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LAUREL - Randolph cross country ran in the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Invitational on Sept. 12 at the Cedarview Country Club here.
Homer won both the boys and girls team titles and Ponca was second in both divisions.
Homer bettered Ponca 15-27 to claim the top prize for the boys and the teams tied with 18 points in the girls with the Lady Knights getting the nod in a tie-breaker.
Ponca’s Gannon Pfister won the boys individual race with a time of 18 minutes, 6.72-seconds while Micah Cuevas of Newman Grove/St. Edward was second in 18:11.71.
The Cardinals’ two runners, Kamdin Worlein and and Brecken Shearer placed 47th and 51st respectively.
“They both are really improving in every meet,” Randolph coach Tom Shafer said. “They have each knocked over a minute off their times; they are working hard.”
The Lady Knights were paced by Lilly Harris, who was second individually with a time of 21:37.20, just under 23 seconds behind the winner, Ava Brennan of Ponca who finished in 21:14.37.
Randolph’s Emily Gilliland was 24th after placing eighth last week.
“I like cross country when I’m done, like the self-accomplishment part of it,” the freshman said. “It feels good to be able to run the three miles.”
She also is learning, somewhat disappointedly she didn’t do more running over the summer heading into her first high school season on the course.
“I really wished I would have ran more over the summer. I will next summer,” Gilliland said. “My goal this year is to try to get to state. I’ll keep working towards that, it would be great.”
The Cardinals and Lady Cardinal were set to be back in action Sept. 16 in the Neligh-Oakdale Invitational at the Antelope County Country Cluband will run at Twin Creeks Golf Course in Pender on Sept. 19.
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
Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
(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; 47. Kamdin Worlein (RAN) 24:01.13; 51. Brecken Shearer (RAN) 25:19.55.
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; Randolph NTS; Pender NTS; 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; 24. Emily Gilliland (RAN) 25:53.67.
