High school roundup: Jackson girls cross country team wins district crown

Jackson's Carli Knott was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 19 minutes, 16.81 seconds to lead the Indians cross country team to the championship of the Class 4 District 1 meet on Saturday at Jackson City Park.

The Jackson senior finished 15.55 seconds ahead of Lindbergh freshman Jennifer Weaver to win the race for the Indians, who had three of their runners place in the top 10 to edge the Flyers by 11 points in the team standings. Freshman Kaylee Wilson placed fifth and junior Megan Barnum followed in sixth to pace Jackson.

On the boys' side, Jackson senior Jackson Givens placed sixth with a time of 17:12.09 to lead the Indians to a third-place finish in the team standings. Senior Alex Philipps took eighth place to round out the local finishers in the top 10 as the Indians finished two points behind Farmington and three points ahead of Lindbergh in the team standings. Hillsboro senior Aaron Dugan won the boys' race with a time of 16:11.04.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Hillsboro 52; 2. Farmington 82; 3. Jackson 84; 4. Lindbergh 87; 5. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 163; 6. Cape Central 168; 7. Oakville 183; 8. Seckman 200; 9. Poplar Bluff 222; 10. Fox 244; 11. Mehlville 251

Local top five finishers

CAPE CENTRAL -- 19. Will Shivelbine (17:40.78); 27. Trevor Foeste (17:52.18); 38. Jared Neikirk (18:16.66); 39. Jovanny Miranda (18:16.72); 45. Clayton Monia (18:33.55)

JACKSON -- 6. Jackson Givens (17:12.09); 8. Alex Philipps (17:17.06); 15. Joseph Reed (17:30.26); 26. Brent Werner (17:51.63); 29. Kyle Kester (17:53.78)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Jackson 47; 2. Lindbergh 58; 3. Cor Jesu Academy 109; 4. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 126; 5. Farmington 130; 6. Seckman 165; 7. Oakville 208; 8. Cape Central 219; 9. Hillsboro 220; 10. Mehlville 239; 11. Poplar Bluff 248; 12. Fox 316

Local top five finishers

CAPE CENTRAL -- 23. Mattie Huff (21:28.62); 32. Alyssa Davis (21:52.31); 33. Allison McDonald (22:02.72); 56. Alina Schneider (23:43.67); 75. Morgan Kluge (26:24.98)

JACKSON -- 1. Carli Knott (19:16.81); 5. Kaylee Wilson (20:06.70); 6. Megan Barnum (20:11.28); 13. Leah Hecht (20:48.60); 22. Ana Compton (21:26.32)

BOYS SOCCER

Saxony Lutheran 5, McKinley 0

The top-seeded Crusaders won their second straight Class 1 District 1 championship with a shutout victory over the Goldbugs.

Dustin Lorenz netted a pair of goals to lead the Crusaders, who improved to 10-13 on the season, while Jake Wyatt, Joe Rubach and David Ezana each added a goal. Trevor Ochs, Gavin Steffens, Drew Zieba and Matthew Moore each had an assist for Saxony while goalkeeper Jacob Stueve recorded four saves in the shutout.

McKinley finished its year with a 7-5 record.

Saxony will take on Principia in a Class 1 sectional Saturday at Saxony.

-- From staff reports