HNS girls qualify for State; Adam Elks an individual State qualifier

WAYNE — The Hartington-Newcastle Lady Wildcats cross country team qualified for the Nebraska State Cross Country Championships on Oct. 20 at Kearney Country Club with a third-place showing at the C-3 District Meet held at Wayne Country Club on Oct. 11.

The Lady Wildcats had been steadily improving all season and broke through at the District meet.

The meet turned out to be the “Columbus Show” as Scotus Central Catholic won with a team score of 21; Columbus Lakeview was second with 55. The Lady Wildcats were just four points from second in the team race with a 59.

Wayne was fourth at 71 and Battle Creek rounded out the top five with 102.

In Class C, the top four runners figure into the team scoring, and as they have done nearly all season, the top two were just seconds away from each other.

Hartington-Newcastle had a pair of runners in the top 15.

Claire Rolfes placed sixth for the Lady Wildcats with a time of 22 minutes, 1.58 seconds, while Ava Noecker was right behind in 22:24.86.

Isabel Rolfes was 20th (19th in the team scoring) in 23:24.11 and Carmen Buschkamp was 28th overall (26th in team scoring) in 24:03.19 to round out the team scoring for Hartington-Newcastle at 59.

Ryell Haug (33rd) and Abbigail Anderson (39th) also ran in the meet and the good news is all but Anderson will return next season for the Lady Wildcats.

Claire Rolfes, Noecker and Haug are juniors; Isabel Rolfes is a sophomore.

Hannah Heinrich of Scotus Central Catholic was the individual champion in 21:00.73. Emma Williams of North Bend Central was second with a time of 21:09.83.

The Lady Shamrocks also took third and fourth places in the individual competition.

For the Wildcats, the team finished ninth in the team race won by Wayne with 48 points.

Boone Central and Bloomfield-Wausa each had 59, but the Cardinals were second with a scoring tiebreaker.

Hartington-Newcastle scored 116 points. Adam Elks earned himself another week of practice and a trip to Kearney with a 13th-place showing in Wayne in a time of 18:21.24.

Luke Woockman from Bloomfield-Wausa won the individual title in 17:19.62, Jaxon Kilmurry of Battle Creek took second in 17:42.79 and Brier Cerny of North Bend Central was third in 17:46.06.

Alex Elks was 25th for the Wildcats, Cole Rosener was 30th, Isaac Hernandez-Santiago was 48th, Aaron Wortmann was 52nd and Coven Joachimsen was 58th.

The Class C girls are slated to run at 3 p.m. at Kearney Country Club and the Class C boys will start at 4 p.m., all on Oct. 20.

C-3 District Cross Country Meet Girls Team Results: 1. Scotus Catholic 21; 2. Columbus Lakeview 55; 3. Hartington-Newcastle 59; 4. Wayne 71; 5. Battle Creek 102; 6. Boone Central 105; 7. O’Neill 111; 8. Pierce 127; 9. North Bend 145; 10. Madison 153.

Girls Individual Results: 1. Hannah Heinrich (SCC) 21:00.73; 2. Emma Williams (NBC) 21:09.83; 3. Mary Faltys (SCC) 21:17.99; 4. Emilyn Kavan (SCC) 21:27.79; 5. Elle Badstieber (CL) 21:28.80; 6. Claire Rolfes (HN) 22:01.58; 7. Grace Herman (BaC) 22:24.53; 8. Ava Noecker (H-N) 22:24.86; 9. Aylla Weeder (PIE) 22:31.13; 10. Natasha Robinson (MAD) 22:33.05; 11. Ava Elliot (WAY) 22:37.13; 12. Tessa Miller (CL) 22:41.83; 13. Mia Fehringer (SCC) 22:47.06; 14. Taya Dickau (O’N) 22:50.28; 15. Taylor Greisen (CL) 22:51.67; 20. Isabel Rolfes (H-N) 23:24.11; 28. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N) 24:03.19; 33. Ryell Haug (H-N) 24:26.33; 39. Abbigail Anderson (H-N) 25:09.93.

Boys Team Results: 1. Wayne 48; 2. Boone Central 59; 3. Bloomfield/Wausa 59; 4. Pierce 75; 5. Scotus Central Catholic 91; 6. Battle Creek 104; 7. Ord 111; 8. Columbus Lakeview 115; 9. Hartington-Newcastle 116; 10. O’Neill 135; 11. North Bend Central 186; 12. Madison 239.

Boys Individual Results: 1. Luke Woockman (BW) 17:19.62; 2. Jaxon Kilmurry (BaC) 17:41.79; 3. Brier Cerny (NBC) 17:46.06; 4. Micah Cuevas (BoC) 17:52.41; 5. Logan Spence (BoC) 17:56.08; 6. Kyle Abler (PIE) 17:56.33; 7. Drew Miller (WAY) 17:59.63; 8. Miles Clausen (BaC) 18:02.69; 9. Elijah Pollard (ORD) 18:06.34; 10. Jude Maguire (SCC) 18:08.00; 11. Kendall Shada (PIE) 18:13.60; 12. Alex Frank (WAY) 18:17.28; 13. Adam Elks (H-N) 18:21.24; 14. Emmanuel Gonzalez (WAY) 18:21.61; 15. Alejandro Archundia (WAY) 18:24.52; 25. Alex Elks (H-N) 19:06.19; 30. Cole Rosener (H-N) 19:29.82; 48. Isaac Hernandez-Santiago (H-N) 20:20.87; 52. Aaron Wortmann (H-N) 20:36.16; 58. Coven Joachimsen (H-N) 21:10.41.