Bluffton hosted its first ever thrower’s showcase for track and field on Saturday.

Rori Drayer gets her chance at the shot put. (Photos provided)

The unique event is discus and shot put events only, honoring Bluffton High School Hall of Famer Tony Fey. Tigers’ coach Sebastain Baxter said he hopes that this event will become an annual one in the future and for it to grow. There were a total of 14 schools that participated.

The scoring was based on overall individual scores, but also included best shot put teams with two girls and two boys in total distance and the best discus team.

Bluffton hosted the first annual Tony Fey thrower’s showcase Saturday at the high school. The event featured some of the area’s best shot put and discus throwers and combined their distances to score a winner. Bluffton’s Drayvin Shoemaker tosses a discus during the event

Heritage was the overall champion in a tight race, finishing first in both shot put and discus. New Haven was second and Yorkton third. Bluffton finished in fourth place, placing third in the shot put and fifth in the discus.

Individual 

finishers were:

Boys

• Johnny Cruz fifth in the shot put with a throw of 48-8.25 and Sam Mechling 16th at 40-7.25.

• Drayvin Shoemaker eighth in the discus with a throw of 134-6 and Chris Kramer 20th at 110-9.

Girls

• Rori Drayer eighth in the shot put with a throw of 29-10.75 and Alexandria Koby 10th at 28-9.

• Koby 10th in the discus with a throw of 88-6, Drayer 11th at 86-4 and Corina Rader 14th at 80-1.

All throwers will rejoin their track and field teams during the sectional at Marion this week, starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday with the girls going first.

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