By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
The Lakeshore Lancers came to Dowagiac as the favorites to win the Big-16 Conference West Division championship and the Lancers left town without anyone disputing that fact.
Lakeshore rolled to wins over the Dowagiac boys' and girls' squads Thursday afternoon in the Chieftains' season opener.
Lakeshore won the boys' meet, 110-53. The Lady Lancers scored a 133-30 victory over a very young Chieftain squad.
Dowagiac was short handed in both halves of the meet. Still, Chieftain coach Ken Jordan liked what he saw.
Devon Jackson and J.J. White were both triple winners for the Chieftains. Sabrina Demerly won two events for Dowagiac, while Anne O'Keefe set a new school record in the pole vault.
Boys Results
Lakeshore…110
Dowagiac…53
3200 relay: 1. Lakeshore 9:04.11 (Mike Romkema, Jim Pancoast, Jordan Bibbings, Nathan Broehm), 2. Dowagiac 10:06.18; 110 high hurdles: 1. J.J. White (D) 16.14, 2. Kyle Bennett (D) 18.28, 3. Jason Blackmer (L) 20.00; 100 dash: 1. Devon Jackson (D) 11.20, 2. Steve Hicks (L) 12.00, 3. Micah Nelson (L) 12.09; 1600 run: 1. Pancoast (L) 5:22.67, 2. Andrew Lawrick (L) 5:23.64, 3. Broehm (L) 5:24.73; 400 relay: 1. Lakeshore 46.37 (Hicks, Brandon Clark, Blackmer, Nelson), 2. Dowagiac 46.86; 400 dash: 1. Mike Romkema (L) 56.38, 2. Hunter Wright (L) 1:01.17, 3. Travis Myrkle (D) 1:01.88; 300 IM hurdles: 1. White (D) 42.64, 2 Romkema (L) 49.21, 3. Rob Scudder (L) 49.41; 800 run: 1. Pencoast (L) 2:02.25, 2. Lawrick (L) 2:21.16, 3. Bibbings (L) 2:21.29; 200 dash: 1. Jackson (D) 24.07, 2. Steve Winter (L) 25.01, 3. Ryan Burnside (L) 25.93; 3200 run: 1. Chris Forrester (L) 11:29.41, 2. Chad Newman (L) 11:29.86, 3. Bradley Lee (D) 11:33.80; 1600 relay: 1. Lakeshore 4:05 (Romkema, Pancoast, Blackmer, Clark), 2. Dowagiac 4:51; discus: 1. Joe Hover (L) 192-1, 2. Justin Bennett (D) 137-4, 3. Andrew Hartline (L) 133-2; shot put: 1. Hover (L) 50-6, 2. Hartline (L) 48-9 1/2, 3. Bennett (D) 44-4; high jump: 1. Nick Freer (L) 6-0, 2. Steve Winter (L) 5-11, 3. Jamaal Wade (D) 5-6; pole vault: 1. Kyle Bennett (D) 10-9, 2. Rob Scudder (L) 10-6, 3. Blackmer (L) 9-0; long jump: 1. White (D) 19- 1/2, 2. Aaron Jackson (D) 17-8, 3. Bill Marx (L) 17-6 1/2.
Girls Results
Lakeshore…133
Dowagiac…30
3200 relay: 1. Lakeshore (Courtney Middleton, Dannielle Bossley, Angela Pscholka, Tresa Cramer) 11:04.83, 2. Dowagiac 11:50.80; 100 high hurdles: 1. Denise Jackson (D) 19.00, 2. Kelsey Fitchuck (L) 20.36, 3. Emily Winter (L) 21.47; 100 dash: 1. Amanda Bednar (L) 14.14, 2. Sarah Woodrick (L) 14.24, 3. Chelsea Knauf (L) 14.61; 1600 run: 1. Tresea Cramer (L) 5:50.70, 2. Courtney Middleton (L) 5:53.53, 3. Angelica Pscholka (L) 6:08.86; 400 relay: 1. Lakeshore (Britni Skoda, Amanda Bednar, Amber Mendoza, Chelsea Knauf) 57.97, 2. Dowagiac 1:01.87; 400 dash: 1. Tiffany Ego (L) 1:07.03, 2. Megan Tacey (L) 1:10.84, 3. Sarah Woodrick (L) 1:11.21; 300 low hurdles: 1. Kelly Fitchuck (L) 55.26, 2. Lee Winter (L) 1:00.57, 3. Denise Jackson (D) 1:00.98.; 800: Teresa Cramer (L) 2:40.32, 2. Amanda VanHusan (D) 2:50.51, 3. Carly Knauf (L) 2:51.63; 200 dash: 1. Tiffany Ego (L) 29.04, 2. Sarah Woodrick (L) 30.88, 3. Megan Tacey (L) 31.25; 3200 run: 1. Courtney Middleton (L) 12:40.02, 2. Danielle Bosley (L) 13:42.94, 3. Alix Dailey (L) 14:34.83; 1600 relay: 1. Lakeshore (Teresa Cramer, Amanda Dosch, Angela Pscholka, Tiffany Ego) 4:48.55; discus: 1. Sabrina Demerly (D) 89-7, 2. Rachael Pries (L) 67-10, 3. Brigitte McGrath (L) 64-9; shot put: 1. Sabrina Demerly (D) 30-5, 2. Jennifer Wharton 26-5, 3. Brittany Watkins (D) 22-11; high jump: 1. Chelsea Knauf (L) 5-0, 2. Kresten Huff (L) 4-7, 3. Emily Winter (L) 4-6; long jump: Sarah Woodrick (L) 14-2, 2. Allie Muchmore (L) 13-10, 3. Kristen Huff (L) 12-10 1/2; Pole Vault: 1. Anne O'Keefe (D) 8-1, 2. Melinda Mills (L) 7-3, 3. Heather LaPrate (L) 7-3.