HILL CITY — Ellinwood’s girls won the Hill City Class 2A cross country regional with 26 points to return to Class 2A state at Wamego. Abbie Reichuber placed third (20:57.72) and Joanna Strecker was fourth (21:08.65).
Ellinwood’s boys also qualified with 69 points. Avery Pike led Ellinwood’s boys with a sixth-place (18:36.59).

Class 2A Hill City
BOYS—Team scores—1. Wichita County 43; 2. Salina Sacred Heart 69; 3. Ellinwood 69; 4. Ness City 111; 5. Trego 118; 6. Hill City 119; 7. Ell-Saline 159; 8. Decatur 207
Top 5—Lucas Roths, Ness City, 17:22.19; 2. Kyler Long, Wichita County, 18:24.91; 3. Rayne Schmidtberger, Salina Sacred Heart, 18:26.87; 4. Dylon Niswonger, Wichita County, 18:28.12; 5. Elian Donantes, Wichita County, 18:32.66
ELLINWOOD—6. Avery Pike, 18:36.59; 10. Jacob Kasselman, 18:58.52; 12. Peter Joslin, 19:13.96; 16. Jayce Christiansen, 19:24.87; 28. Dustin Baker, 20:23.56
GIRLS Team scores—1. Ellinwood 26; 2. Salina Sacred Heart 60; 3. Lincoln 83; 4. Decatur 103; 5. Wichita County 108; 6. Ellis 147
Top 5—1. Helen Giefer, Trego, 20:20.22; 2. Savannah Moore, Ness City, 20:46.40; 3. Abbie Reichuber, Ellinwood, 20:57.72; 4. Joanna Strecker, Ellinwood, 21:08.65; 5. Aubry Donley, Lincoln, 21:19.22
ELLINWOOD—8. Sarah Hammeke, 21:50.24; 10. Madelyn Hayes, 22:14.32; 13. Anna Fisher, 23:14.55; 15. Cailey Carmen, 23:17.09; 18. Courtney Cook, 23:24.84