Redemption comes for West Fork

Published by admin on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:24am

DES MOINES – Competition was all West Fork’s Lexi Jones needed to finish state runner-up in the long jump.

Jones matched her career-best with a 5 foot, 3 inch clearance to provide the best finish among many great performances for the Warhawks at the Class 1A state meet.

Coach Ashley Sears’ team finished 15th with 20 team points. Eight were by Jones with her leaping abilities getting 5-3 on her third attempt and showing emotion thereafter.

“I was close to be tears, to be honest because last year, I was a freshman and I wanted to do better than I did,” Jones said...

Read more on this story in the May 26 print editions of the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Enterprise.

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