Action for the track and field Cougars didn’t go the way they had hoped this past week, with the boys and girls both losing in their head-to-head match-up with their Trans-Valley League rival Yellowjackets of Hilmar.

“The boys had some poor performances in the field events and just couldn’t score many points on the track either,” noted head coach Carrie Nash. “The girls put up a good fight, but Hilmar has a bit more depth than we do.”

Escalon’s boys had a tough day against the Yellowjackets, with the final score Escalon 38, Hilmar 98.

Boys Results: 100m 1st Thaddeous Stern 11.63; 200m 2nd Thaddeous Stern 24.61; 400m 2nd Zach Pickett 53.21, 3rd Rex Robbins 55.00; 800m 1st Juan Lopez 2:12.18; 1600m 1st Juan Lopez 5:00.42; 3200m 1st Troy Bedell 11:24.46, 3rd Travis Moore 13:30.23; 110m Hurdles 3rd Alex Jimenez 48.05; Long Jump 3rd Chase Granis 19-04.50; Triple Jump 2nd Christian Brunetti 39-08; Shot Put 3rd Jake Lewis 36-02.00; Discus 3rd John Strand 98-08; High Jump 3rd Alex Mendoza 5-02.

On the girls side, there were plenty of first place efforts by the Lady Cougars but they ultimately fell in the contest, Escalon 59.5, Hilmar 76.5.

Girls Results: 100m 1st Jackie Lau 13.24, 2nd Sidney Lima 13.42, 3rd Kalynn Cavanaugh 13.94; 200m 1st Jackie Lau 28.89, 3rd Gabby Rigg 29.95; 400m 3rd Gabby Rigg 1:08.56; 800m 2nd Brianna Briones 2:49.29; 1600m 2nd Brianna Briones 6:05.24; 100m Hurdles 1st Sidney Lima 18.24, 2nd Annie Wyrick 18.48; 300m Hurdles 2nd Sidney Lima; 4x100m Relay 1st Escalon 53.69 (Rigg, Lau, Titsworth, Lima); Shot Put 1st Shelby McCune 30-01; Discus 1st Shelby McCune 88-10; High Jump 1st Jessikka Gonzalez 5-00; Long Jump 1st Kalynn Cavanaugh 15-10, 3rd Jessikka Gonzales 15-02; Triple Jump 3rd Jessikka Gonzalez 31-08.50.

“This week we compete at our final TVL meet on Wednesday in Riverbank,” Nash said, “and the frosh-soph have their championships at Ripon on Friday.”

The varsity start time on Wednesday is 3:30 p.m. while the frosh-soph championship begins at 1 p.m.