STERLING — St. John’s season-long winning streak was ended by 4A Buhler, but the runner-up Tigers ran some of their fastest times of the season at Thursday’s Sterling Invitational cross country meet. Buhler scored 22 points and St. John scored 63.
Temperatures were in the 40s with a steady mist, but no wind. The Central Prairie league teams compete Oct. 11 at Ness City.
St. John’s A.J. Miller (17:04.1) finished as seventh medalist and Mason Osborne (17:09.1) earned the 10th medal. Other Tiger runners were Cashe McVey, 15th-place mdeal, 17:19.0; Wrangler Walker, 19th-place medal, 17:23.7; Hunter Hanson, 24th-place medal, 17;53.3; Uriel Calleros, 29th, 18:06.3; and Trey Fisher, 40th, 18:33.4.
“The boys ran some great times against tough competition,” said St. John coach Joel Delp. “Our guys are running well going into the final weeks of the season.”
Larned’s Brayden Lothman earned fifth medalist honors (16:54.5).
St. John's Jackie Rios finished 37th, 22:53.3; followed by Paige Doran, 51st, 24:16.4 and Jaden Reed, 61st, 25:49.4.
“Our girls ran well," Delp said. " With league and regionals on the horizon, we need to continue to whittle our times.”
MACKSVILLE —Ninth-grader Abigail Ibarra (21:56.9) captured medalist honors in the freshmen division to lead the Mustangs. Itzel Garcia (22:05.5) placed 25th and Gabe Wolf (18:49.1) finished 41st in the varsity division. In the junior varsity division, Anna Suiter (26:57.6) placed ninth and Kyler Evans (20:12.3) finished 11th.
Macksville coach Mike Hullman said the Mustangs ran personal season-bests in the cool and calm conditions.
"Wow, what a meet we had," Hullman said. "We ran extremely well with all runners setting new PRs for the season. The conditions were great for running, cool with a mist in the air. Our runners took full advantage of the weather conditions and a fast course. We had several earn medals with the freshmen girls dominating their race. This amazing effort sets us up well. This gives confidence that we have been searching for. They showed what they can do when they challenge themselves. Some of them even said that they should have given more."
NINTH-GRADE JV — In the Freshman/JV boys’ race, St. John's Dalton Nemec placed runner-up (18:48.3). Other Tigers —Dylan Reed 9th place medal (20:05.7), Nick Huston 8th place ninth-grade (21:42.7); Ethan Huston, 30th (22:54.1); Sead Pepic, 37th (24:23.6); and Edson Gracia 43rd (25:51.6). In the JV girls race, Shayla Garcia earned a 13th place medal (29:36.1) and Jordon Willinger was 16th, 31:53.0.
In the 7th grade boys mile race, Quade Smith (6:03.6) earned third with a season-best time. August Siefkes (14:23.2) placed 8th in 8th-grade girls. Mackenzie Hacker (16:41.4) placed 25th.
“This was the last meet and they ran some of their best times.," Delp said. " They were a fun group to coach. I’m looking forward to seeing them develop."
STERLING INVITATIONAL
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1—Buhler 43
2—Berean Academy 74
3—Ellinwood 75
4—Pratt 82
5—Hutchinson Trinity 132
6—Skyline 139
7—Sterling 178
8—Macksville 196
GIRLS TOP 10 MEDALISTS
1—Mayra Ramirez, GB, 19:13.8
2—Erin Topham, Berean, 19:18.8
3— Erin Hammeke, Ellinwood, 19;39.3
4—Brooke Wiebe, Berean, 19:43.1
5—Sian Helfrich, Pratt, 19:51.8
6—Emma Willison, Buhler, 19:58.5
7—Addie Hoeme, Pratt, 20:.05.3
8—Ashtin Klepper, Ellinwood, 20:12.5
9—Amaleigh Mattison, Buhler 20:12.5
10—Daycee DeWindt, Buhler, 20:26.9
CENTRAL PLAINS—11—Hannah Redetzke, 20:29.5
ELLINWOOD—17—Sarah Hammeke, 20:45.8; 26—Gracie Schessiger, 22:13.1; 39— Courtney Cook, 22:57.8; 43—Lauren Petz, 23:39.1
LARNED—19—Cierra Nord, 20:50.9; 29— MaKayla Leiker, 22:26.1; 44—Brooke Butler, 23:39.1
MACKSVILLE—25—Itzel Garcia, 22:05.5; 46—Lydia Mendez, 23:52.3; 62—Caren Holguin, 26:00.2; 66—Kaylee Hottovy, 26:37.3; 70—Christine Garza, 27:33.3
HOISINGTON—32—Jessi Kindscher, 22:43.2
ST. JOHN—37—Jackie Rios, 22:53.3; 51—Paige Doran, 24:16.4; 61—Jaden Reed, 25:49.4
OTIS BISON—64—Sheridan Ewy, 26:13.4; 65—Danielle Wagner, 26:16.2; 68—Calli Riley, 27:03.1; 69—Ashtyn Butler, 27:03.7
STERLING INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES
1—Buhler 22
2—St. John 63
3—Pratt 99
4—Berean Academy 134
5—Hutchinson Trinity 152
6—Skyline 200
7—Sterling 203
8—Hoisington 207
9—Haven 238
10—Otis-Bison 241
11—Macksville 248
12—Hillsboro 293
BOYS TOP 10 MEDALISTS
1—Tanner Lindahl, Buhler, 16:32.7
2—Rand Lohrentz, Buhler, 16:45.1
3—Nate Kolm, Pratt, 16:47.1
4—Hayden Keller, Buhler, 16:48.2
5—Brayden Lothman, Larned, 16:54.5
6—Cordel Hendrixson, Buhler, 16:59.2
7—A.J. Miller, St. John, 17:04.1
8—Jon Whisenant, Ellinwood, 17:04.7
9—Jackson Wallace, Skyline, 17:07.3
10—Mason Osborne, St. John, 17:09.1
ST.JOHN—15—Cashe McVey, 17:19.0; 19—Wrangler Walker, 17:23.7; 24—Hunter Hanson, 17:53.3; 29—Uriel Calleros, 18:06.3; 40—Trey Fisher, 18:33.4;
ELLINWOOD—34—Peter Joslin, 18:18.3; 48—Kaden Baird, 19:03.8;
LARNED—49—Ethan Haas, 19:04.3;
HOISINGTON—11—Dayne Yott, 17:09.1; 53—Ian Doss, 19:07.2; 57—Aydan Davis, 19:29.4; 59—Gabriel Hipp, 19:31.2; 77—Noah Dolezal, 20::55.2; 79—Dante Urban, 21:06.1; 82—Keaton Klug, 21:31.0
OTIS-BISON—31—Blake Pierce, 18:08.8; 47—Grantley Sinn, 18:59.8; 60—Will Rues, 19:32.2; 67—Jayce Kohls, 20:10.3; 86—Ethan Schneider, 22:08.8
MACKSVILLE—41—Gabe Wolf, 18:49.1; 43—Jacob Suiter, 18:56.6; 56—Andrew Cross, 19:21.1; 73—Trey Britton, 20:35.6; 87—Grant Frink, 22:59.4
BOYS JV TEAM SCORES
1—Pratt 38
2—Sterling 42
3—St. John 69
4—Haven 71
JV BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Carter Crank, Sterling, 18:29.3
2—Dalton Nemec, St. John, 18;48.3
3—Joe Forbes, Buhler, 18:51.2
4—Kaiser Pelland, Pratt, 19:15.4
5—Chris Roberts, Buhler, 19:17.2
ST.JOHN—9—Dylan Reed, 20:05.7; 30—Ethan Huston, 22:54.1; 37—Sead Pepic, 24:23.6; 43—Edson Gracia, 25:51.6
MACKSVILLE—11—Kyler Evans, 20:12.3; 32—Harley Blaske, 23:24.7
CENTRAL PLAINS—18—Ethan Hurley, 21:35.1; 24—Jaydon Whiterock, 22:14.1; 35—Paxton Hammeke, 23:54.3; 40—Brian Whiterock, 24:33.8
ELLINWOOD—34—Logan Sturtz, 23:44.3
HOISINGTON—39—Matthew MacMahon, 24:26.5
JV GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Tawny Bush, Buhler, 22:07.2
2—Aidyn White, Buhler, 22:56.9
3—Emma Hershberger, Buhler, 22:58.6
4—Grace Whisler, 23:07.7
5—Saitis Krouulik, Ellinwood, 24:07.7
MACKSVILLE—9—Anna Suiter, 26:57.6; 14—Kiley Blevins, 29:46.1; 15—Elena Kuckelman, 31:06.5
ST. JOHN—16—Jordon Willinger, 31:53.3
HOISINGTON—12—Jan Manavibool, 29:21.2
NINTH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Carlos Rodriguez, 18:54.2
2—Tyler Adams, 18:57.0
3—Ian Orth, Larned, 19:54.5
4—Cole Zongker, Haven, 20:16.6
5—Ethan Mulligan, 20:37.5
CENTRAL PLAINS—6—Hunter Green, 20:52.6
MACKSVILLE—13—Alex Mendez, 24:16.1; 14—Thoran Cross, 25;19.1
ST. JOHN—8—Nick Huston, 21:42.7
NINTH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Abigail Ibarra, Macksville, 21:56.9
2—Evelyn Staib, Buhler, 23:16.0
3—Aylice Clawson, Larned, 23:38.4
4—Krystal Marquez, Macksville, 24:01.1
5—Karen Hall, Macksville, 24:09.8
8TH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Ian Carroll, Berean, 10:59.6
2—Ashler Miller, Ellinwood, 11:51.8
3—Keryk Yott, Hoisington, 12:11.3
4—Rolando Ordaz, Lyons, 12:44.5
5—Jonah Godina, Hutchinson Trinity, 13:05.8
HOISINGTON—13—Isaac Burgess, 14:31.2
8TH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Bella Brownlee, Sterling, 13:12.4
2—Yam Ramirez, Lyons, 13:16.3
3—Jayla Wyant, Hoisington, 13:29.6
4—Emma Gilpin, Pratt, 13:34.9
5—Reese Yoder, Haven, 13:46.2
ST. JOHN—8—August Siefkes, 14;23.2; 25—MacKenzie Hacker, 16:41.4
HOISINGTON—13—Kiana Grandclair, 15;12.7; 26—Maddy Mitchell, 17:20.8
LARNED—16—Ali Zook, 15:38.6; 17—Sarah Manry, 15:47.0
7TH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Levi Allen, Hillsboro, 5:28.6
2—Chase Gibson, Ellinwood, 6:01.0
3—Quade Smith, St. John, 6:03.6
4—Kyler Semple, Larned, 6:04.2
5—Dylan Roberts, Larned, 6:09.1
LARNED—12—Gabriel Thompson, 6:33.3; 14—Jeron Debes, 6:41.8; 19—Maverick Munden, 6:54.0
HOISINGTON—9—Eli Lewis, 6:27.3; 13—Landon Woydziak, 6:35.8
7TH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Sheena Gocela, Hoisington, 6:18.3
2—Hannah Winget, Ellinwood, 6:36.0
3—Jaelynn Bridges, Pratt, 6:46.5
4—Judah Kuhn, Sterling, 6:51.5
5—Grace May, Pratt, 7:00.1
HOISINGTON—6—Vada Kaiser, 7:00.5; 21—Caty Lewis, 8:27.4
ELLINWOOD—7—Stormy Mitchell, 7:06.7; 11—Allison Ricker, 7:23.0; 17—Morgan Shinliver, 7:41.2; 19—Sydney Kruckenberg, 8:08.6
