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Van Rose Memorial just a piece of an eventday day at Mohegan Sun Pocono

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Old Heights field benefiting Holy Redeemer softball, travel teams

The Coughlin boys and the Holy Redeemer girls teams walked away with first-place team finishes at the James Cross Wilkes-Barre Invitational held on Saturday at the Plains Solomon Complex.In the boys competition, Northwest&#8217;s Tyler Burger finished first in the 300 hurdles (39.3) and the high jump (6-2). Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s JerMichael Bunch won the 110 hurdles (14.3), the long jump (22-0) and the triple jump (44-3). GAR&#8217;s Anthony Maurent won the 100 (10.6) and 200-meter dashes (22.3).Coughlin led all teams with 132.5 points, Wyoming Valley West was second at 130.75, Northwest Area took third with 60 points, GAR was fourth with 48.5 points and Wyoming Area rounded out the top five with 45 points.In the girls races, Redeemer&#8217;s Olivia Gregorio nabbed the 1,600 (5:35); 800-meter run (2:29). Coughlin&#8217;s Tamar Bourdeau was first in the 100 (15.8) and 300 (46.1). Teammate Nathaniela Bourdeau finished first in the 100 (12.1) and 200 (25.1). In the field events, Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Emily Johns was first in the discus (129-9) and shot put (38-11).The Redeemer girls finished first with 112 points, Coughlin was second with 90 points, Dallas finished third with 77.33 points, Pittston Area was fourth at 43.83 and Abington Heights rounded out the top five with 36 points.Lehman competes at Nike meetLake-Lehman&#8217;s Emily Johns set a new school record in the discus as the Black Knights competed at the Nike West Chester Henderson meet on May 1.Johns&#8217; throw of 140-5 broke a record previously held by Kieran Lucarino, which was set in 2002. She also won the shot put with a throw of 41-1.Dominic Hockenbury won the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:06.52, breaking his own school record of 9:17. Connor McGovern placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 48-11.

Coughlin boys, Holy Redeemer girls win James Cross Wilkes-Barre Invitational