NEPHI, Utah-Friday afternoon, Juab High School hosted the Mountain Valley Invitational, featuring various schools in the Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network coverage area.
The Skyridge Falcons of Class 5-A took the boys title with 127 points while Manti’s boys finished fifth overall with 58 points and Juab placed seventh with 41 points.
The girls’ champion was Class 6-A Lone Peak, as the Knights posted 184.5 points. Juab placed 5th with 71.5 points and Manti was 6th with 37 points.
In the girls’ 100-meter hurdles, Juab’s Natalie Tolbert placed fourth overall, with her teammate, Krista Nielson, finsihing fourth overall in the 300-meter hurdles.
Ronnie Walker of Juab also had a strong showing as she placed third in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the 200-meter dash.
The girls’ 4 x 100 saw Manti put forth a solid finish as the Templars placed third overall, with Juab finishing in fourth in the event.
The girls’ 800-meter run saw Juab’s Whitney Slater place third while Allie Bridges of Manti finished fourth. Slater was also solid in the 3200-meter run, finishing fifth, and her teammate, Whitlee Rosquist, fisnished seventh.
The girls’ long jump was another strong event for Juab as Bayli Heap placed fourth and Emilia Anderson finished fifth.
In the girls’ medley relay, Manti finished third with Juab placing fourth.
Juab’s Lilian Reese was the champion in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet and Saige Cowan took the crown in the javelin with a toss of 109-01 feet.
In the girls’ shot put Manti’s Kjerstin Birch finished fourth, while also placing sith in the girls’ discus. Naomi Boorman of Manti finished fifth overall in the event.
For the boys, Manti’s Josh Blauer and Cooper Parry finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 110-meter hurdles. The Templars’ Jordan Cheney placed 7th in the 1600-meter run as well.
The boys’ 4 x 100 relay saw Manti finish fifth and Juab place sixth overall. In the 400-meter dash, Manti’s Riley Searle was fifth and Jaden Sterner placed sixth.
In the 300-meter hurdles, Juab’s Mcray Stevens finished second with Cooper Parry of Manti placing fifth.
The 4 x 400 relay for the boys saw Manti place 2nd with Juab in 4th and Juab’s Jackson Rowley and Zac Cowan placed 2nd and 4th respectively in the boys’ javelin with Manti’s Andrew Valentine placing fifth in the event.
Juab’s Reese Darrington finished fourth in the shot put with Valentine finishing fourth in the boys’ discus for Manti.
The Templar boys won the medley relay in a time of 3:49.34 as the team consisted of Riley Searle, Keenan Moulton, Jaden Sterner and Jordan Cheney.












