Hannah Marsh extends herself to clear 9 feet in the pole vault event at Hesston. The Hillsboro girls topped their counterparts from Marion by five points on Thursday to set the stage for the upcoming league title showdown at Nickerson on Friday. Phyllis Richert / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.

Sean Leihy of Hillsboro leads the back into the home stretch of the second lap during the 1,600-meter race at Hesston. Leihy led to the finish line, winning in a time of 4:50. Behind him are Justin Heidebrecht and Ryan Jones of Marion. Heidebrecht placed second in 4:52.4 and Jones third in 4:57.1. Phyllis Richert / Free Press. Click image to enlarge.

  For the second week in a row, the Hillsboro High girls and boys swept the top prize at an invitational track meet.

  Coming off a double win at the James Thomas Invitational on April 27, the Trojan girls scored 109 points Thursday to edge Marion by five points for first place at the nine-school Hess­ton Invitational.

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Hillsboro’s Daniel Kunantaev watches his drive off of the tee at Hole 3. Kunantaev placed fourth on Friday. Don Ratzlaff / Free Press. Click on image to enlarge.

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Isaac Leihy rocks and fires during the second game of Moanday's double-header against MHS.

Hillsboro won the opener, 8-3.

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