A pair of East County golfers led the way for Twin Harbors teams at the 1A District Championship meet as we review local prep sports.

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BOYS PREP GOLF

Grubb, Allen pace top five at league championships

Montesano’s Colton Grubb and Elma’s Robby Allen placed in the top 10 at the conclusion of the two-day 1A District 4 Championships on Wednesday at the Tumwater Valley Golf Course.

Grubb placed third overall, shooting a consistent 77 over 18 holes in the first round followed by a 78 in the final round for an overall score of 155.

Allen took fifth with a score of 158 (75-83), likely guaranteeing himself a spot in the state championships in the spring.

Elma’s Brody Palmer placed 10th with a score of 170 (84-86) while Monte’s Ayhdn Sauer (88-85, 173) and Caden Grubb (86-88, 174) placed 13th and 15th, respectively.

Seton Catholic’s Jacob Parker won the individual title with a final score of 139 (71-68) to finish 4-under par for the tournament.

Seton Catholic won the team title, with Montesano and Elma placing second and third, respectively.

It is unknown at the time of this writing how may of the District 4 golfers will compete at the state-championship tournament in May as allocations won’t be released until later this school year.

It’s a safe bet that finishing inside the top five, both Colton Grubb and Allen will be invited to the state championship.

“A really great two days of golf for our boys in the Harbor. Both Elma and Montesano represented incredibly well and competed with the best of them in the tournament,” Montesano head coach Tyler Grajek said. “Great to see both of the programs playing well when it mattered.”

Elma and Montesano represented 11 of the 31 golfers that made the cut for the second day of the tournament.

“Combined we had one-third of the participants in Day 2 of districts, and I couldn’t be any happier about that,” Elma head coach Collin McMaster said. “As co-League champions with Monte, our boys represented quite well, finishing with seven in the top 20, including two in the top 5. This field is much larger than last few years as we’ve added a few schools to the district, so that raises the competition level quite a bit.”

State-championship participants are expected to be announced in the spring.

Results (final cut)

1, Jacob Parker, Seton Catholic, 139. 2, Christian Harlow, King’s Way Christian, 141. 3, Colton Grubb, Montesano, 155. 4, Carson Helm, Seton Catholic, 157. 5, Robby Allen, Elma, 158. 6, Garrett Kock, Columbia (White Salmon), 162. 7-tie, Zach Catherall, Seton Catholic, 166. 7-t, Mason Glassmire, Seton Catholic, 166. 9, Logan Smith, La Center, 167. 10, Elma, Brody Palmer, 170. 11, Nolan Scott, Kalama, 171. 12, Caden Haapala, Seton Catholic, 172. 13, Ayhdn Sauer, Montesano, 173. 13-t, Ethan Baxter, Tenino, 173. 15, Caden Grubb, Montesano, 174. 16-t, Lucas Peterson, Seton Catholic, 176. 16-t, T.J. Dunlap, Elma, 176. 18, Aaron Black, Montesano, 177. 19, Cameron Engel, Stevenson, 178. 19, Jaxson Gore, Tenino, 180. 21, Trey Yeager, Elma, 181. 22, Luke Schneider, Elma, 183. 23-t, Rufus Krasowski, Montesano, 184. 23-t, Jayce Grotte, La Center, 184. 25-t, Noah Taylor, Hoquiam, 187. 25-t, Lance Cooke, La Center, 187. 27-t, Keegan Disbrow, King ’s Way Chrisitian, 188. 27-t, Callum Heck, King’s Way Christian, 188. 29, Seth White, Columbia (White Salmon), 191. 30, Alex Farrell, King’s Way Christian, 202. 31, Lucas Norris, Elma, 206.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Ocosta sweeps team titles at Pacific League Championships

The Ocosta Wildcats swept the team titles at the Pacific League Championships on Thursday in Westport.

Despite having just one runner place in the top five of both the boys and girls varsity races, Ocosta walked away with both the boys and girls team championships.

In the boys race, the Wildcats edged North Beach by a mere two points, led by freshman Logan White’s fifth-place finish, running the 5K race with a time of 19:37.13.

Ocosta’s top five runners included top 10 finishes by junior Billy Burns (20:24.10, 7th) and sophomore Michael Priest (20:50.49, 10th) as well as senior Osvaldo Guadalupe (20:51.93, 11th) and sophomore Salvador Medrano (22:06.73, 22nd) to finish with 54 points, two better than second place North Beach.

The Hyaks were led by sophomore JB Vabian’s fourth-place time of 19:36.71.

Willapa Valley freshman Colton Kempton had the highest finish of any Twin Harbors athlete, finishing second with at time of 19:08.26.

In the girls race, five Ocosta runners placed in the top 15 as the Wildcats beat second-place Naselle 33-44.

Ocosta senior Rebekah Stone placed fifth with a time of 23:59.34 followed by teammates in senior Madeline Schaeffer (26:40.50, 9th), eighth-graders Safrin Leonard (26:41.55, 10th) and Alissa Lamm (26:48.97, 11th) and senior Meadow Young (27:09.05, 12th).

Willapa Valley placed third with 51 points, led by senior Kaitlyn Ganzel’s second-place time of 23:24.31 and a top-1o finish by senior Jasmine Solso (25:07.31, 8th).

“All of our runners did well and showed major improvements on that course since the first week of the season when they ran it,” Valley head coach Jon Ashley said. “Most were more that two minutes faster on that course.

North Beach seventh-grader Brayden Fry won the boys 2,500-meter middle school race with at time of 8:56.11.

Full results available at athletic.net.

Results

Boys team standings: 1, Ocosta, 54. 2, North Beach, 56. 3, Ilwaco, 60. 4, Naselle, 70. 5, Willapa Valley, 108.

Boys individual results (top 15): 1, Caesar Garcia, Naselle, 18:59.25. 2, Colton Kempton, Willapa Valley, 19:08.26. 3, Sammy Lloyd, Ilwaco, 19:36.08. 4, J.B. Fabian, North Beach, 19:36.71. 5, Logan White, Ocosta, 19:37.13. 6, Blake Eisbrenner, Ilwaco, 20:18.95. 7, Billy Burns, Ocosta, 20:24.10. 8, Jeremiah Eastman, North Beach, 20:44.05. 9, Michael Priest, Ocosta, 20:50.49. 10, Bo Dunagan, Naselle, 20:51.37. 11, Osvaldo Guadalupe, Ocosta, 20:51.93. 12, Trajen Ford, Naselle, 20:55.52. 13, Sawyer Reither, North Beach, 21:00.81. 14, Alexander Hernandez, Ilwaco, 21:07.07. 15, Kenneth Frank, North Beach, 21:18.87.

Girls team standings: 1, Ocosta, 33. 2, Naselle, 44. 3, Willapa Valley, 51.

Girls individual results (top 15): 1, Elsa Linquist, Ilwaco, 22:01.70. 2, Kaitlyn Ganzel, Willapa Valley, 23:24.31. 3, Kenzie Larson, Naselle, 23:31.44. 4, Nora Soule, Ilwaco, 23:38.79. 5, Rebekah Stone, Ocosta, 23:59.34. 6, Karsen Green, Naselle, 24:01.34. 7, Taylor Morrison, Ilwaco, 24:51.18. 8, Jasmine Solso, Willapa Valley, 25:07.31. 9, Madeline Schaeffer, Ocosta, 26:40.50. 10, Safrin Leonard, Ocosta, 26:41.55. 11, Alissa Lamm, Ocosta, 26:48.97. 12, Elly Mirante, Ocosta, 26:50.16. 13, Meadow Yount, Ocosta, 27:09.05. 14, Jaylee Bonk, Naselle, 27:15.67. 15, Lorelei Smaciarz, Willapa Valley, 27:22.60.