Tigers finish in ninth place

VICTORIA – Nicholas Huston (18:13.7) placed 26th to lead the St. John Tigers (127) to ninth place at the 1A state cross country meet.

Meade (31) captured the team title. Spearville’s Corbin Ricke (16:26.6) earned the state championship medal.

1A BOYS STATE VICTORIA

1A BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Meade 31; 2—Quinter 40; 3—Wichita Classical 96; 4—Ingalls 104; 5—Goessel 109; 6—Wetmore 115; 7—Topeka Cair Paravel 119; 8—La Crosse 119; 9—St. John 127; 10—Osborne 132; 11—Pretty Prairie 137; 12—Beloit St. John’s 161

TOP 20 BOYS MEDALISTS—1—Ricke, Spearville, 16:26.6; 2—Darrah, Canton-Galva, 16:41.4; 3—Yoder, Hutchinson CC, 16:48.3; 4—Zortman, Fowler, 16:52.1; 5—Keith, Meade, 16:57.2; 6—Racy, South Gray, 17:07.5; 7—Hamel, Stockton, 17:16.5; 8—White, PP, 17:19.1; 9—Gruenbacher, Quinter, 17:21; 10—Buessing, Axtell, 17:24; 11—Ellis, Ingalls, 17:28.0; 12—Bales, Osborne, 17:34.5; 13—Becker, Canton-Galva, 17:41.4; 14—Rose, Lucas, 17:46.5; 15—Olander, Little River, 17:50.6; 16—Letourneau, BSJ, 17:51.3 17—Muthianai, Meade, 17:52.2; 18—Hanzlicek, Wetmore, 17:52.9 19—Zortman, Fowler, 17:58; 20—Elder, Quinter, 18:00.1

ST. JOHN—26—Nicholas Huston, 18:13.7; 46—Preston Dunn, 18:56.2; 49—Quade Smith, 18:59.4; 77—Elijah Delp, 21;30.2; 82—Karim Herrera, 22:43.; 85—Joshua Chapman, 23:46

CENTRAL PLAINS—37—Peyton Ryan, 18:32.8