Kiki Thompson won the long jump and Somer Graham won the pole vault for the Gainesville High girls track and field team as part of a first place finish in the Chestatee Invitational on Saturday.
Tasha Turner, Dominique Woods, Caitlyn Ludwig and Thompson won the 4 x 100 relay for the Lady Red Elephants. Turner, Sha’Doris Godwin, Graham and Woods picked up the win for Gainesville in the 4 x 400 relay.
Soccer
North Hall girls 3, East Hall 0
Only three players and an assistant coach showed up for East Hall, giving North Hall a victory by forfeit on Saturday.
Mary Mancin scored the procedural goal to complete the forfeit. Per GHSA regulations, a forfeit is counted as a 3-0 victory.
No. 7 ranked North Hall (10-0-1, 8-0 Area 7-AAA) plays host to Walker at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Apalachee boys 2, West Hall 0
Apalachee High shut-out last-year's tournament champion West Hallto win the 2008 NEGA Mountain Cup.
In the 3rd-place match, Johnson High defeated Buford, 2-0, and in the Consolation match, Chestatee High won over Winder-Barrow, 6-0.
The following young men were selected to the All-Tournament Team:
Adam Porter - Apalachee
Edward Ameyaw - Apalachee
Ivan Garcia - Apalachee
Chris Lewis - West Hall
Gerson Mejia - West Hall
Isreal Del Torro - West Hall
Daniel Abarca - Johnson
Gil Espinosa - Johnson
Gabino Alanis - Buford
Tony Arroyo - Buford
Tyler Esson - Chestatee
Clemente Medina - Chestatee
Mitchell Martin - Winder-Barrow
Clay Brantley - Winder-Barrow
Tournament MVPs - Ivan Garcia (Apalachee) and Isreal Del Torro (West Hall)