SHIPPENSBURG — There was a pretty good chance someone named Woods was going to win the Class AA discus throw at the PIAA Track and Field Championships Friday.

Kristy Woods made sure it was going to be her.

The Grove City Highsenior was locked in an epic battle with her sophomore cousin, Emily Woods of Hickory, in the discus.

Her cousin took the lead with a career-best throw of 138 feet, 3 inches.

But on her next attempt, Kristy Woods responded with a school-record toss of 143-8 to win her second-consecutive state title.

She also placed second in the shot put last season and now has brought home six medals combined in the discus and shot put.

To get a gold in this one, Kristy Woods had to duke it out with her young, up-and-coming cousin.

"Oh, it was fun," Woods said. "(Emily) pushed me today, but I do well under pressure."

Woods broke her own Grove City record of 137-10. She threw that last year in the event to win the state title and again last week to edge Emily for the District 10 crown.

The two will square off again Saturday in the Class AA shot put.

"I'm really happy for (Emily)," Woods said. "She really pumped it up today."

But Woods was up to the challenge. That has been her trademark throughout her career with the Eagles.

"She kind of knew that would happen after districts," said Grove City coach Mickey Hardenburg. "(Emily) was creeping up on her. Kristy had an excellent day. She performs so well under pressure."

Woods relished climbing atop the podium once again.

"It felt good being up there again," she said. "I looked back on my time there as a freshman and how I wanted to be in first place real bad. I worked really hard to get there again."

Woods wasn't the only Grove City athlete to shine on Friday.

Senior Greg Reiber, who missed part of the season while recovering from foot surgery, placed second in the Class AA shot put with a throw of 52-3.

Paul Yohman of Wilmington won the state title with a toss of 52-6.

"(Reiber) had four throws over 52 feet," Hardenburg said. "You can't ask for much better than that."

Reiber placed 10th in the event last season.

The success of both Woods and Reiber gave Hardenburg quite a workout.

Woods and Reiber competed at the same time and Hardenburg stood between the shot put and discus pits on the campus of Shippensburg University trying to catch all of the action.

"We just watched one throw, then turned our heads to see the other," Hardenburg said, laughing. "It made for an interesting afternoon."

Butler sophomore Logan Renwick also saved his best performance for the biggest meet of the season.

Renwick set the school record in the triple jump with a leap of 47-5 to finish third in the Class AAA competition.

Folarin Ijelu of Wissahickon, a District 1 school, won the event with a distance of 48-6½.

The Butler record in the triple jump was 46-5½. Renwick surpassed that distance on six of his jumps Friday.

"He totally annihilated the triple jump school record," said Butler coachRick Schontz. "He had six jumps in the middle 46s. It was a tremendous day for him, especially when you consider he is just a sophomore.

Only two of the top 12 placers in the Class AAA triple jump were underclassmen.

"We thought he was in good position to medal," Schontz said. "We hoped he'd come close to a school record, but he surpassed anything we could have hoped for. It was a tremendous performance."