Tigers are District D-3 Champions; nine qualify for state

HARTINGTON — It was going to take a great team effort to beat Hartington-Newcastle on their track. The defending Class C state champions had a long streak of district titles on the line also. The Tigers were working for their fourth in a row.

Osmond got off to a great start whenAlexis Solorzano won the shot put on his last throw of the finals. He had been trailing Meisenheimer of Hartington until he unleashed a toss of 45 ft., 5 in., his best ever. He wasn’t done yet as he took the lead in the discus on his third throw of the prelims. His winning mark was 131 ft., 7 in., also a personal record.

With the wins, Alexis qualifies for this week’s state meet in both events. This was very important as the Wildcats’ Lincoln McPhillips would win the high jump, long jump and triple jump and the Wildcats took first and second in the pole vault.

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