EHS Downs Newton, T-town First in Girls Cross Country

Effingham High School nabbed both the boys and girls cross country meets over Newton at Ballard Nature Center Tuesday.

The Hearts won the boys meet 25-34. Effingham's Freddy Lopez crossed the finish line with a time of 17:58. Newton's Vic Sandschafer was second in 18:11 and Tucker Reiman took third in 18:33.

Other scorers for the Hearts included Patrick Sherrod fourth in 19:09, Zeel Patel fifth in 19:43, Andrew Perry seventh in 20:09 and Izayah Goss eighth in 20:16.

Other runners scoring for the Eagles were Creighton Chesnut sixth in 19:52, Bob Rauch 12th in 22:43 and Garrett Slankard 13th in 22:46.

In the girls meet, Effingham won 16-47. The Hearts swept the top four spots as Courtney Kordes won in 20:07 followed by Miranda Fox in 20:21, Kiley Weaver in 20:47, Abby Weis in 21:03 and Meredith Kull took sixth in 23:20.

Newton's Abby Stone was fifth in 21:04 followed by Myra Kuhn 12th in 25:42, Karoline Short 14th in 26:54, Kaylee Phillips 16th in 27:15 and Olivia Fritcher 17th in 27:19.

At Ballard Nature Center

Boys Meet

1. Freddy Lopez (E), 17:58; 2. Vic Sandschafer (N), 18:11; 3. Tucker Reiman (N), 18:33, 4. Patrick Sherrod (E), 19:09; 5. Zeel Patel (E), 19:43; 6. Creighton Chesnut (N), 19:52; 7. Andrew Perry (E), 20:09; 8. Izayah Goss (E), 20:16; 9. Christian Raddatz (E), 21:04; 10. Preston Latch (E), 21:07; 11. Chris Schafer (E), 21:08; 12. Bob Rauch (N), 22:43; 13. Garrett Slankard (N), 22:46; 14.  Dane Seiler (E), 22:51; 15. Alec Greenwood (N), 23:48; 16. Avery Lueken (E), 27:34

Girls Meet

1. Courtney Kordes (E), 20:07; 2. Miranda Fox (E), 20:21; 3. Kiley Weaver (E), 20:47; 4. Abby Weis (E), 21:03; 5. Abby Stone (N), 21:04; 6. Meredith Kull (E), 23:20; 7. Keira Hirtzel (E), 24:06; 8. Maddy Tilford (E), 24:17; 9. Becca Webster (E), 24:21; 10.  Brianna Schmidt (E), 24:39; 11. Hope Monnet (E), 24:57; 12. Mya Kuhn (N), 25:42; 13. Nicole Schneiderjon (E), 26:36; 14. Karoline Short (N), 26:54; 15. Hoyos (E), 27:11; 16. Kaylee Phillips (E), 27:15; 17. Olivia Fritcher (E), 27:19; 18. Holly Bloemker (N), 27:50; 19. Danae Cantrill (N), 27:50; 20. Cora Burster (N), 27:59; 21. Riley Zumbahlen (N), 29:43; 22. Delaney Starwalt (E), 30:06; 23. Olivia Stanfield (E), 34:09

At Olney

Teutopolis claimed the top spot in the girls six-team field at Olney Tuesday.

T-town won with 32 points followed by Lawrenceville 60, Olney 66, Effingham St. Anthony 71 and Robinson 122. Casey-Westfield also had runners competing but not enough for a team score.

St. Anthony's Sarah Carr claimed first place with a time of 20:15. T-town took the next two spots as Kara Weichman finished in 21:03 and  Morgan Mette in 21:34. Jessica Runde took sixth in 21:50, Rebecca Habing was eighth in 23:02 and Jenelle Vogt finished 14th in 23:56.

In the boys meet, Olney took first with 33 points followed by Robinson 64, Lawrenceville 66, St. Anthony 79 and Teutopolis 93. Casey-Westfield did not have a team score.

Lawrenceville's Jack Holden finished first in 16:39. St. Anthony's top finish was Brian Dust 10th in 17:25. T-town's Noah Probst was 11th in 17:25.

At Olney

Girls Meet

Team Scores -- Teutopolis (TT) 32, Lawrenceville (L) 60, Olney (O) 66, St. Anthony (SA) 71, Robinson (R) 122, Casey-Westfield (CW) 0

1. Carr (St. Anthony), 20:15; 2. Weichman (TT), 21:03; 3. Mette (TT), 21:34; 4. Moore (L), 21:36; 5. Hough (O), 21:42; 6. Runde (TT), 21:50; 7. Payne (O), 22:30; 8. Habing (TT), 23:02; 9. Johnson (R), 23:04; 10. Maulding (CW), 23:12; 11. Murphy (O), 23:38; 12. Hyre (L), 23:39; 13. McWhorter (SA), 23:50; 14. Vogt (TT), 23:56; 15. Bach (L), 24:20; 16. Wright (L), 24:50; 17. Eagleson (L), 25:07; 18. Wagner (L), 25:35; 19. Wright (CW), 26:06; 20. Wilson (SA), 26:16; 21. Neibrugge (SA), 26:19; 22. McWhorter (TT), 26:40; 23. Zeller (SA), 26;49; 24. Guzman (O), 27:06; 25. Guyer (R), 27:47; 26. Allen (O), 27:57; 27. Troester (O), 27:58; 28. Elder (SA), 28:00; 29. Rauch (O), 28:11; 30. Tegeler (SA), 29:36; 31. McDaniel (R), 30:35; 32. Sutfin (R), 31:25; 33. Clark (R), 34:10

Boys Meet

Team Scores -- Olney (O) 33, Robinson (R) 64, Lawrenceville (L) 66, St. Anthony (SA) 79, Teutopolis (TT) 93, Casey-Westfield (CW) 0

1. Holden (L), 16:39; 2. Ross (CW), 16:42; 3. Kirby (O), 16:46; 4. Hughes (O), 16:49; 5. Bonnell (R), 16:52; 6. Powell (O), 17:08; 7. Wright (R), 17:11; 8. Smigiel (L), 17;14; 9. Thomas (O), 17;14; 10. Dust 9S)A, 17:25; 11. Probst (TT), 17:235; 12. Helmink (SA), 17:29; 13. Schumacher (TT), 17:34; 14. Weidner (TT), 17:58; 15. Amdahl (R), 18:00; 16. Gilreath (O), 18:07; 17. Hesler (L), 18;13; 18. Walsh (SA), 18:18; 19. Sumner (L), 18:19; 20. Baird (R), 18:20; 21. Tegeler (SA), 18:28; 22. Lorance (R), 18:32; 23. Faber (SA), 18:32; 24. Dust (SA), 18:33; 25. McKinney (L), 18:37; 26. Belcher (O), 18:43; 27. Anderson (CW), 18:49; 28. Burk (L), 18:56; 29. Berger (O), 19:04; 30. Hawke (CW), 19:09; 31. Schmidt (TT), 19:20; 32. Wiedman (SA), 19:21; 33. Mette (TT), 19:25; 34. Pajank (O), 19:26; 35. Benson (L), 20:08; 36. Deters (TT), 20:09; 37. Kingery (SA), 20:12; 38. Schwing (SA), 20:15; 39. Hill (L), 20:24; 40. Ritter (O), 20:29; 41. Shaw (R), 20:30; 42. Shan (O), 20:32; 43. Blunier (R), 20:45; 44. Middleton (R), 20:48; 45. Waldhoff (TT), 21:01; 46. Simpson (O), 21:12; 47. Hancock (O), 21:17; 48. Kocher (O), 21:18; 49. Bonnell (R), 21:27; 50. Heal (SA), 21:35; 51. Blievernicht (TT), 21:37; 52. Tabbert (TT), 21:43; 53. Probst (TT), 21:46; 54. Schuette (SA), 21:48; 55. Kitten (TT), 22:01; 56. Parker (L), 22:11; 57. Bower (O), 22:43; 58. Buttolph (R), 22:55; 59. Kilpatrick (O), 23:20; 60. Murphy (L), 23:27; 61. Niebrugge (SA), 23:46; 62. Osborne (R), 24:05; 63. Willenborg (SA), 24:12; 64. Kabbes (SA), 24:16; 65. Helmink (SA), 24:41; 66. Unkraut (SA), 24:42