HNS girls run away with L&C title, boys are runners-up

WAUSA — The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcats and Lady Wildcats are saving their collective bests, for last as they head into this week’s district contest.

In fact, in the final tune up before the district meet run here near Bloomfield, the Lady Wildcats won the Lewis & Clark Conference meet and the Wildcats came in second.

In the girls’ division of the meet, the Lady Wildcats won the event with 20 team points followed by Homer with 34.

Hartington-Newcastle had runners in second, third, eighth and ninth to bring home the title.

Claire Rolfes was second, Ava Noacker was third, Carmen Buschkamp was eighth and Isabel Rolfes was ninth.

Ryell Haug was just two spots out of the hardware in 12th.

The Wildcats finished second with 49 points, Bloomfield-Wausa won the meet with 20 points.

Adam Elks placed seventh overall followed by Alex Elks in ninth, Cole Rosener in 14th, Coven Joachimsen in 27th, Aaron Wortmann in 29th and Isaac Hernandez-Santiago in 30th.

Gavin Joachimsen came in 52nd, Harrison Kuehn was 54th, Sam Kuehn was 56th and Braeden Kleinschmit was 59th.

Luke Woockman from Bloomfield-Wausa was the boys’ champion while Brody Taylor from Ponca came in second.

The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats will now head to the District C-3 cross country meet which was set to run on Oct. 12 but was moved to Oct.11 due to incoming weather conditions.

The State Cross Country is set for Oct.20 at the Kearney Country Club in Kearney.

Lewis & Clark Conference Cross Country Boys Division Team Results: 1. Bloomfield-Wausa 20; 2. Hartington-Newcastle 49; 3. Homer; 4. Osmond 83; 5. LCC 87; 6. Norfolk Res. 92; 7. Creighton 107; 8. Randolph 130; Luth High NE,166; Winnebago NTS; Ponca NTS; Tri County NE NTS. Individual Results: 1. Luke Woockman (BF-W); 2. Brody Taylor (PON); 3. Conner Rohrer (CRE) 4. Cade Wakeley (BF-W); 5. Tyler Olson (LCC); 6. Tomik Duffy (BF-W); 7. Adam Elks (H-N); 8. Jessup Snowball (HOM); 9. Alex Elks (H-N); 10. Lakeyven Smith (WINN); 12. Preston Rose (LCC); 57; 43. Shane Langford; 57. Taner Stanley (LCC); 67. Dillon Sanderson (LCC). Girls Division Team Results: 1. Hartington-Newcastle 20; 2. Homer 34; 3. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 42; 4. Tri County NE 62; 5. Norfolk High Reserves 76; Bloomfield-Wausa NTS; Winside NTS); Ponca NTS; Creighton NTS; Plainview NTS; Winnebago NTS; Luth High NE NTS. Individual Results: 1. Lilly Harris (HOM); 2. Claire Rolfes (H-N); 3. Ava Noecker (H-N) 4. Bre Millard (TCNE); 5. Tressa Bigbear (WINN); 6. Faith Galvin (H-N); 8. Carmen Buschkamp (H-N); 9. Isabel Rollfes (H-N) 10. Kate Tasler (LCC); 12. Ryell Haug (H-N).