CARSON CITY — The rivalry simmered for more than three months and finally reached its conclusion Friday.
Boys Track & Field
If Vashti Cunningham had to predict the day she would make history, Saturday would have been way down the list.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
Vincent Ackerman and Robert Reyes each won two individual events and ran on a winning relay to lead the visiting Liberty boys track team to a 97½-36½ win over Foothill on Wednesday.
Anyah Nutter had three first-place finishes and one second-place showing Saturday to help Centennial’s boys track team win The Meadows Invitational.
The Mt. SAC Relays are often viewed as a preview of the California state meet. But that didn’t stop some local track and field standouts from crashing the party.
Durango’s Leontre Austin won the 100- and 200-meter dashes on Tuesday to lead the Trailblazers to victory in a home tri-meet with 91 points.
Durango’s Kameron Gillis won two events and was second in another to lead the Trailblazers to victory in a three-team home meet.
All eyes are on Liberty’s Ashlie Blake and Reno Tu’ufuli when they step into the throwing circle at a track meet.
Cue the Spaghetti Western music. A showdown on the track could be brewing.
Joshua Carrico won two events Tuesday to lead Shadow Ridge’s boys track team to victory in a three-team meet at Palo Verde.