{"id":17786,"date":"2025-09-05T13:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=17786"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:52:52","slug":"junior-high-girls-cross-country-at-ballard-nature-center-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/cross-country\/17786-junior-high-girls-cross-country-at-ballard-nature-center-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior High Girls Cross Country At Ballard Nature Center &#8212; Sept. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Effingham Junior High\u00a0 School claimed a girls cross country meet at Ballard Nature Center Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangs scored 25 followed by Teutopolis 48 and Charleston 51.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham&#8217;s Emery Spicer won the meet with a time of 19:30. Second place went to teammate Baylee Summer with a time of 20:16. Also scoring were Alaina Miller in fifth in 21:43, Laynee Pankau 10th in 23;03 and Lauren Etheridge 17th in 24:33.<\/p>\n<p>Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City&#8217;s Zoe Sarver finished fourth in 21:17.<\/p>\n<p>Altamont&#8217;s Katie Tedrick was sixth in 22:39 while T-town&#8217;s MJ Dennis was seventh in 22:44.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Ballard Nature Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Scores &#8212;<\/strong> Effingham 25, Teutopolis 48, Charleston 51, Stewardson-Strasburg (SS)<\/p>\n<p>Spicer (E), 19:30; 2. Summer (E), 20:16; 3. Fehrenbacher (C), 20:19; 4. Sarver (CHBC), 21:17; 5. Miller (E), 21:43; 6. Tedrick (A), 22:39; 7. Dennis (TT), 22:44; 8. Flores (CHBC) 22:48; 9. Zane (TT), 22:49; 10. Pankau (E), 23:03; 11. Karbassie (C), 23:30; 12. Hall (A), 23:33; 13. Thompson (C), 23:41; 14. Doty (CHBC), 23:43; 15. Overbeck (TT), 23:49; 16. Hickman (SS), 24:03; 17. Etheridge (E), 24:33; 18. Myers (E), 24:43; 19. Gaffin (TT), 25:15; 20. Huber (TT), 25:30; 21. Cartright (C), 25:31; 22. Woods (C), 25:44; 23. Habing (TT), 26:34; 24. Gonzales (E), 26:57; 25. Faller (C), 27:27.7; 26. Madlem (C), 27:27.9; 27. Bridges (SS), 30:10; 28. Poppen (C), 41:46<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effingham Junior High\u00a0 School claimed a girls cross country meet at Ballard Nature Center Thursday. The Mustangs scored 25 followed by Teutopolis 48 and Charleston 51. 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