Elkader Central girls reach the top

FORT DODGE — They'd recently and repeatedly been in the mix.

Saturday, the girls from Elkader Central reached the top.

A perennial state contender, Central claimed its first Class 1A girls' championship at the state cross country meet at Lakeside Golf Course.

'We'd been close,' senior Haley Schroeder said. 'We've been racing hard for the last few years. Today, our dreams finally came true.'

Schroeder placed fourth and freshman Ciera Deitschler was seventh as the Warriors compiled 66 points. Pekin was the runner-up with 76.

Durant's Alyssa Williams was the individual champion in 19:12. Schroeder finished in 19:59. Hanna Hess of Edgewood-Colesburg was sixth.

Nodaway Valley took the boys' title convincingly. The Wolverines scored 61 points are were followed by Pekin (119) and Iowa City Regina (124).

Regina's girls were fourth. Last year, both Regina teams were disqualified from state-qualifying-meet competition because of a rules infraction; they were on the course at Solon after meet assignments were disclosed.

'We were really pumped to run,' said Nate Green, a sophomore who placed ninth. 'I was glad to have one last race with the seniors.

'We have a history of running well at state, and we wanted to do our best to keep that going.'

Ogden's Andrew Stumbo was the individual boys' champ in 16:33. Keiffer Sexton of Highland was the top area boy, finishing fifth.

Molly Blondin led the Regina girls; she was 13th.

North-Linn and Starmont were seventh and eighth in the girls' race.

STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEET

Saturday, at Fort Dodge (Lakeside Golf Course)

CLASS 1A GIRLS

Teams — 1. Elkader Central 66, 2. Pekin 76, 3. West Fork 89, 4. Iowa City Regina 135, 5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 142, 6. Mason City Newman 145, 7. North-Linn 200, 8. Starmont 218, 9. Panorama 225, 10. Jesup 238, 11. Emmetsburg 264, 12. Treynor 307, 13. Alta-Aurelia 311, 14. Griswold 339, 15. Colo-Nesco 418.

Individuals — 1. Alyssa Williams (Durant), 19:12; 2. Camryn Reeg (Bellevue), 19:26; 3. Gwynne Wright (Pekin), 19:37; 4. Haley Schroeder (Elkader Central), 19:59; 5. Destiny Scar (Nodaway Valley), 20:05; 6. Hanna Hess (Edgewood-Colesburg), 20:13; 7. Ciera Deitchler (Elkader Central), 20:16; 8. Madison Schiernbeck (Ida Grove OA-BCIG), 20:20; 9. Taylor Lock (Pekin), 20:21; 10. Taylor Hauser (M.C. Newman), 20:23; 11. Payton Sporrer (IKM-Manning), 20:24; 12. Brianna Hoffman (Panorama), 20:25; 13. Molly Blondin (I.C. Regina), 20:25; 14. Shea Dahlstrom (Pekin), 20:26; 15. McKenna Weaver (West Fork), 20:30.

CLASS 1A BOYS

Teams — 1. Nodaway Valley 61, 2. Pekin 119, 3. Iowa City Regina 124, 4. Denver 154, 5. Bellevue 170, 6. Hudson 182, 7. Fort Dodge St. Edmond 193, 8. South Hamilton 200, 9. Trinity Christian 217, 10. Tri-Center 217, 11. Boyer Valley 249, 12. Wapello 282, 13. Ogden 297, 14. Manson-NW Webster 301, 15. Dunkerton 317.

Individuals — 1. Andrew Stumbo (Ogden), 16:33; 2. Andrew Meyer (Bellevue), 16:41; 3. Jacob Hansen (West Fork), 16:52; 4. Shane Breheny (Nodaway Valley), 16:57; 5. Keiffer Sexton (Highland), 17:00; 6. Evan Wilson (Exira-EHK), 17:03; 7. Harrison Mayer (F.D. St. Edmond), 17:05; 8. Jordan Yessak (Dunkerton), 17:06; 9. Nate Green (I.C. Regina), 17:08; 10. Jordan Combes (Colo-Nesco), 17:08; 11. Jerry Jorgenson (Treynor), 17:08; 12. Malcolm Myers (Pekin), 17:10; 13. Andrew Segalla (Bellevue), 17:10; 14. Carson Wright (Hudson), 17:11; 15. Curren Matthias (Denver), 17:12.

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