Sports
Lady Wolves split with Fritch
Dalhart plays at Bushland Saturday
The Dalhart Lady Wolves played their final two non-district volleyball games of the year last week, taking on Sanford-Fritch twice, once at home and once on the road. The Lady Wolves got some revenge for an earlier loss to Fritch in a tournament by beating Fritch at home, but the Lady Eagles were able to pull out a five-set win at their place on Saturday, September 19.
The Lady Wolves played Fritch at home on Tuesday, September 15. Fritch took an early 3-1 lead in the first set, but a kill by Kaetlin Sundvahl and a Fritch error tied the score at 3-3. The Lady Wolves scored five of the next six points to take an 8-4 lead, which included a kill by Kaelyn Speer. The Lady Wolves then scored 12 of the next 18 points to make it 20-10, and won the first set 25-15 to take a 1-0 lead in the game.
The second set was tied at 4-4 when a Fritch error and a kill by Maegyn Smallwood gave Dalhart a 6-4 lead. A kill by Joie Read made it 7-4, and then Dalhart scored three of the next four points to take a 10-5 lead. The teams basically exchanged the next several points until it was 16-12 in Dalhart’s favor, then the Lady Wolves scored three straight, including a kill by Austen Lusk, to take a 19-12 lead.
Fritch closed the gap to 21-19, but a kill by Sundvahl made it 22-19. The Lady Wolves scored three of the final four points to win the second set 25-20 and take a 2-0 lead in the game, with Kaelyn Speer scoring the final two kills. Dalhart won the third set 25-14 to win the game 3-0.
Read led the team with 16 kills, Sundvahl had 10 kills, Speer had five kills and Smallwood added three. Kambry Kitchens scored two aces and Addysin Carnesecca had one ace. Sundvahl had 16 assists and Alyra Rivera added 13 assists. Carnesecca led the team with 24 digs, Sundvahl had 17 digs, Aubree Ramirez had 12 digs and Kitchens had nine digs.
Dalhart played Fritch on the road on Saturday, September 19. The teams went back-and-forth, with Dalhart winning the first set 25-20 and Fritch winning the second set 25-20 to tie the game at 1-1. Dalhart won the third set 25-17, but Fritch came back and won the fourth set 25-20 to send the game to a fifth set.
In that fifth set, Fritch scored the first point, but Lusk scored a kill off an assist by Rivera to tie it at 1-1. An error by Fritch and an ace by Aubree Ramirez gave Dalhart a 3-1 lead, but Fritch came back to tie the set at 3-3. The teams kept going back-and-forth, with multiple ties, and a kill by Audrey Hobbs tied the score again at 9-9.
Fritch scored three of the next four points to take a 12-10 lead, but a kill by Sundvahl made it 12-11 Fritch. The Lady Eagles ended up scoring three of the next five points, though, and won the set 15-13, which gave them a 3-2 win in the game.
Sundvahl led the team with 27 kills, Read had 10 kills, and Hobbs added seven. Rivera had an amazing eight aces, and Ramirez and Sundvahl each had one ace. Sundvahl had three blocks and Hobbs had two blocks. Rivera led the team with 25 assists and Sundvahl had 14 assists. Carnesecca had 27 digs, Sundvahl had 19 digs, and Rivera had 14 digs.
Dalhart started district play on September 22 at home against Friona. The Lady Wolves play at Bushland Saturday, September 26, with the freshmen playing at 11 a.m., the JV starting at noon, and the varsity playing at 1 p.m.
Dalhart plays River Road at home next Tuesday, September 29, with the freshmen playing at 5 p.m., the JV following at 6 p.m., and the varsity playing at 7 p.m.
Dalhart dominates home cross country meet
Wolves, Lady Wolves win 3 divisions
The Dalhart cross country teams hosted their annual Dalhart Invitational on Saturday, September 19, at The Farm 18 Golf Club. The high school teams won the three divisions that they had runners competing in, and both junior high teams placed in the top three, with a total of 35 different runners winning individual medals by placing in the top 20 in their respective divisions.
The varsity boys won first place in a division with 73 total runners and eight total teams. They scored 60 points, beating Pampa by 29 points, Booker by 31 points, and Palo Duro by 32 points.
Five runners won individual medals by placing in the top 20, and all seven runners placed in the top 25. Kendrick Buck, finally running on varsity after having to spend the first few meets on JV due to issues with being cleared by the UIL after switching from Hartley to Dalhart last spring, placed 12th with a time of 18 minutes 15 seconds. Aiden Buck placed 14th at 18 minutes 22 seconds, Guillermo Delgado placed 15th at 18 minutes 29 seconds, setting a new personal record, Preston DeMots placed 18th at 18 minutes 36 seconds, a new season record, Kash Fernandez placed 20th at 18 minutes 42 seconds, Aaron Camacho placed 22nd at 18 minutes 49 seconds, and Baiden Beavers placed 25th at 18 minutes 57 seconds.
All the high school girls ran in the JV division for this race and took 12 of the top 20 spots. Bree Pollard set a new personal record as she won first place at 13 minutes 48 seconds. Vianney Dominguez placed second at 13 minutes 56 seconds, Janae Hokanson placed fourth at 14 minutes 37 seconds, and Yaritza Hernandez placed fifth at 14 minutes 39 seconds.
Michelle Pina placed seventh at 14 minutes 47.08 seconds and Genesis Camacho placed eighth at 14 minutes 47.6 seconds, so almost a tie. Lia Palma placed 13th at 15 minutes 25 seconds, Teresa Rubio placed 14th at 15 minutes 32 seconds, Lilly Hughes placed 15th at 15 minutes 34 seconds, Ruth Serpas placed 17th at 15 minutes 51 seconds, Bethany Garcia placed 18th at 16 minutes 13 seconds, Natali Leanos placed 19th at 16 minutes 20 seconds, and Raegan VanTilburg placed 26th at 18 minutes 16 seconds.
Hokanson, Serpas, Garcia and Leanos all set new personal records, and Dominguez, Hernandez, Pina, Palma and VanTilburg set season records.
The JV boys also won first place in their division, which included 31 total runners. Ten of them won medals by placing in the top 20.
Fredy Prieto placed third at 19 minutes 16 seconds, Julian Lopez placed fourth at 19 minutes 33 seconds, Emmanual Armenta placed fifth at 19 minutes 48 seconds, Isaak Huaracha placed seventh at 20 minutes 12 seconds, Alen Cancino placed eighth at 20 minutes 48 seconds, Tell Atha placed 10th at 21 minutes 17 seconds, Jayden Solano placed 11th at 21 minutes 30 seconds, Axel Ramirez placed 12th at 22 minutes even, Marco Rojero placed 14th at 22 minutes 17 seconds, Anthony Juarez placed 19th at 24 minutes 33 seconds, and Abel Deleon placed 23rd at 25 minutes 39 seconds. Armenta and Cancino both set new personal records.
The junior high girls placed third in a division with 11 total teams and 120 total runners, with only Canyon and Borger placing higher.
Kimberly Conner placed fifth at 13 minutes 22 seconds and Kaiya Ortiz placed 19th at 14 minutes 19 seconds to win medals, and Ortiz set a new personal record. Irie Gomez placed 26th at 14 minutes 42 seconds, Alexis Gomez-Hernandez placed 32nd at 15 minutes even, Alondra Gandara placed 43rd at 15 minutes 23 seconds, Aleah Gomez-Hernandez placed 45th at 15 minutes 25 seconds, and Camila Jiminez placed 46th at 15 minutes 32 seconds. Gomez, both Gomez-Hernandez girls, and Jimenez set new personal records.
Norah Burke, Daniela Morales, Ximena Gutiérrez, Yuriana Rojero, Zaylee Ortiz, Anais Bastidas, Rosy Bermudez, Emerie Ruiz, Daniela Venzor, Camila Gonzales, Genesis Juarez, Guadalupe Ruiz, Austyn DeMots, Sarah Bastidas, Journey Puga and Pepper Novack also ran for the junior high girls, and all of them set either personal records or season records.
The junior high boys placed second in a division with nine total teams and 89 total runners. Dalhart scored 46 points, just 23 points behind Canyon and 60 points ahead of Borger.
Six runners won individual medals. Irving Arteaga placed third at 11 minutes 21 seconds, Ayden Huaracha placed fourth at 12 minutes 7 seconds, Ikal Morlan placed 12th at 12 minutes 47 seconds, Tylor Mendez placed 13th at 12 minutes 49 seconds, Migel Osaban placed 17th at 12 minutes 59 seconds, and Luis Castrol placed 18th at 13 minutes 2 seconds. All of them set new personal records.
Acxel Cabrerra, Carlos Ruiz, Diego Castro, Juan Castro, Teno Ruiz, Jesus Valle, Ethan Cordova, Edward Hunter, Santiago Gandara and Oman Estrada also ran for Dalhart Junior High.
