Saxony boys, Dexter girls win makeup races at Chaffee

Different atmosphere, same results for the Saxony Lutheran boys cross country team.

One day after the Advance Invitational was rained out, race favorite Saxony Lutheran came out on top of a five-team field in a makeup cross country meet that was run around the track at Chaffee.

The Crusaders, Class 1 state champions the last two years, scored 36 points to beat Woodland's 68 and Kelly's 79.

The Dexter girls scored 25 points to top first-year program Woodland and Meadow Heights in their race.

"It's just a different concept running a cross country meet on the track," Saxony Lutheran coach Larry Cleair said. "For our kids, it was a good workout."

Saxony senior Brandon Etzold finished first in 16 minutes, 59 seconds. Saxony's Max Weiser was fifth.

Kelly's Cody Kern was third in 18:14, and Terry hafner of Meadow Heights was fourth in 18:20.

In the girls race, Kelly's Tara Johnson finished second to Dexter's Jill Temples. Johnson's time of 21:36 was four seconds off the winning pace. Woodland's Nichole Balzer was third in 21:54.

RESULTS

BOYS

Team standings -- Saxony Lutheran 36, Woodland 68, Kelly 79, Dexter 84, Meadow Heights 93.

Saxony -- 1, Brandon Etzold, 16:59; 5, Max Wieser, 18;25; 9, Ross Gage, 18:55; 10, Andrew Etzold, 18:57; 11, Bryant Steffens, 18:59; 12, Sam Kluesner, 19:24; 19, Rhett Obermann, 20:42.

Woodland -- 8, Daniel Lewis, 18:52; 13, Timmy Abner, 19:37; 14, Filippo Manca, 19:46; 16, Ben Rhodes, 20:07; 17, Ethan Lix, 20:14; 20, Dalton Tombs, 20:48.

Kelly -- 3, Cody Kern, 18:14; 6, Josh Rogers, 18:34; 22, Omar Compas, 21:10; 23, Sam Nelson, 21:17; 25, Brett Harper, 21;33.

Meadow Heights -- 4, Terry Hafner, 18:20; 15, Joe Brown; 18, Josh Overbey; 24, Cole Bellinger; 30, Dustin Huber; 32, Blake Mungel; 35, Allen Rassllen.

GIRLS

Team standings -- Dexter 25, Woodland 62, Meadow Heights 72.

Woodland -- 3, Nichole Balzer, 21:54; 10, Kayla Setters, 23:39; 12, Emily Jetton, 25:21; 16, Terra Eldridge, 26:55; 32, Tierney Vehrs, 33:17.

Meadow Heights -- 8, Beth Payne, 23:37; 11, Rachel Bright, 25:08;14, Riki Lacey, 26:51; 19, Amanda Hendrickson, 28:30; 20, Tora Jordan, 28:19.

Saxony Lutheran -- 7, Deanna Dippold, 23:23.

VOLLEYBALL St. Vincent 25 25 Meadow Hts 14 18

Brooke Hayden led St. Vincent with 17 service points and three aces in a home win.

St. Vincent (26-6-2) snapped a three-game losing streak.

Hayden added four kills, three blocks and 12 digs. Sara Moll also had 12 digs for St. Vincent, Lacey Siegmund had nine assists and Kelsey Cissell had five kills and six assists.

JV -- St. Vincent won 25-19, 25-8.

Sikeston 25 25 Saxony Lutheran 22 20

Saxony Lutheran was swept on the road. Nicole Petzoldt had five kills, six blocks and five digs for the Crusaders (8-19-1). Tiffany Haertling had eight points, and Kara Versemann had five kills and seven blocks.

JV -- Saxony Lutheran won 25-23, 17-25, 25-22.

-- From staff reports