By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
COLUMBUS (June 7, 2025) – The Montpelier Locomotives led area schools in the Division III State Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium with two athletes placing in the top eight in two events
Junior Bria Friend earned a pair of podium finishes as she sprinted to fourth place (12.39) in the 100 meters and took fifth in the 200 after running a 25.53.
Fellow junior Logan Pontious used a throw of 58-9.50 on his fifth attempt to grab fourth in the shot put and followed that with a fifth place finish in the discus after a toss of 165-3.
Evergreen sophomore Luke Woodring found his way to the podium by placing seventh in the boys 100 meters with a time of 11.15.
In the boys 800, Pettisville’s Brady Wilburn narrowly missed the top eight by coming home ninth (1:57.93), just .81 seconds behind eighth place finisher Paul Westrick of Tinora.
In Division II, Archbold senior Preston Nofziger just missed the podium in the pole vault as he topped out 14-6, a new school record, to take ninth.
BOYS RESULTS
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AREA FINISHERS: POLE VAULT: 9. Preston Nofziger (Archbold) 14-6
DIVISION III STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AREA FINISHERS: SHOT PUT: 4. Logan Pontious (Montpelier) 58-9.50; DISCUS: 5. Logan Pontious (Montpelier) 165-3; 100 METERS: 7. Luke Woodring (Evergreen) 11.15; 800 METERS: 9. Brady Wilburn (Pettisville) 1:57; 17. Ethan Lee (Fayette) 2:02; 4×800 RELAY: 13. Pettisville (Kyle Galvin, Alex Galvin, Gavin Knierim, Brady Wilburn) 8:14; 300 HURDLES: 17. Eli Dickmann (Edon) 41.83
GIRLS RESULTS
DIVISION II STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AREA FINISHERS: 1600 METERS: 15. Nicolette Stickney (Bryan) 5:14; Kate Thormeier (Bryan) 5:21; 3200 METERS: 16. Ella Rhoades (Wauseon) 11:32
DIVISION III STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AREA FINISHERS: 100 METERS: 4. Bria Friend (Montpelier) 12.39; 200 METERS: 5. Bria Friend (Montpelier) 25.53; 100 HURDLES: 17. Kara Huntzinger (Evergreen) 17.25; 4X200 RELAY: 12. Montpelier (Kharleigh Kitchen, Jenna Clinger, Aleigha Hillard, Bria Friend) 1:47; 4X100 RELAY: 13. Montpelier (Kharleigh Kitchen, Jenna Clinger, Aleigha Hillard, Bria Friend) 50.98; 300 HURDLES: 13. Kara Huntzinger (Evergreen) 48.62