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CROSSTOWN COMPETITION
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Central Valley's and Ceres High's varsity boys and girls track and field dual meets were decided by a combined 10 points last week.

Central Valley's boys improved to 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference after winning 70-65 on Tuesday, April 5 at Bulldog Stadium.

"Everybody contributed," Hawks head coach Mike Reynolds said.

Tyree Jones placed first in the 100, 200 and long jump. He also teamed up with Ja'Quan Gardner, Terrence Sadler and Michael Luzinski to win the 4x100 relay in dominant fashion.

Matt Menor placed first in the 300 hurdles and third in the 110 hurdles.

Cristian Chavez placed first in the shot put and third in the discus.

Paul Luna placed second in the shot put and discus.

Raul Castro placed second in the 3,200.

Greg Tripp placed second in the 400.

Sadler placed second in the 100.

Jamal Wessinger placed second in the triple jump.

Cruz Mendez placed second in the 1,600 and third in the 3,200.

Brandon Viado placed second in the high jump and third in the 300 hurdles.

Gardner placed third in the 100.

Nick Gonzalez placed third in the 800.

Central Valley received nine points in forfeits because the Bulldogs had no pole vaulters.

Judas Chavarin, Jose Perez, Max Espinosa, Jacob Meyer, Le Hong, Josh Sasamoto, Austin Payne, Matt Mey, Ryan Ramirez, Marc Silva and Jacob Williams led Ceres High's boys (0-2)

Chavarin placed first in the 3,200, 1,600 and 800.

Perez placed first in the 400.

Espinosa placed first in the discus.

Meyer placed first in the high jump.

Hong placed first in the 110 hurdles and second in the 300 hurdles.

Sasamoto placed second in the 200 and long jump.

Payne placed second in the 110 hurdles.

Mey placed second in the 800 and third in the 1,600.

Ramirez placed third in the 400.

Silva placed third in the 200.

Williams placed third in the shot put.

"I'm pretty happy," Bulldogs head coach Bill Curlis said while talking about his team's narrow loss. "I thought we'd be down by more than that."

Edward Martinez, one of Central Valley's most versatile athletes, did not compete because he had a doctor's appointment.

"It hurt not having him," Reynolds said. "He would have scored points for us in the 100, 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles.

Ceres High's girls won, 59-54.

The Bulldogs (1-1) were led by Cecilia Carretero, Crystal Duran, Ashley Thiner, Kiana Crawford, Jessica Prado, Lourdes Razo, Yvette Huizar, Elizabeth Nunes, Jasbir Mand and Violeta Verduzco.

Carretero placed first in the 3,200, 1,600 and 800.

Duran placed first in the 400, 200 and 300 hurdles, and second in the long jump.

Thiner placed first in the high jump and second in the triple jump.

Crawford placed first in the 100 and second in the 200.

Prado placed second in the shot put.

Razo placed third in the shot put and discus.

Huizar placed third in the long jump.

Nunes placed third in the 800.

Mand placed third in the 200.

Verduzco placed third in the 100.

"We just had more girls than they did,"Curlis said. "That was the difference."

Central Valley's Drucella Miranda placed first in the triple jump and 100 hurdles, and second in the 300 hurdles.

Alyssa Long placed first in the discus and long jump, and second in the high jump.

Geena Wade placed first in the shot put and second in the discus.

Adriana Mendez placed second in the 3,200, 1,600 and 800.

Breanna Wideman placed second in the 100 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles.

Maday Padilla placed second in the 100 and third in the 100 hurdles.

Viviana Moreno placed third in the 3,200.

Emily Brown placed third in the high jump.

"The girls that I have are pretty dominating in what they do," Reynolds said. "We're just low on numbers. If we had a little more depth, we would have won."