Unionville boys making a STATE-ment of their own
By Dave Conard SportsEditor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Unionville 800-meter runner Steve Pannacone won his event on Saturday
COATESVILLE—On Saturday at Red Raiders Stadium, there was what seemed like an endless parade to the medal stand, for the boys and girls clad in the blue and gold of the Indians.
Early on in the day pole vaulter Derek Larson set a new personal best by clearing 14 feet to punch his ticket to the PIAA State championship meet at Shippensburg University, and that was just the start of good news for the Unionville team.
Perry Hopkins, fresh off his last Penn Relays performance at the high school level, came into Saturday’s action as one of five boys that realistically had a chance to claim gold, and after the dust cleared it was Hopkins that was standing atop of the podium with the District One first place hardware around his neck
“I am very happy,” said Hopkins “I had such a brain dead performance at the Penn Relays. I was a head case down there, I just thought too much and let my head get in the way. I just came in here and had fun and let it fly.”
Hopkins’ throw of 195’ 0 “ may not have eclipsed his personal record of 208’ 4”, but it was strong enough to surpass Pope John Paul II stand out senior Jacob Gribb and a throw of 190’ 0”.
“I just wanted to do my best here and enjoy my last time at districts,” added Hopkins. “The best thing about District One is that most of the best in the state are here, so it really helps when you get to the state meet. It’s going to be great to have so many teammates out there.”
The winning didn’t stop with Hopkins as 800-meter specialist Steve Yannacone qualified for the state meet on Friday then blew away the field which had some very highly touted runners in it, including state champion Drew Magaha from Upper Moreland.
“I’m excited about qualifying for the state meet, but really we are just running around a track a couple of times,” said Yannacone, who had a very interesting point of view on the importance of athletics in general. “It’s not like we are solving any of the world’s problems or saving any one. We get all bunched up because every one is so good at this level. It is such a hype competitive environment, you just can’t let it get to you.”
As a team Unionville finished eighth over all with 26 points.
Event 701 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay AAA
Preliminaries
1 West Chester Henderson 7:59.03QSQS
2 Upper Darby 7:59.46QSQS
3 Pennridge 7:59.23QSQS
4 Bensalem 7:59.78QSQS
5 Downingtown West 7:59.51QSQS
19 Kennett 8:21.21
24 Unionville 8:27.67
Event 702 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles AAA
Semi-Finals
1 Willett, Aaron 12 Coatesville 14.19QSQS 0.4 2
2 Zaza, Wellington 11 Strath Haven 14.37QSQS 1.0 1
3 Hairston, Maxmilian 12 Wissahickon 14.32QSQS 0.4 2
Event 702 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles AAA
Finals
1 Williams, Chris 12 Strath Haven 13.82 SQS 1.1
2 Zaza, Wellington 11 Strath Haven 13.86 SQS 1.1
3 Willett, Aaron 12 Coatesville 13.94 SQS 1.1
4 Hairston, Maxmilian 12 Wissahickon 14.25 SQS 1.1
Event 703 Boys 100 Meter Dash AAA
Preliminaries
1 Gillespie, Ronnie 12 Upper Perk 10.65QSQS -2.3 3
2 Hynes, Ryan 12 CB South 10.72QSQS -1.2 1
3 Coker, Daquan 12 Perk Valley 10.78QSQS -4.3 5
17 Lowe, Cj 11 Kennett 11.13 -4.3 5
Event 705 Boys 400 Meter Dash AAA
Preliminaries
1 Stiles, Johnathon 12 Penn Wood 49.13QSQS 3
2 Hardy, Troy 12 D-Town West 49.44QSQS 2
3 Hackett, Corey 12 Hatboro Horsham 49.45QSQS 1
17 Peabody, Francis 10 Unionville 51.50 1
Event 706 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay AAA
Preliminaries
1 Neshaminy 41.91QSQS 4
2 Cheltenham 42.03QSQS 1
3 Central Bucks South 42.04QSQS 2
4 Strath Haven 42.45QSQS 3
5 Pennsbury 42.53qSQS 1
12 Coatesville 43.29 SQS 2
15 Kennett 43.61 3
21 Unionville 43.96 2
Event 707 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles AAA
Preliminaries
1 Hynes, Ryan 12 CB South * 37.23QSQS 2
2 Futch, Eric 12 Penn Wood 37.78QSQS 3
3 Zaza, Wellington 11 Strath Haven 38.01QSQS 1
4 Willett, Aaron 12 Coatesville 37.86QSQS 2
Event 707 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles AAA
Finals
1 Futch, Eric 12 Penn Wood 37.08*SQS
2 Wahlman, Paul 12 CR North 37.43 SQS
3 Zaza, Wellington 11 Strath Haven 37.60 SQS
4 Hairston, Maxmilian 12 Wissahickon 38.21 SQS
5 Hynes, Ryan 12 CB South 38.42 SQS
6 Willett, Aaron 12 Coatesville 38.54 SQS
Event 708 Boys 800 Meter Run AAA
Preliminaries
1 Chaborek, Aj 11 WC Henderson 1:54.93QSQS
2 Magaha, Drew 12 Upper Moreland 1:55.35QSQS
3 Rivera, Brad 11 Bensalem 1:57.37Q
4 Wiseman, Jeffrey 10 CR South 1:55.12QSQS
5 Yannacone, Steve 11 Unionville 1:55.86QSQS
Event 708 Boys 800 Meter Run AAA
Finals
1 Yannacone, Steve 11 Unionville 1:54.18 SQS
2 Rivera, Brad 11 Bensalem 1:54.92 SQS
3 Chaborek, Aj 11 WC Henderson 1:55.71 SQS
4 Huemmler, Jack 11 Strath Haven 1:55.80 SQS
5 Wiseman, Jeffrey 10 CR South 1:55.91 SQS
6 Scripture, Avery 11 Upper Perk 1:56.16 SQS
7 Kohler, Austin 12 Pennridge 1:56.34 SQS
8 Garton, Dave 10 Perk Valley 1:56.40 SQS
Event 709 Boys 200 Meter Dash AAA
Finals
1 Futch, Eric 12 Penn Wood 21.23*SQS 1.8
2 Gillespie, Ronnie 12 Upper Perk 21.24*SQS 1.8
3 Smith II, Kevin 12 Coatesville 21.68 SQS 1.8
4 Thompson, Mark 11 Cheltenham 21.84 SQS 1.8
Event 711 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay AAA
Finals
1 Bensalem 3:17.67 SQS
2 Penn Wood 3:17.76 SQS
3 Pennridge 3:18.08 SQS
4 Pennsbury 3:20.53 SQS
5 Coatesville 3:20.83 SQS
Event 712 Boys High Jump AAA
1 Brandt, Andrew 12 Marple Newtown 6-08.00 SQS
2 Ramsey, Jalen 12 Norristown 6-05.00 SQS
3 Dawson, Derek 12 Ridley J6-05.00 SQS
11 Kimbrough, Detrick 11 Coatesville J6-01.00
Event 713 Boys Pole Vault AAA
1 Smith, Corey 12 CB West 15-00.00 SQS
2 Williams, Chris 12 Strath Haven J15-00.00 SQS
3 Larson, Derek 12 Unionville 14-00.00
4 Harcher, James 12 Quakertown 13-06.00
5 Esposito, Vincent 11 North Penn J13-06.00
-- Pedrick, Tyler 12 Coatesville NH
Event 714 Boys Long Jump AAA
1 LaCroix, Harley 12 Cheltenham 23-05.25 SQS NWI
2 Hynes, Ryan 12 CB South 22-03.00 SQS NWI
3 Andrews, Travis 12 Phoenixville 22-01.25 SQS NWI
11 Royal, William 11 Coatesville 20-09.00 NWI
19 Thomas, Shaquille 11 Coatesville 20-02.25 NWI
Event 715 Boys Triple Jump AAA
1 Zaza, Wellington 11 Strath Haven 49-08.00 SQS NWI
2 LaCroix, Harley 12 Cheltenham 47-02.00 SQS NWI
3 Dawson, Derek 12 Ridley 45-07.50 SQS NWI
22 Stocker, Jay 9 Coatesville 41-07.00 NWI
23 Thompson, Steve 10 WC Henderson 41-06.50 NWI
23 Rochester, Melik 10 Kennett 41-06.50 NWI
29 Anderson, Jebiz 12 Coatesville 40-05.50 NWI
Event 716 Boys Shot Put AAA
15 Morgan, Dylan 11 Coatesville 47-01.50
16 Manigault, Marcus 12 WC Rustin 45-02.00
Event 717 Boys Discus Throw AAA
1 Hart, Ryan 12 D-Town East 183-07.00*SQS
2 Kpassagnon, Tanoh 12 Wissahickon 151-07.00
3 Muroski, Darrik 10 Coatesville 149-08.00
4 Mao, Evan 12 Upper Dublin 148-03.00
5 Herbster, Dan 11 Garnet Valley 147-10.00
9 Morgan, Dylan 11 Coatesville 141-01.00
10 Swanick, Jimmy 11 Springfield Delc 139-01.00
-- Hopkins, Perry 12 Unionville FOUL
Event 718 Boys Javelin Throw AAA
1 Hopkins, Perry 12 Unionville 195-00.00 SQS
2 Gribb, Jacob 12 Pope John Paul 190-00.00 SQS
3 Shalaway, Ethan 11 Boyertown 187-02.00 SQS
4 Waller, Brandon 11 Haverford 184-07.00 SQS
5 John, Jason 11 Upper Darby 174-06.00
15 Pancoast, Tom 11 Unionville 162-03.00
15 Fox, Tyler 11 Upper Dublin 162-03.00
17 Hodgkiss, Greg 12 Phoenixville 155-04.00
18 Miles, Rahjeir 11 Coatesville 155-01.00
Men - AAA - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored
1) Strath Haven 71 2) Bensalem 48
3) Penn Wood 42 4) Hatboro Horsham 34
5) Central Bucks South 30.83 6) Wissahickon 28
6) Cheltenham 28 8) Coatesville 26
8) Unionville 26 10) Council Rock North 25
