EHS Wins Doc Acklin Memorial C.C. Girls Title; Area Results

Effingham High School won the Doc Acklin Memorial Cross Country Invitational.

PARIS -- Effingham High School captured the Doc Acklin Memorial Cross Country Invitational girls title Saturday.

The Hearts tallied 31 points followed by Marshall 56, St. Joseph-Ogden 107, BHRA 155, Charleston 157, Paris 159, Newton 175, Tuscola 182, Cumberland County (Neoga) 210, Dieterich 216 and Teutopolis 249. Casey-Westfield, Hoopeston Area, Chrisman-Georgetown-Ridge Farm Co-op, Heritage, Westville and Chrisman had runners but not enough for a team score.

Effingham's Jessica Larsen won the individual championship with a time of 19:35.2. Also scoring for the Hearts were Audrey Wagoner sixth in 20:49.7, Baylee Summers 12th in 21:00.2, Morgan Springer  21st in 21:55.5 and Drew Weis 31st in 21:55.6 overall.

Newton's top finisher was Layna Marshall eighth in 21:22.9. Cumberland County's Libby McGinnis was 27th in 24:43.4. Dieterich's Lena Goebel finished 21st in 23:59.1. T-town's Adrienne Koester was 20th in 23:49.9.

In the boys meet, St. Joseph-Ogden was the winner with 39 points followed by Cumberland County 98, Charleston 119, Paris 119, Heritage 134, Newton 168, Effingham 180, Casey-Westfield 208, Dieterich 215, Danville 248, Marshall 259, Chrisman-Georgetown-Ridge Farm Co-op 280 and BHRA 318. Teutopolis, Hoopeston Area, tri-County, Oblong/Palestine/Hutsonville and Westville did not have enough runners for a team score.

Effingham's Alex Gordon, a sophomore, finished second overall. He had a time of 17:19.2.

Cumberland's Cameron Roedl captured third in 17:29.4.

Doc Acklin Memoerial Invitational

Girls Race

Effingham -- 1. Jessica Larsen, 19:35.2; 6. Audrey Wagoner, 20:49;7; 12. Baylee Summers, 21:00.2; 21. Morgan Springer, 21:55.5; 31. Drew Weis, 21:55.6; Haddie HIll, 22:37.7; Kyra Hazelton, 23:30.7; Laney Myers, 26:21.5; Lauren Etheridge, 33:25.9; Gracie Eaton, 34:40.4

Newton -- 8. Layna Marshall, 21:22.9; 37. Natalie Kistner, 24:46.3; 77. Lily Yager, 25:57.0; 121. Katherine Bierman, 26:23.0; 175. Avery Mulvey, 27:15.3

Cumberland County -- 27. Libby McGinnis, 24:43.4; 65. Lexie Fletcher, 25:46.6; 111. Addison Mast, 26:36.4; 159. Annie Clark, 26;41.2; 210. Atalie Osborn, 27:04.6; Natalie Beaumont, 27:29.2; Megan Baker, 31:02.8

Dieterich -- 21. Lena Goebel, 23:59.1; 53. Ella Kreke, 25:06.8; 102. Addison MIller, 26:41.2; 158. Adriana Gordon, 27:30.8; 5216. Marli Michl, 28:00.0; Makenna French, 29:47.9; Bailey Hewkin, 31:18.2; Callie Faller, 31:18.3; Adriane Huber, 33:11.2; Frances Verdeyen, 36:06.1

Teutopolis -- 20. Adrienne Koester, 23:40.9; 72. Pearl Huber, 27:09.3; 125. Mary Jane Dennis, 27:09.5; 185. Elaine Gaffin, 28:34.8; 249. Ella Niehls, 31:08.7; Maddie Zane, 34:26.7; Claire Overbeck, 35:01.3

Boys Race

Cumberland County -- 3. Cameron Roedl, 17:29.4; 13. Kaleb Bierman, 18:25.2; 25. Riley Morgan, 18:35.1; 60. Zack Buescher, 19:56.5; 98. Kade Bradley, 20:03.6; Cole Margenthaler, 21:10.9; Maximus Strader, 21:29.3; Sayer Wellbaum, 23:18.0; Jonathan Flier, 23:54.9; Tate Christner, 24:31.2; Ian Caudill, 26:09.5; Nathan Kuhns, 26:38.9

Newton -- 16. Jackson Sornberger, 18:48.5; 36. Brock Probst, 19:04.2; 64. Isaac Street, 19;21.9; 97. Tanner Whitaker, 19:46.9; 168. Caleb Flasch, 23:21.5

Effingham -- 2. Alex Gordon, 17;19.2; 16. Adam Flack, 18:44.6; 41. Aaron Hill, 19:14.7; 110. Evan Klingler, 23:10.6; 180. Ino Mapes, 23:13.8

Dieterich -- 15. Trevor Crutcher, 18:47.4; 46. Kaden Einhorn, 19:33; 98. Gavin French, 21:06.9; 156. Tanner Niemerg, 21:44.6; 215. Trevor Niemerg, 21:50.5; Gabe Jackson, 22:16.6; Jade Ordner, 22:42.0; Eddie Davis, 23:53.2; Luke Wente, 24:41.8; Draven Homman, 25:15.0; Kaden Iffert, 26:39.0; Braylen Williams, 29:27.9

Teutopolis -- Oliver Lee, 20:576.8; Nicholas Waldhoff, 21:53.5; Luke Dennis, 23:04.5; Will Deters, 23:21.9

Tri-County -- Evan Keys, 20:53.3, Noa Rosa, 21:59.5; Levi Ash, 22:10.1