By Dennis Wilson

Wallkill Valley tied Teaneck for second place in the varsity boys team standings at the 2006 Ranger Relays, four points behind champion Morris Knolls. In the girls’ division, High Point finished in a second place, deadlocked with Morris Knolls, eight points behind first place Livingston, while Wallkill Valley followed in fourth place. Frank Elmuccio, David Lancellotti, James Coan and John Ramos glided over the timbers to a first place performance in the 440-meter high hurdle shuttle relay as the Wallkill Valley foursome was clocked in 1:07.37. In the field event competitions, High Point’s Corbin Opilla leaped 16-1/2 to place first in the long jump. Steve D’Arcy (High Point), Billy Scott (Wallkill Valley) and Brendan Gorey (Newton) placed 1-2-3 in the shot put with Jeremy Singleton (Wallkill Valley), Kevin Rheinheimer (Newton) and Ryan Petersen placing 1-2-3 in the javelin. The Falcon’s duo of Michael Ward and Petersen finished 1-3 in the discus. In the girls’ division, High Point’s Laura Champignon won the javelin with a throw of 108-4, while Jefferson’s Rachal Barta placed third. The Wallkill Valley duo of Heather Coffaro and Emy Andolina went 2-3 in the shot put while High Point’s Alexandra Kelly was third in the discus. Results (Compliments of njtrackandfield.com) Varsity Boys Team Standings 1. Morris Knolls 32 2T. Teaneck 28 2T. Wallkill Valley 28 4. Jefferson 21 5. Hanover Park 18 6. Livingston 17 7T. Newton 16 7T. Trinity Christian 16 9. West Morris 14 12. High Point 8 13. Sussex Tech 6 14T. Dover 2 14T. Kittatinny 2 14T. West Orange 2 800-Meter Relay 4. Jefferson 1:44.28 5. Dover 1:45.01 6. Kittatinny 1:45.12 9. Wallkill Valley 1:48.17 3200-Meter Relay 5. Sussex Tech 11:10.08 Distance Medley Relay 4. High Point 12:08.96 5. Wallkill Valley 12:09.10 6. Jefferson 12:23.81 7. Kittatinny 12:30.30 8. Newton 12:31.91 10. Sussex Tech 13:14.98 440-Meter High Hurdle Shuttle Relay 1. Wallkill Valley (Frank Elmuccio, David Lancellotti, James Coan, John Ramos) 1:07.37 8. Sussex Tech 1:19.45 Long Jump Relay 1. Corbin Opilla (High Point) 16-1/2 Shot Put Relay 1. Steve D’Arcy (High Point) 48-11 2. Billy Scott (Wallkill Valley) 47-10 3. Brendan Gorey (Newton) 44-11 ½ 6. Andrew Nelson (Newton) 43-5 ½ 8T. Brian Wehman (High Point) 42-7 8T. Danny Williams (Newton) 42-7 10. Eric Konzleman (Newton) 42-1/2 11. Tory Smith (High Point) 41-8 ½ 12. Alex Agnor (Wallkill Valley) 41-2 ½ 14. Vincent Altieri (High Point) 38-6 Discus Relay 1. Michael Ward (Jefferson) 111-5 3. Ryan Petersen (Jefferson) 110-0 5. Chris Dinges (Sussex Tech) 102-0 7. Billy Scott (Wallkill Valley) 98-3 8. Nick Hrinko (Jefferson) 97-2 9. Alex Agnor (Wallkill Valley) 96-1 11. Jake Weinrich (Kittatinny) 90-3 14. Cody Unger (Jefferson) 82-8 15. Chris Oswin (Kittatinny) 80-1 18. Michael Evangelis (Sussex Tech) 74-10 Javelin Relay 1. Jeremy Singleton (Wallkill Valley) 158-2 2. Kevin Rheinheimer (Newton) 129-9 3. Ryan Petersen (Jefferson) 129-2 4. Corbin Opilla (High Point) 125-11 6. Danny Ehehalt (Newton) 119-6 8. Andrew Nelson (Newton) 113-6 9. James Lambert (Sussex Tech) 112-9 10. Matthew Hlavaty (High Point) 109-4 11. Cody Unger (Jefferson) 108-3 16. Eric Konzleman (Newton) 90-9 18. Richard Norland (Wallkill Valley) 76-1 19. Chris Oswin (Kittatinny) 72-6 20. Michael Evangelis (Sussex Tech) 72-3 21. Dave Wurzbach (Kittatinny) 59-9 Sophomore Boys Team Standings 1. Morris Knolls 20 2T. Jefferson 8 2T. Livingston 8 2T. Teaneck 8 5T. Sussex Tech 6 5T. West Orange 6 7T. Dover 2 7T. East Orange 2 9. Newton 1 Freshmen Boys Team Scores 1. Morris Knolls 28 2. Newton 26 3. Teaneck 22 4. Bloomfield 20 5. Dover 15 6T. Livingston 10 6T. West Orange 10 8. Wallkill Valley 6 9. Jefferson 4 10. Sussex Tech 2 Varsity Girls Team Standings 1. Livingston 36 2T. High Point 28 2T. Morris Knolls 28 4. Wallkill Valley 20 5. Teaneck 17 6. Hanover Park 14 7. Jefferson 12 8. Morristown 10 9. Morris Hills 8 10. Kittatinny 6 11. Newton 4 12. West Orange 3 13T. Academy of St. Elizabeth 1 13T. West Morris 1 800-Meter Relay 2. High Point 1:54.06 4. Wallkill VazLley 1:57.15 5. Jefferson 2:01.25 7. Kittatinny 2:10.32 Distance Medley Relay 3. High Point 14:32.01 5. Jefferson 14:44.58 6. Wallkill Valley 14:45.92 9. Newton 14:56.43 10. Kittatinny 15:04.91 440-Meter High Hurdle Shuttle Relay 4. High Point 1:14.22 7. Jefferson 1:21.58 Long Jump Relay 2. Anna Dekker (High Point) 12-5 ½ Shot Put Relay 2. Heather Coffaro (Wallkill Valley) 27-0 3. Emy Andolina (Wallkill Valley) 26-2 ½ 6. Bridget Gargin (Kittatinny) 24-9 8. Erin Little (Kittatinny) 23-9 Discus Relay 3. Alexandra Kelly (High Point) 87-6 4. Heather Coffaro (Wallkill Valley) 85-10 7. Leigh Micheal (Newton) 79-6 11. Sarah Lipinsky (High Point) 75-6 12. Rachel Weinrich (High Point) 74-4 15. Jayme Yeskel (High Point) 73-5 16. Emilie Jean (Wallkill Valley) 73-3 18. Erin Little (Kittatinny) 72-7 32. Danielle Jones (Newton) 59-0 36. Julie Grodsky (Kittatinny) 51-11 37. Lindley Thacker (Sussex Tech) 49-11 38. Elizabeth Badillo (Sussex Tech) 46-07 39. Angela DiCarlo (Sussex Tech) 44-4 40. Rebecca Walsh (Sussex Tech) 37-8 Javelin Relay 1. Laura Champignon (High Point) 108-4 3. Rachel Berta (Jefferson) 84-7 6. Caitlin Mettler (Jefferson) 66-11 7. Carly Buglino (Jefferson) 66-6 8. Jaclyn McIntyre (Newton) 66-1 10. Samantha Mearkle (High Point) 58-5 12. Kelsey Nelson (Newton) 54-3 14. Mathleen Lasig (Jefferson) 47-2 Novice Girls Team Standings 1. Morris Hills 24 2. Jefferson 20 3. Newton 14 4. Teaneck 13 5. Sussex Tech 10 6T. Academy of St. Elizabeth 8 6T. Morris Knolls 8 8. Morristown 2 9. East Orange