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Hein defends Cardinal Pride title

Lead Summary
By
Jason Berghorst

Luverne High School senior Kaleb Hein captured the overall championship of the Cardinal Pride competition for the second consecutive year Monday.
The annual event, which takes place on the first morning of football practice, encourages the players to be in the best possible physical shape heading into the season.
Events include bench press, cleans, squats, power press, 400-meter dash, shuttle run, jump rope and vertical jump.
Hein led the field by compiling 1,786 points to best second-place senior Tyson Cowell (1,422 points), third-place senior Gavin Baum (1,350 points) and the rest of the squad.
Hein won five of the eight individual event titles that make up the competition as well as placing third in one other event.
He took top honors in the cleans (235 points), power press (270 points), bench press (265 points), squat (408 points) and vertical jump (189 points).
Other athletes claiming event titles include sophomore Lucky Dara (171 points in the 400-meter dash), senior DJ Rock (209.5 points in the shuttle run), and sophomore Jaden Reisch (179 points in jump rope).
Here is a look at the Top 10 overall finishers and Top 5 individual finishers in each event, with results in terms of points:
 
Overall: Kaleb Hein, 1786; Tyson Cowell, 1422; Gavin Baum, 1350; Jacob Stroh, 1302; Marcos Diaz, 1177; DJ Rock, 1162; Gavin DeBeer, 1147; Sam Rock, 1139; Caleb Kracht, 1091; Eli Woodley, 1082.
 
Bench: Hein, 265; Riley Sneller, 242; Stroh, 229; Woodley, 184; Adam Ask, 178.
 
Cleans: Hein, 235; Conner Connell, 226; Woodley, 212; Zach DeBoer, 201; DeBeer, 201.
 
Squats: Hein, 408; Andy Halverson, 360; Woodley, 337; Kracht, 323; Sam Rock, 312.
 
Power Press: Hein, 270; Baum, 220; Woodley, 214; Will Serie, 210; Sneller, 205.
 
400: Dara, 171; Cowell, 167; Stroh, 163; DJ Rock, 163; Diaz, 160.
 
Shuttle: DJ Rock, 209.5; Connell, 209; Hein, 191; Jaden Reisch, 189; S Rock, 181.  
 
Jump Rope: Reisch, 179; Cowell, 173; Halverson, 155; Sneller, 151; Marcus Vortherms, 149.
 
Vertical: Hein, 189; Gannon Ahrendt, 177; Ja’shon Winter, 149; Baum, 146; DeBeer, 132.

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