North Schuylkill's Luke Miller

COAL TOWNSHIP — Maggie Hoffman-Long won a pair of events and helped the Minersville girls to a second-place finish at Wednesday’s five-team Purple Showdown track and field meet at Shamokin Area High School’s Kemp Memorial Stadium.

The meet featured competitors from Minersville, North Schuylkill, Berwick, Southern Columbia and the host Indians.

Hoffman-Long won the long jump and triple jump and was second in the 100-meter dash. The Miners’ Alyssa Cook placed first in pole vault by clearing 9 feet, 3 inches, while North Schuylkill’s Olivia Greblick took top honors in the 300 hurdles.

Minersville finished second in the girls’ team standings with 66 points, while North Schuylkill was fourth with 51.66 points. Shamokin won the girls’ title with 127.83 points.

On the boys’ side, North Schuylkill’s Luke Miller was the lone Spartan or Miner to win an event, taking first in the 100 in 10.88 seconds. Miller was also fourth in the 200.

Shamokin cruised to the boys’ team title, winning 14 of 17 events and compiling 161.75 points. Minersville was third (53.75), while North Schuylkill was fourth (40.25).

GIRLS’ RESULTS

First-place finishers, plus locals in Top 3

100 — 1. Kylah Thompson (Sham) 12.77, 2. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 12.82, 3. Cambrie Herb (Min) 13.18

200 — 1. Ameera Williams (Sham) 28.34, 2. Molly Frantz (NS) 28.63

400 — 1. Ava Peters (Ber) 1:06.39

800 — 1. Alexis Bressi (Sham) 2:33.11

1600 — 1. Haley Conner (SC) 5:58.10

3200 — Not available

100 hurdles — 1. Evelyn Staugaitis (SC) 18.66, 2. Jillian Murray (NS) 18.68

300 hurdles — 1. Olivia Greblick (NS) 52.94

400 relay — 1. Shamokin (Rowe, Tomlinson, Pensyl, Williams) 53.97, 2. Southern Columbia 53.99, 3. North Schuylkill 54.46

1600 relay — 1. Shamokin (Schiavoni, Heim, Tomlinson, Bressi) 4:50.12, 2. Berwick 5:02.20, 3. Minersville (Alyssa Cook, Pennypacker, Purcell, Hall) 5:22.80

3200 relay — 1. Shamokin (Kramer, Anderson, Rumberger, Boyer) 11:34.70, 2. Berwick 11:58.70, 3. Minersville (Cullen, Anna Cook, Sukeena, Alyssa Cook) 12:14.80

High Jump — 1. Tatum Klebon (SC) 4-8 … 3. Jenna Cullen (Min) 4-1.75

Long Jump — 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 16-7 … 3. Tatiana Salefski (NS) 13-10

Triple Jump — 1. Maggie Hoffman-Long (Min) 33-5, 2. Jenna Cullen (Min) 28-11

Shot Put — 1. Linsey Donlan (SC) 31-11.75, 2. Madelyn Zilker (NS) 29-8.25, 3. Avery Miller (Min) 29-7.25

Discus — 1. Brylee Kessler (Sham) 94-9

Javelin — 1. Brooke Charnosky (SC) 92-4, 2. Taylor Borkoskie (NS) 70-11

Pole Vault — 1. Alyssa Cook (Min) 9-3

Final Team Scores — 1. Shamokin 127.83, 2. Minersville 66, 3. Southern Columbia 65.50, 4. North Schuylkill 51.66, 5. Berwick 43

BOYS’ RESULTS

First-place finishers, plus locals in Top 3

100 — 1. Luke Miller (NS) 10.88

200 — 1. Chase Pensyl (Sham) 22.38, 2. Paiten LaPoint (Min) 22.40

400 — 1. Benny Delbaugh (Sham) 51.55, 2. Julian Nelson (NS) 56.31

800 — 1. Ben Gehret (SC) 2:08.40, 2. Kolin Long (Min) 2:14.16

1600 — 1. Brady Anderson (Sham) 5:03.25 … 3. Kolin Long (Min) 5:11.90

3200 — Not available

110 hurdles — 1. Colin Steinhart (Sham) 16.03 … 3. Zack Marcinowski (NS) 17.25

300 hurdles — 1. Colin Steinhart (Sham) 43.49 … 3. Zack Marcinowski (NS) 47.31

400 relay — 1. Shamokin (Ginck, Bickert, Pensyl, Steele) 44.10 … 3. Minersville (McGovern, Bowers, Masser, LaPoint) 46.39

1600 relay — 1. Shamokin (Delbaugh, Bickert, Kerstetter, Lichty) 3:42.50

3200 relay — 1. Shamokin (Brown, Delbaugh, N. Kerstetter, T. Kerstetter) 9:03.30, 2. Minersville (McGovern, Kostishak, Burgess, Long) 9:21.80, 3. North Schuylkill (Kassirer, Locke, Billus, Van Norman) 9:51.90

High Jump — 1. Chase Pensyl (Sham) 5-10, 2. (tie) Xavier McNally (NS) and Aidan Ryan (Min) 5-4

Long Jump — 1. Ty Wilkerson (Ber) 21-2

Triple Jump — 1. Case Lichty (Sham) 39-6, 2. Jordan Bowers (Min) 39-4.5, 3. Bradley Kostishak (Min) 37-6.5

Shot Put — 1. Za’Keem Clinton (Sham) 49-3.5 … 3. Brayden Lauta (NS) 43-9

Discus — 1. Blake Hockenbroch (Sham) 133-11

Javelin — 1. Za’Keem Clinton (Sham) 145-1

Pole Vault — 1. Jayce Ginck (Sham) 9-0

Final Team Scores — 1. Shamokin 161.75, 2. Southern Columbia 60.25, 3. Minersville 53.75, 4. North Schuylkill 40.25, 5. Berwick 28