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AA Boys' High Jump Preview
Last year, Notre Dame-Green Pond's Greg Lauray emerged onto the high jump scene seemingly out of no where. By seasons end, Lauray had cleared 7-1 and a few weeks later added a AAA state title. Now Lauray and his NDGP squad moves to AA for this season and the senior will look to add another state title to his name.
Lauray will be favored to take the win, but he'll have some challengers. Salisbury Township's John Reichenbach has had a terrific junior season, where he's turned himself into quite the triple threat jumper. In the high jump, he comes in with a season best of 6-7 and he's been consistently around 6-4 and 6-5.
A number of guys come in with season best's between 6-4 and 6-6. Valley's Darius Johnson and Motivations's Nafese Mack have both jumped over 6-6. New Brighton's Chad Mariotti and Seneca's Brady Smith have been over 6-5, while Hopewell's Dantae Ranieri, Camp Hill's Zack Kuntz, Chestnut Ridge's Phillip Dull, and Caton Area's Connor Hess have all been over 6-4
Entries:
Event 612 Boys High Jump AA (25)
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NFHS Record: 7-05.75 2009 James White, Grandview HS, MO
PIAA Record: 7-01 1992 Matt Benson, Sheffield 10
NFHS Hnr Rol: 6-10
6-04.00 SQS
Name Year School Seed Mark Finals
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1 369 Lauray, Greg 12 Notre Dame GP 11 6-10.00 SQS
2 567 Johnson, Darius 11 Valley 07 6-05.00 SQS
3 346 Mariotti, Chad 11 New Brighton 07 6-05.00 SQS
4 93 Dull, Phillip 11 Chestnut Rdg 05 6-04.00 SQS
5 228 Ranieri, Dantae 11 Hopewell 07 6-04.00 SQS
6 465 Reichenbach, John 11 Salisbury Twp 11 6-04.00 SQS
7 330 Mack, Nafese 12 Motivation 12 6-04.00 SQS
8 484 Smith, Brady 12 Seneca 10 6-04.00 SQS
9 76 Hess, Connor 11 Canton Area 04 6-04.00 SQS
10 563 Thomas, James 12 Union Area 07 6-02.00
11 73 Kuntz, Zack 11 Camp Hill 03 6-02.00
12 310 Williams, Keayon 12 Milton Area 04 6-02.00
13 69 Walters, Austin 12 Burgettstown 07 6-02.00
14 240 Kinback, Matt 12 Lckawanna Trl 02 6-02.00
15 175 Donoughe, Garrett 12 Forest Hills 06 6-02.00
16 238 O'Dell, Clay 12 Kennedy Cath 10 6-00.00
17 237 Newton, Joseph 12 Kane Area 09 6-00.00
18 112 Golembuski, Ethan 11 Conwell-Egan 12 6-00.00
19 411 Soltys, Dane 11 Pburg-Osceola 06 6-00.00
20 141 Malinowski, Ryan 11 Delone Cath 03 6-00.00
21 564 Arblaster, Sam 11 United 06 6-00.00
22 96 Eze, Daniel 12 Church Farm 01 6-00.00
23 165 Koss, Ben 12 Elk Cnty Cath 09 6-00.00
24 417 Campbell, Dominique 10 Purchase Line 06 6-00.00
25 133 Giddings, Marcus 12 Delaware Vly 12 5-10.00