Track and field:Orange Lutheran’s Ayles crushes discus competition

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Orange Lutheran’s Blake Ayles collects awards and trophies as if they were baseball cards.

Ayles, who is headed to USC on a football scholarship this fall, crushed the competition in the boys’ discus with a throw of 184 feet 6 inches to win the Southern Section-Toyota Division III championship Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. Ayles, who was The Times’ lineman of the year last season, was more than 13 feet better than the second-place finisher, Korben Boaz of Nipomo, who had a throw of 171-9.

Esperanza’s Jake Pendelton, a junior, won the Division I title. Newport Harbor’s Cecil Whiteside, a sophomore, won Division II, and Templeton’s Justin Cutler, a senior, won Division IV.

The boys’ discus finishers advancing to Friday’s Masters meet:

1. Blake Ayles, Orange Lutheran, Div. III, 184-6
2. Justin Cutler, Templeton, Div. IV, 176-6
3. Korben Boaz, Nipomo, Div. III, 171-9
4. Cecil Whiteside, Newport Harbor, Div. II, 168-7
5. Jake Pendleton, Esperanza, Div. I, 167-0
6. Shane Tucker, El Toro, Div. I, 166-0
7. Jordan Bernal, Apple Valley, Div. III, 162-1
8. Joel Baez, Diamond Bar, Div. I, 162-0
9. Zach Fua, Valley Christian, Div. IV, 161-10
10. Daniel Swarbrick, Diamond Bar, Div. I, 160-8
11. Wade Jones, Hemet, Div. II, 160-5
12. Nigel Davies, Loyola, Div. II, 159-3

-- Jaime Cardenas

-- Editor Bob: For complete Southern Section divisonal championship results, check here.