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Three-sport star Gehrke maintains 'great outlook' His previous titles were 13-6 as a freshman and 14-6 as a sophomore.
Some numbers Gehrke boosted his career interceptions to 17 with six last season on the heels of 10 as a sophomore. He piled up 110 tackles with 65 solo stops. Gehrke scored 15 touchdowns for 90 points — trailing only Darius Hooper’s 94 — and crossed the goal line in four ways — rushing (2), receiving (9), returning punts (2) and returning interceptions (2). Gehrke finished with 42 receptions for 592 yards and rushed 11 times for 67 yards. He returned 21 punts for 378 yards and seven kickoffs for 149. The 2007-08 wrestling season for Gehrke — he believes he won 32 matches — was one of vindication considering he’d missed state by one win as a sophomore. Gehrke anticipates head track coach Warren Brumley will continue penciling him in as a member of three relay teams. The 4x400 placed third at state. Ward and Dan Davies are co-head coaches of the grappling team, which received a first place from unbeaten Damien Hopper at 103 and seconds from Zach Housley at 112 and R.J. Bartley at 285, in beating defending champion Cushing 90-84 for the title. The track team finished seventh with 30 points. Just seven more points in the competition at Tulsa East Central would have secured fourth place. Emphasize that vaulting “It’s my favorite sport,” Gehrke said. He began vaulting as an eighth-grader. This morning he’s scheduled to jump at Burke High School in Omaha in the young men division of the USATF National Junior Olympic Outdoor Track & Field Championships. “He didn’t fall in love with any sport until pole-vaulting,” Colton Gehrke said. Said Millican: “He (Dusty) used to be Colton’s little brother. But he really blossomed with confidence and sprouted up after winning that state championship (as a freshman).” Dusty Gehrke has cleared 16 feet in competition in making marked improvement in vaulting this summer. 
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