At the end of all three seasons of Capital City’s track and field program’s existence, the Cavaliers and Lady Cavaliers have come home from the Class 5 state track and field championships with a school first.
The first girls individual champion was in the first year of the program, the first boys individual champion came last year. This year, they brought home the school’s first team state trophy.
For the second consecutive year, when the Class 5 boys 800-meter run was done, Keion Grieve was standing atop the podium. The Capital City Cavalier claimed his second state championship in the 800 Friday when he ran a time of 1:53.64 at Adkins Stadium in the Class 5 track and field state championships.
Capital City celebrated its seniors in style. The Lady Cavaliers sent off their three seniors with a 48-37 win Friday night against the Mexico Lady Bulldogs at Capital City High School.
The Capital City offense went quiet late. The Lady Cavaliers came back from a third-quarter deficit to take a fourth-quarter lead, but were unable to hold on as the Eldon Lady Mustangs beat Capital City 53-50 at Capital City High School on Tuesday.
The Capital City Lady Cavaliers couldn’t overcome a tough shooting performance in the first half Monday, falling 61-52 to the Lebanon Lady Yellowjackets at Capital City High School.
At the half, it looked like an easy win. In the final minute, it was anything but that. “It was stressful,” Capital City coach Ashley Agee said Tuesday night after the Lady Cavaliers held off the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Lady Tigers 68-60 in Central Missouri Activities Conference action at Capital City High School. “But we came out and got a win. I’m proud of them.”
Late free throws sealed the game for the Lady Trailblazers. Father Tolton was down two points with under two minutes to play, then Sophie Angel hit two free throws to tie the game with 1:44 left, Brooklyn Coolley grabbed an offensive rebound and hit two free throws to take the lead, then Ellie Reynolds and Sam Wright combined to hit five of six in the final minute to take a 47-44 win Monday against the Capital City Lady Cavaliers.
Rock Bridge’s defense gave Capital City trouble all night. The Bruins blocked eight shots, tipped away 13 steals and held Capital City to 12.8 percent shooting on the way to a 54-15 Central Missouri Activities Conference girls basketball win Thursday at Capital City High School.