Area runners compete in Class A regions; Watertown caps regular season
WEBSTER — Juniors Halle Bauer of Great Plains Lutheran and Payton Brown of Milbank each won individual races Thursday in the Region 1A cross country meet at the Webster Golf Course.
Bauer repeated as the girls' 5,000-meter winner, producing a time of 19 minutes and 42.6 seconds to top 47 runners. Brown beat 55 runners in the boys division, winning in 17:03.42.
Milbank won the boys division for the third-straight year and Clark-Willow Lake edged Milbank 31-34 in the girls division, ending the Bulldogs' two-year reign. Deuel was third in the girls division and second in the boys division, followed by Aberdeen Roncalli.
Jaycee Hourigan of Deuel, Kamryn Nesheim of Clark-Willow Lake, Madison Zirbel of Waubay-Summit and Addison Cassady of Aberdeen Roncalli rounded out the top five in the girls divison. Kaleb Foltz of Tri-State was second in the boys division, followed by Ricky Berndt of Deuel and James Batchelor and Bryan Meyer of Milbank.
The top three teams and 20 individuals qualified for the state cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.
REGION 1A
Boys Division
Team Scores: Milbank 17, Deuel 44, Aberdeen Roncalli 53, Tri-State 69, Webster Area 88, Clark-Willow Lake 105, Great Plains Lutheran 113, Florence-Henry 125, Groton Area 151.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Payton Brown, Milbank, 17:03.42; 2. Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 17:25.31; 3. Ricky Berndt, Deuel, 17:47.14; 4. James Batchelor, Milbank, 18:11.72; 5. Bryan Meyer, Milbank, 18:46.22; 6. Cooper Pommer, Clark-Willow Lake, 18:53.01; 7. Isaac Graham, Milbank, 18:56.30; 8. Garrett Griffin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:59.07; 9. Caden Hourigan, Deuel, 18:59.87; 10. Paul Gutenkauf, Roncalli, 19:00.48; 11. Matthew Buyert, Deuel, 19:01.09; 12. Drew Reetz, Webster Area, 19:09.25; 13. CJ Bissonette, Tiospa Zina, 19:12.62; 14. Beckham Berry, Milbank, 19:21.95; 15. Jayven Maag, Waubay-Summit, 19:23.87; 16. Grayson Madsen, Tri-State, 19:25.38; 17. Kelynn Mount, Aberdeen Roncalli, 19:45.19; 18. Grant Van Peursem, Milbank, 19:47.70; 19. Matt Mork, Webster Area, 19:51.87; 20. Carson Vavruska, Florence-Henry, 19:52.57.
Other Area Qualifiers: Deuel (23. Caleb Ronne, 20:22.20) and Roncalli (22. Matthew Peterson, 20:09.41 and 32. Tyler Berndt, 21:20.97).
Girls Division
Team Scores: Clark-Willow Lake 31, Milbank 34, Deuel 54, Aberdeen Roncalli 69, Great Plains Lutheran 75, Florence-Henry 93, Webster Area 127, Tri-State 128.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Halle Bauer, Great Plains Lutheran, 19:42.60; 2. Jaycee Hourigan, Deuel, 20:32.96; 3. Kamryn Nesheim, Clark-Willow Lake, 20:39.85; 4. Madison Zirbel, Waubay-Summit, 20:58.54; 5. Addison Cassady, Aberdeen Roncalli, 21:23.05; 6. Cadence Bochek, Clark-Willow Lake, 21:29.14; 7. Isabella Imm, Deuel, 21:33.35; 8. Bianca Berry, Milbank, 21:34.50; 9. Kynlee Speidel, Milbank, 21:43.12; 10. Ellie Neugebauer, Milbank, 21:43.99; 11. Maurina Street, Milbank, 21:47.89; 12. Alexa Schmidt, Clark-Willow Lake, 22:04.17; 13. Kayla Jordan, Clark-Willow Lake, 22:09.12; 14. Hadley Gjerde, Clark-Willow Lake, 22:13.02; 15. Emma Bochek, Clark-Willow Lake, 22:13.02; 16. Tyra Berry, Milbank, 22:19.06; 17. Faith Traphagen, Groton Area, 22:19.72; 18. McKenzie Hunt, Deuel, 22:20.54; 19. Brooke Hlavacek, Florence-Henry, 22:28.65; 20. Eva Benike, Waubay-Summit, 22:35.87.
Other Area Qualifiers: Milbank (26. Stella Wendland, 23:38.80) and Deuel (34. Shyla Tvedt, 24:42.71 and 36. Sonja Sodren, 24:47.92).
Region 2A
SALEM — Isabelle Bloker of Sioux Valley won the girls' 5,000-meter race Thursday in the Region 2A meet at the McCook Country Club.
Bloker won the 56-runner race in 18 minutes and 38.33 seconds and led Sioux Valley to a second-place finish in the girls division.
Sioux Falls Christian again swept the team titles, winning the boys division with a score of 10. West Central and Flandreau each followed at 58. The Chargers took the girls division with a score of 17, followed by Sioux Valley (46) and West Central (50).
Bennett Wassenaar won the boys division (17:06.89) for Sioux Falls Christian, which had the top five finishers and six of the top seven.
The top three teams and 20 individuals qualified for the state cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.
REGION 2A
Boys Division
Team Scores: Sioux Falls Christian 10, West Central 58, Flandreau 58, Tea Area 84, Baltic 87, Madison 95, Estelline-Hendricks 114, Sioux Valley 125, McCook Central-Montrose 166 and Tri-Valley 200.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Bennett Wassenaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 17:06.89; 2. Maksim Strizheus, SF Christian, 17:20.11; 3. Levi VanderLeest, SF Christian, 17:21.40; 4. Alex Oberloch, SF Christian, 17:26.01; 5. Carson Engbers, SF Christian, 17:26.17; 6. John Gronewold, Baltic, 17:26.87; 7. Connor Pruis, SF Christian, 17:31.48; 8. Preston Bohl, Garretson, 17:40.20; 9. Benjamin Strunk, West Central, 17:52.07; 10. Jacob Peterson, West Central, 18:05.13; 11. Dylan Gerdes, Madison, 18:06.25; 12. Lurick Dailey, Flandreau, 18:12.75; 13. Alex Langner, Baltic, 18:15.40; 14. Tanner Reed, Flandreau, 18:16.91; 15. Brenton Westberry, Flandreau, 18:17.31; 16. Carson Wosje, Sioux Valley, 18:17.72; 17. Nate Timm, Elkton-Lake Benton, 18:18.73; 18. Cooper Schaefer, Estelline-Hendricks, 18:21.92; 19. Reid Hammerquist, Tea Area, 18:22.03; 20. Jonathon Roth, West Central, 18:22.08.
Other State Qualifiers: Flandreau (22. Matthew Gassman, 18:43.61; 34. Lanz Dailey, 19:51.06 and 43. Mason Brushbreaker, 20:37.71); and West Central (25. Griffin Stallman, 18:52.78; 26. Kyper Hilger, 19:06.19; and 39. Kade Hruby, 20:06.97.
Girls Division
Team Scores: Sioux Falls Christian 17, Sioux Valley 46, West Central 50, Flandreau 65, Tea Area 67, Baltic 119, Madison 130, Dell Rapids 131 and Tri-Valley 190.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Isabelle Bloker, Sioux Valley, 18:38.33; 2. Natalie Smith, SF Christian, 19:00.75; 3. Ellie Maddox, SF Christian, 19:26.00; 4. Faith Wiese, Flandreau, 19:36.77; 5. Jerica Glasser, SF Christian, 19:39.27; 6. Brie Peters, West Central, 19:45.57; 7. Margaret Vogel, SF Christian, 20:21.14; 8. Sadie Pettengill, SF Christian, 20:26.24; 9. Libery Trygstad, Sioux Valley, 20:35.98; 10. Jaycie Babb, Tea Area, 20:43.72; 11. Kiley Westberry, Flandreau, 20:47.13; 12. Grace Bialas, Tea Area, 20:47.81; 13. Aubrey Borns, West Central, 20:55.54; 14. Bailey Stallman, West Central, 20:57; 15. Talya Vincent, Sioux Valley, 21:04.10; 16. Logan Mulder, SF Christian, 21:05.76; 17. Lucy Rozeboom, West Central, 21:09.53; 18. Rorie Thoreson, Dell Rapids, 21:11.06; 19. Diamond Roy, Flandreau, 21:12.29; 20. Jessie Tappe, Madison, 21:12.73.
Other State Qualifiers: Sioux Valley (21. Kailey Cradduck, 21:22.63; 32. Quynn Nielson, 22:36.28; and 33. Ava Gatzke, 22:50.17); and West Central (28. Maelee Krempges, 21:48.16 and Ellie McDonald, 21:50.57).
Region 4A
OACOMA — Heidi Olson of Mobridge-Pollock and Pierce Baumberger of Miller won individual titles Thursday in the Region 4A meet at the Chamberlain Country Club.
Olson topped 39 runners in the girls' 5,000-meter race (19:52). Baumberger beat a field of 61 runners to win the boys' 5,000 (17:44), followed by teammate Alex Schumacher.
Chamberlain won the girls division with a score of 14, followed by Kimball-White Lake (34) and Miller (65). Miller won the boys division with a score of 22. Chamberlain was second (46) and Kimball-White Lake third (73).
The top three teams and 20 individuals qualified for the state cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.
REGION 4A
Boys Division
Team Scores: Miller 22, Chamberlain 46, Kimball-White Lake 73, Dupree 75, Platte-Geddes 79, North Central 82, Winner 91, Stanley County 122, Crow Creek 145.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Pierce Baumberger, Miller, 17:44; 2. Alex Schumacher, Miller, 18:05; 3. Joseph Laprath, Winner, 18:36; 4. Jayden Taken Alive, MCLaughlin, 18:37; 5. Anthony Miller, North Central, 18:44; 6. Tyson Kindle, Miller, 18:47; 7. Bradyn Brother of All, Crow Creek, 18:49; 8. Isaac Shepherd, Chamberlain, 18:55; 9. Park Sinclair, Kimball-White Lake, 19:00; 10. Declan Tveit, Chamberlain, 19:03; 11. Walter Graesser, Platte-Geddes, 19:05; 12. Wamni Kills Crow, McLaughlin, 19:08; 13. Jessup Pederson, Dupree, 19:10.22; 14. Logan Vetch, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:10.84; 15. Spencer Sargent, Stanley County, 19:25; 16. Austin Rose, Chamberlain, 19:26; 17. Isaiah Gortmaker, Miller, 19:27.33; 18. Dawson Miller, Kimball-White Lake, 19:27.90; 19. Porter Miller, Kimball-White Lake, 19:29; 20 Jack Swanson, Chamberlain, 19:30.
Other State Qualifiers: Chamberlain (29. Josiah Vaad, 20:22 and 36. Sam Byers, 21:08); Miller (39. Chase Hurd, 21:28 and 34. Jaymin VanDerWerff, 23:04); and Kimball-White Lake (42. Alex Ekstrum, 21:41; 43. Rhys Truman, 21:45 and 49. Darron Moeller, 22:05).
Girls Division
Team Scores: Chamberlain 14, Kimball-White Lake 34, Miller 65, Stanley County 66, Platte-Geddes 67 and North Central 105.
State Qualifiers (Top 20): 1. Heidi Olson, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:52; 2. Kinsey Evans, Chamberlain, 20:04; 3. Autumn Baker, Kimball-White Lake, 20:29; 4. Allison Hough, Chamberlain, 21:07; 5. Kylah Biggins, Chamberlain, 21:12; 6. Lily Baker, Kimball-White Lake, 21:20; 7. Aine Graesser, Chamberlain, 21:35; 8. Berklee Mills, Platte-Geddes, 21:51; 9. Faith Heil, Mobridge-Pollock, 21:53; 10. Madeline Nye, Miller, 21:55; 11. Annabelle LaMie, Chamberlain, 22:02; 12. Kaysen Magee, Stanley County, 22:05; 13. Dulcie Veurink, Platte-Geddes, 22:25; 14. Alli McCord, Kimball-White Lake, 22:27; 15. Silvana Houska, Chamberlain, 22:36; 16. Gabby Werdel, Miller, 22:45; 17. Christine Gaulke, Kimball-White Lake, 22:27; 18. Rachel Nemec, Stanley County, 22:56; 19. Taya Chelmo, Kimball-White Lake, 22:59; 20. Olivia Nye, Miller, 23:00.
Other State Qualifiers: Kimball-White Lake (26. Josie McCord, 24:05) and Miller (29. Taytum Gortmaker, 25:16; 30. Allie Gortmaker, 25:50 and 33. Mohrgan Werdel, 26:28).
Roger Loecker Invite
HURON — Watertown High School's cross country teams concluded their regular seasons Thursday in the Roger Loecker Invitational at the Broadland Creek Golf Course.
The Arrows will compete in the state meet on Saturday, Oct. 22 on the same course.
Yankton won the girls division with a score of 52, followed by Pierre at 63, Aberdeen Central 64, Watertown 87, Brookings 119 and Huron 121.
Juna Ramey of Aberdeen Central won the girls' 5,000-meter race in a time of 20:25.24. Victoria Smith took second (20:29.2) and Kate McElroy sixth (20:54) to lead Watertown in the 52-runner race.
Other Arrows included Olivia Anderson (16th, 21:50.63), Grace List (30th, 20:31.55), Isabella Horning (39th, 23:08.85), Jayda Jensen (46th, 25:17.59), Elizabeth Rieffenberger (47th, 25:30.28), Abigal Reeves (48th, 25:54.52) and Ava Jensen (52nd, 27:26.97).
Dylan Payer won the boys' race, which included 50 runners, in 17:06.08. Yankton won the team title with a score of 52, followed by Pierre at 61, Aberdeen Central 72, Brookings 98, Watertown 103 and Huron 108.
Ty Sullivan took seventh (17:35.15) to lead the Arrows. Other Watertown runners were Dane Stark (17th, 18:23.16), Bayley Steiner (23rd, 18:48.50), Chris Bevers (29th, 19:04.44), Tucker Lunde (31st, 19:07.95), Briley Martin (34th, 19:19.32), Gabe List (35th, 19:22.83), Isaiah Norton (36th, 19:24.91), Ayden Steiner (37th, 19:29.61) and Ben Peterson (44th, 20:10.78).
Grace McElroy won the middle school girls' 2,400 run (9:22.19) and Carter Clark was second in the middle school boys 2,400 run (9:19.31) for Watertown.
This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Great Plains' Bauer, Milbank's Brown & Sioux Valley's Bloker win.
