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Nevada Union's Robin Callas became the first Miner wrestler to place at the national tournament this past weekend, earning All-American status with a seventh place finish.
Callas, competing at 152 pounds, earned the medal from a field of 64 other wrestlers at the National High School Coaches Association's national tournament in Virginia Beach, Va.
It has been a roller coaster ride for Callas this year. His troubles started with a knee injury that sidelined him for a month and a half and then he and fellow teammate Julian Purdy were disqualified from the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters tournament on the second day of competition after missing a wake-up call and arriving late to the weigh-in.
The masters tournament disqualification made him ineligible for the state tournament but his coach successfully got him into the national tournament as a wild card contender. Clearly, he took advantage of his opportunity.
Wil Sumner and Kai Woo competed in the freshman nationals and Purdy and Dalton Stevenson competed in the junior nationals. None of those competitors placed.
Track & Field
Bear River girls take fifth
at Thunder Invitational
Kendal Nielsen snared three first place finishes Saturday at Rocklin's Thunder Invitational to help the girls team to a fifth place finish as a team.
Nielsen won the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and triple jump. In the triple jump, she jumped 37 feet, nine inches.
Distance runner Breanne Mitchell also helped lift the girls to their strong team tally with a fourth place finish in the mile and eighth place finish in the half mile. She clocked in at 5 minutes, 29.65 seconds in the mile.
Other top finishes include: 400 meter relay team (5), Savannah Welz in the freshman/sophomore 100 meter hurdles (7), Welz in freshman/sophomore long jump (7), Welz in freshman/sophomore high jump (6), and Marso in the shot put (15).
Olsen's 400 meter
finish helps Bruin boys
C.J. Olsen captured 10th place in the 400 meter dash Saturday with a 53.72 second finish.
Jordan Halleib took 27th in the mile and 23rd in the two mile.
Other top finishes include: Jacob Robinson in the freshman/sophomore high jump (5), Gerry Williams (26) in the freshman/sophomore triple jump, DeVaughn Lofton (23) in the 400 meter, Alex Coffman (16) and Nick Mertens (23) in the freshman/sophomore mile race.
As a team, the boys varsity finished 23. Also, the boys and girls varsity took 22.
Baseball
Bear River 9, Whitney 5
Michael Lucas pitched a complete game for the Bruins and the offense, led by James Harris came alive to down Whitney Saturday.
Harris was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Also, David Karas was 2-for-4 with three RBI and Lucas was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI.
On the mound, Lucas struck out three and yielded four earned runs on six hits.
The Bruins (2-3) next play at 4 p.m. today at Lincoln.
JV: Whitney 8, Bear River 3
Michael Scudero, Jake Sypnicki and Jerry Fuhrman all pitched Saturday but couldn't stop the Wildcats bats enough to help their team.
Fuhrman was 1-for-1 at the plate with a double. Also, Steven Koerber and Tyler Toft were 1-for-2.
The Bruins record is now 4-1.
Frosh: Nevada Union 2, Colfax 1
Solid pitching and clutch hitting helped the Miners down the Falcons Friday.
Joey Souza started the game on the mound and Jacob Freele went 2-for-3 with the RBI single that won the game.
The Miners are now 4-0 overall.
Diving
NU's Seifert's season
perfect so far
Miner Adam Seifert took first in Nevada Union's meet against Del Oro and Roseville Friday at Oakmont High School to continue his early season stretch of first place finishes.
Against Del Oro, Seifert was followed by Westin Strawser (2) and Zach Meyers (4). Against Roseville, Seifert was followed by Strawser (2) and Meyers (3)
Seifert has won in meets against Woodcreek and Yuba City as well.
Demi Seghezzi took first place in the varsity girls diving competition against Del Oro and Roseville. She was followed by Abby Hederland (2) and Taylor Day (3) in both diving competitions.
Other top NU finishers against Del Oro and Roseville include: Jenny Jones in junior varsity girls (1), and Demian Lambert (1) and Lloyd Tom (2) in junior varsity boys.
Swimming
Bear River downs Center
The Lady Bruins dominated the Cougars Friday by winning every event at the meet at Rio Linda High School.
Bear River's Haley Jungers, Kara Dodd, Becca Volek and Hayley Winter won the 200 medley relay team.
Other winners include: Maddie Herron in the 200 free and 500 free; Winter in the 200 IM and 100 fly, Brittany Tyra in the 50 free, Zoe Schlussel in the 100 free and 200 free relay team with Volek, Andrea Bock and Tyra, Jungers in the 100 back, Bock in the 100 breaststroke and Hayley Winter, Jungers, Herrona and Schlussel in the 400 free relay.
The boys took first in all but two events.
Winners include: Josh Cutter, Justin Duffy, Garrat Johnson and Travis Marks in the 200 medley relay, Johnson in the 200 free and the 500 free capturing a new Bruin record, Austin Diemer in the 200 IM and 100 fly, Marks, Jake Armstrong, Austin Diemer and Johnson in the 400 free relay.
Both Bruin boys and girls teams are 2-0 and the next meet is set for Placer on Friday.
Coaches may submit game reports via e-mail at sports@theunion.com or by phone at 477-4234. Deadline for submissions is 10 p.m. daily.
Callas, competing at 152 pounds, earned the medal from a field of 64 other wrestlers at the National High School Coaches Association's national tournament in Virginia Beach, Va.
It has been a roller coaster ride for Callas this year. His troubles started with a knee injury that sidelined him for a month and a half and then he and fellow teammate Julian Purdy were disqualified from the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters tournament on the second day of competition after missing a wake-up call and arriving late to the weigh-in.
The masters tournament disqualification made him ineligible for the state tournament but his coach successfully got him into the national tournament as a wild card contender. Clearly, he took advantage of his opportunity.
Wil Sumner and Kai Woo competed in the freshman nationals and Purdy and Dalton Stevenson competed in the junior nationals. None of those competitors placed.
Track & Field
Bear River girls take fifth
at Thunder Invitational
Kendal Nielsen snared three first place finishes Saturday at Rocklin's Thunder Invitational to help the girls team to a fifth place finish as a team.
Nielsen won the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash and triple jump. In the triple jump, she jumped 37 feet, nine inches.
Distance runner Breanne Mitchell also helped lift the girls to their strong team tally with a fourth place finish in the mile and eighth place finish in the half mile. She clocked in at 5 minutes, 29.65 seconds in the mile.
Other top finishes include: 400 meter relay team (5), Savannah Welz in the freshman/sophomore 100 meter hurdles (7), Welz in freshman/sophomore long jump (7), Welz in freshman/sophomore high jump (6), and Marso in the shot put (15).
Olsen's 400 meter
finish helps Bruin boys
C.J. Olsen captured 10th place in the 400 meter dash Saturday with a 53.72 second finish.
Jordan Halleib took 27th in the mile and 23rd in the two mile.
Other top finishes include: Jacob Robinson in the freshman/sophomore high jump (5), Gerry Williams (26) in the freshman/sophomore triple jump, DeVaughn Lofton (23) in the 400 meter, Alex Coffman (16) and Nick Mertens (23) in the freshman/sophomore mile race.
As a team, the boys varsity finished 23. Also, the boys and girls varsity took 22.
Baseball
Bear River 9, Whitney 5
Michael Lucas pitched a complete game for the Bruins and the offense, led by James Harris came alive to down Whitney Saturday.
Harris was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. Also, David Karas was 2-for-4 with three RBI and Lucas was 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI.
On the mound, Lucas struck out three and yielded four earned runs on six hits.
The Bruins (2-3) next play at 4 p.m. today at Lincoln.
JV: Whitney 8, Bear River 3
Michael Scudero, Jake Sypnicki and Jerry Fuhrman all pitched Saturday but couldn't stop the Wildcats bats enough to help their team.
Fuhrman was 1-for-1 at the plate with a double. Also, Steven Koerber and Tyler Toft were 1-for-2.
The Bruins record is now 4-1.
Frosh: Nevada Union 2, Colfax 1
Solid pitching and clutch hitting helped the Miners down the Falcons Friday.
Joey Souza started the game on the mound and Jacob Freele went 2-for-3 with the RBI single that won the game.
The Miners are now 4-0 overall.
Diving
NU's Seifert's season
perfect so far
Miner Adam Seifert took first in Nevada Union's meet against Del Oro and Roseville Friday at Oakmont High School to continue his early season stretch of first place finishes.
Against Del Oro, Seifert was followed by Westin Strawser (2) and Zach Meyers (4). Against Roseville, Seifert was followed by Strawser (2) and Meyers (3)
Seifert has won in meets against Woodcreek and Yuba City as well.
Demi Seghezzi took first place in the varsity girls diving competition against Del Oro and Roseville. She was followed by Abby Hederland (2) and Taylor Day (3) in both diving competitions.
Other top NU finishers against Del Oro and Roseville include: Jenny Jones in junior varsity girls (1), and Demian Lambert (1) and Lloyd Tom (2) in junior varsity boys.
Swimming
Bear River downs Center
The Lady Bruins dominated the Cougars Friday by winning every event at the meet at Rio Linda High School.
Bear River's Haley Jungers, Kara Dodd, Becca Volek and Hayley Winter won the 200 medley relay team.
Other winners include: Maddie Herron in the 200 free and 500 free; Winter in the 200 IM and 100 fly, Brittany Tyra in the 50 free, Zoe Schlussel in the 100 free and 200 free relay team with Volek, Andrea Bock and Tyra, Jungers in the 100 back, Bock in the 100 breaststroke and Hayley Winter, Jungers, Herrona and Schlussel in the 400 free relay.
The boys took first in all but two events.
Winners include: Josh Cutter, Justin Duffy, Garrat Johnson and Travis Marks in the 200 medley relay, Johnson in the 200 free and the 500 free capturing a new Bruin record, Austin Diemer in the 200 IM and 100 fly, Marks, Jake Armstrong, Austin Diemer and Johnson in the 400 free relay.
Both Bruin boys and girls teams are 2-0 and the next meet is set for Placer on Friday.
Coaches may submit game reports via e-mail at sports@theunion.com or by phone at 477-4234. Deadline for submissions is 10 p.m. daily.
