Staff photo by Mike Buhler Kennett's Julio Hernandez competes in the shot put during Thursday's high school track and field meet at Metz Cherry Stadium. Hernandez took second in the discus as Kennett won the meet. [Click to enlarge]

The Kennett Indians and Lady Indians track teams may not have been firing on all cylinders Thursday, but it was still enough to bring home a pair of victories.

The Tribe edged out powerful Malden and two other schools, while the girls outdistanced their nearest competition by almost 50 points at Metz Cherry Stadium.

On the boys side, Kennett got past Malden 95-91.5, while New Madrid County Central was third with 50.5 points and Caruthersville finished with 21.

Staff photo by Mike Buhler Kennett's Hanna Lack took third place in the 300-meter hurdles during Thursday's track meet at Metz Cherry Stadium. [Click to enlarge]

Greg Bowles turned in a dominant performance, winning first place in all three jump events -- long, high and triple jump -- while Demetrius Childress opened his senior season by winning both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Childress also finished fourth in the long jump.

The Tribe also got several second-place finishes, including a pair by Blake Parr (shot put and 400-meters), Will Johnson in the 110- and 300-hurdles, Cameron Conder in the 200-meters, Tyler Daugherty in the 3200-meters, Julio Hernandez in the discus, Trey Abmeyer in the high jump and also by the 4x400- and 4x800-relay teams.

Turning in third-place finishes for the boys were Devin Guyton in the 100- and 200-meters, Daugherty in the 1600-meters, Jimmy Gooden in the 800-meters, Tim Carr in the 3200 and Jordan Napier in the discus.

On the girls' side, Susan Shetley turned in her own dominant performance, winning both the 100- and 300-hurdles and also taking home first in the long jump, while finishing second in the triple jump.

Leanna Siebenhuener took home first in both the 800 and 1600, while the 4x800 team also won. Veronica Amos jumped 4-feet-8 to win the high jump, while Sharika Walls won the discus and took second in the shot put.

Coming in second for the Lady Tribe were Tamere White in the 100-hurdles, Akedia Edmondson in the 100-meters, Samantha Geary in the 3200, Tamika Calloway in the discus and the 4x400-relay team.

Bringing home third for Kennett were Geary in the 1600, Odejah Samuel in the 400-meters, Hanna Lack in the 300-hurdles, Pia Lawrence in the 800, Meredith Combs in the 3200, Calloway in the shot put, Jerica Wheeler in the triple jump and Samantha Risner in the high jump. The 4x200-relay team also took home third.

"I think that we have seen that we have some talent as a team," Kennett girls coach Marc Sherrell said. "However we still have a lot of hard work to do to get to were we need to be come districts. But for it to be the first meet of the year -- with as little training as we have been able to do -- I am very pleased."

Both squads are at NMCC on Tuesday.

Golf
Tribe wins again
The Kennett Indians golf team improved to 4-0 on the season with wins over Dexter and Caruthersville Thursday at Kennett County Club.

Kennett got past Dexter 164-175, while Caruthersville was third at 221.

Justin Lynn led the way for the Tribe with a 39, while Randy Crawford shot a 40 and Ryan Richardson finished with a 42.

Johnathan Rogers and Cory Janson each shot 43 while Ben Collins carded a 48

"I'm really excited," Kennett coach Ken Garland said. "They've really improved each day. I'm especially proud of the younger guys who have not played very much. ... They do a great job and they've improved each time."