Saturday, Oct. 24
Girls teams from Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy and Wittenberg-Birnamwood, as well as the Bonduel boys team, will compete in the WIAA state cross country meet Oct. 31 in Wisconsin Rapids.
Several areas individuals will also compete.
Division 1
Pulaski’s Maggie Gerth placed fourth at the De Pere sectional to move on to the state meet. The junior finished with a time of 19:08.9.
The team placed sixth with 187 points.
Also scoring for the Red Raiders were Addie Bruckert, 19th, 21:02.3; Cameran Reiss, 40th, 22:33.8; Tenley Zimmerman, 59th, 25:36.6; and Peyton Anker, 72nd, 38:40.3.
The boys finished in ninth with 238 points.
Collecting points were Grayden Gossen, 24th, 17:49.9; Mitchell Pilon, 43rd, 18:29.8; Paxton Marshall, 46th, 18:39.4; Ben Augustine, 60th, 19:21.9; and Carter Ryskowski, 65th, 19:46.3.
Division 3
Bonduel’s boys won the Rosholt sectional with 63 points.
Leading the way for the Bears were Gage Anderson, first, 16:58.3; Garrett Anderson, seventh, 17:58.9; Oliver Chitwood, 11th, 18:28.4; Griffin Richter, 21st, 19:17.8; and Joah Dworniczak, 23rd, 19:26.7.
Suring placed eighth with 227 points. Scoring for the Eagles were Charles Richard, 19th, 19:11.7; Blake DeGrave, 34th, 19:56.0; Liam Matelski, 49th, 21:04.7; Garrett School, 59th, 22:36.1; and Aidan Thompson, 66th, 23:15.7.
Gresham/Bowler: Caleb Putnam, 11th, 18:07.2; Blaze Ejnik, 56th; 21:00.9; Mason Martin, 87th, 23:13.1; and Mason Pyatskowit, 98th, 23:49.2.
Gillett: Braxton Valley, 52nd, 20:34.2; Nolan Van Donsal, 73rd, 22:19.2; Henry Schaal, 80th, 22:53; and Brandon Slatky, 96th, 23:38.1.
Wolf River Lutheran: Anthony Long, 57th, 21:03.6; Ivan Long, 109th, 26:27.2; and Mark Buchholz, 110th, 27:03.9.
Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy: Wyatt Kosch, 75th, 22:32.9; Emiliano Almanza, 82nd, 22:54.3; and Cooper Malloy, 88th, 23:13.8.
The Lena/STAA girls won the sectional title with 50 points. Bonduel was sixth with 118 points, and Gillett was seventh with 152.
Lena/STAA: Aspynn Anderson, fourth, 20:42.2; Alisa Finger, ninth, 21:04.1; Sydney Pirlot, 15th, 21:32.5; Adrena Rabas, 16th, 21:36.4; and Brooklyn Viestenz, 18th, 21:45.1.
Bonduel: Amelia Wilcox, eighth, 20:55.5; Lillian Burrack, 13th, 21:24.7; Kember Frome, 39th, 24:47.8; Katie O’Brien, 47th, 25:21.9; and Dahlia Harris, 58th, 26:46.8.
Gillett: Amanda Pate, 14th, 21:28.3; Hope Soper, 17th, 21:44.1; Halle Wendorff, 33rd, 23:43.8; Maggie Kaczmarek, 70th, 27:44.1; and Sharlee Stage, 579th, 30:58.4.
Suring: Natalie Seibert, seventh, 20:37.3.
Wolf River Lutheran: Violet Buchholz, 19th, 21:52.7.
Gresham/Bowler: Aubrey Miller, 80th, 33:54.4.
Friday, Oct. 23
Division 2
Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s girls placed second with 69 points at the Rhinelander sectional.
Oconto Falls was fourth with 101 points, and Shawano was seventh with 165 points.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood: Gabrielle Timm, 10th, 21:03.6; Brielle Rose, 11th, 21:12.1; Kendyll Ladwig, 14th, 21:49; Harper Krull, 21st, 22:25.1; and Nora Bushman, 23rd, 22:40.6.
Oconto Falls: Lily Meissner, seventh, 20:36; Ellie Beschta, 17th, 22:05.9; Sydney Braund, 18th, 22:06.4; Ava Holtz, 32nd, 23:05.3; and Ava Savage, 36th, 23:17.4.
Shawano: Madilyn Powers, 16th, 22:03.8; Mikelah Powers, 19th, 22:08.4; Lorelei Hancock, 37th, 23:19.4; McKenna Miller, 50th, 24:16.4; Molly Hanson, 57th, 24:42.6; and Jai Bisterfeldt, 59th, 24:51.1.
Menominee Nation: Azaliyah Waupoose, 76th, 26:10.1; and Kaylee Nacotee, 82nd, 28:35.
Shawano’s boys placed fourth with 89 points, followed by Oconto Falls in fifth with 173 and Wittenberg-Birnamwood in 12th with 319.
Shawano: Josiah Kuehl, 11th, 17:29.1; Teagan Harkey, 12th, 17:31.2; Quinten Harkey, 22nd, 17:56.6; Beckett Hendricks, 25th, 18:11.6; and Aloysius Frechette, 27th, 18:20.7.
Oconto Falls: Isaiah Holtz, 23rd, 18:01; Mason Lotto, 30th, 18:25.6; Sage Mendolla, 32nd, 18:32.8; Landon Timm, 37th, 18:38.4; and Lucas Vanhulle, 64th, 20:05.5.
Wittenberg-Birnamwood: Marty Nowinsky, 40th, 18:43.7; Dalton Fletcher, 67th, 20:15.1; Maskym Guk, 70th, 20:28.8; Flynn Bushman, 76th, 20:46.2; and Colten Mueller, 85th, 21:16.9.
Menominee Nation: Bryant Waupoose III, third, 16:45; and Cashius Reevis, 35th, 18:35.6.
Pulaski’s Maggie Gerth qualified for the state cross country meet as an individual runner. She placed fourth overall in the De Pere sectional Oct. 24. (Contributed)
