By Marty Gordon
NRVsports@ourvalley.org
Auburn High School won the Class 1 boys track title this weekend, thanks to the final event of the day, the 1,600 meters relay. The team’s third-place finish allowed the Eagles to edge George Wythe 61-55 for the championship.
Daniel Graham was the Eagles’ lone state champ. He took the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.81. Eastern Montgomery’s Cody Roupe won the high jump at 6-2.
The Auburn girls team finished in third place behind PH-Glade Spring and Riverheads.
Christiansburg’s Tyrique Taylor finished third in the boys discus at the state Class 3 meet while Kaylee Sloss was third in the same event on the girls side of the track. Both teams finished out of the top five team standings.
Blacksburg’s boys and girls teams finished fifth and ninth respectively in this past weekend’s State Class 4 meet.
Auburn has been a familiar name in the state softball semis and returns this week winning the 1C title with a 10-0 win over Grayson County. Hannah Shepherd hit an inside-the-park home run, and Kirsten Fleet pitched a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts. Fleet also smashed a two-run homer.
The state’s final four in boys soccer will be without Blacksburg for the first time in a long time. Jefferson Forest took down the Bruins 3-2 as Blacksburg finished 9-2-2 on the season.
Eastern Montgomery’s girls soccer team picked up where they left off two years ago, winning the Region 1C championship with a 10-0 win over cross-county rival Auburn. Maddie Bruce had five goals in the Eagles’ win.
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