Paradise takes gold, silver at 10-3A meet

Boyd’s Blake McDaniel and Paradise’s Colton Prestridge compete in the 100 at the District 10-3A championships Thursday, April 4 at Whitesboro High School. Prestridge won the race in 11.36, while McDaniel garnered silver in 11.40. MACK THWEATT | WCMESSENGER

With 14 total medals and 18 area bids, the Paradise Panthers claimed their third district title in four years last week. 

Paradise scored 160.5 points to win the District 10-3A championship Thursday, April 4 at Whitesboro High School. Ponder finished second with 126 — 2 points ahead of third-place Whitesboro. 

Colton Prestridge led the Panthers with three gold medals. He won the 100 in 11.36, and added wins in the 4×100 (44.29) with Koby Dickens, Austin Iglesias and Conner Poe, and 4×200 (1:32.14) with Elijah Jennings, Iglesias and Poe. 

Jacob Chism struck gold in the 300 hurdles (41.66). He also garnered silver in the 110 hurdles (16.04) and bronze in triple jump (42-04.50), and punched his ticket to the area meet in long jump (20-03.75).

Iglesias jumped 20-08 to claim the league title in long jump, and qualified for area in the 200 in 23.67. Landon Morrison ran 15.74 to grab gold in the 110 hurdles. 

Noah Ratcliffe was a bronze medalist in the 400 (51.58), and earned an area berth in the 4×400 (3:35.46) with Lyric Barrett, Rylan Brajnik and Gunner Eyster.

Brajnik placed third l in the 800 in 2:01.70, while Paradise’s Fabian Ortiz (discus — 119-11), Chase Harmon (100 — 11.45) and Brayden Matthews (shot put — 40-03.75) also secured bronze medals. 

Blake Read added a pair of area-qualifying performances by finishing fourth in the 110 hurdles (16.28) and 300 hurdles (42.87). 

The Boyd Yellowjackets were fourth with 67.50 — 17.5 ahead of fifth-place Pilot Point. 

Ostan Hernandez earned Boyd’s lone league title in the 3,200 (10:02.30). He also ran 4:41.55 for bronze in the 1,600. 

Blake McDaniel was the runner-up in the 100 (11.40), and garnered silver in the 4×100 (44.34) with Luke Brown, Carson Nelson and Morgan Cain. 

Brown, Nelson and Cain, along with Titan Long, ran 1:32.86 for second place in the 4×200. 

Paradise’s Vivian Caddell won the 100 hurdles (16.40) and placed second in the 300 hurdles (47.93) at the District 10-3A championships Thursday, April 4 at Whitesboro High School. MACK THWEATT | WCMESSENGER

In the girls division, the Paradise Lady Panthers earned 11 total medals and 13 area berths, finishing second in the team standings with 114 — 8 points behind district champion Whitesboro. Ponder took the team bronze with 110.

Channing Beauvais was the Lady Panthers’ top athlete with three medals. She won the high jump with a leap of 5-01, and secured silver medals in the 100 hurdles (16.53) and 4×200 (1:49.68) with Jewlya McCassland, Ady Stoltz and Aubrey Jordan. 

Vivian Caddell picked up a district title in the 100 hurdles in 16.40, and ran 47.93 for second place in the 300 hurdles. She also was a bronze medalist in the 4×400 (4:12.73) with Jaycee Underwood, McCassland and Stoltz. 

Underwood’s jump of 15-06.50 secured the gold medal. She also finished third in the 300 hurdles (49.42). 

Jordan grabbed silver in triple jump (32-09.75), and qualified for area in the 200 (27.37) and long jump (14-11.50). 

Stoltz was a bronze medalist in the 400 in 1:01.99. Morgan Mitschke threw 30-03 for third place in shot put. 

The Boyd Lady Jackets claimed three medals and placed seventh with 55 — 1 point behind sixth-place Callisburg. 

Marley Long clocked 26.30 to win the 200. She added a gold medal in the 4×200 (1:46.33) and silver in the 4×100 (51.15) with Olivia Dunkleberger, Brooklynn Wallace and Bryleigh Wallace. 

Boyd and Paradise will compete at the District 9/10-3A area championships Thursday, April 11 at Whitesboro High School.