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Winamac girls win team title while Wegner wins boys individual title
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Pioneer’s Violet Montgomery won the Hoosier North girls individual cross-country title at Winamac Town Park on Oct. 1 in a personal best 19:44.
Montgomery beat Winamac’s Maggie Smith by 31 seconds for the win. Montgomery was fastest in a field of 44 runners.
Winamac won the team title with 25 points. Among RTC area teams, Caston was fourth with 103, Pioneer was fifth with 123, and Culver was sixth with 142.
Teammate Paula Fernandez, who finished 10th, joined Montgomery on the all-conference team.
Caston’s Mackenzi Roudebush and Alexa Lowe finished 13th and 14th, respectively, and made honorable mention all-conference.
In the boys race, Caston earned the conference title by winning a tiebreaker with Pioneer. Both the Comets and Panthers scored 51 points, but Caston had a sixth runner and Pioneer did not. Therefore, Caston was declared the winner.
“The entire Comets lineup ran personal or season-best times to make the championship happen,” Caston coach Blair Zimmerman said in a statement.
Caston and Pioneer were the only RTC schools that had complete teams.
Winamac’s Kolbey Wegner won the individual title in 15:55, topping a field of 40 runners. RTC area runners that made the all-conference team by finishing in the top 10 included Pioneer’s Leighton Dodt, who was second in 16:58; Pioneer’s Carson Meyer, who was third in 17:05; Culver’s Destin Green, who was fourth in 17:12; Caston’s Edison Byrum, who was sixth in 17:27; Caston’s Austin Dague, who was eighth in 17:40; and Pioneer’s Jack Cooper, who was ninth in 18:06.
Caston’s Marshall Finke, Connor Sommers and Caleb Stinson finished 13th, 14th and 15th, respectively, and all earned honorable mention status.
Hoosier North girls results (points in parentheses): Winamac 25, North Judson 69, Triton 86, Caston 103, Pioneer 123, Culver 142, Knox 161
No team: LaVille
Caston results (103 points, fourth place)
13. Mackenzi Roudebush – 22:33 (13), 14. Alexa Lowe – 22:36 (14), 23. Camila Hernandez-Rios – 24:02 (23), 26. Jaded Aguilar-Rios – 25:02 (26), 27. Stevanna Young – 25:15 (27), 31. Maddie Sprow – 26:12
Pioneer results (123 points, fifth place)
1. Violet Montgomery – 19:44 (1), 10. Paula Fernandez – 22:04 (10), 30. Grace Alpha – 25:58 (30), 41. Hannah Zeigler – 28:47 (40), 43. Madison Coy – 30:57 (42)
Culver results (142 points, sixth place)
18. Rose Peterson – 23:13 (18), 21. Giselle Villegas – 23:50 (21), 28. Maddy Hamilton – 25:17 (28), 37. Maisy McCuen – 27:14 (37), 38. Kaylee Hamilton – 27:16 (38), 39. Bre Hamilton – 27:45
All-Hoosier North (top 10): 1. Violet Montgomery (Pioneer) – 19:44, 2. Smith (Winamac) – 20:15, 3. Faulkner (Triton) – 20:23, 4. Wegner (Winamac) – 20:49, 5. Hoover (Winamac) – 20:54, 6. Kroft (Winamac) – 21:02, 7. Radtke (North Judson) – 21:04, 8. Wagner (Winamac) – 21:27, 9. Lehiy (North Judson) – 21:43, 10. Fernandez (Pioneer) – 22:04,
Honorable mention (11th-15th places): 11. Gualajara (Winamac) – 22:20, 12. Bemish (Triton) – 22:32, 13. Mackenzi Roudebush (Caston) – 22:33, 14. Alexa Lowe (Caston) – 22:36, 15. Ludwig (North Judson) – 22:45
Hoosier North boys results (points in parentheses): Caston 51, Pioneer 51, Winamac 70, Knox 83, North Judson 110, Triton 127
Incomplete teams: Culver, LaVille
Caston results (51 points, champions)
6. Edison Byrum (Caston) – 17:27 (5), 8. Austin Dague (Caston) – 17:40 (7), 13. Marshall Finke (Caston) – 18:48 (12), 14. Connor Sommers (Caston) – 19:01 (13), 15. Caleb Stinson (Caston) – 19:17 (14), 22. Kane Finke – 20:14, 23. A.J. Reyburn – 20:19
Pioneer results (51 points, second place)
2. Leighton Dodt – 16:58 (2), 3. Carson Meyer – 17:05 (3), 9. Jack Cooper – 18:06 (8), 18. Austin Brooke – 19:50 (16), 24. Elliot Cooper – 20:22 (22)
Culver results
4. Destin Green – 17:12, 31. Adam Peterson – 21:10
All-Hoosier North (top 10): 1. Wegner (Winamac) – 15:55, 22. Leighton Dodt (Pioneer) – 16:58, 3. Carson Meyer (Pioneer) – 17:05, 4. Destin Green (Culver) – 17:12, 5. Rossa (North Judson) – 17:18, 6. Edison Byrum (Caston) – 17:27, 7. Binkley (Knox) – 17:34, 8. Austin Dague (Caston) – 17:40, 9. Jack Cooper (Pioneer) – 18:06, 10. Warren (Knox) – 18:17
Honorable mention (11th-15th places): 11. Fredel (Winamac) – 18:23, 12. Guilford (Winamac) – 18:32, 13. Marshall Finke (Caston) – 18:48, 14. Connor Sommers (Caston) – 19:01, 15. Caleb Stinson (Caston) – 19:17
