By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

First-round summaries: BOYS | GIRLS

Second-round summaries: BOYS | GIRLS

TOURNAMENT BRACKETS

WEST REGIONAL

Kearney NE 80, Catholic Baton Rouge LA 70

Jumpers Taj Wilson and Treyton Norman of Kearney proved vital to the Nebraska champion's close victory over Catholic of Baton Rouge. Wilson won the triple jump (47-8.25w) and Norman won the long jump (22-9). A 17-1 advantage in those two events helped the Bearcats reach the West region semis. Kearney's hurdls crew of Luke Brachle, Kellen Denney and Luke Draper swept the 110-meter hurdles. Brachle's 6-10 high jump clearance also led a sweep of that event.

Jack Torrance of Catholic won the shot put (56-2) and discus (170-7) and the Louisiana champions won two of three contested relays and swept all of the points in the 1,600 and 3,200. 

Hamilton AZ 77, Cherokee Trail CO 64

Hamilton's rise as a distance power under coach Mike Scannell proved to be a difference-maker for the Huskies, who used an 18-0 advantage in the 1,600 and 3,200 to gain separation from the Colorado state champions and advance.

Junior Zarian Rodriguez won both events, doubling 4:11.61 and 8:59.16. Ryan Estrada, Chase Markunas and Theo McDaid all had a hand in those two sweeps for Hamilton, which also got a key victory in the 400 from Ty Johnston (46.91). 

The field events were especially competitive, with Hamilton holding a 28-26 advantage. Taylor Waters won the pole vault for Cherokee Trail with US#17 16-9. 

Bentonville AR 89.5, Sioux Falls Lincoln SD 56.5

This matchup would have been a lot closer if not for Bentonville's dominance in the mid-and long-distance events. From 800 to 3,200 meters, the Arkansas champs cruised to a 27-0 advantage and overcame the losses in three of four relays to keep its tournament run going. 

Brian Burns (1:49.13), Carter Beasley (1:50.41) and Harper Jones (1:54.13) swept the 800 meters and were part of a 4x800 that ran 7:39.77. Matthew Shelly and Burns led the 1,600 sweep; Shelly and Owen Kelley rolled in the 3,200. 

Lincoln went 1-2 in the high jump with Dexter Johnson (6-6) and Will Adler (6-4). Griffin Fischer won a 200/400 double (21.43/48.60).

American Fork UT 94.5, Kamiakin WA 41.5

Kamiakin senior Ezra Teeples prevented his team from getting steam-rolled in the distance events, taking second in the 1,600 and third in the 800. But American Fork was too strong in too many other areas for the Washington 4A champions to keep up. 

The Cavemen won all six of the field events and amassed a 41.5 to 12.5 advantage there. Madden Jensen and Tayvin Jensen swapped victories in the shot put and discus and gave AF 8-1 scores in those two events. 

Kamiakin's JaRae Long beat AF's Kaden Fairbanks in the 100 meters; Fairbanks then won the 200 over Kamiakin's Devin Crews, 21.52 to 21.64. 

EAST REGIONAL

Vestavia Hills AL 95, Toms River North NJ 55

The Alabama state champs rolled into the East semis with big margins over Toms River North in the sprints and distance races and several of the field events. Jack Stubbs and Chase Webb gave Vestavia Hills a lethal 1-2 punch in both the 100 meters and 200 meters and the Rebels also won the 4x100. 

The Mariners' combo of Mamadi Diawara and Camryn Thomas led sweeps in the hurdles events. In a matchup of 24-foot long jumpers, Vestavia Hills' Stubbs edged sophomore Jael Hester, 24-2.25 to 24-0.25. Toms River North's lack of triple jumpers or pole vaulters also hurt. 

Mallard Creek NC 86.5, Homestead WI 59.5

Nassor Ashenafi and the Mallard Creek sprints crew was too fast for the Wisconsin state champs and the Mavericks advanced to the regional semis. Ashenafi won a 100/200 sprint double with lawind-legal 10.53 and 21.45. The trio of Khalil Price (47,59), Justin Watts (48.44) and Jeremiah Person (48.75) swept the 400 meters. Mallard Creek also won the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400. Nylan Brown (14.09/37.06) won both hurdles races.

Homestead had its moments, sweepting the 3,200 meters behind Athan Speck, and Terron McCall winning both the shot put and discus. 

Bloomington North IN 69, Columbus FL 63

This was perhaps the best dual of the entire second round and some close wins in the field events helped the Indiana state champs stay live for antoher round. But first, Bloomington North had to overcome zero points in the 100, 200 or 400 against Columbus. New Balance Nationals Outdoor champion Caleb Winders came to the rescue in the 800 and his 1:46.85 led a 1-2 finish with teammate Caelen D'Onofrio (1:53.67). BN also swept the 1,600 and 3,200. 

Columbus' excellent sprint crew won the 4x10 with 40.45 and the 4x400 with 3:12.73. Bloomington North won the 4x800 with 7:35.37. Alec Cruz won the 100 (10.56), Zamarion Lawson won the 200 (21.21) and Adrian Cardero (47.57) won the 400 for the Explorers. 

State College PA 74.5, Bullis School MD 66.5

Jesse Myers stepped up with two big wins over Conner Salmin in the 100 (10.34 to 10.51) and 200 (20.93 to 20.97) and State College of Pennsylvania swept all of the points out of the shot put ad discus to knock the Bullis boys out of the tournament. This dual swung back and forth. State College held a 16-2 advantage in the 1,600 and 3,200; Bullis outscored SC 16-2 in the hurdles events. The teams split the high jump points in half.

Olympic gold medalist Quincy Wilson won the 400 meters by a huge margin in 44.10 and Wilson powered Bullis to wins in the 4x100 and 4x200. 

State College got key points in the pole vault, where it got a 1-2-3 sweep led by Adam Bell's clearance at 15-6. The Little Lions also went 1-2 in both the 1,600 and 3,200. Colin Abrams of Bullis ran 1:49.37 to win the 800, with SC's Owen Coughlin right behind in 1:51.23.