Junior High Cross Country -- Aug. 29

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Published on August 30 2023 8:20 am
Last Updated on August 30 2023 1:18 pm
Written by Millie Lange

MATTOON -- Effingham, Effingham St. Anthony, Dieterich, St. John's, Tri-County, Paris Mayo, Casey-Westfield, Okaw Valley and Mattoon competed at Lake Land College in Mattoon in junior high cross country.

Effingham won the team championship of both the boys and girls meets.

In the girls meet, Effingham's Emery Spicer was the winner with a time of 13:13. Other runners were Alaina Miller third in 14:03, Bailee Kruger ninth in 15:52, Koey Bierman 12th in 16:10, Kenley Moore 16th in 16:28, L. Pankau 17th in 16:30.2, Sydnee Flessner 26th in 17:13, Aleece Lotz 27th in 17:18, Taylor Davis 39th in 18:55, Emily Loew 41st in 19:10, Rachel Boone 49th in 20:13.7, Allie Wendling 51st in 20:21, Julie Larsen 52nd in 20:30 and Adelyn Schoonover 61st in 22:55.

St. Anthony did not have enough for a team score. Bella Schultz took second place with a time of 13:41. Nora Niebrugge was fourth in 14:04, Hannah Frisbie 10th in 15:58 and Amelia Janis 15th in 16:25.

Dieterich's Lydia Fuesting was 18th in 16:30.7, Avery Bohnhoff 23rd in 17:01, Lydia Kreke 25th in 17:06.0,  Violet Iffert 32nd in 17:28, Kelsie Hoelscher 33rd in 17:51, Allie  Wright 44th in 19:45, Ava Niemerg 54th in 20:50 and Emma Williams 56th in 21:07.

Effingham won the boys race with 46 points while St. Anthony finished second with 49 followed by Casey-Westfield 66, Mattoon 136, Dieterich 178, Paris Mayo 188, St. John 200 and Okaw Valley 295.

Competing for the Mustangs were Carson Fox third in 12:12, T.J. Raddatz fourth in 12:32, Mason Overbeck 10th in 12:53.22, Jared Klingler 12th in 13:13, Alex McFarland 17th in 13:41.5, Maddux Wyckoff 18th in 13:41.8, William Percival 25th in 19:10.1, Keaton Kellmer 27th in 14:12.2, Carlen Loew 28th in 14:12.6, Christian Partlow 50th in 15:42.5, Joel name unreadable 55th in 15:54, Coen Westjohn 59th in 16:14, Alexander name unreadable 64th in 16:38, Brody Rogen 66th in 16:51, Anthony Bohnhoff 68th in 16:55, Nicolas name unreadable 76th in 18:08, Khye Kellams 82nd in 19:09, Graham Wendling 84th in 19:24 and Christopher Repking 92nd in 24:58.

St. Anthony's Camden Bloemer won the race with a time of 11:30. Also competing for the Bullpups were Max Schuette ninth in 12:53, Mike Fearday 11th in 12:55, Grayson Bloemer 13th in 13:15, Braxton Schultz 15th in 13:17, Reed Schumacher 24th in 14:09. James Uebinger 33rd in 14:23, Graham Miller 38th in 14:50, Marty Scheidemantel 44th in 15:08, Jackson Settle 46th in 15:12 and Jacob Thoele 61st in 16:16.

Competing for Dieterich were Sylus name unreadable 21st in 13:59, Weston Goebel 23rd in 14:08, Wade Brummer 42nd in 15:02, Keith Hoelscher 43rd in 15:07, Riley Shellenberger 49th in 15:42.2, Kyle Goeckner 51st in 15:47, Cole Tegler 53rd in 15:52, Rylen McQueen 69th in 17:06, Dylan Huber 71st in 17:11. Tristan Will 75th in 17:42, name unreadble 77th in 18:14, Bentley Heuerman 85th in 20:02, Trevor Egan 90th in 23;08, Luke Sipe 93rd in 26:19 and Gabe Crutcher 94th.