St. A, Neoga Capture NTC Cross Country Titles

Effingham St. Anthony High School captured the boys title while Neoga was the winner in the girls portion of the National Trail Conference Cross Country Meets Tuesday.

The Bulldogs won the boys meet with 42 points, edging Neoga with 43 followed by Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 72, Dieterich 113, Altamont 115 and North Clay (Louisville) 151.

Neoga claimed the top two spots as Reece Johnson won in 16:53 followed by Trevor Roy in 17:03. St. Anthony's Brian Dust took third in 17:16. Altamont's Derrick Budde was fourth in 17:39 and Dylan Taylor rounded out the top five for Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City in 17:42.

Dieterich's top runner was Seth Bohnhoff 11th in 18:22 and North Clay's top finisher was Nick Miller 13th in 18:26.

The Bulldogs' other scorers were Noah Tegeler eighth in 18:07, Drew Dust ninth in 18:12, Ty Wiedman 10th in 18:15 and Austin Faber 12th in 18:25.

In the girls meet, Neoga claimed the crown with 46 points followed by St. Anthony 57, CHBC 64, Altamont 77 and Dieterich 86. North Clay did not have a team score.

St. Anthony's Sarah Carr claimed first place with a time of 19:52. But  Neoga placed four runners in the top 10.

Emmalyn Walk took second for Neoga in 20:25 followed by Kiley Phillips fifth in 22:21, Maggie Clark ninth in 23:03, Allison Kingery 10th in 23:09 and finishing out the scoring Abby Howald 23rd in 25:37.

Also scoring for St. Anthony were Riley Guy third in 21:39, Jessica Wilson 16th in 24:09, Audrey Niebrugge 18th in 24:41 and Kaitlyn Zeller 22nd in 25:13.

Altamont's top finisher was Gia Sandoval fourth in 21:51 while CHBC's was Sydney Lortin sixth in 22:35. North Clay's McKenna Carter took eighth in 22:55. Dieterich's Madilyn Brummer was 12th in 23:48.

National Trail Conference

Boys Meet

Team Scores -- St. Anthony 42, Neoga 43, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 72, Dieterich 113, Altamont 115, North Clay 151

St. Anthony -- 3. B. Dust, 17:16; 8. Tegeler, 18:07; 9. D. Dust, 18:12; 10. Wiedman, 18:15; 12.  Faber, 18:25; 14. Willenborg, 18:28; 15. Kingery, 18:53; 17. Walsh, 19:09; 24. Schuette, 20:00; 35. Nuxoll, 21:13; 46. Helmink, 21:29; 47. Kabbes, 22:18; 49. Lawrence, 23:44; 50. Unkraut, 23:54; 53. Niebrugge, 24:59

Neoga -- 1. Johnson, 16:53; 2. Roy, 17:03; 6. Cox, 17:46; 16. Titus, 18:58, 19. Dietz, 19:15, 27. Dow, 20:15; 28. Cornwell, 20:17; 39. Fairbanks, 21:32; 44. Buecher, 21:56

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- 5. Taylor, 17:42; 7. Kelly, 17:51; 18. Bayliss, 19:12; 22. Richards, 19:42; 23. Burks, 19:58; 31. Robertson, 20:22; 33. Nevill, 20:46; 34. Edwards, 21:12

Dieterich -- 11. Bohnhoff, 18:22; 21. Sparling, 19:39; 25. Brummer, 20:01; 29. Abbot, 20:18; 36. Slifer, 21:14; 37. Kidd, 21:15; 48. Blane N. (no last name listed), 23:26; 54. Dogra, 26:58

Altamont -- 4. Budde, 17:39; 20. Jackson, 19:29; 30. Duckwitz, 20:18; 32. Ruffner, 20:26; 38. Guthrie, 21:23; 40. Schultz, 21:34; 41. Fenton, 21:32

North Clay -- 13. Miller, 18:26; 26. Holkenbrink, 20:02; 42. Smith, 21:49; 43. Bailey, 21:52; 45. Rinehart, 21:58; 51. Bober, 24:14; 52. Smith, 24:54

Girls Meet

Team Scores -- Neoga 46, St. Anthony 57, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 64, Altamont 77, Dieterich 86

Neoga -- 2. Walk, 20:25; 5. Phillips, 22:21; 9. M. Clark, 23:03; 10. Kingery, 23:09; 23. Howald, 25:37; 26. A. Clark, 27:09; 31. Holt, no time listed; 32. Wright, 35:04

St. Anthony -- 1. Carr, 19:52; 3. Guy, 21:39; 16. Wilson, 24:09; 18. Niebrugge, 24:41; 22. Zeller, 25:13

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- 6. Lorton, 22:35; 11. Bartels, 23:43; 15. Burks, 24:07; 17. Robertson, 24:37; 19. Witteborg, 24:54; 24. Blaine, 26:34

Altamont -- 4. Sandoval, 21:51; 7. Guse, 22:52; 20. Schultz, 25:01; 21. Hardiek, 25:03; 28. Crowe, 28:41

Dieterich -- 12. Brummer, 23:48; 13. Johnson, 23:51; 14. Britton, 24:00; 25. Bierman, 26:54; 27. Meinhart, 28:21; 30. Aherin, 29:02

North Clay -- 8. Carter, 22:55; 29. Fender, 29:01

St. Anthony's Sarah Carr captured first place with a time of 19:52.