The Twentynine Palms High School track and field team traveled to Oak Hills High School in Hesperia to compete in the High Desert Invitational this past Saturday. Coach Ronda Morton said both teams brought home hardware with top three finishers. The girls came in with third place. Medal winners included Exodus Bleau in the shot put, and Vanessa Walton and Kerenza Robinson in the 1600- and 3200-meter races. Kerenza Robinson was named Lady Wildcat of the Week.
The boys finished in second place. Leading scorers were freshman K.J. Morton with 18 points in the triple jump, 100 meters and long jump; sophomore Spencer Walton added 18 more points in the 1600-meter and 800-meter races. Senior Ronnie Rondeau also earned 14 points in the hurdles and was named Wildcat of the week. Wednesday the Wildcats will host Shadow Hills Knights in De Anza league dual.
Coming up in high school sports tomorrow, the Yucca Valley High School swim team will host Woodcrest Christian School at home, starting at 3:15.
Also tomorrow, the Twentynine Palms High School Wildcat golf team will host the Shadow Hills Knights at home; tee-off is at 2:45.
And the Wildcat baseball team will travel away to Palm Valley; first pitch is at 4 p.m.
And finally tomorrow, the Joshua Springs Lightning baseball and softball teams will travel to Lucerne Valley. Both games start at 3:15.
