Matt Capone is fast.

Two times this season, Capone has run 10.8 seconds or better in a 100-meter dash heat, and that has some heads turning in Class A.

“He has the two fastest times in the state regardless of class so far,” said EL coach Dan Campbell. “It seems like he’s starting to peak at the right time.”

The latest edition of the Matt Capone show came in a meet against Deering last week at the Auburn school’s track. Running without fellow sprinter Will Claxton, Capone won the 100-meters easily and in the process set the school record at 10.75 seconds.

“The scary thing is the two of them (Claxton and Capone) feed off each other,” said Campbell. “Hopefully they can keep this going right through the state meet.”

Race for No. 2

Almost every team in the Western Maine Conference and indeed in all of Class B has resigned itself to the fact that the Greely girls’ team will win the state title. With a huge team and depth of talent, the Rangers are almost a lock.

The battle for No. 2 could turn out to be very interesting, though, and Fryeburg figures to be right in the middle of it.

“That’s not an unrealistic goal,” said Fryeburg coach mark Strange. “We have a good mix of younger kids that may have a shot at some surprises.”

Carissa Allain has been a pleasant surprise for the team this year, showing versatility in the 100-meter hurdles, the 200-meter dash and the high jump. And of course Fryeburg’s distance runners, including Stephanie Jette, Joanna Kinsman and Mariah Whitney, will be able to score points in the longer events. “You just never know,” said Strange. “If some of the kids come through big, you just never know.”

Speaking of distance

Sam Fletcher of Edward Little ran a mile in 4:34 last week, and according to his coach, he was easing up at the end.

With an added seven to nine seconds, Fletcher will be a danger at the Class A state meet. Fletcher defeated some of the best runners in the state in a meet against Deering last week, and still had some energy left in the tank.

Creeping up

So much talk has been of the Deering/Edward Little matchup in the Class A state meet this season that some people have forgotten about the Red Riots of South Portland.”They could very well take a lot of points this year and win this thing,” said EL coach Dan Campbell. “Look out for them in a few weeks.”

True to his word, the Red Riots, in a meet days after Campbell issued that warning, upended Deering by two points in a tri-meet that also included Cheverus.

How many?

Edward Little recently upended Bonny Eagle by more than 100 points at a meet in Lewiston. The Red Eddies showed some versatitily across the board, as not one athlete won more than one event despite the fact that EL took first place in 11 events. Pam Yomoah came the closest, taking second in 200-meter dash and first in the 400.

Adding all of EL’s opponents scores together (119 1/2) would still not have been enough to win the meet for the opposition.