by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor
Western A Fall Classic
The Class A cross country teams from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville were all at the Hamilton Golf Club on Friday, October 17, for the Western “A” Fall Classic. This was their last tuneup before the Class A state meet, which is in Missoula at the University Golf Course on Saturday, Oct. 25.
In the girls varsity race, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child took 4th (19:45.00), Hamilton’s Reecelyn Walthall took 7th (20:42.11), Corvallis’s Ella Varner took 12th (21:16.70), Hamilton’s Maevie Child took took 15th (21:30.24), and Corvallis’s Jillian Huls took 21st (22:05.74). Stevensville’s highest finisher was Irelyn Potts with a time of 25:24.89.
In the boys varsity race, Hamilton senior Taylor Doleac won the race with a time of 16:21.67. Hamilton’s Benjamin Beare took 5th (17:04.03), Corvallis’s Eider Reed took 8th (17:21.95), Corvallis’s Carter Koerner took 9th (17:25.32), and Corvallis’s Braden Anderson took 11th (17:41.49).
Stevenville’s highest finisher was Ben White who finished 23rd with a time of 18:11.17.
Stevensville’s Ben White broke the Stevensville men’s cross country record at the Mission Shadow Duels at the Silver Fox Golf Course in Pablo on Saturday, October 11. White had a time of 17:26.09, breaking the record of 17:33.0 set by Wes Brown in 2019. Photo by Scott Sacry.
White, a senior at Stevensville, broke the Stevensville men’s cross country record the previous week at the Mission Shadow Duels at the Silver Fox Golf Course in Pablo on Saturday, October 11. White had a time of 17:26.09, breaking the record of 17:33.0 set by Wes Brown in 2019, and taking 7th in that race.
Western B/C Invite
The Florence and Darby cross country teams were at the Western B/C Invite in Thompson Falls on Thursday, October 16. This was their last tuneup before next week’s Class B state meet, which is in Missoula at the University Golf Course on Saturday, Oct. 25.
In the boys varsity race, Darby’s Ben Martin took 3rd with a time of 16:35.87. Also for Darby, Taylor Graham took 11th (18:06.62), and Kasch Neidhardt took 13th (18:24.94).
For Florence, Max Rosenthal took 12th (18:21.86) and Caden Miller took 16th (18:48.97).
In the girls varsity race, Florence’s Bailey Kroeker won the meet with a time of 20:59.23. Darby’s Lily Adair took 7th (21:45.07) and Brooklyn Rogers took 8th (21:45.19). Also for Florence, Brinley Skaggs took 10th (22:17.26).