Diaz wins LHS Cardinal Pride competition

Luverne High School’s Marcos Diaz opened his junior football season with a big accomplishment Monday morning. 
Diaz was crowned the champion of the 2023 Cardinal Pride competition, the annual skills test of 10 fitness events hosted on the first morning of football practice.
Diaz’ overall score of 1833 points topped seniors Gavin DeBeer, who placed second with 1466 points, and Sam Rock, who tallied 1451 total points. 
In individual events, Diaz placed first in the jump rope competition with 165. He and junior Ryker Johnson tied for first in the power press event at 302.5 pounds. 
DeBeer tied sophomore Jaxon Lais in the 400-meter dash by finishing in 60 seconds. 
Conner Connell won both the squats and vertical competitions. The senior lifted 419 pounds in the squats and jumped 32.8 inches in the vertical jump.
Junior Adam Ask won the bench press with 257 pounds. Junior Eli Whitney placed first in the cleans lift at 240 pounds. 
Junior Coulter Thone won the shuttle event by running 15 yards in 4.52 seconds. 
Following are the overall Top 10 and event Top 3 results from the 2023 Cardinal Pride competition. 
 
Overall Points
Marcos Diaz       1833
Gavin DeBeer     1466
Sam Rock          1451
Elliot Domagala   1317
Conner Connell   1308
Cade Kracht       1296
Adam Ask          1204
Ryker Johnson    1187
Jacob Stroh        1104
Tucker Remme   1075
 
Bench
Adam Ask          257
Will Serie           253
Eli Woodley        253
 
Cleans
Eli Woodley        240
Ryker Johnson    236
Keaton Ahrendt   236
 
Squats
Conner Connell   419
Sam Rock          401
Ryker Johnson    401
 
Power Press
Marcos Diaz       302
Ryker Johnson    302
Eli Woodley        230
 
400
Gavin DeBeer     60
Jaxon Lais          60
Connor Bose      61
 
Shuttle
Coulter Thone     4.52
Conner Connell   4.56
Sam Rock          4.59
 
Jump Rope
Marcos Diaz       165
Elliot Domagala   154
Patrick Kroski      143
 
Vertical Jump
Conner Connell   32.8
Gavin DeBeer     30.9
Ashton Hood       30.8