The Zalma boys and Notre Dame girls cross country teams each took second place to fare the best among local teams at Saturday's Farmington Invitational at Engler Park.
On the boys' side, Zalma junior Peyton Ford finished fifth with a time of 17 minutes, 15.20 seconds to lead the Bulldogs, who edged Poplar Bluff by one point to place second overall in the team standings. Farmington junior Ryan Parson was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 16:09.88 to help the Knights capture the title. Parson finished ahead of Notre Dame junior Rudy McClellan, who finished second with a time of 16:45.44.
On the girls' side, Notre Dame sophomore Alaina Baumgart posted a third-place time of 19:22.48 seconds to help lead the Bulldogs, who finished 10 points behind Parkway Central in the team standings to take second place. Teammates Katie Hanners, Bailey Beussink and Jordan Meadors all finished in the top 10 to help the Bulldogs claim the silver.
BOYS
Team Scores -- 1. Farmington 20; 2. Zalma 69; 3. Poplar Bluff 70; 4. Arcadia Valley 88; 5. Oak Ridge 94; 6. Dexter 165
Local top five finishers
ADVANCE -- 24. Cade Long (19:00.53); 53. Creighton Miles (21:53.47)
DELTA -- 25. Charlie Ledbetter (19:06.21); 45. Quentin Little (20:39.74)
JACKSON -- 13. Seth Bollinger (18:04.93)
KELLY -- 42. Robbie Hopper (20:03.71)
MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 14. Hollis Hunt (18:07.00)
NOTRE DAME -- 2. Rudy McClellan (16:45.44); 7. Matt Gibbs (17:19.30); 19. Grant Grove (18:32.32); 27. Evan Landewee (19:15.21)
OAK RIDGE -- 17. Nathan Bolin (18:14.92); 23. Drew Kranawetter (18:51.92); 28. Sylvester Morse (19:17.26); 29. Jordan Barker (19:19.21); 40. Jordan Gilliland (19:59.78)
SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 21. Gavin Brown (18:39.99); 49. Hayden Moll (21:14.51); 51. Jonathan Mueller (21:16.00); 56. Adam Lichtenegger (23:40.34)
SCOTT CITY -- 20. Joseph Parker (18:36.33); 32. Tyler Rhyne (19:26.19); 46. Isaac Pennington (20:52.08); 47. Christopher Phillips (21:02.64)
ZALMA -- 5. Peyton Ford (17:15.20); 11. Alex Steinberg (17:36.90); 12. Jacob Steinberg (17:40.68); 30. Luke Robertson (19:21.04); 38. Charles Freeman (19:44.91)
GIRLS
Team Scores -- 1. Parkway Central 27; 2. Notre Dame 37; 3. Farmington 73; 4. Poplar Bluff 116; 5. Saxony Lutheran 149; 6. Oak Ridge 160; 7. Arcadia Valley 171; 8. Chaffee 178; 9. Dexter 219
Local top five finishers
CHAFFEE -- 29. Hannah Glueck (22:53.70); 39. Sara Burch (24:05.50); 43. Alyssa Lunsford (24:33.55); 46. Katie Glueck (25:37.26); 47. Shayna Seyer (25:37.80)
DELTA -- 25. Jamie Hodge (22:22.54)
NOTRE DAME -- 3. Alaina Baumgart (19:22.48); 6. Katie Hanners (20:02.79); 7. Bailey Beussink (20:03.32); 9. Jordan Meadors (20:12.46); 12. Emily Timpe (21:08.59)
OAK RIDGE -- 27. Maci Jo Schamburg (22:27.67); 30. Taylor Seyer (22:58.48); 31. Jordan Layton (22:59.41); 44. Kaitlyn Shallow (24:39.74); 50. Abigale Matthews (26:58.42)
SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 19. Etienne Soto (21:55.23); 22. Courtney Bangert (22:06.78); 32. Katie Richmond (23:20.98); 45. Alexis Goodson (24:49.02) 48. Madison Arbuckle (26:09.10)
SCOTT CITY -- 15. Bella Bowers (21:38.49)
ZALMA -- 35. Chelsey Lemons (23:42.46)
St. Vincent senior Levi Krauss posted a 14th-place time of 17:18.44 to lead the Indians to a fourth-place team finish in the meet at West City Park in Festus, Missouri.
Hillsboro senior Aaron Dugan won the boys race with a time of 16:09.35 as the Hawks finished second overall in the team standings behind host Festus.
BOYS
Team Scores -- 1. Festus 26; 2. Hillsboro 47; 3. Herculaneum 66; 4. St. Vincent 125; 5. Jefferson (Festus) 135; 6. DeSoto 162; 7. Windsor (Imperial) 190
Local results
ST. VINCENT -- 14. Levi Krauss (17:18.44); 16. Isaac Baer (17:33.42); 22. Andrew Lipe (17:59.79); 32. Joseph Baer (18:56.29); 42. Sam Baer (20:04.81)
GIRLS
Team Scores -- 1. Herculaneum 24; 2. Festus 42; 3. Hillsboro 89; 4. Crystal City 91; 5. DeSoto 104
Local results
ST. VINCENT -- 13. Corin Carroll (21:32.76); 29. Maddie Lappe (23:39.94)
Brogan Davis won first place in two events to help lead Cape Central to a fifth-place team finish in the meet at the John H. Foster Natatorium in Springfield, Missouri.
The Tigers sophomore standout won the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 53.13. He also took the gold in the 100 backstroke with a time of 53.66.
Team Scores -- 1. Rock Bridge 360; 2. David H. Hickman 344; 3. Rockhurst 257; 4. Lafayette (Wildwood) 214; 5. Cape Central 170.5; 6. Ozark 159; 7. Glendale (Springfield) 153; 8. Joplin 151; 9. Kickapoo 146; 10. Central (Springfield) 110; 11. West Plains 55; 12. Hillcrest (Springfield) 54; 13. Nixa 48; 14. Muriel W. Battle 25.5; 15. Marshfield 21; 16. Logan-Rogersville 20; 17. Nevada 14; 18. Liberty (Mountain View) 12; 19. Tigers (Cape Central) 6; 20. Greenwood Laboratory School 4
Local (Cape Central) results
200 medley relay -- 17. Tigers (Ben Ferreri, Tim Huey, Alex Churchill, Kelly McGhee) 2:13.64
200 freestyle -- 2. Reagan Ragsdale (C) 1:50.36
200 individual medley -- 21. Hyrum Dickson (C) 2:29.42
50 freestyle -- 6. John Young (C) 23.46; 10. Reed Dickson (C) 24.03
Diving -- 14. Cyrus Woollard (C) 230.85
100 butterfly -- 1. Brogan Davis (C) 53.13
100 freestyle -- 9. John Young (C) 52.33
500 freestyle -- 7. Reagan Ragsdale (C) 5:10.17; 16. Hyrum Dickson (C) 5:36.23; 22. Layton Hamby (C) 6:11.21
200 freestyle relay -- 3. Cape Central (Brogan Davis, Reed Dickson, John Young, Reagan Ragsdale) 1:32.21
100 backstroke -- 1. Brogan Davis (C) 53.66; 14. Reed Dickson (C) 1:04.27
100 breaststroke -- 30. Cyrus Woollard (C) 1:18.45
400 freestyle relay -- 2. Cape Central (John Young, Reed Dickson, Brogan Davis, Reagan Ragsdale) 3:24.80; 14. Tigers (Ben Ferreri, Tim Huey, Alex Churchill, Kelly McGhee) 4:26.30
Wyn Roberds netted the lone goal unassisted to get the win for the Bulldogs against the visiting Broncos.
Notre Dame improved to 12-9-1 while Bayless fell to 4-18.
-- From staff reports
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