Warrior Boys Win NorthWood Invitational XC Meet

NAPPANEE – Wawasee placed four runners in the top 10 to win the NorthWood Invitational cross country meet Saturday.

Triton finished 11th in the meet, and Wawasee’s girls team was fifth in its race.

Spencer Hare was second overall for the Warriors, with Luke Griner third, Michael Hammer seventh and Thomas Conley 10th for Wawasee. Braxton Alexander finished 17th and Bennett Hoffert 18th.

Wawasee’s Jace Alexander won the junior varsity race.

Triton was paced by Josiah Page, who took 40th overall. Ty Ferry was 43rd, Brock Watkins 50th, Trent Barnhart was 81st and J.D. Goodrich 89th for the Trojans.

In the girls race Mckenzie Smith was 13th for the Lady Warriors, with Caitlin Wortinger 18, Valeria Pizana 23rd and Evelin Romo 50th.

Triton had two runners in the race; Baylee McIntyre was 16th and Brianna White was 27th.

Wawasee will host Northern Lakes Conference teams Concord and Goshen on Tuesday. Triton will host Bremen and LaVille on Tuesday.



NORTHWOOD INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS – 1. Wawasee 39, 2. South Bend St. joseph 53, 3. Concord 55, 4. NorthWood 106, 5. Bremen 154, 6. Elkhart Christian 169, 7. Bethany Christian 190, 8. Jimtown 261, 9. Mishawaka Marian 261, 10. John Glenn 274, 11. Triton 292, 12. Argos 300, 13. Oregon-Davis 357.

Wawasee – 2. Spencer Hare 16:32, 3. Luke Griner 16:45, 7. Michael Hammer 17:41, 10. Thomas Conley 17:50, 17. Braxton Alexander 18:05, 18. Bennett Hoffert 18:18.

Triton – 40. Josiah Page 19:25, 43 Ty Ferry 19:43, 50. Brock Watkins 22:26, 81. Trent Barnhart 24:19, 89. J.D. Goodrich 31:28.

Wawasee JV – 1. Jace Alexander 18:21, 4. Karlson Hand 18:54, 10. Isiah Faurote 19:36, 11. Michael Drabenstott 19:39, 17. Benson Yoder 19:53, 23. Brandon Kidd 20:00, 32. Clay Kelsheimer 20:37, 38. Kaiden Ruff 21:02.



GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS – 1. NorthWood 39, 2. Concord 46, 3. Bremen 81, 4. Mishawaka Marian 105, 5. Wawasee 113, 6. Elkhart Christian 141, 7. Bethany Christian 161, 8. Jimtown 227.

Wawasee – 13. Mckenzie Smith 21:43, 18. Caitlin Wortinger 22:15, 23. Valeria Pizana 22:32, 26. Autumn Turner 22:53, 50. Evelin Romo 25:54, 51. Rileigh Atwood 26:01.

Triton (2 runners) – 16. Baylee McIntyre 21:57, 27. Brianna White 22:59

Wawasee JV – 7. Ella Beezley 24:34, 14. Yanelly Pizana 26:14, 21. Abby Steiner 26:54, 25. Casey Yankosky 27:48, 28. Ashlyn Longenecker 29:06, 31. McKenzie Stoppenhaggen 30:00, 34. Emma Barger 31:57.



Valley Boys, Girls 3rd At Northfield

WABASH – Tippecanoe Valley’s boys and girls cross country teams each placed third at the Northfield Invitational Saturday.

Whitko and Lakeland Christian had runners compete, but not enough to field full teams.

Jordan Owens paced Valley, finishing 15th in 19:28. Mitchell Smith was 32nd, Matthew Howes was 52nd, Colt Demske 74th and Justin Peconga 97th.

All three teams will run in Saturday’s Manchester Invitational.



NORTHFIELD INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS – 1. Heritage 44, 2. Southwood 62, 3. Tippecanoe Valley 97, 4. Northfield 101, 5. Rossville 120, 6. Peru 123, 7. North Miami 138.

Valley – 15. Jordan Owens 19:28, 33. Mitchell Smith 19:44, 52. Matthew Howes 19:48, 74. Colt Demske 20:02, 97. Justin Peconga 20:04, Ethan hartman 21:40, Dwight Conley 22:36, Zack Landis 24:12, Chase Miller 25:05, Grayson Sriver 28:04, Joseph Irons 30:12.

Lakeland Christian (4) – Rye Stevens 22:06, Trent Parker 22:34, Sam Turner 24:19, Josh Nakasone 35:37.

Whitko (4) – Logan Busz 18:36,  Zack Freel 19:26, Ezra Miller 21:08, Caden Compton 24:16.



GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS  – 1. Northfield 43, 2. Heritage 47, 3. Tippecanoe Valley 58, 4. Rossville 76.

Valley – 5. Jadyn Kolesiak 22:37, 9. Ava Craig 23:09, 10. Valeria Jiminez 23:12, 13. Haley Hoover 23:44, 21. Lorena Santiago 25:18, 23. Marissa McLean 25:19, 25. Caleigh Byrer 25:53, Alyssa Bell 27:04, Lauren Sponseller 28:14.

Whitko (2) – Elizabeth Foutz 27:49, Amanda Leppek 31:20.