WALKERTON - The co-ed track and field team participated in the Dennis Rippy Invitational Friday night. A total of eight schools participated in the annual Rippy Invitational event. On the boys side, LaVille came away with six event championships and racked up 161 points to secure its second team title in three years. Pioneer finished second, Knox third, 2024 champ Jimtown concluded in fourth and the host Falcons in fifth. Bethany Christian closed in sixth, Trinity Greenlawn seventh and Culver Community eighth. Event champs for LaVille include Cole Stafford in the 200m dash, Lance Edison in the high jump, Dylan Miller in the long jump, along with the duo of Avery Garrett and Ryan Maenhout, who tied for first in the pole vault. The 4X100 relay team of Cody Allen, Konnor Amor, Miller, and Edison grabbed a blue ribbon, while the 4X400 relay group of Stafford, Miller, Edison and Hudson Rush crossed the finish line first. Dennis Rippy Invitational LaVille Finishers Boys 100 - Cole Stafford, 5th 200 - Stafford, 1st 400 - Stafford, 2nd; Hudson Rush, 4th 800 - Dylan Miller, 2nd; Avery Garrett, 8th 1600 - Cristian Bianchini, 3rd; Trenton Laidig, 5th 3200 - Bianchini, 2nd 110H - Brock Gest, 2nd; Caleb Rock, 8th 300H - Lance Edison, 2nd; Sam Sherk, 4th 4X100 Relay - Cody Allen, Edison, Konnor Amor, Miller, 1st 4X400 Relay - Rush, Edison, Miller, Stafford, 1st 4X800 Relay - Laidig, Isaac Beelby, Sherk, Bianchini, 3rd FIELD EVENTS Shot Put - Eli Platz, 4th Discus - Julian Pabst, 5th; Platz, 7th High Jump - Edison, 1st; Garrett, 4th Long Jump - Miller, 1st; Sherk, 4th Pole Vault - Garrett and Ryan Maenhout, 1st In the girls competition, LaVille battled before finishing fourth with 86 points. Pioneer won its third straight team title with 140 points, followed by Jimtown and John Glenn. Closing out the team placement was Trinity Greenlawn in fifth, Bethany Christian, Culver Community, and Knox. The Lancers picked up valuable points with four runner-up finishes, including Mikalah Kuskye in the 200, Brooke Edison in the 300 hurdles, Denni Markin in the discus, and Reagan Mitchell in the pole vault. Both the boys and the girls return to the track on May 14 in the Indiana Northern State Conference Track & Field Championships. Dennis Rippy Invitational LaVille Finishers Girls 100 - Madison Singleton, 7th; Mikalah Kuskye, 8th 200 - Kuskye, 2nd; Ava Miller, 8th 400 - Moriah Richhart, 4th 1600 - Jessica Keb, 6th 3200 - Ava Barrett-Heaton, 8th 110H - Brooke Edison, 3rd; Mackenzie Menting, 8th 300H - Edison, 2nd 4X100 Relay - Miller, Kuskye, Mackena Deason, Singleton, 4th 4X400 Relay - Richhart, Deason, Keb, Kuskye, 3rd 4X800 Relay - Barrett-Heaton, Kendra Brant, Gracie Garrett, Reagan Mitchell, 4th FIELD EVENTS Shot Put - Richhart, 3rd; Denni Markin, 7th Discus - Markin, 2nd High Jump - Edison, 3rd Long Jump - Edison, 4th Pole Vault - Mitchell, 2nd; Myleigh Tolbert, 5th