Minster cross country sweeps MAC, Loramie girls win SCAL
The regular season for the Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) and Shelby County Athletic League (SCAL) wrapped up on 10/17 with both conferences holding their conference meets.
Minster: The Wildcats have dominated the cross country scene in the MAC and continued that dominance this year. The girls won their 33rd overall MAC title, their eighth in a row, while the boys won their 13th conference title, their fourth in a row with both teams outplacing their nearest competition by 57 points.
Of the 11 girls earning First Team All-MAC honors, seven came from Minster; Ella Boate (18:44.45), Maggie Hemmelgarn (19:38.92), Taylor Roth (19:43.85), Mason Pohl (19:44.48), Chaney Cedarleaf (20:13.18), Cameo Cedarleaf (20:20.22) and Morgan Ketner (20:33.11).
Similar to the ladies, the boys also had seven make the First Team AllMAC list. The boys were Alex Albers (1st, 16:24.07), Joseph Slonkosky (3rd, 17:19.24), Jack Grieshop (4th, 17:19.70),
“All year we’ve been consistent, practicing hard and fast to make the games easier,” said senior linebacker Phil Trzaska. “That really hasn’t changed. Allen East runs a bit of an up-tempo offense, they’re a high powered offense I was happy we could stop.”
“Every turnover we could get was key,” added Trzaska. “I’ve got to turn it over to Johnny and the offense though, they did a nice job running the ball, keeping them off the field.”
The Wildcats outgained the Mustangs 304-210 with the Wildcats rushing 41 times for 173 yards, Nixon having 32 of those runs for 150 yards and a touchdown. Nixon also went 12-16 through the air for 131 yards and a touchdown.
The Wildcats responded by starting from their own 33-yard line, taking it down to the Mustang 3-yard line in nine plays. But a fumble before the goal line on a run play saw the Mustangs fall on the ball in the endzone for a touchback.
Jim Trzaska (6th, 17:41.80),Ryan Halpin (7th, 17:46.47) Josh Niekamp (17:48.22) and Tyler Prenger (17:53.11)
Marion Local: The boys (105) finished third in the MAC behind Versailles (78) and Minster (21). Scoring for the boys were First Team All MAC runner Noah Budde (5th, 17:37.40), Alex Broering (20th, 18:24.42), Aaron Broering (27th, 18:44.76), Preston Kemper (33rd, 19:33.77) and Lucas Broering (36th, 19:21.23)
The girls placed ninth led by Alison Blackford (35th, 21:36.47), Becca Rindler (55th, 22:50.60), Kayla Heitkamp (69th, 23:35.66), Amy Evers (73rd, 23:41.18) and Lauren Meiring (74th, 24:02.54)
New Bremen: Placing fourth (118) behind Minster, Versailles and Marion Local; the boys were led by Zach Wiedeman (16th, 18:14.92), Patrick Bernhold (24th, 18:33.04), Zach Ashman (26th, 18:44.43), Cole Powers (29th, 18:48.29) and Luke Davidson (42nd, 19:30.30)
The girls (122) finished fourth behind Minster (21), Fort Recovery (78) and Versailles (80). Leading the Lady
Cards were First Team All-MAC runner Chole Homan (9th, 20:15.21), Caroline WHitlach (13th, 20:39.91), Alayna Thieman (32nd, 21:28.41), Lily RIndler (34th, 21:31.16) and Emma Keller (37th, 21:38.03)
In the SCAL, the girls (24) finished first and the boys (67) finished third.
Claire Rethman (2nd, 19:13.9), Liv Borchers (3rd, 19:25.3), Dani Eilerman (4th, 19:59), Ava Turner (7th, 20:16.3), Corynn Heitkamp (8th, 20:17.2), Collen Borchers (10th, 20:36.5) and Caitlyn Gasson (11th, 20:41.3) scored for the girls.
Turner, EIlerman, Borchers and
Rethman earned First Team AllSCAL honors while Gasson, Borchers and Rethman were named to the Second Team.
The boys finished behind Anna (48) and Botkins (51). Leading the boys were Colten Gasson (3rd, 16:38.6), Colin Gasson (6th, 16:59.3), Trey Ranly (8th, 17:22.3), Frank Rethman (21st, 17:57.5), Kameron Barhorst (40th, 18:50.5), Evan Eilerman (41st, 18:50.5) and Jason Chaney (42nd, 18:51.5). Both Gasson brothers were named to the conferences First Team with Ranly earning Second Team honors.