Murphy, Whitehead medal at state track
JB Hoops AAU basketball players Renny Murphy and Asad Whitehead returned from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and Field Championships with state medals.
Murphy, a Berwick sophomore, finished seventh in the state in the Class 3A girls javelin while Whitehead, a Hanover Area junior, placed eighth in the Class 2A long jump.
During the May 24-25 meet at Shippensburg University, Murphy had a throw of 130-6 to place seventh of 29 entries.
Whitehead was eighth out of 24 state qualifiers in the long jump with 21-2 ¼ and 15th out of 24 with a triple jump of 41-3.
