42 FEBRUARY 9, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM SPORTS Maspeth High headed for showdown with Metro Campus after three lopsided wins BY ANTHONY GIUDICE AGIUDICE@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM @A_GIUDICEREPORT The Maspeth High School Argonauts have put on dominating performances in their last three contests, defeating Frank Sinatra School of the Arts 98-37, on Jan. 31; pummeling Baccalaureate School For Global Education 89-18 on Feb. 2; and clobbering Renaissance High School 72-14, on Feb. 7. None of the games were even close as Maspeth put the pedal to the metal in all four quarters in all of the games. The Argonauts improved to 14-1 on the season after the three impressive victories, and give Maspeth a slim one game lead over Metropolitan Campus (13-2). Those two teams will face off in the season finale on Thursday, Feb. 9, to decide who will be the top team in the Queens B West I League. Photos by Joseph Swift @JSwift Sports Queens sprinter wins at 2017 Armory Track Invitational BY: JOSEPH SWIFT PHOTOS BY JOSEPH SWIFT @JSWIFTSPORTS On Saturday, Feb. 4, the New Balance Armory Track & Field Center in Washington Heights hosted the Armory Track Invitational, one of the Armory’s most prestigious meets. Under one roof, the meet featured a combination of U.S. Olympians, international pros, collegians, and some of the nation’s best high schoolers. Two-time 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, sprinter Lalonde Gordon of Queens, began his 2017 indoor track season with blazing success, winning the Councilman Mark Levine Men’s 300 meters in 32.37, which makes that the seventh-fastest time in history. Not far behind Gordon, taking second was high school sensation , sophomore Tyrese Cooper of Miami Gardens Express, clocking in at 32.87 to take second and breaking the world junior record.
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