Rose, Hoeppner lead LCC runners at recent meets

LAUREL - The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge cross country teams hosted its invitational at Cedarview Country Club on Sept. 12 and ran in the Wayne Invitational on Sept. 16 to complete a busy week.

In the Wayne Invitational, the Bears came in sixth in the team race with 84 points. Wayne won the meet with 19, Norfolk Catholic was second with 34 and Pierce was third with 56. Winnebago and Hartington-Newcastle filled out the top five followed by LCC.

Kendall Shada from Pierce won the boys’ individual title with a time of 15-minutes, 42.65 seconds over two minutes ahead of Wayne’s Drew Miller, who was runner-up.

Preston Rose was the top Laurel-Concord-Coleridge runner placing 13th in 19:36.87. Carter Korth and Shane Langford were 24th and 25th respectively with John McDermott 43rd, Sebastian Van Drongelen 52nd and Luke Jackson coming in 60th.

Faith Galvin paced the Lady Bears, coming in 12th with a time of 23:25.82. Zoey Ebmeier of Pierce won the individual title in 20:56.90 with Ponca’s Ava Brennan placing second in 21:17.05.

Addy Hoeppner and Kate Tasler were 16th and 17th for Laurel-Concord- Coleridge, Abbie Brummels was 21st, Leah Gould was 23rd and Ava Christiansen finished in 34th.

In the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Invitational, Homer won the boys’ team title with a score of 15, Ponca was second with 27, Hartington-Newcastle was third with 39 and the Bears came in sixth with 48 points.

Rose led a trio of LCC runners with a 15th-place showing, Korth was 16th and Langford was 17th.

McDermott was 31st, Van Drongelen came in 45th and Jackson was 52nd.

The Lady Bears finished fourth with 28 points, two behind thirdplace Hartington-Newcastle and 10 behind Homer which won the meet with 18 points, the same total as runner-up Ponca which was edged out by a tie-breaker.

Hoeppner was the top Lady Bears finisher coming in 10th in just under three seconds faster than teammate, Galvin, who was 11th.

“I felt stronger today than our other meets,” Hoeppner said. “I think it was because this is our home course, I’m more used to running here.”

She hopes her finish is a sign for things to come.

“We just need to keep working to get better and drop our times,” she said. “We hope to get our entire team to state this year.”

Ponca’s Brennan won the individual title with a time of 21:14.37, Lilly Harris of Homer was second in 21:37.20.

Tasler finished 13th for LCC, Brummels was 16th, Gould was 18th and Christiansen was 25th.

The Bears and Lady Bears are scheduled to run in the Pender Invitational on Sept. 19 at Twin Creeks Golf Course just north of Pender.

WAYNE INVITATIONAL Boys Team Results: 1. Wayne 19; 2. Norfolk Catholic 34; 3. Pierce 56; 4. Winnebago 71; 5. Hartington-Newcastle 82; 6. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 84; Omaha Nation NTS; Guardian Angels Central Catholic NTS; Ponca NTS; Winside NTS; Pender NTS;Tri County Northeast NTS.

Boys Individual Results: 1. Kendall Shada (PIE) 15:42.65; 2. Drew Miller (WAY) 17:52.47; 3. Gavin Redden (WAY) 18:01.37; 4. Andrew Kastl (NC) 18:03.82; 5. Nathan Kalous (NC) 18:08.10; 6. Gannon Pfister (PON) 18:21.41; 7. Emmanuel Gonzalez (WAY) 18:44.10; 8. Kyle Abler (PIE) 18:50.09; 9. Kasen York (WAY) 18:51.26; 10. Jonah Ash (NC) 18:59.05; 11. Bachman Free-Bass (WINN) 19:35.71; 13. Preston Rose (LCC) 19:36.87; 14. Landen Claussen (WAY) 19:38.22; 15. Boden Dobbins (WAY) 19:40.87; 24. Carter Korth (LCC) 20:33.77; 25. Shane Langford (LCC) 20:38.82; 43. John McDermott (LCC) 22:57.72; 52. Sebastian Van Drongelen 25:23.96; 60. Luke Jackson (LCC) 27:31.65 Girls Team Results: 1. Wayne 24; 2. Pierce 41; 3. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 45; 4. Hartington- Newcastle 55; 5. Tri County Northeast 79; Winnebago NTS; Norfolk Catholic NTS; Winside NTS; Guardian Angels Central Catholic NTS; Ponca NTS; Pender NTS.

Girls Individual Results: 1. Zoey Ebmeier (PIE) 20:56.90; 2. Ava Brennan (PON) 21:17.05; 3. Essynce Owens-Webb (WAY) 21:49.94; 4. Kyla Krusemark (PEN) 21:55.39; 5. Hadley Walsh (PEN) 22:10.65; 6. Lilyan Hurner (WAY) 22:27.30; 7. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N) 22:33.18; 8. Laken Pfister (PON) 22:34.00; 9. Claire Rolfes (H-N) 22:52.12; 10. Bre Millard (TCNE) 23:00.20; 11. Megan Bretbarth (PEN) 23:08.21; 12. Faith Galvin (LCC) 23:25.82; 13. Aylla Weeder (PIE) 23:39.07; 14. Olivia Hanson (WAY) 23:47.11; 15. Yama (Nyamalo) Kantai (WAY) 24:08.14; 16. Addy Hoeppner (LCC) 24:14.53; 17. Kate Tasler (LCC) 24:29.42; 21. Abbie Brummels (LCC) 25:00.28; 23. Leah Gould (LCC) 25:01.34; 34. Ava Christiansen (LCC) 28:34.02.

LAUREL-CONCORD-COLERIDGE INVITATIONAL Boys Division Team Results: 1. Homer 15; 2. Ponca 27; 3. Hartington-Newcastle 39; 4. Newman Grove/St. Edward 40; 5. Winnebago 48; 6. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 48; 7. Tri County Northeast 56; 8. Bancroft-Rosalie 77; 9. Randolph NTS.

Boys Division Individual Results: 1. Gannon Pfister (PON) 18:06.72; 2. Micah Cuevas (NG/SE) 18:11.71; 3. Broderick Hogan (PON) 18:25.01; 4. Aayden Harris (HOM) 18:34.22; 5. Jessup Snowball (HOM) 18:38.07; 6. Triston Owens (HOM) 18:39.96; 7. Junius Snowball (HOM) 18:48.07; 8. Caden Barclay (HOM) 18:48.93; 9. Jude Ridenour (TCNE) 18:49.49; 10. Zander Jarecki (NG/SE) 18:50.62; 11. Rachman Free-Bass (WINN) 18:54.63; 12. Alex Elks (H-N) 19:16.23; 13. Adam Elks (H-N) 19:38.77; 14. Isaac Hernandez-Santiago (H-N) 19:40.03; 15. Preston Rose (LCC) 19:43.09; 16. Carter Korth (LCC) 19:49.98; 17. Shane Langford (LCC) 19:53.35; 31, John McDermott (LCC) 21:57.43; 45. Sebastian Van Drongelen (LCC) 23:42.51; 52. Luke Jackson (LCC) 25:20.30.

Girls Division Team Results: 1. Homer 18; 2. Ponca 18; 3. Hartington-Newcastle 26; 4. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 28; 5. Tri County Northeast 46; 6. Winnebago 60; 7. Newman Grove/St. Edward 84.

Girls Individual Results: Ava Brennan (PON) 21:14.37; 2. Lilly Harris (HOM) 21:37.20; 3. Claire Rolfes (H-N) 21:47.43; 4. Hadley Walsh (PEN) 21:56.97; 5. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N) 21:56.97; 6. Megan Breitbarth (PEN) 22:21.63; 7. Laken Pfister (PON) 22:35.06; 8. Jaedyn Bousquet (HOM) 22:37.51; 9. Bre Millard (TCNE) 22:49.69; 10. Addy Hoeppner (LCC) 23:12.77; 11. Faith Galvin (LCC) 23:15.62; 12. Tawny Bolles (HOM) 23:27.83; 13. Kate Tasler (LCC) 23:45.19; 14. Addyson Chytka (PON) 23:46.85; 15. Tressa Bigbear (WINN) 24:16.46; 16. Abbie Brummels (LCC) 24:19.35; 18. Leah Gould (LCC) 24:32.47; 25. Ava Christiansen (LCC) 26:35.89.