The Cascade girls track and field team won two events, placed high in both relays and wound up tied for second in the team race at the Class 4A state meet May 17-18 at Hayward Field in Eugene,
The Cougars scored 51 points, even with North Bend and trailing the 76 of champion Philomath.
Lillian Pickett won the 400 for the Cougars in (57.97), finished fourth in the 200 and participated on the 4×100 and 4×400 relays with teammates Makenna Fraser, Makenna Burns and Allison Course. The 4×400 team took second, while the 4×100 finished third.
The other individual winner for Cascade was Kalina Seachao, champion in the shot put at 39-11.5. Also scoring were Course (7th, 200), Alexandra Newton (8th, 100 hurdles), and Olivia Frizzle (8th, javelin).
For the Cascade boys Eli Atiyeh was 6th in the pole vault, Brooks Rasmussen was 7th in the javelin and para-athlete Zhang Wilson was 5th in the mixed 100.
Stayton’s girls totaled 17 points, led by Haley Butenschoen, who won the 800 in 2:18.37. Also scoring for the Eagles were Evelyn Welch (4th, 300 hurdles) and Alexie Nussbaumer (7th, discus)
Regis had two athletes take fourth in the Class 2A meet. Clara Person was 4th in the girls 400 in 1:01.06, while Julius Pokorny of the Rams’ boys squad took 4th in the 800 in 2:01.10. The girls squad totaled 9 points, while the boys produced 7. Also scoring for the girls were Daisy Hernandez (8th, 100 hurdles) and Kaylee Silbernagel (6th, shot put). For the boys, the 4×400 relay squad of Stuart McLaughlin, Noah Koenig, Caleb Mayer and Pokorny took 8th.
Equestrian: The Cascade equestrian squad scored 73 points and finished 15th among large teams at the Oregon High School Equestrian Teams state championships May 9-12 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond. Shayli Bruce of Cascade took third in driving, qualifying her for the June 14-16 Pacific Northwest regional event in Moses Lake, Washington, which brings together the top 5 finishers in the Washington and Oregon state meets.
Bruce also was 21st in working rancher, 17th in the individual high point standings and teamed with McKenna Buckendorf, Cole Collins and Milano Meduri to take 11th in the in hand obstacle relay. Meduri was 6th in barrels, 9th in pole bending, 16th in the high point timed standings and teamed up with Collins to take 15th in 2-man birangle.
McNichols was 6th in driving and saddle equitation, just missing a regional spot, and also was 21st in the high point individual standings. Collins finished 26th in barrels and was 43rd in team contributor rankings.
Stayton, meanwhile, finished 20th in the small team standings, led by Jada Franken. Franken was 6th in breakaway roping, 9th in steer daubing, 21st in figure 8 and 34th in pole bending. She also finished 10th in the high point timed rankings. Teammate Kody Shockey participated in two team events with Scio riders, with the top finish an 18th in team versatility.
Tennis: The Cascade girls squad advanced the doubles team of Rachel Suelze and Kate Withers to the Class 4A-3A-2A-1A state tournament. Suelze and Withers won their opening match against a Sisters team before bowing out in the quarterfinals against a pair from Vale. Stayton’s Laina Atiyeh advanced to state in singles but lost her first-round match to Ella Li of Oregon Episcopal.
Golf: The Cascade boys team took 3rd in the Class 4A state championships at Emerald Valley in Creswell. Kyler Hemelstrand, who won the district title for the Cougars, finished 6th overall at 159. Also scoring for Cascade were Cruz Shank (tied 20th, 176), Kaiden Ford (tied 25th, 181), Zach Wilson (35th, 187) and Cameron Wilson (46th, 196). Cascade finished with 703 strokes, tied with North Bend and Scappoose. Marist Catholic won the team title with 659.
Baseball: Regis captured the Special District 3 title with a perfect 18-0 record and advanced to the Class 2A-1A quarterfinals before falling 1-0 to North Douglas/Elkton. The Rams were 22-5 overall.
Softball: Cascade and Stayton tied for the Oregon West Conference title with 13-2 records. The Cougars took the No. 8 seed in the Class 4A playoffs and fell to No. 9 Crook County 8-4 in the first round to finish 21-6. The Eagles were the No. 10 seed and lost at St. Helens 7-0 in the playoffs. Stayton finished 19-7.
