Tigers qualify for state track meet

Mountain Home's track and field team qualified six girls and three boys to this week's state championships at Donna Larson Park in Boise.

Mountain Home sophomore Alexandera Tatum was the big winner at last week's district event, winning the triple jump with a record leap of 36 feet, six inches. Tatum finished second in the 100-meter dash and the long jump and was a part of the Mountain Home 4X 100 meter relay team that finished first. Tatum will compete in all four events at state.

Also qualifying for this week's finals were Sable Lohmeier and Rachel Johnson. Lohmeier qualified in the throws, finishing second at district in the discus and fifth in the shot put. Johnson qualified for state in the high jump, where she placed second at district.

Mountain Home's girls team finished fifth at district with 68 points -- a point behind Skyview. Bishop Kelly won the girls meet, Caldwell was second, Kuna came in third and Middleton finished sixth.

Eric Reetz, Dallin Dearing and Nolan Pasqualetti all qualified for state. Reetz qualified by winning the 300-meter hurdles at district. Dearing finished second in the discus to qualify, and Pasqualetti's third-place effort in the high jump qualified him.

Bishop Kelly won the district boys meet, besting Skyview by a point. Middleton finished third, Calwell, fourth, Kuna came in fifth and Mountain Home finished sixth.