SWR boys nab second

The Wildcats knew Kyle Merber and Hills West would be the biggest obstacle in winning a small school county championship. They were.

Merber led Hills West to 70 points and a win in the county championship, while the Wildcats took second with 58. Junior Bobby Andrews (pictured right) was third in the 3,200 (9 minutes, 50.68 seconds), third in the 1,600 (4:37.59) and ran on the first-place 4 x 800 team.

The strength for the Wildcats has been their distance runners, but unfortunately Hills West excelled in the same area. Not many teams can contend with Shoreham's distance crew, but with Merber Hills West managed to strip away key points where the Wildcats rely on scoring.

Still, though, a real nice job for the Wildcats to finish ahead of Bellport (54 points), a team with a couple of the top athletes in the county (Dennis Scruggs & Jaqvan Holland, who is a sophomore).

Brian Nill took second for Shoreham in the 600 behind Scruggs (1:26.22). Scruggs ran 1:25.51).

Jason Demidow was fifth in the 55-hurdles (8.38 seconds). Marc Delaney was fifth in the shot put (45 feet, 9 1/2 inches).

Sophomore Alec Baron had a nice meet with a fourth-place finish in the long jump (20-04) and second-place in the triple jump (41-04 1/2).

The Wildcats' 4 x 800 relay team included Andrews, James Gladysz, Sean Norberg and Nill.

Kyle Wightman placed fifth in the 3,200 (10:08 1/2). Gladysz was fifth in the 1,000 (2:43.14).