TIFFIN – In a loaded field at Saturday’s Tiffin Carnival, both the Liberty Center boys and girls cross country teams and the Napoleon girls cross country team finished in the top three in their respective varsity divisions on a busy day of cross country country on Saturday.
On the boys’ side, the LC boys placed three runners in the top 14 to earn first place in the Division III-B varsity meet, led by Jacob Fausnight’s fourth-place effort. Delta was fourth as a team while Evergreen was seventh. Patrick Henry’s Brennen Yates finished fifth overall while Matthew Marlow was eighth for LC. In the D-III A race, Archbold finished 12th with Fairview, Holgate and Tinora in the top 20 in the team standings. Pettisville’s Zach McWatters led the local runners in the ninth place individually with Tinora’s Paul Westrick in 10th, Archbold’s Caleb Harrow in 14th and Tinora’s Jaxen Durfey in 17th. Bryan’s Xander Fackler was second overall in the Division II varsity race while Wauseon’s Aidan Pena was seventh.
On the girls side, Napoleon’s girls finished second in the Division II-B varsity race, led by top-20 finishes from Emily Birkhold (sixth), Lindsay Deblin (15) and Raegan Dietrich (18). Tinora’s Lauren Sattler was fifth overall. Alexa Fortman was seventh for Ottawa-Glanddorf in the Division II-A race as the Titans finished sixth overall while Bryan’s Kate Thormeier was 13th overall for the 12th-place Bears.
Finally, the D-III varsity girls race saw Liberty Center’s MaKayla Meller and Gracie Miller finish fifth and sixth, respectively, to lead the Tigers to a third-place effort in the team standings. Right behind LC was rival Patrick Henry, followed by Emily Gillson in 12th and Mia Amador in 18th. Holgate’s Elisabeth Willett and Liberty Center’s Cassie Elieff were 26th and 28th, respectively.
Elsewhere, Hicksville and Antwerp had solid showings at the Spencerville Bearcat Invitational. Sophomore Kamren Johnson was fourth overall for the Archers in the Red Division boys race while freshman Ben Taylor was fifth for Hicksville. The Aces finished second in the team standings behind Russia, helped by top-20 efforts from Michael Villena (13) and Alex Rost (18) while fourth-placed Antwerp saw Avin Johnson finish 14th and Alex Zijlstra to finish in 15th place. Sophomores Gage Ogle and Prestyn Schnepp finished 19th and 20th, respectively, for Wayne Trace.
In the Red Division girls race, Miller City’s Andrea Pfau won in 20:10.9 as the lone Wildcat runner competing individually. Wayne Trace’s Kiara Bahena was fourth to match the Raiders’ team finish, with teammate Abby Elkins in 12th and Abby Moore in 25th. Freshman Legha Doster was seventh for Antwerp while Baylee Scher led the runners for Hicksville in 32nd.
6. Ottawa-Glanddorf, 23. Bryan.
2. Fackler (B), 7. Feather (Wauseon), 18. Rosengarten (OG), 38. Buckland (OG), 49. Fisher (OG).
3. Napoleon, 7. Ottawa-Glandorf, 14. Bryan.
9. Bohls (N), 21. Benjamin Liechty (N), 22. Sam Liechty (N), 32. Jordan Croy (OG), 37. Koch (OG), 41. Birkhold (N), 46. Inkrott (OG ) ), 48. Head (N).
12. Archbold, 15. Fairview, 16. Holgate, 18. Tinora, 22. Pettisville, 24. Kalida, 28. Fayette, 31. Ayersville
9. McWatters (P), 10. P. Westrick (T), 14. Harrow (A), 17. Durfey (T), 24. McCarty (A), 26. W. Mitchell (Fay), 32. J . Westrick (H), 46. Leppelmeier (P), 47. Brubaker (Fair), 48. Miller (H), 49. Rabe (Fair), 59. Heitmeyer (K)
1. Liberty Center, 4. Delta, 7. Evergreen, 12. Archbold, 17. Patrick Henry, 18. Edgerton
4. Fausnight (LC), 5. Yates (PH), 7. LeRoux (Ever), 8. Marlow (LC), 11. Fisher (Ever), 12. Hawkins (D), 13. Dulle (LC), 19 Sintobin (D), 31. Minnich (LC), 33. Burke (Edg), 38. Hilton (D), 44. Tomlinson (Edg), 45. Guitierrez (LC), 47. Bickel (A), 48. Stamm (A), 52. Baden (PH), 54. Harmon (Ever), 59. Elliott (D).
1. Eckley (North Central), 18:19.5; 20. Scott (NC)
4. Napoleon, 8. Ottawa-Glandorf
1. Welch (Delta), 20:03.1; 12. Beman (N), 18. Rosebrook (Patrick Henry); 26. Pedroza (N), 29. Hunt (D), 32. Sprow (Ayersville), 33. Vandenberghe (N), 36. Guelde (PH), 39. Bowser (N), 42. E. VanDenBerghe (Pettisville) , 43. S. Schroeder (OG), 45. Inkrott (OG), 48. A. Schroeder (OG), 50. Roth (P), 52. Diemer (Liberty Center)
6. Ottawa-Glanddorf, 12. Bryan, 14. Wauseon
7. Fortman (OG), 13. Thormeier (B), 25. E. Rhoades (W), 27. Fenbert (OG), 31. Stickney (B), 46. Closson (OG), 57. Buddelmeyer (OG) , 58. Beckett (OG).
5. Sattler (T), 6. Birkhold (N), 15. Deblin (N), 18. Dietrich (N), 30. E. Weaver (N), 34. Ripke (N), 37. Drewes (N) , 39. P. Weaver (N), 52. Westrick (T)
3. Liberty Center, 4. Patrick Henry, 15. Pettisville, 16. Fairview, 18. Holgate, 21. Archbold, 24. Fayette, 27. Edgerton, 33. Evergreen
5. Meller (LC), 6. G. Miller (LC), 12. Gillson (PH), 18. Amador (PH), 26. Willett (H), 28. Elieff (LC), 31. Sears (P) , 36. Holloway (PH), 37. Burrow (Fay), 44. Zeedyk (Fair), 48. Minnich (LC), 49. Swary (H), 52. Dulle (LC), 53. Rettig (PH), 55. Mavis (Fair), 60. Prigge (PH)
Spencerville Bearcat Invitational
Russia 49, Hicksville 100, Parkway 102, Antwerp 151, Jackson Center 155, Upper Scioto Valley 164, Leipsic 179, Delphos St. John’s 197, Spencerville 209, Wayne Trace 213, St. Henry 226
4. K. Johnson (A), 5. Taylor (H), 13. Villena (H), 14. A. Johnson (A), 15. Zijlstra (A), 18. Rost (H), 19. Ogle ( WT), 20. Schnepp (WT), 34. Stone (H), 46. Tribble (H), 61. Rosswurm (WT), 70. Bailey (A), 74. Defreese (H), 76. Manz (WT ) ), 78. Meerzo (H).
Van Buren 64, Anna 78, Bath 80, Wapakoneta 86, Lima Shawnee 91, South Adams (Ind.) 104, Benjamin Logan 152, Paulding 252, Elida 267
51. Schweller (P), 53. Thompson (P), 55. Koenig (P), 61. Jones (P), 72. Ludwig (P), 74. Harder (P), 76. McClure (P).
St. Henry 44, Parkway 76, Russia 82, Wayne Trace 90, Delphos St. John’s 97, Antwerp 139, Waynesfield-Goshen 161
1. A. Pfau (Miller City), 20:10.9; 4. Bahena (WT), 7. Doster (A), 12. Elkins (WT), 25. Moore (WT), 32. Scher (Hicksville), 37. Miller (WT), 39. Woenker (H), 43 Saul (A), 46. Mohr (WT), 50. G. Pfau (MC), 54. F. Meraz (WT), 59. Clem (A), 69. Graham (A), 70. Farr (A ) , 77. L. Meraz (WT), 82. Thornell (WT).
37. Miller (Paulding), 58. Weller (P), 62. Carwile (P), 70. Griffiths (P).
