{"id":20085,"date":"2025-10-08T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=20085"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:09:09","slug":"junior-high-cross-country-meet-at-okaw-valley-oct-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/cross-country\/20085-junior-high-cross-country-meet-at-okaw-valley-oct-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior High Cross Country Meet at Okaw Valley &#8212; Oct. 7"},"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 St. Anthony won both the junior high boy and girls cross country meets at Okaw Valley Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony claimed the boys meet with 46 points followed by Teutopolis 72, Charleston 95, Mattoon 97, Shelbyville 149, Sigel St. Michael 163, Villa Grove 168, Windsor 206, Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City 245, Mattoon St. John&#8217;s Lutheran 250, Sullivan 308 and Bement\/Cerro Gordo 333<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony&#8217;s Max Schuette won the meet with a time of 11:51. Also scoring were Rhett Douthit eighth in 12:28, Braxton Schultz ninth in 12:29, Will Ludwig 13th in 12:48 and Grayson Bloemer 19th in 13:03.<\/p>\n<p>In the girls meet, St. Anthony won with 29 points followed by Charleston 36, Sigel St. Michael 71, Sullivan 116, Mattoon St. John&#8217;s 164, Shelbyville 177, Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City 185 and Mattoon 200.<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony&#8217;s Bella Schultz won with a time of 13:23. Also scoring were Sylvia Semple second in 13:28, Maeve Niebrugge third in 13:42, Nina Semple 11th in 14:17 and Morgan Kabbes 12th in 14:18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Okaw Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior High Boys Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> 1. Max Schuette, 11:51; 2. Rhett Douthit, 12:28, 9. Braxton Schultz, 12:29; 13. Will Ludwig, 12:48; 19. Grayson Bloemer, 13:03; 22. Logan Lustig, 13:05; 27. Marty Scheidemantel, 13:18<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigel St. Michael &#8212;<\/strong> 5. Ben Walk, 12:22; 39. Brady Rivas, 13:45.9; 41. Simon Miller, 13:57.3; 43. Harvey McWhorter, 13:59.1; 44. Jack Sudkamp, 14:01.3; 58. Kalvin Deters, 14:57.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis &#8212;<\/strong> 6. Joshua Pruemer, 12:26.2; 7. Blake Cunningham, 12:28.0; 12. Dominic Mette, 12:44.2; 24. Kyle Bierman, 13:09.3; 28. Dalton Willenborg, 13:21.6; 36. Alex Habing, 13:41.0; 45. Gage Wernsing, 14:05.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor &#8212;<\/strong> 49. Zachary Probst, 14:24.8; 53. Gibson Harley, 14:33.3; 67. Corbyn Reel, 15:29.8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> Ben Sudkamp, 14:06; 19. Owen Gillenwater, 14:38; 20. Dylan Verdeyen, 14:45; 22. Ryker Douthit, 14:49; 36. Nathan Bailey, 16:44; 40. Jacob Thoele, 17:15; 44. Lucas Beck, 18:04<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigel St. Michael &#8212;<\/strong> 23. Kevin Kreke, 14:58.9; 24. Griffin Strohl, 15:03.2; 30. Oliver Deters, 15:55.2; 31. Izzy Whittier, 15:55.5; 32. Auggie Jansen, 16:04.3; 34. Ryan Altgilbers, 16:28.3; 37. Evan Altgilbers, 16:28.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis &#8212;<\/strong> 8. Colt Belford, 13:44.5; 13. Kaleb Dust, 14:13.1; 15. Robert Niemerg, 14:18.4; 21. Colin Peterson, 14:46.0; 25. Brett Bierman, 15:15.8; 26. Jay Kitterman, 15:20.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Junior High Girls Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> 1. Bella Schultz, 13:23; 2. Sylvia Semple, 13:28; 3. Maeve Niebrugge, 13:42;11. Nina Semple, 14:17; 12. Morgan Kabbes, 14:18; 22. Amelia Janis, 15:12; 26. Josie Ludwig, 15:26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sigel St. Michael &#8212;<\/strong> 6. Nora Schumacher, 13:56.4; 7. Violet Walk, 14:03.7; 13. Vayda Walk, 14:21.4; 31. molli Dasenbrock, 15:34.1; 32. Alicia Rivas, 15:36.7; 40. Kinsley Haarman, 16:04.3; 47. Myia Hoene, 16;30.6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teutopolis &#8212;<\/strong> 16. Monroe Hemmen, 14:34.2; 21. Stella Weber, 15:05.8; 24. Penelope Denn, 15:25.3; 28. Kenzi Dust, 15:29.6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor &#8212;<\/strong> 56. Caroline Kaufman, 17:30.0; 57. 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