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Ellinwood, Macksville finish state runner-up
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Coach Lyles Lashley and the Ellinwood High girls capture the Class 2A state runner-up trophy behind champion Shawnee Maranatha. The Ellinwood girls have finished as state runner-up four times in school history. - photo by JIM MISUNAS Great Bend Tribune
WAMEGO – It’s a challenge to win a state cross country championship – just ask Ellinwood coach Lyles Lashley or Macksville coach Mike Hullman.Class 2A state runner-up Ellinwood (72) finished behind juggernaut Shawnee Maranatha Academy (32) and Class 1A runner-up Macksville finished second (43) behind perennial champion Tribune-Greeley County (39).In the individual races, Ellinwood’s Abbie Reichuber finished eighth (15:57.9) to lead the Eagles. Reichuber also won the league title at Kinsley.“It was one of my better races of the year,” Reichuber said. “From what I saw, our girls did really well today.