Wawasee star Clayton Cook won the 110 hurdles Thursday night.

DUNLAP – A pair of distinctly different, yet very impressive, storylines played out Thursday night in Northern Lakes Conference boys track action at Concord.

Neither was a surprise either.

The Warsaw boys track team, on the strength of another strong team effort, extended its winning streak in NLC competition.

Wawasee senior star Clayton Cook was an absolute one-man show.

The Tigers topped host Concord 92-40 and bested Wawasee 90-41 in the NLC triangular. Coach Matt Thacker’s team is now 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the NLC on the season.

Warsaw, which had seven different athletes win events Thursday night, has now won 31  straight NLC meets. The last loss for the Tigers in league action came at Concord back in 2011.

“The NLC is always our No. 1 goal, but we don’t talk about the winning streak or any of that,” said Warsaw coach Matt Thacker. “We’ve been fortunate the last few years to have some great athletes and it’s a great caveat that we have won. But, it’s about more than just the wins. We’re out here to use track to make these young men better athletes and better people off the track too.”

Thacker thought his young, but talented team, performed much better than in a somewhat lackluster showing a week ago in NLC wins at home over Goshen and Elkhart Memorial.

Owen Glogovsky leads the pack for Warsaw in the 1,600, which he won.

“Our effort and our energy was better tonight,” noted Thacker. “Our kids wanted to be here and it meant more to them. We had a talk about who we are and why we are. The thing is that it’s still high school kids and sometimes there’s a lull.

“The thing is that we are getting better, much better. Will McGarvey had a huge night tonight. Wilson had a PR in the high jump, Reinholt is getting better and our pole vaulters were much better. And our distance guys are willing to give us effort and get us points. Those are effort events in those distance events.”

Daniel Messenger, one of the aforementioned distance guys, was a part of three wins for Warsaw. He took first in the 800 in 2:04.43 and teamed with Ross Armey, D’Andre Street and Landan Perry to win the 4 X 400 relay in 3:34.76. Messenger also teamed with Trent Thompson, Nick Adams and Taylor Mills to place first in the 4 X 800 relay in 9:02.00.

The Tigers also got wins on the track from Brandon Reinholt in the 200 (23.96), Perry in the 400 (52.54), Owen Glogovsky in the 1,600 (4:41.02) and Lucas Howett in the 3,200 (10:44.57). Devin Childers won the shot put with a throw of 48-3 and Jaceb Burrish was first in the discus at 128-0.

Warsaw got second-place finishes from Reinholt (100), Armey (300 hurdles), Childers (discus), Caleb Klusman (110 hurdles), Brock Riley (high jump), Tommy Hickerson (long jump) and Ben Plummer (shot put).

Cook, who will play football at Ball State,  was a force. The superb senior, who placed fifth in the 110 hurdles at the State Finals a year ago, won the 110 hurdles in 14.94, took first in the 300 hurdles in 40.89, captured the long jump with a personal best effort of 22-0 1/2 and anchored the winning 4 X 100 relay team for the Warriors.

“I think of how close I am to the school records (in the hurdles) and that motivates me,” said Cook on a night where he was not challenged in either hurdles race. “I want to win State in the 110. Right now I have the No. 1 time in the state and that gives me confidence to run my race. The long jump was the highlight tonight though. It all played out. My foot placement on the board and then I seemed to soar high for longer and my momentum carried me.”

Senior JJ Gilmer, who was 12th at State last year and fourth as a sophomore, cleared 6-2 to win the high jump for Wawasee. The team of Cook, Gilmer, Tyler Courter and Cole VanLue won the 4 X 100 relay in 44.39.

“We had a lot of pr’s tonight and that’s the silver lining for us,” said Wawasee coach Scott Lancaster, whose team is now 0-3 in the NLC. “Our kids are getting better and that’s the main thing. That’s what we want to accomplish. Clayton has the physical tools to do it (win State). He’s got a shot. It’s going to be a challenge, but that’s a good thing.”

Warsaw and Wawasee will both compete in the Goshen Relays on Saturday. Field events begin at 9 a.m. with track trials at 10 a.m. and finals starting at noon.

Brock Riley took second place in the high jump for the Tigers.