Patton ends Husky career with silver

Stolpe throws his way to sixth place shot put effort

Roe Patton closed out his high school vaulting career with a silver medal at the state track and field championships May 21.
Roe Patton closed out his high school vaulting career with a silver medal at the state track and field championships May 21.

Roe Patton was in position to stake claim to a second pole vault championship.  Unlike a perfectly written ending, Patton’s hopes were gone with the wind. Instead, the Husky senior ended his high school vaulting career with a runner-up effort to Cozad’s Boston Irish, officially hitting the 15-foot mark in his third competition at Burke Stadium Thursday afternoon. Despite the heartbreaking fee…