High school track and field season officially came to a close last week, but not before the Smithsburg girls went out with a bang.
The Leopards close out their spring as state champions after winning three events and accumulating 112 points at last week’s MPSSAA Class 1A State Championships, held at Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md.
Smithsburg won three relays and had a big day from speedster Jenna Howe, who posted runner-up finishes in the 100, 200, and 400, while also guiding the Leopards’ 4×400 squad to victory.
North Hagerstown crowned a state champion of its own at the Class 3A meet, with Lauren Stine seizing the win in 3,200, while also taking second in the 1,600.
With the book closed on track season, only two teams from the Local.News area still remain in the postseason. Waynesboro’s baseball squad will be playing for a berth in the PIAA tournament when it takes on Wilson on Tuesday in the District 3-6A Third-Place Game. Chambersburg’s softball team will also play Tuesday, hosting Central Dauphin in the District 3-6A semifinal round.
Below is a sport-by-sport look at how teams in the Local.News coverage area performed last week:
BASEBALL
Standings
Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division (Final): 1. Mifflin County (13-6 overall, 11-3 division), 1. Cedar Cliff (15-4, 11-3), 3. Central Dauphin (11-7, 9-5), 4. State College (9-9, 7-7), 5. Cumberland Valley (12-8, 7-7), 6. Altoona (11-8, 6-8), 7. Chambersburg (6-12, 4-10), 8. Red Land (3-17, 1-13).
Mid-Penn Colonial Division (Final): 1. Waynesboro (15-6, 11-3), 1. Shippensburg (15-4, 11-3), 3. James Buchanan (13-6, 8-6), 4. Boiling Springs (12-7, 7-7), 5. Big Spring (8-12, 7-7), 6. Greencastle-Antrim (10-8, 7-7), 7. Northern (7-12, 3-11), 8. West Perry (6-13, 2-12).
Also: North Hagerstown (13-8, season is over), Smithsburg (7-12, season is over), Fairfield (6-12, season is over), South Hagerstown (2-16, season is over).
Scores
Monday, May 20
District 3-6A Tournament Quarterfinals
No. 7 Waynesboro 6, No. 2 Red Lion 2
Thursday, May 23
District 3-6A Tournament Semifinals
No. 3 Hempfield 12, No. 7 Waynesboro 5
SOFTBALL
Standings
Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division (Final): 1. Cumberland Valley (16-1 overall, 13-1 division), 2. Chambersburg (17-3, 11-3), 3. Central Dauphin (13-3, 10-3), 4. State College (12-7, 8-7), 5. Mifflin County (9-8, 8-7), 6. Red Land (8-12, 4-10), 7. Cedar Cliff (4-14, 2-12), 8. Altoona (1-14, 1-12).
Mid-Penn Colonial Division (Final): 1. Greencastle-Antrim (16-4, 12-2), 1. Northern (16-3, 12-2), 3. Shippensburg (11-9, 9-5), 4. Big Spring (12-7, 8-6), 5. Boiling Springs (8-11, 5-9), 6. Waynesboro (8-12, 5-9), 7. James Buchanan (6-12, 3-11), 8. West Perry (4-16, 2-12).
Also: Fairfield (7-12, season is over), South Hagerstown (13-6, season is over), Smithsburg (5-12, season is over), North Hagerstown (1-20, season is over).
Scores
Monday, May 20
District 3-5A Tournament First Round
No. 5 Greencastle-Antrim 13, No. 12 Hershey 1
Thursday, May 23
District 3-6A Tournament Quarterfinals
No. 2 Chambersburg 12, No. 7 Carlisle 1
District 3-5A Tournament Quarterfinals
No. 4 Mechanicsburg 12, No. 5 Greencastle-Antrim 11 (9 innings)
District 3-2A Semifinals
No. 1 Delone Catholic 8, No. 4 Fairfield 1
TRACK & FIELD
Scores
Tuesday-Thurday, May 21-23
MPSSAA Class 1A State Championships
Smithsburg boys (27th place, 7.5 points)
Smithsburg girls (1st place, 112 points)
Smithsburg boys medalists: Tyler Younker (5th in 800), 4×800 relay (7th — Younker, Dylan Herbst, Lucas Reyes, Camilo Mellott), Jacob Tyler (6th in high jump)
Smithsburg girls medalists: Jenna Howe (2nd in 100; 2nd in 200, 2nd in 400), Grace Ellis (4th in 800), Kayla Hawbecker (5th in 800; 3rd in 1,600), Cora Gentzel (6th in 800; 2nd in 1,600; 6th in 3,200), Michaela Gross (6th in 1,600; 3rd in 3,200), Leah Howe (8th in 100 hurdles), Taylor King (4th in 300 hurdles), 4×200 relay (1st – Lilian Hade, King, Melyssa Bard, Alaina Pate), 4×400 relay (1st – Ellis, Hawbecker, King, Howe), 4×800 relay (1st – Ellis, Hawbecker, Gross, Gentzel), Lily Proctor (4th in discus), Alexandria Spithaler (4th in pole vault), Hade (8th in pole vault), Emilia Spithaler (6th in triple jump)
MPSSAA Class 3A State Championships
North Hagerstown boys (26th place, 5 points)
North Hagerstown girls (16h place, 18 points)
South Hagerstown girls (25th place, 8 points)
North Hagerstown boys medalists: Ryder Johnston (4th in 300 hurdles)
North Hagerstown girls medalists: Lauren Stine (1st in 3,200; 2nd in 1,600)
South Hagerstown girls medalists: 4×100 relay (7th place – Wynter Cephus, Trinity Savage, Chloe Gietka, Jessica Franklin), Riley Troxell (3rd in pole vault)
Friday-Saturday, May 24-25
Track and Field
PIAA State Championships
Greencastle-Antrim girls (55th place, 4 points)
Greencastle-Antrim girls medalists: Bailey Hurley (5th in discus)
