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Mineral Wells comes on strong at junior high meet

By Craig Holamon Index Sports Editor

The Mineral Wells Rams and Lady Rams seventh grade and eight grade track and field teams ended the 2005 season at the Quad-County Class 4A Zone meet.The Lady Rams eighth grade squad took third place while the Lady Rams seventh grade team finished the district meet in fifth place.The Mineral Wells eighth grade girls 1,600-meter relay team of Brittany Sneed, Bailee Marsden, Elianna Vasquez and Gabby Jackson had a time of 4:18 and finished more than seven seconds ahead of the second place team from Granbury H.F. Stevens.Jackson had an amazing leap of 16-10.5 and finished in first place in the long jump while Sneed took fourth place in the event with a jump of 15-2.5.Jackson won the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.02 seconds and finished in second place in the high jump with a leap of 4-10.The Rams eighth grade team claimed fourth place while the Rams seventh grade squad ended the meet in third place.Joey Hernandez, who scored points in five events, led the Rams seventh grade team with a first place finish in the high jump while Zach Nicklas scored points in four events.The Mineral Wells seventh grade boys 800-meter relay team of Jorge Zermeno, Mark Diaz, Chris Beauchamp and Nicklas had a time of 1:46.97 and finished in first place.Dontrell Thomas led the Rams eighth grade team with a time of 54.37 seconds and a first place finish in the 400-meter dash.The Mineral Wells eighth grade boys 1,600-meter relay team of Bylli Goodacre, Zack Peacock, Tony Chung and Thomas had a time of 3:56.04 and finished in third place.

The following is a division-by-division look at the Mineral Wells results:

Seventh Grade Girls

Team totals: 1. Stephenville 212; 2. Cleburne 116.75; 3. Granbury H.F. Stevens 113.75; 4. Aledo 82; 5. Mineral Wells 45; 6. Joshua 40.5; 7. Brewer 10. Pole Vault: 4. Kelcee Thomas 6-6. Long jump: 5. Nicole Clark 13-3; 6. Megan Hart 13-2.25. 400-meter relay: 4. Mineral Wells (Nicole Clark, Toni Evans, Kali Purefoy, Megan Hart) 56.64. 200-meter dash: 4. Nicole Clark 29.16. 300-meter hurdles: 5. Courtney Miller 57.96. 400-meter dash: 3. Kali Purefoy 69.25. 100-meter dash: 5. Megan Hart 13.5. 800-meter relay: 5. Mineral Wells (Amber Rook, Monica Veloz, Heather Hopkins, Toni Evans) 2:03.15. 1,600-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Nicole Clark, Heather Hopkins; Kali Purefoy; Megan Hart) 4:44.26. 1,600-meter run: 7. Kelcee Thomas 6:20.49.

Eighth Grade Girls

Team totals: 1. Granbury H.F. Stevens 194; 2. Aledo 131; 3. Mineral Wells 113; 4. Stephenville 72; 5. Brewer 45; 6. Joshua 35; 7. Cleburne 32. Pole vault: 2. Jessica Eastman 7-6; Long jump: 1. Gabby Jackson 16-10.5; 4. Brittany Sneed 15-2.5. High jump: 2. Gabby Jackson 4-10. 400-meter relay: 2. Mineral Wells (Bailee Marsden, Brittany Sneed, Amber Kunes, Gabby Jackson) 52.92. 110-meter hurdles: 3. Sierra Parker 17.26; 6. Taylor Riggs 17.78. 800-meter relay: 400-meter dash: 1. Gabby Jackson 59.02. 300-meter hurdles: 4. Sierra Parker 53.63. 200-meter dash: 5. Clarice Nickerson 28.68. 1,600-meter run: 2. Jessica Eastman 5:58.90. 800-meter relays: 4. Mineral Wells (Clarice Nickerson, Bailee Marsden, Amber Kunes, Elianna Vasquez) 1:55.97. 100-meter dash: 3. Brittany Sneed 12.83; 6. Clarice Nickerson 13.38. 1,600-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Brittany Sneed, Bailee Marsden, Elianna Vasquez, Gabby Jackson) 4:18.61. 2,400-meter run: 5. Jessica Eastman 9:47.10.

Seventh Grade Boys

Team totals: 1. Aledo 155.3; 2. Joshua 131.3; 3. Mineral Wells 130; 4. Granbury H.F. Stevens 87.8; 5. Brewer 44.5; 6. Cleburne 38; 7. Stephenville 33. Shot put: 6. Joey Hernandez 31-8. High Jump: 1. Joey Hernandez 5-0; Long Jump: 4. Zach Nicklas 15-11; 6. Jorge Zermeno 15-5.5. 2,400-meter run: 4. Jonathan Flores 9:02.87; 6. Sammy Poyner 9:16.52. 800-meter run: 2. Kenyon Calcote 2:26.77; 6. Jorge Zermeno 2:32.76. 110-meter hurdles: 2. Tyler Carney 19.88. 100-meter dash: 2. Zach Nicklas 11.99. 800-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Jorge Zermeno, Mark Diaz, Chris Beauchamp, Zach Nicklas) 1:46.97. 400-meter relay: 2. Mineral Wells (Joey Hernandez, Jorge Zermeno, Mark Diaz, Zach Nicklas) 49.73. 300-meter hurdles: 2. Jordane Mendoza 50.15; 3. Chris Beauchamp 50.93; 4. Zach Durst 50.96. 200-meter dash: 2. Joey Hernandez 25.61. 1,600-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Kenyon Calcote, Chris Beauchamp, Zach Durst, Joey Hernandez) 4:07.93. 1,600-meter run: 4. Jonathan Florez 5:40.37; 7. Sammy Poyner 5:45.97.

Eighth Grade Boys

Team totals: 1. Aledo 158; 2. Granbury Stevens 133; 3. Stephenville 117; 4. Mineral Wells 54.5; 5. Joshua 53; 6. Cleburne 52.5; 7. Brewer 52. Shot put: 3. Joe Yanez 39-11. 400-meter relay: 6. Mineral Wells (Felipe Ramirez, Zack Peacock, Bylli Goodacre, Moses Menchaca) 49.93. 110-meter hurdles: 5. Zack Peacock 18.99. 100-meter dash: 6. Moses Menchaca 12.04. 800-meter relay: 6. Mineral Wells (Moses Menchaca, Felipe Ramirez, Dylan Bowen, Tony Chung) 1:55.18. 400-meter dash: 1. Dontrell Thomas 54.37. 1,600-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Bylli Goodacre, Zack Peacock, Tony Chung and Dontrell Thomas) 3:56.04.

Mineral Wells junior high track teams dominate Pogo Relays Thursday, March 24, 2005

By Craig Holamon Index Sports Editor Mar 24, 2005

The Mineral Wells Rams and Lady Rams seventh and eighth grade track and field teams each turned in strong performances at the recent Pogo Relays in Springtown.

The Lady Rams seventh grade and eighth grade teams both took second place in the team standings.

Courtney Miller finished in first place in the seventh grade 800-meter dash while the Lady Rams 400-meter relay team of Toni Evans, Nicole Clark, Cali Purefoy and Megan Hart had a time of 58.17 seconds on the way to a first place finish.

The Mineral Wells seventh grade girls 1,600-meter relay team of Brittany Rook, Heather Hopkins, Purefoy and Hart added a first place finish with a time of 5:07.34.

Gabby Jackson took first place in the eighth grade girls high jump and first place in the 400-meter dash while Jessica Eastman won the pole vault.

The Lady Rams eighth grade 400-meter relay of Clarice Nickerson, Brittany Sneed, Amber Kunes and Jackson had a time of 53.39 and finished in first place.

The Mineral Wells eighth grade girls 1,600-meter relay team of Sneed, Kunes, Elianna Vasquez and Jackson took first place with a time of 4:40.

The Rams seventh grade team finished in first place while Mineral Wells took fourth in the eighth grade boys team standings.

Zach Gaylor won the seventh grade shot put while Joey Hernandez finished in first place in the high jump.

Tyler Carney took first place in the seventh grade 110-meter hurdles while Zach Durst finished in first place in the 300-meter hurdles.

The Mineral Wells seventh grade boys 1,600-meter relay team of Kenyon Calcote, Chris Beauchamp, Montel Larkin and Zach Nicklas had a time of 4:21.37 and finished in first place.

The Rams seventh grade 800-meter relay team of Jorge Zermeno, Mark Diaz, Beauchamp and Nicklas took first place with a time of 1:49.23.

The Mineral Wells 400-meter relay team of Hernandez, Zermeno, Diaz and Nicklas claimed first place in the seventh grade division with a time of 50.70 seconds.

Zack Peacock finished in first place in the shot put and Moses Menchaca scored points in four events for the Rams eighth grade squad.

The following is a division-by-division look at the Mineral Wells results:

Seventh Grade Girls

Shot Put: 3. Francisca Garza 22-5.5. Long jump: 5. Nicole Clark 12-4. 800-meter dash: 1. Courtney Miller 7:55.9. 400-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Toni Evans, N. Clark, Cali Purefoy, Megan Hart) 58.17. 2,400-meter run: 3. Kelcee Thomas 10:38.71. 200-meter dash: 2. N. Clark 29.0; 6. Rook 31.14. 400-meter dash: 2. Purefoy 1:12.55; 4. Evans 1:16.0. 100-meter dash: 2. Hart 13.93; 6. Monica Veloz 14.63. 1,600-meter run: 2. Thomas 6:36.26; 4. Miller 6:41.71; 6. Katy Clark 6:53.62. 1,600-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Rook, Heather Hopkins, Purefoy, Hart) 5:07.34.

Seventh Grade Boys

High jump: 1. Joey Hernandez 5-6; 2. Tyler Carney 4-10. Discus: 2. Zach Gaylord 76-9. Shot put: 1. Gaylord 31-11.5; 2. Chris Beauchamp 30-11.5; 3. Hernandez 30-11. Long jump: 2. Zach Nicklas 16-4; 3. Jorge Zermeno 15-8. 2,400-meter run: 3. Jonathan Flores 9:22.46; 6. Zach Spurlock 10:13.0. 400-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Hernandez, Zermeno, Mark Diaz, Nicklas) 50.70. 100-meter dash: 2. Nicklas 12.58; 4. Diaz 12.99. 800-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Zermeno, Diaz, Beauchamp, Nicklas) 1:49.23. 800-meter dash: 2. Zermeno 2:31.55; 4. Kenyon Calcote 2:38.09; 5. Sammy Poyner 2:44.35. 110-meter hurdles: 1. Carney 20.75; 2. Zach Durst 21.18. 400-meter dash: 3. Calcote 64.03; 4. Montel Larkin 65.57. 300-meter hurdles: 1. Durst 52.92; 2. Beauchamp 53.30; 3. Jorge Mendoza 54.23. 1,600-meter run: 2. Poyner 6:12.02; 4. Nick Tam 6:22.98. 1,600-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Calcote, Beauchamp, Larkin, Hernandez) 4:21.37.

Eighth Grade Girls

High jump: 1. Gabby Jackson 4-8. Pole Vault: 1. Jessica Eastman 6-0; Shot put: 4. Cheyenne Poole 24-11.5. Triple jump: 6. Amber Kunes 26-11. Long jump: 3. Brittany Sneed 14-2; 5. Elianna Vasquez 13-4.5. 200-meter dash: 4. Amira Field 29.0. 100-meter dash: 2. Sneed 13.51; 3. Clarice Nickerson 13.67; 5. Vasquez 14.0. 100-meter hurdles: 4. Taylor Riggs 19.03. 300-meter hurdles: 4. Marizla Molina 60.69. 400-meter dash: 1. Jackson 63.59. 2,400-meter run: 4. Eastman 10:20.82. 1,600-meter run: 4. Eastman 6:30.34; 6. Jaymee Clark 6:49.37. 400-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Nickerson, Sneed, Kunes, Jackson) 53.39. 800-meter relay: 2. Mineral Wells (Monica Veloz, Ruth Duesterheft, Hopkins and Veloz) 2:00.00. 1,600-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Sneed, Kunes, Vasquez and Jackson) 4:40.

Eighth Grade Boys

Shot put: 1. Zack Peacock 31-3. Long jump: 3. Moses Menchaca 16-8. High jump: 4. Peacock 4-10. 400-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Felipe Ramirez, Peacock, Bylli Goodacre, Menchaca) 50.50. 800-meter run: 5. Chris Valley 2:40.16. 100-meter dash: 5. Menchaca 12.38. 800-meter relay: 4. Mineral Wells (Menchaca, Tony Chung, Dylan Bowen, Jamie Putman) 1:49.41. 200-meter dash: 5. Keshawn Wilson 26.88; 6. Bowen 27.62. 1,600--meter run: Valley 6:08.19. 300-meter hurdles: 5. Putman 50.94. 2,400-meter run: 6. Reece Flannigan 9:55.0. 1,600-meter relay: 4. Mineral Wells (Ramirez, Chung, Wilson, Goodacre) 4:20.53.

Mineral Wells teams roll up 462 points at MW junior high track meet

By Craig Holamon Index Sports Editor

The Mineral Wells Rams and Lady Rams seventh and eighth grade track and field teams piled up a combined total of 462 points on Thursday at the Mineral Wells Junior High Relays at the Jackie Harvey Track Complex.The Lady Rams eighth grade team took second place with a team total of 164 points while the Lady Rams seventh grade team took fourth place with a team total of 87 points.The Stephenville seventh grade Honeybees rolled up 186 points and finished in first place while the Aledo Lady Bearcats took first place in the eighth grade girls division.The Rams seventh grade track team had a team total of 156 points and finished in third place while the Rams eighth grade tracksters scored 55 points and finished in fourth place.The Crowley Eagles won the seventh grade boys division with 174 points while the Aledo Bearcats took the eighth grade boys division title with a meet-high team total of 225 points.Mineral Wells' Brittany Sneed and Gabby Jackson led the Lady Rams eighth grade team with a pair of sensational performances.Sneed and Jackson led Mineral Wells to first-place finishes in the 400-meter relay and 1,600-meter relay and scored in a combined total of six events.Jackson won the high jump with a leap of 5-2 and took first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 60.96 seconds.Sneed won the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.48 seconds and finished in third place in the pole vault with a vault of 14-7.75.

The following is a division-by-division look at the Mineral Wells results:

Seventh Grade Girls

Shot put: 6. Booher 22-0. Long jump: 5. Purefoy 12-4.75; 6. Hart 12-4.5. High jump: 5. Purefoy 4-0. 2,400-meter run: 3. Thomas 10:05. 400-meter relay: 5. Mineral Wells (Evans, N. Clark, Purefoy, Hart) 61.41. 800-meter dash: 2. Miller 2:55.77. 100-meter dash: 3. N. Clark 14.26; 6. Rook 14.8. 800-meter relay: 4. Mineral Wells (Veloz, Duesterheft, Hopkins, Rook) 2:09. 400-meter dash: 2. Purefoy 71.71; 4. Hopkins 73.95. 300-meter hurdles: 1. Fossen 59.2. 1,600-meter run: 4. Thomas 6:37.76; 5. Miller 6:43.54. 1,600-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Rook, Evans, Purefoy, Hart) 5:04.15.

Eighth Grade Girls

Shot put: 3. Poole 25-7.5. Triple jump: 3. Kunes 28-8.5. Pole vault: 3. Sneed 14-7.75. High jump: 1. Jackson 5-2. 2,400-meter run: 3. Eastman 9:40. 400-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Marsden, Sneed, Kunes, Jackson) 52.8. 800-meter dash: 6. J. Clark 2:57. 100-meter hurdles: 2. Parker 17.55. 100-meter dash: 1. Sneed 13.48; 2. Nickerson 13.8. 800-meter relay: 2. Mineral Wells (Field, Velasquez, Nickerson, Marsden) 1:57.88. 400-meter dash: 1. Jackson 60.96; 4. Vasquez 68.39. 300-meter hurdles: 1. Parker 54.63. 200-meter dash: 2. Vasquez 29.57; 5. Nickerson 30.17. 1,600-meter run: 6. Eastman 6:20.66. 1,600-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Marsden, Kunes, Sneed, Jackson) 4:36.95.

Seventh Grade Boys

Shot put: 4. Gaylord 30-8. Discus: 3. Gaylord 81-10. Long jump: 2. Nicklas 15-8.25; 4. Diaz 15-3; 5. Zermeno 14-7.5. High jump: 1. Hernandez 5-0. 400-meter relay: 1. Mineral Wells (Hernandez, Zermeno, Diaz, Nicklas) 50.22. 800-meter dash: 3. Calcote 2:33.9; 4. Zermeno 2:34; 6. Poyner 2:39.24. 110-meter hurdles: 1. Durst 21.06; 4. Carney 21.95. 100-meter dash: 3. Nicklas 12.76. 400-meter dash: 3. Calcote 63.86; 6. Patterson 65.01. 300-meter hurdles: 2. Durst 52.36; 3. Beauchamp 52.8; 4. Mendoza 53.34; 6. Carney 55.86. 200-meter dash: 1. Hernandez 26.29. 1,600-meter run: 5. Poyner 6:02.52. 1,600-meter relay: 2. Mineral Wells (Calcote, Beauchamp, Durst, Hernandez) 4:22.33.

Eighth Grade Boys

Triple jump: 3. Rubio 33-6; 4. Goodacre 32-6.5. Long jump: 4. Hornsby 16-9; 6. Menchaca 16-5.5; 400-meter relay: 3. Mineral Wells (Goodacre, Peacock, Hornsby, Menchaca) 50.0. 800-meter dash: 5. Copeland 2:27.30. 110-hurdles: 3. Putnam 19.91. 800-meter relay: 5. Mineral Wells (Menchaca, Peacock, Bowen, Hornsby) 1:47.82. 1,600-meter relay: 4. Mineral Wells (Ramirez, Chung, Wilson, Goodacre) 4:27.49.

Team Totals

Seventh Grade Girls

1. Stephenville 186, 2. Crowley 154, 3. Aledo 128, 4. Mineral Wells 87, 5. Fort Worth Irma Marsh 36.

Eighth Grade Girls

1. Aledo 179, 2. Mineral Wells 164, 3. Stephenville 138, 4. Crowley 88, 5. Fort Worth Irma Marsh 16.

Seventh Grade Boys

1. Crowley 174, 2. Aledo 166, 3. Mineral Wells 156, 4. Stephenville 110, 5. Fort Worth Irma Marsh 23.

Eighth Grade Boys

1. Aledo 225, 2. Crowley 197, 3. Stephenville 139, 4. Mineral Wells 55, 5. Fort Worth Irma Marsh 22.

Lady Rams dominate Lady Bears in eighth grade play

By Craig Holamon Index Sports Editor

The Mineral Wells Lady Rams eighth grade A and B basketball teams each took wins over the

White Settlement Brewer Lady Bears in recent games.

Between them, the Lady Rams A and B teams outscored the Lady Bears A and B teams 115-21.

The following is a game-by-game look at the results:

Eighth Grade Girls

Mineral Wells A 58 White Settlement Brewer A 11

The Mineral Wells eighth grade a team climbed to 10-1 on the season with a 47-point win over the

Lady Bears. The Lady Rams took a 23-0 first-quarter lead and put the win away with a 34-11 run

during the final three quarters. Brittany Sneed led the Lady Rams in scoring

with a game-high 25 points while Elianna Vasquez tossed in 14 points.

Gabby Jackson was also in double figures with 10 points while Amber Kunes scored three points.

Bailee Marsden added two points, four steals and three assists while Nikki Bounds and

Jayce Smith tossed in two points each. Sierra Parker had a steal while Mariela Molina added an assist

for the Lady Rams.

MW A (10-1) 23 11 6 18 -- 58

Mineral Wells scoring: Brittany Sneed 25, Elianna Vasquez 14, Gabby Jackson 10, Amber Kunes 3,

Bailee Marsden 2, Nikki Bounds 2, Jayce Smith 2.

Mineral Wells B 57 Brewer B 10

The Lady Rams eighth grade B team took an early lead and sailed to a 47-point win over the Lady

Bears.Taylor Riggs led the Lady Rams with a game-high 16 points,

six blocked shots, four rebounds, three steals and two assists. Kelcee Ortiz added 11 points

and seven assists while Clarice Nickerson had 10 points and three rebounds.

Jessica Eastman grabbed four steals and Jamie Clark added three steals

and two assists while Charlotte Boyd had three steals and two rebounds.

Kathleen Daughtery added three rebounds and three assists while Chelsea Simonton had three

rebounds.

A TEAM	B TEAM	C TEAM
Nikki Bounds	Kelcee Ortiz	Courtney Minyard
Bailee Marsden	Jamie Clark	Holly Moon
Gabby Jackson	Lacy Lavern	Courtney Fountain
Mariela Molina	Taylor Riggs	Miranda Mize
Sierra Parker	Charlotte Boyd	Jastin Goldston
Jaycee Smith	Kaitlyn Kershaw	Bailey Farmer
Elianna Vasquez	Chelsea Simonton	Ceceli Rendon
Brittany Sneed	Brooke Garrett	Amire Field
Bailee Lusk	Jessica Eastman	Kelcee McCluskey
Clarice Nickerson	Kathleen Daughtery	Evelyn Garcia
Amber Kunes

A TEAM	No	B TEAM	NO	C TEAM	NO
Jacob Garcia	3	Taylor Sanchez	2	Riley Neely	00
Reece Flanagan	5	Augustine Garcia	4	Miguel Hernandez	3
Dylan Bowen	10	Tony Chung	22	Valentin Chavez	4
Cutter Patterson	11	Chris Valley	24	Daryl Flint	15
Moses Menchaca	12	Tanner Tuggle	25	Derek Salazar	23
Jamie Putman	23	Roshawn Wilson	30	Randy Burns	24
Beau Bridgeman	31	Zack Peacock	32	Jake Grimes	34
Dontrell Thomas	33	Josh Copeland	40	Austin Walker	44
Felipe Ramirez	35	Jordan Massie	45
Robert Rubio		Colby McDonald	55
		Billi Goodache	21
		Cameron Hardeman	50