Raider boys, Indee girls second at Holte invite

The Arcadia boys and the Independence/Gilmanton girls thrived at a meet in Trempealeau County last weekend, with both the Raiders and the Indees finishing as the runner-up in the team standings.

Led by the Sylla sisters, the Indees compiled 50 points and were second only to the Cochrane-Fountain City girls (29 points) at the annual Gerald Holte Invitational last Saturday in Arcadia.

I/G’s Taylor Sylla crossed the finish line third in the girls’ race, trailing only C-FC’s Addy and Paxtyn Duellman. Allie Sylla and Anna Kent were close behind in fifth and seventh, respectively, followed by Sophia Kampa in 10th and Lia Sandoval Rey in 45th.

Blair-Taylor’s two competing runners were Jadrean Borreson and Kelsey Lien, who placed 15th and 17th, respectively. 

Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau had Claire Breidenbach in 27th, Lorissa Thompson in 28th, Aubrynn Rotering in 30th, Melanie Robinson in 33rd and Hailee Gilson in 35th. Arcadia’s finishers were Malanie Moreno in 34th, Shaylah Rodriguez in 37th, Samantha Bustos in 41st and Shannon Cruz Sandoval in 47th.

Led by race winner Ben Carney, the Sparta boys finished atop the team standings with 31 points. Arcadia took second at 109 points, fueled by Nathan Badillo in 11th, Alec Conrad in 14th, Diego Ortiz in 16th, Bryan Simon in 35th and Jonathan Aguilar in 44th.

The Red Hawks were just behind in second with 110 points via Carter Giemza in 13th, Ayden Aschenbrener in 19th, AJ Earney in 22nd, Logan Tibbitts in 23rd and Emmett Hammel in 42nd.

Blair-Taylor had Alex Syluga in seventh, Landen Kidd in 24th, Caiden Lien in 32nd, Robbie Brandt in 59th and Wyatt Schrock in 72nd. Indee runners were Theo Gutendorf in 10th, Owen Gierok in 26th, Jaydan Harz in 29th and Maddox Pronschinske in 55th.

Boys cross country, Gerald Holte Invite, Oct. 11 at Arcadia High School

Sparta 31, Arcadia 109, G-E-T 110, Eleva-Strum 114, Loyal-Greenwood 114, Necedah 117, Mel-Min 139, B-T 161

Arcadia — Badillo, 11th, 18:31.2; Conrad, 14th, 19:09.8; D. Ortiz, 16th, 19:28.3; Simon, 35th, 21:47.7; Aguilar, 44th, 22:31.7; Kujak, 47th, 22:46.2; C. Ortiz, 56th, 23:25.6

G-E-T — Giemza, 13th, 18:58.6; Aschenbrener, 19th, 19:43.8; Earney, 22nd, 19:46.8; Tibbitts, 23rd, 20:16.0; Hammel, 42nd, 22:25.0; James, 46th, 22:45.6; Fowler, 52nd, 23:17.7

B-T — Sygula, seventh, 18:12.8; Kidd, 24th, 20:28.8; Lien, 32nd, 21:23.7; Brandt, 59th, 24:24.4; Schrock, 72nd, 26:21.1

I/G — Gutendorf, 10th, 18:29.0; Gierok, 26th, 20:38.1; Harz, 29th, 20:57.0; Pronschinske, 55th, 23:25.0

Girls cross country, Gerald Holte Invite, Oct. 11 at Arcadia High School

C-FC 29, I/G 50, Sparta 67, Mel-Min 84, G-E-T 109

I/G — T. Sylla, third, 19:51.0; A. Sylla, fifth, 20:46.8; Kent, seventh, 21:22.8; Kampa, 10th, 22:08.2; Sandoval Rey, 45th, 31:06.5

G-E-T — Breidenbach, 27th, 26:28.3; Thompson, 28th, 26:31.7; Rotering, 30th, 26:48.5; Robinson, 33rd, 27:09.8; Gilson, 35th, 27:48.0; Cooksey, 39th, 28:50.8; Eichelt, 40th, 29:08.9

B-T — Borreson, 15th, 23:15.4; Lien, 17th, 23:37.3

Arcadia — Moreno, 34th, 27:43.3; Rodriguez, 37th, 27:54.2; Bustos, 41st, 29:13.7; Cruz Sandoval, 47th, 33:10.1

B-T runner first, I/G girls third at Onalaska meet

By Andrew Dannehy

Times Editor

A runner from Blair-Taylor took the top spot in the boys race and the Independence/Gilmanton girls team had four runners crack the top 10.

Alex Sygula finished first, about 13 seconds ahead of Caleb Arneson of Melrose-Mindoro, in the boys race. B-T didn’t have enough runners to qualify for a team score as Landen Kidd finished 19th, Caiden Lien, 28th, and Wyatt Schrock was 48th.

The I/G girls barely had enough runners for a team and tied for second, but dropped to third after the tiebreaker. With four runners in the top 10, the Indees once again showed their strength up front as Allie Sylla finished third, Taylor Sylla was sixth, Anna Kent seventh, and Sophia Kampa ninth out of 48 runners.

The only other teams to have more than one runner in the top 10 were meet champion Cochrane-Fountain City and second-place Viroqua. The Pirates had the top two runners in Addy Duellman and Paxtyn Duellman, as they scored 36 points. Both Viroqua and I/G finished with 50.

I/G’s fifth runner was Lia Sandoval Reyes, who was 44th. 

Lexi Kirth finished 18th for Whitehall followed by Hailey Koch in 39th and Natalie Herber in 45th. Kelsey Lien took 20th for B-T, two spots better than Jadrean Borreson, while Ali Jorgenson finished 37th.

The I/G boys team also had a runner finish near the top as Theo Gutendorf finished third. Jayden Harz was 26th, Owen Gierok, 33rd and Maddox Pronschinske, 44th for the Indees. 

Whitehall finished fifth in the team standings, led by Ashton Hanson, who was 20th overall. Warren Stenulson took second on the team and 41st overall while Finn Anderson was 43rd; Gage Garbers, 46th; Oliver Hernandez, 47th; Cayden Faldet-Platteter, 51st and Frank Juresh, 52nd. 

Girls cross country, Luther Knights Invitational, Oct. 6 at Maple Grove Venues

C-FC 36 Viroqua 50 I/G 50 Mel-Min 102 Luther 114

B-T — Lien, 20th, 23:25; Borreson, 22nd, 24:23; Jorgenson, 37th, 27:56

I/G — A. Sylla, fourth, 20:40; T. Sylla, sixth, 20:58; Kent, seventh, 21:20; Kampa, ninth, 21:32; Sandoval Reyes, 44th, 30:16

Whitehall — Kurth, 18th, 23:20; Koch, 39th, 28:14; Herber, 45th, 30:31

Boys cross country, Luther Knights Invitational, Oct. 6 at Maple Grove Venues

Luther 31 Viroqua 57 Mel-Min 60 North Crawford 83 Whitehall 124

B-T — Sygula, first, 17:47; Kidd, 19th, 20:23; Lien, 28th, 21:05; Schrock, 48th, 24:37

I/G — Gutendorf, third, 18:06; Harz, 26th, 20:58; Gierok, 33rd, 21:43; Pronschinske, 44th, 23:55

Whitehall — Hanson, 20th, 20:28; Stenulson, 41st, 23:19; Anderson, 43rd, 23:53; Garbers, 46th, 23:57; Hernandez, 47th, 24:17; Faldet-Platteter, 51st, 26:04; Juresh, 52nd, 27:32