County Seat Newspaper
of Clare County
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By BEN MURPHY
Cleaver Sports Writer
The second Jack Pine Conference jamboree of the season was held at Ogemaw Heights on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Shepherd was the winning team in both races, while Clare was runner-up in both races.
On the boys’ side, Shepherd won with 36 points, Clare was second with 71 and Gladwin finished third with 74. Harrison was also sixth with 190 and Farwell placed ninth with 216.
In the girls’ race, Shepherd had 42 points, narrowly ahead of Clare who had 48. Harrison and Farwell did not have enough runners to factor into the team scoring.
The Clare boys were led by Clayton Peacock, who placed ninth on a run of 17:17. Connor Schmidt was 10th at 17:29 and Sutton Klaus was 14th with a 17:36. Christian Villa-Bilton had a 17th place run on a 17:53, Joseph Haupt crossed the line 26th thanks to his 18:05, Matthew Rodgers placed 26th at 18:39, William Warner was 28th thanks to his 18:48, Kona Crump ran a 19:10 to come in 38th and Ian Lether was 43rd after crossing at 19:42. Cole Grundy also finished 52nd on a 20:15, Greg Steele placed 67th at 21:06 and Carter Chapman was 86th with a 22:35.
“We are continuing to progress and dial down where we need to be as a group,” Clare boys’ head coach Adam Burhans said. “This has been a fun group that can give a little more moving into the postseason. We have a fast course coming up at Shepherd and we are gunning up to make another push to help reach our team goals. We have a little breathing room with two runner-up finishes in the JPC and we want to maintain this position as the Gladwins of the world come after us. Overall, very impressed with the boys' diligence so far on the season.”
Harrison’s Logan Young was the top area finisher in the boys’ race, as he came in sixth place with a speedy time of 16:59. Jayden Bobzien was 31st with an 18:55, Malachi Coulson placed 59th at 20:35, Kaiden Eichorn was able run a 20:38 to come in 61st, Cory Westbrook was right behind in 62nd at 20:42 and Gavin Jansen was 79th with a 22:10.
As for the Farwell boys, Keagan Terrian led them with a 29th place run and time of 18:52. Connor Cousineau was 30th with an 18:53 and Memphis Peaver was 49th on a 20:10. They also had Marcos Allen Quero cross 66th with a 20:56, Callen Mogg was 73rd at 21:37 and Paxton Terrian finished 91st with a 22:58.
In the girls’ race, Clare had the top local finisher in Sophia Buzzelli, as she was fourth overall with a time of 20:17. Lauren Leis and Alison Villa-Bilton were sixth and seventh in times of 20:36 and 20:40, Emma Stotzel finished 13th at 21:15, Olivia Forsberg was 16th with a 21:35 and Ava Robinson was 25th on a run of 22:33. Elizabeth Letherer placed 26th with a 22:41, Leah Leis was able to cross 31st with a 23:10 and Reagan Somers was 49th on a 24:44.
“We continue to make progress throughout the Season as we aim to keep cutting time and getting faster,” Clare girls head coach Kyle McKown said.
The Lady Hornets had just two runners take part in the race. Arie Workman and Hope Purvis finished 50th and 52nd on times of 25:04 and 25:08.
As for the Lady Eagles, Evalynne Bell was 30th with a 23:00 and Ines Galan was 62nd on her time of 34:29.
The final JPC jamboree will be held at Shepherd on Wednesday, Oct. 15.
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