Ellsworth and Prescott boys CC teams near top of Osceola Invite, Simones wins again
Could Ellsworth and Prescott finish 1-2 in the Middle Border Conference boys cross country meet next month? It’s too early to say without knowing how much their opposition is putting into these September meets and the highly regarded Amery squad was not present at Saturday’s Osceola Invitational. But the fact remains the Panthers and Cardinals were 1-2 among MBC squads as they both finished in the top five of the 14-school meet.
- Prescott's Zach Sobolewski
OSCEOLA — Could Ellsworth and Prescott finish 1-2 in the Middle Border Conference boys cross country meet next month?
It’s too early to say without knowing how much their opposition is putting into these September meets and the highly regarded Amery squad was not present at Saturday’s Osceola Invitational. But the fact remains the Panthers and Cardinals were 1-2 among MBC squads as they both finished in the top five of the 14-school meet.
Mahtomedi, Minn. won the boys’ team title with 44 points followed by the Panthers with 100 points, St. Croix Central 115, Grantsburg 115, Prescott 134, Glenwood City 154, Osceola 180, Durand 203, St. Croix Falls 206, New Richmond 232, Boyceville 256, Rice Lake 280, Somerset 326 and Baldwin-Woodville 425.
Prescott’s Cole Hauenstein had the top Pierce County finish by taking second in 17:31. Ellsworth’s Jaylen Pavloski, finished in eighth place. He completed the 5K course Saturday in 17:43. Ellsworth’s No. 3 runner, junior Matt Priest, finished in 13th place (17:56.01) and Ike Taplin (12th) and Sam Mahaffey (25th) also finished in the top 25 as did
Prescott’s Matt Pechacek in 15th place in 18:11. Zach Sobolewski placed 26th and Nick Helberg was 29th for Prescott.
Ellsworth and Prescott’s girls teams were close to each other in the team standings too. EHS placed sixth with 140 points and Prescott was seventh out of 14 schools with 156 points.
The Cardinals’ Victoria Simones won her second race of the season in a time of 16:06.
Three Panthers harriers finished in the top 25. Kennedy Kowalchyk (17th) led the team and was followed by Cassie Lofgren (24th) and Becca Matzek (25th).
In just her second-ever race, cross-country newcomer Sam Rohl took 59th in 18:37, providing the Panthers with some much needed depth.
PHS’ Savannah Bowen finished in 38th place in 17:57 followed by Melanie Tschida, 45th in 18:05, Katie Mutschler in 49th in 18:15 and freshman Elly Boles in 56th place in 18:30.
Prescott is off this week until the Ellsworth Invitational next Tuesday while the Panthers will be at the Durand Invite along with Elmwood and Spring Valley.
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