Area cross country teams run at second Jack Pine Conference meet

By BEN MURPHY

Cleaver Sports Writer

Clare, Harrison and Farwell all took on the rest of the Jack Pine Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 7. They were in the second league jamboree, hosted by Bullock Creek at Stratford Woods. The Clare girls were the top area finishers, coming in second place out of seven scoring teams. Shepherd won the girls’ race with 42 points, Clare was second with 46, and Meridian was third with 61. Harrison and Farwell did not have enough for a team score.

On the boys’ side, Shepherd took first with 24 points, Gladwin was second with 62, Bullock Creek placed third with 91, while Clare and Harrison were fifth and sixth with 127 and 150 points respectively. Farwell did not have enough runners for a team score.

The Clare girls were led by Sophia Buzzelli and Emma Stotzel, who were fourth and fifth overall with runs of 20:21 and 20:52. Lauren Leis followed in eighth with a 21:18, Ava Robinson was 12^th at 21:54, Leah Leis was next for them in 19^th with a 22:44 and Elizabeth Letherer was 27^th with a 23:42. From there they also had Rebecca Rubei take 40^th thanks to her time of 24:33, Reagan Somers was 60^th with a 27:13, Jordyn Maki was 63^rd at 28:48 and Olivia Dubay was 73^rd at 42:35.

The Farwell girls had Mariah DeGreer finish 59^th with a 26:41, Aubrianna Terrian was 65^th on a 31:10 and Sierra Spence finished 67^th thanks to her time of 31:59.

The Harrison girls had two runners take the course, those being Bella young and Caitlin Kirby. Young was able to cross in ninth with a 21:21 and Kirby was 33^rd after she was able to run a 24:16.

As for things in the boys’ race, Clare had Connor Schmidt lead them with a run of 17:45, Sutton Klaus was 19^th at 18:31, Christian Villa-Bilton was 22^nd at 18:43 and Joseph Haupt was 37^th with a 19:26. They also had Mason Somers place 45^th after he timed out at 20:17, Carter Chapman was 49^th at 20:29, Hayden Wright-Johns was 82^nd with a run of 22:30, Jace Montney was next for them in 92^nd with a 24:50 and Koleton Murdoch was 101^st with a 30:19.

Taking a look at Harrison next, their boys were led by Logan Young in third with a great time of 16:56 and Jayden Bobzien was 27^th with a 19:00. Kaiden Eichorn finished with a sub-20 time of 19:13 and he came in 30^th overall, Malachi Coulson was 61^st with a 21:08, Gavin Jansen was 66^th with a 21:17, Chase Dheane was 71^st at 21:43 and Adam Eichorn was 89^th at 23:36.

Farwell was only one runner short of having a team score, and they were paced by Conner Cousineau, who was 21^st overall with an 18:42. Callen Mogg was 67^th with a 21:18. Clayton Lutes was 74^th with 21:53 and Paxton Terrian placed 85^th at 23:16.

The Jack Pine Conference championship meet is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21 at Mid-Michigan College.

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