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PIERCE — The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcat and Lady Wildcat cross country team ended the 2025 season at the C-3 District Cross Country Meet at the Pierce Community Golf Course Oct. 15 with the top three teams qualifying for this week’s Nebraska Cross Country Championships at Kearney Country Club. The top 15 runners individually also grab a spot to run in Kearney.
Pierce won the boys’ team title with 37 points, Bloomfield/Wausa was second with 49 and O’Neill grabbed the final spot in Kearney with 51.
On the girls’ side, Scotus Central Catholic was the champion with 29 team points, Boone Central was runner-up at 42 and Wayne took the final spot with 59.
Brenden Bolling of Pierce won the individual title for the boys, running the 5,000-meter course in 17-minutes, 3.56-seconds with Battle Creek’s Mile Clausen coming in second with a 17:17.85.
Wildcat Issac Santiago came in 35th with a time of 20:04.42, Jeffrey Heine was 57th with a time of 21:58.76.
Tayla Hurner of Wayne won the title for the girls race in 19:38.51 with Avery Heinrich crossing the mat second in 19:41.58.
Isabel Rolfes and Breah Steffen ran their final race as members of the Lady Wildcats.
“The girls went out and ran a good race,” said HNS coach, Lisa Rolfes. “It’s never easy to watch a senior do their last race. It’s something you know is coming all year, but you’re never prepared for it.”
Rolfes covered the 5,000-meters in 24:30.56 which put her in 34th place Steffen placed 41st with a 25:19.43.
“These two girls will be missed next year,” the coach said. “Their leadership this year is going to be something that impacts future teams for several years down the road and I’m so grateful I had the opportunity to coach them.”
NSAA CLASS C-3 DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY MEET Pierce Community Golf Course Boys Team Results: 1. Pierce 37; 2. Bloomfield/ Wausa 49; 3. O’Neill 51; 4. Wayne 58; 5. Battle Creek 64; 6. Boone Central 109; 7. Columbus Lakeview 122; 8. Scotus 142; 9. North Bend 160; 10. West Point-Beemer 171; 11. Madison 224.
Individual Results (Top 15 and Hartington-Newcastle Finishes): 1. Brenden Bolling (PIE) 17:03.56; 2. Miles Clausen (BaC) 17:15.85; 3. Ty Freeman (B/W) 17:26.16; 4. Max Berg (O’N) 17:34.27; 5. Kendall Shada (PIE) 17:43.72; 6. Kyle Abler (PIE) 17:53.35; 7. Luke Woockman (B/W) 17:57.56; 8. Paul Fonseca (O’N) 18:01.15; 9. Logan Thompson (BoC) 18:02.22; 10. Emmanuel Gonzalez (WAY) 18:02.26; 11. Levi Moore (CLV) 18:06.29; 12. Myles Allen (BaC) 18:23.75; 35. Issac Santiago (HNS) 20:04.42; 57. Jeffrey Heine (HNS) 21:58.76.
Girls Team Results: 1. Scotus 29; 2. Boone Central 42; 3. Wayne 59; 4. Columbus Lakeview 60; 5. Battle Creek 87; 6. O’Neill 89; 7. North Bend 104; 8. West Point-Beemer 142; 9. Pierce 159.
Girls Individual Results (Top 10) and Hartington- Newcastle Finishes): 1. Tayla Hurner (WAY) 19:38.51; 2. Avery Heinrich (SCC) 19:41.78; 3. Emma Williams (NBC) 20:13.82; 4. Emilyn Kavan (SCC) 20:35.98; 5. Autumn Gasper (BoC) 20:51.57; 6. Hannah Heinrich (SCC) 21:03.50; 7. Olivia Chapman (BaC) 21:22.63; 8. Kiarra Kennedy (O’N) 21:40.45; 9. Destiny Rich (B/W) 21:47.96; 10. Elle Badstieber (CLV) 21:54.29.kson (BoC) 21:54.94. 34. Isabel Rolfes (HNS) 24:30.56; 41. Breah Steffen (HNS) 25:19.43.
