Grand Island High School Sports Briefs - Week of June 12, 2003

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NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, Day 2 at Union-Endicott
BOYS
Division I
Pentathlon: 2, Mike Feathers (Grand Island) 3,373; 11, Galen Ford (Canisius) 2,756.

GIRLS
Division I
100: 6, LaDrea Dortch (Lockport) 12.38; 10, Stephanie Burt (West Seneca West) 12.49 (prelims). 200: 6, Dortch (Lockport) 25.65; 8, Kara Black (Grand Island) 26.05. RE-WRITE
Junior Mike Feathers of Grand Island finished second in the large schools pentathlon for the second year in a row. Feathers finished just 76 points out of first place. It was a much different pentathlon for Williamsville South sophomore Alyissa Hasan. Hasan, who reinjured her foot at sectionals, placed a disappointing seventh with 2,927 points. She'll see a doctor Monday. "I made one long jump attempt, one high jump, and in the 800 I felt it all. The point of this meet was just finishing," she said.

Track and field
6/7/2003
NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, Day 1 at Union-Endicott
GIRLS
Division I
4x100: 13, Grand Island (Erica Burns, Becky Goelz, Kara Black, Jenny Rogan) 55.16. Triple jump: 2, Burns (Grand Island) 38-1; 8, Quinnyana Brown (Amherst) 36-2.

RE-WRITE below
Plenty of other athletes took advantage of the near-perfect weather conditions. Grand Island junior Erica Burns wasn't among the favorites in the large schools triple jump, but after leaping 38-1 to destroy her previous best by 21/2 feet to finish second she said: "I'm just full of surprises. I don't know what it is. I might just pop off something."

Boys Tennis - June 9, 2003 - 2003 All-Stars Niagara Frontier League
First Team - All Grand Island Vikings
Singles: Steve Asbach-12; Stephen Beatty-9; Marc Scibilia-1. Doubles: Jon Crossley-12/Steve Kopf-10; Matt Fields-11/Drew Armusewicz-12.

All-academic teams State Scholar Athlete Teams - Spring Season 2003
Section VI, Top 10
Boys lacrosse: Medina 95.657; Lancaster 93.765; Iroquois 93.111; Williamsville East 92.615; Orchard Park 92.37; Frontier 91.87; East Aurora 91.785; Clarence 90.7; Williamsville South 90.265; Grand Island 90.198.
Girls lacrosse: Lancaster 95.62; Frontier 95.28; East Aurora 95.061; Hamburg 94.945; Clarence 94.877; Orchard Park 93.861; Williamsville North 93.711; Grand Island 92.063; Amherst 90.565; Williamsville South 90.249.

Boys Track & Field - Final Top Ten Leaders
110 HIGH HURDLES
WNY: 13.9 (Jarod Vogler/SH, 1999)
NYS: 13.46 (Joe Galeano-XI, 1987)
Shawn Donovan (Alden) 14.61; Jarod Renford (Niagara Falls) 14.84; Terry Lunser (Springville) 15.06; Brian Smith (Lake Shore) 15.31; Mike Feathers (Grand Island) 15.48; Jim Sholley (JFK) 15.48; John Pidgeon (Williamsville South) 15.54; Jim Swiech (Eden) 15.54; Robert Johnson (Cleveland Hill) 15.63; Derek Ferguson (Frontier) 15.70.
1600 RELAY
WNY: 3:17.4 (Bennett, 1981)
NYS: 3:14.76 (Ben Franklin, 1993)
Clarence 3:23.53; Iroquois 3:27.44; East Aurora 3:27.55; Lockport 3:29.74; Kenmore East 3:29.79; St. Francis 3:31.44; Lancaster 3:31.74; Canisius 3:33.50; Grand Island 3:34.44; Falconer 3:34.54.
HIGH JUMP
WNY: 7-0 (Brett Stearns, James, 1992)
NYS: 7-11/4 (Alex Rosen, VIII, 1991)
John Savore (Williamsville North) 6-6; Daren Stone (Lockport) 6-6; Cory Pixley (Pioneer) 6-3; Nick Feathers (Grand Island) 6-2; Rickey Flemming (Amherst) 6-2; Galen Ford (Canisius) 6-2; Justin Schwab (Salamanca) 6-2; Andy Green (Frewsburg) 6-1; ten tied at 6-0.
TRIPLE JUMP
WNY: 50-41/2 (Marcell King/Medina, 1995) NYS: 52-41/2 (Sanyo Owolabi-I, 1978) Higgins (Timon/St. Jude) 47-31/2; Halim (Albion) 46-93/4; Mike Feathers (Grand Island) 43-111/2; Jim Swiech (Eden) 43-9; Rob Johnson (Cleveland Hill) 43-1; Dan Sheldon (Frewsburg) 42-11/2; Devin Koestler (Cattaraugus/Little Valley) 42-1; Jim Speyer (Lancaster) 41-101/4; Donovan (Alden) 41-10; Tom Gueli (St. Francis) 41-8; Brian Nitsche (Portville) 41-8.

POLE VAULT
WNY: 15-2 (Chris Centrich/Ham., 2001)
NYS: 16-5 (Joe Carusone-II, 1999)
Jim Swiech (Eden) 14-2; Pat Griffen (Olean) 14-0; Sam Gary (Eden) 14-0; Dan Tierney (Medina) 12-9; Kyle Crisafulli (Allegany-Limestone) 12-6; Levi Atwater (Allegany-Limestone) 12-0; Robert Farnham (Starpoint) 12-0; Tim Garcia (Hamburg) 12-0; Keith Mott (Portville) 12-0; Tom Rayhill (Grand Island) 12-0; Joel Rowe (Jamestown) 12-0.
3000 STEEPLECHASE
WNY: 9:31.41 (Rick Stewart/WSW, 1999)
NYS: 9:21.93 (Chris Mulford-II, 1995)
Dan Field (East Aurora) 9:38.99; Brad Heron (Sweet Home) 9:58.66; Bob Iwankow (East Aurora) 10:02.35; Derek Bojanowski (Franklinville) 10:04.53; Kevin Buzzelli (Grand Island) 10:06.30; Kevin Bauch (Starpoint) 10:20.41; Max Flor (Albion) 10:21.70; Steve Palmer (Frontier) 10:24.84; Kevin Olejar (Lew-Port) 10:25.77; Josh Lange (Frewsburg) 10:25.89.
PENTATHLON
WNY: 3,848 (Pat Buckheit/Ham., 1995)
NYS: 3,848 (Pat Buckheit/Ham., 1995)
Mike Feathers (Grand Island) 3377 points; Mike Pelletter (Fredonia) 3100; Tim Diegelman (Clarence) 2977; Jeremy Cline (Cattaraugus/Little Valley) 2958; David Hock (Iroquois) 2876; Bill McKee (Barker) 2795; Ford (Canisius) 2756; Jake Gingerich (Akron) 2752; Tyler Stapleton (Southwestern) 2737; Chad Brooks (Albion) 2726.