amos, 28.28aPR, 6. Sophie Braithwaite, 29.35aPR, 10. Lillie Edwards, 30.03aSR, 11. Annabelle Edwards, 30.29aPR, 18. Fanni Zauner, 32.44a, 23. Lylah Parirsh, 34.17aPR; 400 Meters: 16. Ona Hagedorn, 1:28.79a; 800 Meters: Ona Hagedorn, NT; 100m Hurdles: 6. Alexis Brown, 23.38aPR, Paige Fraley, NT; 300m Hurdles: 2. Paige Fraley, 59.33a 4. Alexis Brown, 1:17.72aPR; 4x100 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards, Addy Reeves), 56.48a; 4x200 Relay: 1. Climax-Scotts (Paige Amos, Sophie Braithwaite, Lillie Edwards, Addy Reeves), 1:59.04a; 4x400 Relay: 5. Climax-Scotts (Annabelle Edwards, Lylah Parirsh, Fanni Zauner, Addy Reeves), 5:09.96a; High Jump: 4. Annabelle Edwards, 4’ 5; Long Jump: 2. Addy Reeves, 14’ 2, 12. Lylah Parirsh, 11’ 10PR, 16. Chloe Czuk, 10’ 3.5PR

The Climax-Scotts varsity softball team opened a 20-14 lead entering the top of the seventh inning but had to hold off a Union City rally in a 20-18 victory at C-S Jr./Sr. High School May 3.

While C-S, now 6-10, took advantage of eight Union City errors that led to 10 unearned runs, Union City enjoyed 14 walks that led to plenty of activity on the base paths.

Addy Reeves, who drove in four runs, collected four hits to pace C-S at the plate.

Reeves pitched all seven innings and gave up 10 hits, 13 earned runs and 14 walks with four strikeouts to earn the win.

Union City       424 103 4 - 18-10-8
Climax-Scotts  602 912 x - 20-14-5
C-S hits: Rylie Altman 2 (3 RBI), Holly Talbert 3 (2 RBI), Hailey Talbert 2 (1 RBI), Makenzie Grimm 2 (2 RBI),  Addy Reeves 4 (4 RBI). Jaise Lane 1 (2 RBI)
Other C-S RBI: Addi Dzwik 1, Lylah Parrish 2  
C-S stolen bases: Holly Talbert 3, Makenzee Grimm 1, Hailey Talbert 1
Winning pitcher: Addy Reeves - 7 IP, 10 hits, 13 earned runs, 14 walks, 4 strikeouts

Lady Panthers fall to Athens

Athens managed just three hits but took advantage of 12 walks and three Climax-Scotts errors in a 12-6 win over the Panthers May 2 at Athens High School.

C-S starting pitcher Addy Reeves only allowed two hits across six innings and struck out seven batters but she struggled with her control, walking 12 Indians.

Addi Dzwik (double), Holly Talbert (triple, 1 RBI), Gina Smith (1 RBI), Lylah Parrish and Jaise Lane (3 RBI) collected C-S’ hits.

Climax-Scotts 010 230 - 6-5-3
Athens            060 303 - 12-3-1
C-S hits: Addi Dzwik 1 (double), Holly Talbert 1 (triple, 1 RBI), Gina Smith 1 (1 RBI), Lylah Parrish 1, Jaise Lane 1 (3 RBI)
C-S stolen bases: Gina Smith 1, Lylah Parrish 1
Losing pitcher: Addy Reeves - 6 IP, 2 hits, 9 earned runs, 12 walks, 7 strikeouts
Other C-S RBI: Makenzee Grimm 1 RBI
C-S stolen bases: Gina Smith 1, Lylah Parrish 1
Burr Oak pitchers stymie C-S bats

Burr Oak pitchers held Climax-Scotts to a total of just five hits in two losses at Burr Oak April 30.

Rylie Altman’s two hits was all the offense C-S managed in a 10-0 setback in the first game and the Panthers mustered just three hits in a 19-4 loss in the second game.

Seven C-S errors led to six unearned runs in the first game.

Addy Reeves pitched all six innings and suffered the loss, allowing seven hits, four earned runs and eight walks to go with seven strikeouts for C-S in the opener.

C-S pitchers struggled with control issues in the second game, walking 19 Burr Oak batters.

Starting pitcher Holly Talbert took the loss, allowing three hits in three innings, but she walked 15 Bobcat batters.

Addi Dzwik, who had one RBI, Makenzie Grimm and Jaise Lane had the C-S hits.

Game 1
Burr Oak         111 223 - 10-7-1
Climax-Scotts 000 000 -  0-2-7
C-S hits: Rylie Altman 2
C-S stolen bases: Holly Talbert 1
Losing pitcher: Addy Reeves - 6 IP, 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 8 walks, 7 strikeouts

Game 2
Climax-Scotts 004 0 -   4-3-3
Burr Oak         391 6 - 19-6-0
C-S hits: Addi Dzwik 1 (1 RBI), Makenzee Grimm 1, Jaise Lane 1
Losing pitcher: Holly Talbert - 3 IP, 3 hits, 12 earned runs, 15 walks, 1 strikeout

A six-run sixth inning erased a five-run deficit and propelled Centreville to a 6-5 win over the Climax-Scotts varsity baseball team May 3 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.

Despite the loss, C-S entered its May 7 game against Colon as winners in eight of the last nine games with a record of 13-4.

Three singles and a double by Centreville combined with a C-S error and wild pitch were factors in Centreville’s big sixth inning.

A single by Logan Gilbert to start off the bottom of the seven, a ground out, followed by a wild pitch that advanced the C-S junior to third and a walk to Gavin Eyre put the tying runner on third base and winning runner on first, however Centreville retired the next two batters to secure the win.

Gavin Eyre suffered the loss in relief, allowing one earned run, two hits, and one walk with three strikeouts in one and two-thirds innings worked.

Starting pitcher Carter Dzwik scattered seven hits and allowed one earned run with no walks and nine strikeouts in five and one-third innings worked.

Centreville       000 006 0 - 6-9-5
Climax-Scotts 400 010 0 - 5-5-2
C-S hits: Logan Gilbert 1, Tyler Smith 1, Carter Dzwik 1 (1 RBI), Ben Nelson 1 (1 RBI), Jackson Bagwell 1
C-S stolen base: Gavin Eyre
Losing pitcher: Gavin Eyre - 1.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
Starting pitcher: Carter Dzwik - 5.1 IP, 7 hits, 1 earned run, 0 walks, 9 strikeouts

C-S offense picks up in 18-1 win

Ben Crocker led a 16-hit attack and Logan Gilbert and Lincoln Dzwik teamed up for a four-inning no-hitter in Climax-Scotts’ 18-1 win over Athens May 2 on the road.

Crocker blasted two home runs and drove in four runs to pace the Panthers.

Gilbert had three hits, including a double and three RBI for Panther coach Kevin Langs, who saw eight different players in his lineup record hits.

Gilbert was the starting and winning pitcher, improving his record to 3-1 with the win. The Panther junior allowed no hits and no walks with three strikeouts over the first two innings. He threw 17 of his 21 pitches for strikes.

Dzwik tossed a strong hitless inning, striking out one batter with no walks.

Climax-Scotts 590 4 - 18-16-3
Athens            010 x -   1- 0- 0
C-S hits: Logan Gilbert 3 (double, 3 RBI), Tyler Smith 2 (2 RBI), Ben Crocker 2 (2 home runs, 4 RBI), Ben Nelson 2 (2 RBI), Kasey Carman 2 (double, 1 RBI), Jackson Knickerbocker 2 (1 RBI), Lincoln Dizwik 1, Jacob Sheets 2 (triple, 1 RBI)
C-S stolen bases: Jackson Bagwell 1, Josh Walman 1, Kasey Carman 1, Lincoln Dzwik 1, Logan Gilbert 1
Winning pitcher: Logan Gilbert - 2 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts
Lincoln Dzwik - 1 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout

C-S no-hits Burr Oak twice

The Panthers held Burr Oak hitless in both games of a doubleheader April 30,

The Panthers took advantage of 15 walks issued by Burr Oak pitchers in a 16-0 win in the first game and then walked 12 more times in a 15-0 victory in the second game.

Ben Crocker had a double, three RBI and two stolen bases in the first game.

Gavin Eyre pitched the first inning and earned the win in the three-inning game. He did not allow a hit, walked one batter and struck out three.

Hunter Piper had a strong outing in relief, allowing no hits and two walks with two strikeouts in two innings worked.

Kai Brown led the Panthers at the plate in the second game, recording two hits and three RBI.

Ben Nelson earned his first win of the year on the mound, tossing three hitless innings. He did not issue a walk and struck out eight of the nine batters he faced.

Game 1
Burr Oak         000 -   0-0-4
Climax-Scotts 655 - 16-6-0
C-S hits: Logan Gilbert 1 (2 RBI), Tyler Smith 1 (2 RBI), Carter Dzwik 1 (2 RBI), Ben Crocker 1 (double, 3 RBI), Ben Nelson 1 (1 RBI), C. Dinse 1,
Other C-S RBI: Knickerbocker 1
C-S stolen bases: Ben Crocker 2, Josh Walman 1, Logan Gilbert 1
Winning pitcher: Gavin Eyre - 1 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
Hunter Piper - 2 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts

Game 2
Burr Oak          000 - 0-0-3
Climax-Scotts  257 - 15-6-1
C-S hits: Kai Brown 2 (3 RBI), Carter Dzwik 1 (triple, 2 RBI), Ben Nelson 1 (1 RBI), Jackson Bagwell 2 (double, 3 RBI)  
Other C-S RBI: Ben Crocker 1, Josh Walman 1
C-S stolen bases: Logan Gilbert 4, Josh Walman 1
Winning pitcher: Ben Nelson - 3 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts
Kai Brown - 0.2 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts
Josh Walman - 0.1 IP, 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 0 walks, 1 strikeout

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