Published on October 19, 2026 11:07 am
Last Updated on October 19, 2026 11:53 am
CHARLESTON — Neoga High School finished third in the Trojan Classic Girls Cross Country Meet Saturday while Effingham took fourth place in the boys meet.
Breese Mater Dei won the girls meet with 49 points followed by Mount Zion 54, Neoga 114, Sullivan 118, Fithian Oakwood 143, Teutopolis 149, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville/Alvin 178, Effingham 180, Dieterich 214 and Charleston 248.
Fisher’s Ellie Emberson won the meet with a time of 17:29.4.
Dieterich’s Lena Goebel finished 10th in 19:18.6.
Leading Neoga was Paige Wolke who finished 20th in 19:51.0 and Lily Browning who was 21st in 19:52.9.
In the boys meet, Mount Zion was the team champion with 39 points followed by Taylorville 40, Charleston 100, Effingham 139, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 149, Mattoon 149, Cumberland 230, Danville Schlarman 237, Dieterich 249, Teutopolis 253, Sullivan 258, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville/Alvin 259 and Villa Grove 285.
Taylorville/s Liam Bettis captured first place in 14:53.3.
Effingham St. Anthony’s Camden Bloemer was seventh in 15:39.6.
Effingham’s Jared Klingler was eighth in 16:01.8.
Trojan Classic
Girls Meet
Team Scores — Breese Mater Dei 49, Mount Zion 54, Neoga 114, Sullivan 118, Fithian Oakwood 143, Teutopolis 149, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 178, Effingham 180, Dieterich 212, Charleston 248, Effingham St. Anthony 0, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 0, Decatur St. Tersea 0, Marantha Christian Academy 0, Taylorville 0, Fisher 0, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 0, Champaign St.Thomas More 0, Danville Schlarman 0, Lawernceville 0, Villa Grove 0, Champaign Judah Christian 0, Jacksonville Routt 0, Mattoon 0
Effingham St. Anthony — 46. Taylor Denning, 21:46.8;
Effingham — 44. Jillian Hess, 21:45.5; 47. Laynee Pankau, 22:07.9; 53. Camila Montero, 22:21.4; 57. Alaina Miller, 22:28.7; 61. Aleece Lotz, 22:45.7; 80. Lauren Etheridge, 24:18.3
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — 48. Eve Flores, 22:10.3; 81. Laney Doty, 24:18.8; 88. Ava Watson, 24:44.6
Dieterich — 10. Lena Goebel, 19:18.6; 55. Violet Iffert, 22:26.8; 84. Allie Wright, 24:32.7; 85. Coraline Homann, 24:35.8; 90. Avery Bohnhoff, 25:03.0; 92. Halo Homann, 25:10.8; 97. Ava Niemerg, 25:34.2
Neoga — 20. Paige Wolke, 19:51.0; 21. Lilly Browning, 19:52.9; 29. Jemma Lawyer, 20;20.1; 45. Lila Light, 21:45.9; 51. Jude Miller, 22:19.0; 56. Livi Shuemaker, 22:27.6; 95. Raegan Jones, 25:29.5; 98. Audrey Edwards, 25:38.1; 99. Cece Chardon, 25:42.1
Teutopolis — 17. M. Peterson, 19:40.7; 31. Kenzi Dust, 20:33.3; 39. Abigail Zane, 21:11.4; 69. Jary Jane Dennis, 23:07.0; 70. Pearl Huber, 23:19.0; 82. Elaina Gaffin, 24:19.3; 83. Amelia Colner, 24:30.6
Boys Meet
Team Scores — Mount Zion 39, Taylorville 40, Charleston 100, Effingham 139, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 149, Mattoon 175, Cumberland 230, Danville Schlarman 237, Dieterich 249, Teutopolis 253, Sullivan 258, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville Alvin 259, Villa Grove 285, Effingham St. Anthony 0, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 0, Breese Mater Dei 0, Broadlands Heritage 0, Champaign St. Thomas More 0, Decatur St. Teresa 0, Fisher 0, Fithian Oakwood 0, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 0, Champaign Judah Christian 0, Lawrenceville 0, Jacksonville Routt 0, Marantha Christian Academy 0, St. John’s Lutheran 0
Effingham St. Anthony — 7. Camden Bloemer, 15:39.6; 13. Elijah Whittier, 16:20.3; 59. Brady Rivas, 17:56.9
Effingham –– 8. Jared Klingler, 16:01.8; 32. Trenton Partlow, 17:02.8; 44. Anthony Bohnhoff, 17:28.0; 50. Alexander McFarland, 17;42.3; 60. Carson Mihlbachler, 17:57.1; 76. Mason Overbeck, 18:43.8; 94. Kaynan Leverette, 19;29.2
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — 17. Eli Maxedon, 16:29.8; 34. Easton Kramer, 17:02.4; 39. Porter Lilly, 17:18.0; 41. Deacon Sutter, 17:24.6; 878. Kaiden Garrido, 19:13.7; 88. Charlie Witteborg, 19:14.1
Cumberland — 43. Henry Malone, 17:27.8; 51. Adam Wolke, 17:42.4; 61. Brody Helm, 17:58.9; 65. Tate Christner, 18:11.0
Dieterich — 28. Sylus Hiland, 16:54.7; 70. Cody Landers, 18:28.0; 100. Rylan McQueen, 19:43.1
Teutopolis — 38. Archer Kitten, 17:17.4; 67. Jackson Meyer, 18:23.3; 80. John Pruemer, 18:47.3; 97. Leo Zerrusen, 19:40.1; 98. Kyle Bierman, 19:40.2
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — 23. Benjamin, 16:46.4; 89. William Eldred, 19;19.7
At Peoria
Newton High School had several runners compete in the 48th annual Patriot Cross Country Invitational Saturday at Detweiler Park.
Competing for the girls were Avery Geier who finished 45th in 19:40.1, Chloe Holsapple 114th in 21:12.0, Kimberly Bierman 1781st in 22:57.3, Josie Vogt 176th in 23:02.5 and Kate Bierman 199th in 23:55.9.
Finishing for the boys were Holden Barthleme 103rd in 17:18.7 and Jeremiah Hills 200th in 19:07.1.