Newton Wins Mattoon C.C. Boys Invite, Area Teams Do Well

The Eagles tallied 62 followed by Effingham 82, Taylorville 87, Mount Zion 111, Effingham St. Anthony 117, Robinson 163, Decatur Eisenhower/MacArthur 195, Marshall 198, Rantoul 219, Cumberland 240 and Charleston 271. Teutopolis, North Clay (Louisville), Mattoon, Lawrenceville, Paris, Casey-Westfield and Hume Shiloh competed but did not have enough runners for a team score.

Mount Zion's Julian Baker won the meet with a time of 15:27.2.

Scoring for Newton were Clay Bergbower ninth in 16:39.7, Nick Shamhart 11th in 16:53.0, Luke Weber 13th in 17:02.4, Brock Probst 15th in 17:08.0 and Luis Zavala 17th in 17:09.0.

Effingham was led by Andrew Donaldson fourth in 15:58.3 and Garrett Wagoner fifth in 16:01.8.

St. Anthony was led by Griffen Elder third in 15:33.1 and Cumberland's top finisher was Hank Warfel 41st in 18:35.0.

In the girls meet, Marshall won with 48 points followed by Mount Zion 67, Robinson 68, Effingham 90, Newton 140, Charleston 163, Taylorville 170, Mattoon 208, Effingham St. Anthony 210 and Neoga 251.

Competing but not having enough runners for a team score were Teutopolis, North Clay (Louisville), Decatur Eisenhower/MacArthur, Paris, Casey-Westfield, Bethany Okaw Valley, Rantoul and Lawrenceville.

Marshall's Isabel Arthur won the meet with a time of 18:09.1.

 The top runner for Effingham was Jessica Larsen fifth in 19:32.7. Newton's top finisher was Layna Marshall seventh in 19:56.4.

St. Anthony's top finisher was Emma Helmink 29th in 21:57.1. Neoga's top runner was Addison Mast 47th in 23:18.9.

Mattoon Invitational

Boys Meet

1. Newton 62 -- 9. Clay Bergbower, 16:39.7; 11. Nick Shamhart, 16:53.0; 13. Luke Weber, 17:02.4; 15. Brock Probst, 17:08.0; 17.  Luis Zavala, 17:09.0; 18. Owen Mahaffey, 17:12.9; 24. Ben Street, 17:24.8; 33. Hayden Borgic, 17:56.8; 44. Isaac Street, 18:44.2; 49. Jackson Sornberger, 18:53.7

2. Effingham 82 -- 4. Andrew Donaldson, 15:58.3; 5. Garrett Wagoner, 16:01.8; 16. Alex Gordon, 17:08.8; 26. Adam Flack, 17:31.7; 36. Aaron Hill, 18;14.8; 60. Ino Mapes, 19:41.2; 68. Evan Klingler, 20:03.8; 90. Payton Bushue, 21:05.2

5. St. Anthony 117 -- 3. Griffen Elder, 15:33.1; 25. Julius Ramos, 17:30.7; 28. Noah Flaig, 17:42.0; 30. Conlan Walsh, 17:51.9; 38. Aidan Braunecker, 18:20.6; 39. Gio Bucio, 18:31.3; 63. Vincent Vogel, 19:46.8; 73. Oliver Kreke, 20:14.5; 98. James Emmerich, 21:29.5; 101. Calvin Sudkamp, 21:38.8

10. Cumberland 240 -- 41. Hank Warfel, 18:35.0; 42. Michael Beamont, 18:39.4; 54.  Riley Morgan, 19:19.1; 57. Jack Pruemer, 19:29.5; 93. Damon Ryan, 21:16.7; 100. Elliot Dryden, 21:37.9; 114. Duane Willenborg, 22:47.3; 117. Maximus Strader, 23:47.6; 126. Nathan Kuhns, 25:10.3; 135. Kade Bradley, 1:21.04.1

Teutopolis -- 85. Oliver Lee, 20:55.2; 88. Luke Dennis, 21:00.9; 108. Joseph Lee, 22:22.7

North Clay (Louisville) -- 12. Owen Ayers, 16:59.4; 112. Asher Horn, 22:37.5

Girls Meet

4. Effingham 90 -- 5. Jessica Larsen, 19:32.7; 13. Baylee Summers, 20:46.1; 20. Haddie Hill, 21:08.2; 26. Morgan Springer, 21:36.7; 31. Audrey Wagoner, 22:06.7; 64. Kyra Hazelton, 24:39.6; 87. Laney Myers, 28:16.8; 96. Gracie Eaton, 29:35.6

5. Newton 140 -- 7. Layna Marshall, 19:56.4; 30. Natalie Kistner, 21:59.7; 34. Alexis Hetzer, 22:24.3; 40. Shay Bennett, 22:38.2; 46. Ella Radke, 23:18.5; 55. Lily Yager, 23:51.4

9. Effingham St. Anthony -- 29. Emma Helmink, 21:57.1; 44. Stacie Vonderheide, 23:00.2; 48. Ava Faber, 23:24.6; 58. Maddie Hodge, 24:15.7; 70. Grace Niebrugge, 24:58.0; 80. Rilie Willenborg, 26:47.7

North Clay -- 36. Brooke Koelm, 22:29.5; 91. Samantha Westendorf, 28:53.1

Teutopolis -- 66. Kaitlyn Vahling, 24:43.1; 74. Maddie Zane, 25:27.8