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CIF state track and field: Pittsburg athletes win two state titles
When the curtain closed Saturday night at the California Interscholastic Federation state track and field championships in Clovis, four individuals and one relay team stood tallest among Bay Area News Group athletes.
Pittsburg’s 4×100 relay team of Jamar Searcy, Michael Stallworth, La’Rico Tezeno and Tim Edwards opened the meet with a sizzling sprint around the Veterans Memorial Stadium track, posting a time of 40.77 to edge Long Beach Poly by three-tenths of a second.
The East Bay school wasn’t done.
Later, Jathiyah Muhammad captured Pittsburg’s second state title, winning the girls pole vault in 13 feet, 9 inches.
Muhammad’s brother, Khaliq, took second in the boys pole vault with a mark of 16-4, which was four inches behind winner Kai Anderson of University City.
Acalanes’ Trevor Rogers leaped 24-3 ¾ to capture the long jump one year after placing fourth in the event.
The Cal-bound two-sport standout, who helped Acalanes win a state football title in December, edged Wilcox’s Tyson Bonilla, who took second in 24-1.
Campolindo’s Pinkie Schnayer also stood atop the medal stand after she finished first in the shot put in 47-3 ¾. Aja Johnson of Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks was second in 46-8 ¾.
Bishop O’Dowd’s Brandon Rush celebrated a state championship in the triple jump after he posted a mark of 47-5. He went 48-1 ¼ in Friday’s trials, which ranked second heading into Saturday’s finals.
Here is how athletes from the Bay Area News Group’s coverage area performed on Saturday:
Girls 4×100
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Oaks Christian, 45.67
No. 7 Pittsburg, 47.08
Friday’s trials
No. 8 Pittsburg, 46.86
Top time: Calabasas, 45.90
Boys 4×100
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Pittsburg (Jamar Searcy, Michael Stallworth, La’Rico Tezeno, Tim Edwards), 40.77
No. 6 Archbishop Mitty, 41.13
DQ De La Salle
Friday’s trials
No. 2 Pittsburg, 41.30
No. 5 Archbishop Mitty, 41.51
No. 7 De La Salle, 41.58
Top time: Long Beach Poly, 41.19
Girls 1,600
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Sadie Engelhardt, Ventura, 4:32.06
No. 5 Tatum Olesen, Menlo-Atherton, 4:46.76
Friday’s trials
No. 5 Tatum Olesen, Menlo-Atherton, 4:51.25
Top time: Sadie Engelhardt, Ventura, 4:50.52
Boys 1,600
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Andreas Dybdahl, Santa Barbara, 4:08.23
No. 4 Benjamin Bouie, Crystal Springs Uplands, 4:10.40
No. 6 Miles Jones, Oakland Tech, 4:11.15
No. 7 Arrin Sagiraju, Dougherty Valley, 4:11.45
No. 11 Daniel Martinez, Clayton Valley Charter, 4:14.61
Friday’s trials
No. 4 Arrin Sagiraju, Dougherty Valley, 4:11.88
No. 6 Daniel Martinez, Clayton Valley Charter, 4:11.92
No. 7 Benjamin Bouie, Crystal Springs Uplands, 4:10.99
No. 12 Miles Jones, Oakland Tech, 4:12.53
Top time: Jonah Reynolds, Jesuit-Carmichael, 4:10.59
Girls 100 hurdles
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Anisa Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego, 13.59
Friday’s trials
No locals advanced
Top time: Anisa Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego, 13.74
Boys 110 hurdles
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Myles Mcfarland, Cosumnes Oaks, 13.69
No. 6 Prince Najeeb Babalola-Buchango, Archbishop Mitty, 14.22
No. 9 Thomas Zang, St. Ignatius, 14.75
Friday’s trials
No. 3 Prince Najeeb Babalola-Buchango, Archbishop Mitty, 14.07
No. 9 Thomas Zang, St. Ignatius, 14.24
Top time: Myles Mcfarland, Cosumnes Oaks, 13.71
Girls 400
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Payton Smith, La Jolla, 53.39
No. 2 Hannah Rutherford, Mountain View, 53.70
No. 8 Eden Enoru, Heritage, 56.39
Friday’s trials
No. 2 Hannah Rutherford, Mountain View, 54.54
No. 8 Eden Enoru, Heritage, 55.65
Top time: Morgan Maddox, Culver City, 53.62
Boys 400
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Xai Ricks, Long Beach Poly, 46.79
Friday’s trials
No locals advanced
Top time: Dylan Ochoa, Northview, 47.24
Girls 100
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Mikaela Warr, Canyon, 11.41
Friday’s trials
No locals advanced
Top time: Amirah Shaheed, Madison, 11.50
Boys 100
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Brandon Arrington Jr., Mt. Miguel, 10.33
No. 4 Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle, 10.49
No. 9 Nathaniel Guillory, Los Altos, 10.63
Friday’s trials
No. 5 Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle, 10.40
No. 7 Nathaniel Guillory, Los Altos, 10.51
Top time: Brandon Arrington Jr., Mt. Miguel, 10.27
Girls 800
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Tessa Buswell, Poway, 2:06.51
No. 7 Kylie Hoornaert, Prospect, 2:09.22
No. 8 Zoe Lahanas, Clayton Valley Charter, 2:10.96
Friday’s trials
No. 1 Kylie Hoornaert, Prospect, 2:08.48
No. 11 Zoe Lahanas, Clayton Valley Charter, 2:12.18
Boys 800
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Cain Evans, Carlsbad, 1:50.21
Friday’s trials
No locals advanced
Top time: Cain Evans, Carlsbad, 1:51.88
Girls 300 hurdles
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad, 41.26
Friday’s trials
No locals advanced
Top time: Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad, 41.93
Boys 300 hurdles
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Jordehn Gammage, Canyon, 37.35
No. 9 Thomas Zang, St. Ignatius, 39.39
Friday’s trials
No. 9 Thomas Zang, St. Ignatius, 38.57
Top time: Jonathan Tseko-Biffle, El Capitan, 37.48
Girls 200
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Amirah Shaheed, Madison, 23.53
No. 7 Hannah Rutherford, Mountain View, 24.06
Friday’s trials
No. 3 Hannah Rutherford, Mountain View, 23.99
Top time: Morgan Maddox, Culver City, 23.60
Boys 200
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Brandon Arrington Jr., Mt. Miguel, 20.55
No. 3 Nathaniel Guillory, Los Altos, 21.27
No. 5 Prince Najeeb Babalola-Buchango, Archbishop Mitty, 21.34
DNS Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle
Friday’s trials
No. 6 Nathaniel Guillory, Los Altos, 21.11
No. 7 Prince Najeeb Babalola-Buchango, Archbishop Mitty, 21.20
No. 9 Jaden Jefferson, De La Salle, 21.46
Top time: Brandon Arrington Jr., Mt. Miguel, 20.55
Girls 4×800 relay
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Ventura. 8:57.21
No. 6 Granada, 9:10.55
No. 7 Los Altos, 9:11.42
No. 8 St. Francis, 9:12.15
No Friday’s trials
Boys 4×800 relay
Saturday’s finals
State champion: San Clemente, 7:38.07
No. 2 Granada, 7:40.29
No. 7 Foothill, 7:44.53
No Friday’s trials
Girls 3,200
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Jaelyn Williams, East Lake, 9:57.11
No. 8 Shea Volkmer, Campolindo, 10:20.57
No Friday’s trials
Boys 3,200
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Evan Noonan, Dana Hills, 8:43.12
No. 2 Grant Morgenfeld, Palo Alto, 8:44.40
No. 5 Lucas Cohen, Albany, 8:48.63
No. 7 Landon Pretre, Menlo School, 8:50.47
No. 9 Olaf Dietz, Berkeley, 8:51.77
No Friday’s trials
Girls 4×400 relay
State champion: Long Beach Wilson, 3:41.40
No locals advanced
Top time: Long Beach Poly, 3:47.95
Boys 4×400 relay
State champion: Long Beach Wilson, 3:12.54
No locals advanced
Top time: Long Beach Wilson, 3:15.08
Girls discus
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Aja Johnson, Notre Dame-Sherman Oaks, 158-10
No. 5 Brielle Moseley, Silver Creek, 142-4
Friday’s trials
No. 10 Brielle Moseley, Silver Creek, 138-4
Top mark: Sol Bitners, Davis, 153-5
Boys discus
Saturday’s finals
State champion: McKay Madsen, Clovis North, 206-8
No. 3 Kyler Headley, Silver Creek, 197-6
Friday’s trials
No. 6 Kyler Headley, Silver Creek, 184-6
Top mark: Derek Smith, Buchanan, 206-11
Girls long jump
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Loren Webster, Long Beach Wilson, 20-5 1/4
No. 5 Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius, 19-0
No. 9 Natalie Lyons, Acalanes, 18-3
No. 10 Kira Gant Hatcher, St. Mary’s-Berkeley, 18-1
Friday’s trials
No. 5 Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius, 18-8 ½
No. 9 Natalie Lyons, Acalanes, 17-11 3/4
No. 12 Kira Gant Hatcher, St. Mary’s-Berkeley, 17-6 ¾
Top mark: Loren Webster, Long Beach Wilson, 20-9 ¼
Boys long jump
Saturday’s finals
No. 1 Trevor Rogers, Acalanes, 24-3 ¾
No. 2 Tyson Bonilla, Wilcox, 24-1
No. 6 Jonathan Craft, James Logan, 23-2 ¼
No. 11 Brandon Rush, Bishop O’Dowd, 22-1 ¾
Friday’s trials
No. 1 Trevor Rogers, Acalanes, 24-7 ¾
No. 2 Tyson Bonilla, Wilcox, 24-3 ¼
No. 4 Brandon Rush, Bishop O’Dowd, 23-7
No. 5 Jonathan Craft, James Logan, 23-6 ¼
Girls shot put
Saturday’s finals
State champion: No. 1 Pinkie Schnayer, Campolindo, 47-3 3/4
Friday’s trials
No. 1 Pinkie Schnayer, Campolindo, 44-3 ½
Boys shot put
Saturday’s finals
State champion: McKay Madsen, Clovis North, 62-9 ½
No. 10 Luke Lewis, Serra, 55-6 1/2
Friday’s trials
No. 10 Luke Lewis, Serra, 55-7
Top mark: Brayden Bitter, Clovis North, 64-3 ¼
Girls pole vault
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Jathiyah Muhammad, Pittsburg, 13-9
No. 6 (tie) Elise Doyle, San Ramon Valley, 12-5
No. 9 (tie) Abigail Goetz, Sequoia, 11-11
Friday’s trials
No. 1 Jathiyah Muhammad, Pittsburg, 12-7
No. 2 (tie) Elise Doyle, San Ramon Valley, 12-3
No. 10 Abigail (Abby) Goetz, Sequoia, 11-9
Boys pole vault
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Kai Anderson, University City, 16-8
No. 2 Khaliq Muhammad, Pittsburg, 16-4
Friday’s trials
No. 4 Khaliq Muhammad, Pittsburg, 15-6
Top mark: Three tied for first, also at 15-6
Girls triple jump
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Alyssa Alumbres, Vista Murrieta, 40-11
No. 11 Daniela Hughes, Los Altos, 37-2 ¾
Friday’s trials
No. 11 Daniela Hughes, Los Altos, 37-7 1/4
Top mark: Quincie Richards, Royal, 39-8 ¾
Boys triple jump
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Brandon Rush, Bishop O’Dowd, 47-5
No. 8 Noah Gonzalez, St. Ignatius, 45-7 ¼
No. 11 Anthony Dean, De La Salle, 44-2 ¾
Friday’s trials
No. 2 Brandon Rush, Bishop O’Dowd, 48-1 ¼
No. 7 Noah Gonzalez, St. Ignatius, 46-7
No. 11 Anthony Dean, De La Salle, 46-2
Top mark: Jordan Carter, Vista del Lago, 48-6 ¾
Girls high jump
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Valentina Fakrogha, Ventura, 5-8
No. 2 Summer Young. Menlo School, 5-8
No. 4 Lelani Laruelle, Monta Vista, 5-7
Friday’s trials
No. 3 (tie) Addison Braitberg, Miramonte, 5-5
No. 6 Lelani Laruelle, Monta Vista, 5-5
No. 8 Summer Young, Menlo School, 5-5
Top mark: Two tied, also at 5-5
Boys high jump
Saturday’s finals
State champion: Deshawn Banks, Birmingham, 7-0 ½
ND Alexander Dillon, Milpitas
Friday’s trials
No. 3 (tie) Alexander Dillon, Milpitas, 6-6
Top mark: Two tied, also at 6-6
Sidney Crosby left the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday and did not return.
The team initially did not disclose why Crosby was ruled out of the game, but coach Dan Muse told reporters postgame that Crosby has a lower-body injury. Crosby left the ice and went to the locker room early in the second period. The Penguins went on to beat the Senators in a shootout, 4-3.
Pittsburgh also played Thursday’s game without Evgeni Malkin, who has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury. It remains unclear how long he will be out, with the team only saying Malkin is “day-to-day,” according to a post on X from March 24.
Crosby returned to Pittsburgh’s lineup on March 18 against the Carolina Hurricanes after missing four weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered during the Olympic tournament. Crosby was injured during Team Canada’s quarterfinal win over Team Czechia after a hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.
Crosby was placed on injured reserve and missed 11 games. In the five games since returning to the lineup, Crosby has tallied five points. This season, the 38-year-old star for the Penguins has a team-high 28 goals, and he is third on the team with 36 assists.
With 10 games remaining in the regular season, Pittsburgh (36-20-16) sits in second place in the Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division with 88 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders both have 87 points.
A Pittsburgh hospital will be getting a big bonus for selling a $1.5 million-winning Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket.
UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital sold the Cash Spectacular ticket, and, as a result, will get a $10,000 bonus.
According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the Cash Spectacular is a $30 game that offers the top prize of $1.5 million.
As they often do when a big winner such as this one happens, the Pennsylvania Lottery is reminding players that scratch-off prizes are valid for one year from the game’s end-sale date, which can be found on their website.
The Pennsylvania Lottery also said that scratch-offs are distributed at random, so neither the lottery nor the retailers know where winning tickets will be sold.
Pittsburgh area million-dollar winners
Since the calendar flipped to 2026, the Pittsburgh area has been one lucky place, with multiple million-dollar or more winning tickets sold since January.
The first came on January 8 when a $1 million scratch-off was sold at a North Huntingdon Township Walmart. The $20 Jackpot Scratch-Off yielded the top prize of $1 million.
Just a week later, again in Westmoreland County, a Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the North Huntingdon Sheetz, giving someone a $1.4 million prize.
One of the biggest jackpots of the year came earlier this month in Armstrong County, when one lucky player won $1 million for year for life.
That ticket was sold at a BP gas station on Buffalo Street in Freeport Borough. As a result, the BP got a $100,000 bonus.
Days after kids got into a major brawl in Downtown Pittsburgh, some school leaders are reacting, trying to get ahead of more potential activity this weekend.
Pittsburgh Public Schools left a voice message for families Tuesday night, informing them about a flyer circulating on social media of a “downtown takeover” on Friday.
“This event is not sanctioned, not supervised, and poses a serious safety concern for our students. We urge all families to discourage their children from attending,” part of Pittsburgh Public Schools’ message said.
The location is unclear, but it’s scheduled for less than one week after a large brawl at Market Square, a place Pittsburgh Public Safety said has become a hub for kids and teens to gather, and where a fight early Sunday evening resulted in seven minors cited for disorderly conduct, and around 20 treated for exposure to pepper spray.
Jen Grippo, owner of Original Oyster House, said they were closed at the time. However, Grippo said they remain in close contact with their neighboring businesses about any activity.
“It was certainly disappointing,” Grippo said.
Grippo said she and Kathy Marsico, the operations manager at Nicholas Coffee and Tea Co., were already aware of the potential event on Friday.
“It’s a crazy world right now,” Marsico said. “It’s a cultural, social, kind of environment where the kids are very, you know, just attracted to that type of behavior.”
Marsico said police are urging all shops that don’t have cameras to put them up and to provide them with access to assist in these situations. She also said they work with an outreach team called AIM.
“They’re trying to make sure that the kids act responsibly and don’t take part in those types of events,” Marsico said.
Between these efforts and the PPS voicemail, businesses are encouraged by the proactive measures, but do feel more long-term solutions are needed, something the Pittsburgh Public Safety director said is in the works, as police confirmed to KDKA they’re monitoring the potential gathering that’s days away.
“We just want to make sure that even if the kids do come Downtown, you’re being safe, you’re being respectful, and you’re not going to cause a ruckus,” Grippo said.
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