Sophomore Samantha Sharp of the Brookfield High School track-and-field Lady Bulldogs accepts the Bob Carter Memorial Gold Shoe Award as top individual points scorer in the girls’ division of last Thursday’s 2023 Chillicothe Joe Shy Relays from Paul Sturm, sports editor of CherryRoad Media’s Linn County Leader and Chillicothe Constitution- Tribune newspapers. Sharp, whose older sister Alexandra took the award a year ago, won the 1,600- and 3,200-meters runs and was second in the 800 for a meet-high 28 team points. (BUTCH SHAFFER/LCL PHOTO)
By PAUL STURM LCL Sports Editor psturm@ cherryroad. com Although it turned out she didn’t absolutely have to, Brookfield High School sophomore star runner Samantha…