Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

PHS Track Full of Tradition, Rivalry

The Curley Wolf track and field program is so rich in pride and tradition that it helped them over the Stamps Yellowjackets last Thursday night at Nashville.

The Prescott-Stamps rivalry has been very intense for several years since Rick Baker established the type of program that allowed the Jackets to win indoor and outdoor state championships for the last two years.

Looking back in history the Wolves' track tradition got started in the 1970's with some junior high conference and state titlles. This led to varsity district championships in 1975 and 1979.

The 1980's seemed to belong to the Wolves as they were crowned champs in 1982 through 1990. In 1991 the Fordyce Redbugs had so much talent they couldn't help from winning, but the Wolves took back over in 1992 and 1993. Stamps won it in 1994 and 1995 with the Wolves finishing as runner-up both years.

Beginning in March of 1996 the competition kicked off again as Stamps won the indoor title and Prescott finished as runner-up. This continued in the De Queen Relays, Texarkana Relays and the Scrapper Relays. Prescott took over at SAU, the Merchants' Relays and after a tough uphill battle, the 7AA crown last week.

On Tuesday, the Wolves didn't fare too well in the prelims or field events, but they did manage a district record performance from C. Butler, C.D. Flemons, Jason Morrow and J. Cornelius in the 4x800 meter relay.

Listed below is a recap of the 17 event meet scoring.

Shot put: -- K. Johnson took fifth place with a personal record for two points.

High jump: -- C. Flemons with an injury managed only a fifth place for two points.

Long jump: -- R.Johnson was edged out of second place for six points.

Discus: -- T. Burton and C.D. Flemons took third and fifth place for eight points.

Pole vault: -- E. Fain, Ja. and Je. Morrow swept the event for 24 points.

4x800-meter relay: -- R. Johnson, J. Cornelius, A. Johnston and C. Butler qualifed for state.

120 hurdles: -- C. Butler, first place with 14.6 feet, R. Johnson, fourth place, and C. Flemons, fifth place for a total of 16 points.

1600-meter run: -- despite injury Jason Morrow placed fourth followed by Jeremy Morrow for fifth place and a total of six points.

4x200 meter relay: -- N. Toliver, C. Vanhook, M. Montgomery and C. Haynie, four points.

400-meter run: -- J. Cornelus (49.3) and C. Flemons, second place for 18 points.

300-meter hurdles: -- Ch. Butler leading for 10 points fell, R. Johnson took fifth and J. Kisselburg took sixth place for a total of three points.

800-meter run: -- J. Cornelius took first place with a 7AA record time of 1:57.8.

200-meter dash: -- Ch. Butler took third place for six points.

3200-meter run: -- Ja. Morrow took fourth place, J. Williams took fifth place and C. Bazar took sixth place for a total of 7 points.

4x400-meter relay: -- First place with a 7AA record time of 3:24.2 was the team of J. Cornelius, C. Flemons, R. Johnson and C. Butler for 10 points.

The final tally read Prescott 142 and Stamps 140 to cap off a great spring with an outstanding two-day meet. Several Wolves were hurting, injured and sick, but they kept fighting back to regain their conference title.