Oak Hill High School

The OHXC Golden Eagles led by a pair of Top 5 finishes from Freshman Brantley Blair and Senior Wyatt Hart took a strong 2nd place to State Ranked Yorktown Saturday competing in the IHSAA Marion Sectional. As a result the Golden Eagles advanced to the IHSAA Manchester Regional. It is the 26th straight year the men have advanced out of the Sectional and 11th straight year advancing to the Super Regional / Semi State. Yorktown, who has been ranked in the Top 10 in the State (one class) for most of the season and is the #1 ranked team in Class 3a scored a low 23 points to win. The Golden Eagles who have been ranked #1 in Class 2a all season scored a strong 54 points. Both teams were well clear of the rest of the Top 5 in the 15 team field with Muncie Central 3rd with 113 points, Marion 4th with 126, and Wes Del 5th with 149. Blair was the individual Runner Up in an impressive time of 15:38. His time is the best by a Golden Eagle in Program history at the Sectional level. It is the 3rd time this season Blair has beaten the old OHXC Program Record of 15:41. His time is the 2nd best Marion Sectional time in over 20 years as his time would have won over 20 previous years. Hart, who was returning from a recent injury moved up late to earn a respective 5th in a time of 16:31. Joining Blair and Hart in the Top 15 as All Sectional runners earning Regional Individual Qualifier Honors were Juniors Josh Clark and Grant Melton as Clark was 11th in 16:56 and Melton 14th in 17:08. Both Clark and Melton set lifetime bests in doing so. This was the 3rd time in his career Hart has earned Top 15 All Sectional Honors and the 2nd for Clark. Hart is 1 of just 7 Golden Eagle athletes to advance to the Super Regional / Semi State with a Top 15 finish in the last 25 years. Junior Gavin Key set a lifetime best 17:32 to finish 22nd overall while Senior Eli Leak was 25th in 18:05. The Golden Eagles compete in the IHSAA Manchester Super Regional next Saturday October 24th at Manchester High School. The meet will feature 25 teams including multiple Top 25 State Ranked teams. The Top 5 teams and Top 15 unassociated individuals advance to the IHSAA State Finals.