Warriors, Cyclones Compete At Hartington Invite

Neligh-Oakdale and Clearwater-Orchard finally hit the road for a long road trip on Tuesday as they made the trip to Hartington for the Wildcat Invite. 

The Neligh-Oakdale boys finished fourth on the day with 61 points while Clearwater-Orchard’s 14 points were good for eighth. 

The Warriors had just one champion on the day, Tyson Belitz. He took first in the high jump in a jump off, taking gold with a leap of 6-00. 

However, the depth of the Warriors kept them in the team race throughout the day, particularly in the sprints. As has been the case all season, Cade Wilkinson and Alex Kerkman earned medals in the 100 and 200 meter dash.

Clearwater-Orchard was once again led by Jacob Long. The versatile sophomore took second in triple jump, eleventh in shot put and seventh in high jump. Creston Bertschinger also had a strong day, taking fifth in the 110 meter hurdles.

On the girls side, the Cyclones took fourth with 82 points while Neligh-Oakdale earned 28 points to finish seventh.

Clearwater-Orchard got a number of strong finishes, including a first place finish from Brooklynn Chipps in the shot put, Kylie Thiele in the 800 meter run, the 4x400 meter relay team and a one-two finish from Alexis Pokorny and JoCee Johnston in the high jump. 

The Warriors were led on the day by their sprinters, with Alexis Jensen and Kristen Snodgrass medalling in the 100 and 200 meter dash.

Results for the Wildcat Invite Invite - Boys
Boys team results: 4. Neligh-Oakdale 61, 8. Clearwater-Orchard 14; Boys Discus: 9. Damon Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale 101-08, 15. Tjay Zobrist, Neligh-Oakdale 80-02.5, 16. Luke Jacobsen, Neligh-Oakdale 74-09, 18. Clayton Anderson, Neligh-Oakdale 72-06, 19. Cameron Wiseman, Neligh-Oakdale 67-05, 21. Jose Luna, Neligh-Oakdale 57-02; Boys Triple Jump: 2. Jacob Long, Clearwater-Orchard 40-06.75, 4. Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale 39-10, 13. Austin Pokorny, Clearwater-Orchard 34-02, 15. Isiac Kurpgeweit, Neligh-Oakdale 32-07; Boys Shot Put: 4. Damon Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale 42-04, 11. Jacob Long, Clearwater-Orchard 38-01.5, 16. Tjay Zobrist, Neligh-Oakdale 32-02, 19. Clayton Anderson, Neligh-Oakdale 30-07.5, 24. Jose Luna, Neligh-Oakdale 27-01, 25. Cameron Wiseman, Neligh-Oakdale 26-10; Boys High Jump: 1. Tyson Belitz, Neligh-Oakdale 6-00, 6. Alex Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale 5-08, 7. Jacob Long, Clearwater-Orchard 5-06, 8. Seth Lampert, Clearwater-Orchard 5-04; Boys Pole Vault: 3. Cole Belitz, Neligh-Oakdale 10-00, 4. Kaleb Pofahl, Neligh-Oakdale 9-00, 4. Chris Kester, Clearwater-Orchard 9-00, 7. Seth Lampert, Clearwater-Orchard 7-06; Boys Long Jump: 10. Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale 18-03, 12. Jayden Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale 18-02, 14. Cade Wilkinson, Neligh-Oakdale 17-11.5, 16. Creston Bertschinger, Clearwater-Orchard 17-01.75, Gage Dawson, Neligh-Oakdale 16-08; Boys 4x400 M Relay: 5. Neligh-Oakdale 4:00.98 Boys 800 M Run: 6. Cole Belitz, Neligh-Oakdale 2:15.78; Boys 110 M Hurdles: 5. Creston Bertschinger, Clearwater-Orchard 17.81, 8. Kaleb Pofahl, Neligh-Oakdale 19.7 Boys 4x800 M Relay: 5. Neligh-Oakdale 10:44.5 Boys 4x100 M Relay: 3. Neligh-Oakdale 47.22, 7. Clearwater-Orchard 50.27 Boys 3200 M Run: 7. Seth Lampert, Clearwater-Orchard 13:13.89 Boys 100 M Dash: 4. Cade Wilkinson, Neligh-Oakdale 11.97, 5. Alex Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale 12.05, 6. Creston Bertschinger, Clearwater-Orchard 12.09, 11. Jayden Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale 12.44, 16. Hunter Charf, Neligh-Oakdale 12.96, 17. Chris Kester, Clearwater-Orchard 13.02, 18. Gage Dawson, Neligh-Oakdale 13.04, 22. Houston Marino, Clearwater-Orchard 13.35; Boys 200 M Dash: 2. Alex Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale 24.90, 5. Cade Wilkinson, Neligh-Oakdale 25.51, 9. Jayden Arehart, Neligh-Oakdale 26.34, 13. Houston Marino, Clearwater-Orchard 27.35, 14. Chris Kester, Clearwater-Orchard 27.54, 15. Austin Pokorny, Clearwater-Orchard 28.09; Boys 300 M Hurdles 3. Grant White, Neligh-Oakdale 44.87, 7. Kaleb Pofahl, Neligh-Oakdale 50.15. 

​Results for the Wildcat Invite - Girls
Girls team results: 4. Clearwater-Orchard 82, 7. Neligh-Oakdale 28 Girls Discus: 4. Brooklynn Chipps, Clearwater-Orchard 100-10, 8. Grace Rittscher, Clearwater-Orchard 89-00, 9. Allee Snider, Clearwater-Orchard 88-05, 14. Chase Vleck, Neligh-Oakdale 78-11, 19. Shelby Pitzer, Neligh-Oakdale 64-04, 21. Kenzi Rudolf, Neligh-Oakdale 60-10; Girls Triple Jump: 5. Bailey Frey, Neligh-Oakdale 31-02, 7. Haley Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale 30-00.75, 8. Alyssa Moser, Clearwater-Orchard 30-00.5, 14. Taylor Bolling, Clearwater-Orchard 25-03.75; Girls Shot Put: 1. Brooklynn Chipps, Clearwater-Orchard 37-03, 6. Grace Rittscher, Clearwater-Orchard 30-01.5, 15. Jackie Olivan, Clearwater-Orchard 24-10, 21. Kenzi Rudolf, Neligh-Oakdale 22-05, 23. Rachel Higgins, Neligh-Oakdale 21-09, 29. Elizabeth Michem, Clearwater-Orchard 16-09.5; Girls High Jump: 1. Alexis Pokorny, Clearwater-Orchard 5-02, 2. JoCee Johnston, Clearwater-Orchard 5-00, 9. Jayda Chance, Neligh-Oakdale 4-04; Girls Long Jump: 5. Alexis Jensen, Neligh-Oakdale 14-06.75, 6. Shelby Pitzer, Neligh-Oakdale 14-05.5, 8. Kristen Snodgrass, Neligh-Oakdale 14-01.75, 8. Skye Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard 14-01.75, 16. Jaiden Switzer, Clearwater-Orchard 12-11.25; Girls Pole Vault: 5. Celina Knievel, Neligh-Oakdale 7-00; Girls 1600 M Run: 3. Allison Kerkman 6:29.98, 6. Kasi Grosserode, Neligh-Oakdale 6:46.93, 8. Hailey Bixler, Neligh-Oakdale 7:49.38; Girls 800 M Run: 1. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard 2:27.00 5. Allison Kerkman, Clearwater-Orchard 2:46.27, 7. Emma Bixler, Neligh-Oakdale 2:47.52, 12. Haley Kerkman, Neligh-Oakdale 3:03.05, 14. Rachel Higgins, Neligh-Oakdale 3:10.99; Girls 400 M Dash: 2. Kylie Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard 1:01.24, 6. Alexis Pokorny, Clearwater-Orchard 1:08.89, 9. Summer Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard 1:15.01, 11. Hannah Schrader, Neligh-Oakdale 1:19.42; Girls 100 M Hurdles: 4. Alyx Siems, Clearwater-Orchard 18.02, 5. Bailey Frey, Neligh-Oakdale 18.57, 10. Lauren Behnk, Clearwater-Orchard 21.17, 11. Vanessa Carpenter, Clearwater-Orchard 21.28; Girls 300 M Hurdles: 2. Bailey Frey, Neligh-Oakdale 51.09, 9. Alyssa Moser, Clearwater-Orchard 59.13, 11. Jaiden Switzer, Clearwater-Orchard 1:01.57, 13. Lauren Behnk, Clearwater-Orchard 1:04.40; Girls 4x800 M Relay: 5. Neligh-Oakdale 12:35.02, 6. Clearwater-Orchard 13:19.00; Girls 4x400 M Relay: 1. Clearwater-Orchard 4:22.8, 7. Neligh-Oakdale 5:    18.72; Girls 4x100 M Relay: 3. Clearwater-Orchard 53.95, 6. Neligh-Oakdale 56.09; Girls 3200 M Run: 7. Julia Thiele, Clearwater-Orchard 16:18.88 Girls 200 M Dash: 3. Kristen Snodgrass, Neligh-Oakdale 28.81, 8. Alexis Jensen, Neligh-Oakdale 30.02, 10. Skye Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard 30.12, 12. Adysen Boggs, Neligh-Oakdale 30.75; Girls 100 M Dash: 5. Skye Schroeder, Clearwater-Orchard 13.87, 6. Alexis Jensen, Neligh-Oakdale 13.94, 7. Kristen Snodgrass, Neligh-Oakdale 13.95, 13. Adysen Boggs, Neligh-Oakdale 14.61, 14. Katie Stearns, Clearwater-Orchard 14.70.