BLOOMFIELD — The Davis Country girls cross country team boasted the top three finishers at the squad’s home Lake Fisher Invitational Thursday in Bloomfield and Albia took first place on the boys side.

The Mustang girls finished first with a score of 25 and the Blue Demon boys won by a convincing 18 points with a score of 41.

The Mustangs’ Ally McClure finished atop the pack in the girls’ meet with a time of 16:07. Following her were teammates Chandra Smith in second (16:07) and Addie McKee (16:47) in third. The Mustangs ended up accounting for half of the runners in the top 10.

“To have a total of five girls in the top 10 runners is definitely a stride in the right direction,” Davis County coach Josh Husted said.

McClure has now finished first in two out the three meets she has competed in this season.

Albia claimed second in the girls’ meet with 37 and Centerville finished a distant third with 81. Van Buren finished fourth with 97.

Centerville’s Cassidy Schacher finished fourth overall in the girls’ meet with 16:52 and Albia’s Kim Teno claimed fifth with 17:05. Unity Daugherty was Van Buren’s speediest runner; she finished sixth with 17:20.

On the boys’ side, the Blue Demons first place finish was bolstered by Colton Dorpinghaus’s second place finish (17:42) and J.D. Anderson’s third place finish (18:29). It also didn’t hurt that the Blue Demons had four runners finish in the top 10. Yet, coach Todd Ratliff was just as pleased with his fifth best runner; Tyler Beary, who finished 19th.

“Our fifth runner, Tyler Beary, had what I consider the race of his sophomore career,” Ratliff said. “It was a big step for him and the team tonight.”

The Albia boys have already taken first in three meets this season.

“With that we see that there is a lot of hard work still in front of us if we want to keep the rest of the conference teams at bay,” Ratliff said.

Payton Busch of Centerville took first overall in the boys race with 17:16. Davis County took second in the boys meet with 59. The Mustangs’ highest finisher was freshman Zach Hougland, who claimed fifth with a time of 18:41.

“A fifth-place finish is pretty impressive for a freshman,” Husted said.

Clayton Roberts finished eighth overall for Davis County in a time of 19:05.

The bellwether runner for the Van Buren boys was Seth Dickenson who finished sixth with 18:45.

Lake Fisher Invitational

Bloomfield

Thursday, Sept. 6

BOYS

Team scoring — 1. Albia 41; 2. Davis County 59; 3. Van Buren 67; 4. Centerville 81; 5. Wayne County 139; 6. Clark County, Mo., 146. 

Top Ten — 1. Payton Busch (C) 17:16; 2. Colton Dorpinghaus (A) 17:42; 3. J.D. Anderson (A) 18:29; 4. Andrew Daw (CC, Mo.) 18:32; 5. Zach Hougland (DC) 18:41; 6. Seth Dickenson (VB) 18:46; 7. Aaron Ambrose (A) 18:58; 8. Clay Roberts (DC) 19:05; 9. Mick Wilson (WC) 19:15; 10. Tyler Pasut (A) 19:20

Davis County Runners — 5. Hougland 18:41; 8. Roberts 19:05; 14. Justin Bollmer 20:08; 15. Kody Smith 20:17; 17. Sean Emmons 20:32; 20. Coty Good 20:44; 23. Chris Harvey 21:01.

 Albia Runners — 2. Dorpinghaus 17:41; 3. J.D. Anderson 18:29; 7. Ambrose 18:58; 10. Pasut 19:20; 19. Tyler Beary 20:40; 27. Mason Cox 21:20 29. Nathan Maughan 22:20.

Van Buren Runners — 6. Dickenson 18:45; 11. Thomas Fitzsimmons 19:40; 12. Nolan Lydolph 19:59; 16. Drew Nolton 20:32; 22. Dalton Haynes 20:53; 24. Tyler Runyon 21:09. 

GIRLS

Team scoring — 1. Davis County 25 2. Albia 37; 3. Centerville 81; 4. Van Buren 97; 5. Wayne County 106

Top Ten — Top Ten — 1. Ally McClure (DC) 16:07; 2. Chandra Smith (DC) 16:24; 3. Addie McKee (DC) 16:47; 4. Cassidy Schacher (C) 16:52; 5. Kim Teno 17:05 (A); 6. Unity Dougherty (VB) 17:20; 7. Krystin Garver (A) 17:46; 8. Michelle Manser (A) 18:15; 9. Maggie Hougland (DC) 18:32; 10. Kalleigh Tharp (DC) 18:55.

Davis County Runners — 1. McClure 16:07; 2. Smith, 16:24; 3. McKee 16:47; 9. Hougland; 10. Tharp 18:55; 11. Marissa Hamburg 19:01; 12. Sophia Cook 19:24.  

Albia Runners — 5. Kim Teno 17:04; 7. Krystin Garber; 8. Michelle Manzer, 18:14, 13. Kaitlyn Speiler 19:35; 14. Liz Kent 19:42, 27. Susie Strasko 23:42; 33. Amber Mills 25:59.

Van Buren Runners — 6. Daugherty 17:20; 15. Sydney Atwood 19:49; 22. Caitlyn Milard 24:49; 26. Jessie Cassens 23:39; 28. Taylor Murguia 23:53; 30. Faith Murphy 24:37.



Pekin girls, Albia boys win at Lake Keomah

Courier sports staff

FREMONT — The Pekin girls swept the top four spots of the Lake Keomah Invitational while the Albia boys got four of the top-five places as both squads picked up team titles on Tuesday night. The Panther girls, fifth ranked in Class 1A, beat the Lady Dees by 30 with 21 points while the Blue Demons bested South Central Conference rival Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont with 23 points to the Rockets’ 48-point total.

Colton Dorpinghaus beat out EBF’s Christopher Welch to bring home the boys individual title for Albia in a time of 16:44. Welch finished 88 seconds behind Dorpinghaus but 18 seconds ahead of Albia’s J.D. Anderson, who led a 3-4-5 finish for the Blue Demons with Tyler Pasat and Aaron Ambros all finishing within eight seconds of each other.

“I’m extremely pleased with Colton’s offseason workouts and how well he is doing to start the season,” Albia head cross-country coach Todd Ratliff said. “As a team, they guys worked together throughout the meet and finished strong. That will continue to help us throughout the season.”

Welch was joined by sixth-place Hunter Wilz (18:51) and ninth-place Jack Hastings (19:19) as top-ten finishers for the Rockets. The Pekin boys scored a third-place finish as a team with 99 points highlighted by a 10th-place run from Chase Earnest in a time of 19:21.

Chariton scored 134 points to finish in fourth as a team and got a 13th-place run by Max Covington (19:32) to lead the way. Twin Cedars got a top-ten individual run from Eric Clark, who came across the line in eighth place in a time of 19:06.

The girls race featured immediate dominance from the two-time defending Class 1A state champion Panthers, who got a second win in as many meets this season from Gwynne Wright in a time of 14:33. Sloan Reighard came across the finish line in second for the Panthers in a time of 16:05 while Meleaha Earnest (16:13) and Taylor Lock (16:21) rounded out Pekin’s top-four sweep.

Albia’s second-place team finish featured a sweep of the next three places. Kim Teno’s finished fifth (16:25) while Krystyn Garver scored sixth in a time of 16:51 and Michelle Manser took seventh in 16:59.

EBF finished third in the girls race with 122 points, led by Emily Flaig’s eighth-place run of 17:25. Chariton scored 130 points to finish in fourth place as a team with Cierra Coughton finishing 14th in a time of 18:32.

Several teams will be running again on Thursday. Pekin and Chariton will head to the Fairfield Invitational while Albia heads to Davis County’s Lake Fisher Invitational. EBF and Twin Cedars will next run next week at the Oskaloosa Invite.

Lake Keomah Invitational

At Lake Keomah Park

9-4-12

BOYS

Team scoring — 1. Albia 25, 2. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 48, 3. Pekin 99, 4. Chariton 134.

Top Ten — 1. Colton Dorpinghaus (A) 16:44, 2. Christopher Welch (EBF) 18:12, 3. J.D. Anderson (A) 18:30, 4. Tyler Pasat (A) 18:32, 5. Aaron Ambros (A) 18:38, 6. Hunter Wilz (EBF) 18:51, 7. Dylan Laueer (Pleasantville) 18:52, 8. Eric Clark 19:06, 9. Jack Hastings (EBF) 19:19, 10. Chase Earnest (Pek.) 19:21.

Albia Runners — 1. Dorpinghaus 16:44, 3. Anderson 18:30, 4. Pasat 18;32, 5. Ambros 18:38, 12. Mason Cox 19:31, 18. Tyler Beary 20:40, 19. Nathan Maughn 20:45, 20. Ryan Heaton 20:54, 22. Caleb Maughn 21:15, 24. Colton Detar 21:32, 28. Marcos Ferryva 22:38, 31. Daniel Bunnel 23:06, 33. George Brady 23:36, 36. Cole Kurimski 24:08, 38. Gabe Gravert 24:35, 39. Lee Curran 24:37, 40. Adam Peters 25:38, 41. Zeke Murphy 26:27.

EBF Runners — 2. Welch 18:12, 6. Wilz 18:51, 14. Jackson Vayles 19:41, 17. Tucker Black 20:15, 21. Andrew Hart 21:04, 34. Scott Couch 23:38, 42. Tristan Roe 26:48, 46. Nathaniel Day 30:01.

Pekin Runners – 10. Earnest 19:21, 11. Austin Farriss 19:27, 15. Clayton Essary 19:47, 16. Avery Bennett 20:02, 47. Joel Swanson 30:18.

Chariton Runners – 13. Max Covington 19:32, 25. Aaron McDonough 21:43, 26. Caleb Allen 22:10, 27. Sam Adams 22:31, 43. Colby Brackett 27:20.

Twin Cedars Runners – 8. Clark 19:06, 35. Trenton Bacus 23:50, 45. Derek Springer 28:15.

GIRLS

Team scoring — 1. Pekin 21, 2. Albia 51, 3. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont 122, 4. Chariton 130.

Top Ten — 1. Gwynne Wright (P) 14:33, 2. Sloan Reighard (P) 16:05, 3. Meleaha Earnest (P) 16:13, 4. Taylor Lock (P) 16:21, 5. Kim Teno (A) 16:25, 6. Krystyn Garver (A) 16:51, 7. Michelle Manser (A) 16:59, 8. Emily Flaig (EBF) 17:25, 9. Kaylee Miller (Southeast Warren) 17:35, 10. Kennedi Hostetter (Colfax-Mingo) 17:56.

Pekin Runners — 1. Wright 14:33, 2. Reighard 16:05, 3. Earnest 16:13, 4. Lock 16:21, 11. Peyton Lock 17:57, 12. Gredyll Major 18:21, 13. Hannah Robison 18:27, 16. Gabi Earnest 18:44, 17. Nikole Arendt 19:15, 19. Makenna Gambell 19:31, 20. Becky Phillips 19:39, 23. Monica Cooley 20:29, 24. Taylor Winn 20:32, 30. Devin Daily 22:10, 39. Hannah Hager 23:53, 44. Shelby Frank 24:58, 47. Jerrica Allman 25:57.

Albia Runners — 5. Teno 16:25, 6. Garver  16:51, 7. Manser 16:59, 15. Kaitlyn Speilor 18:41, 18. Liz Kent 19:22, 35. Suzy Strasko 22:29, 42. Amber Mills 24:39.

EBF Runners — 8. Flaig 17:25, 25. Nataliah Hopkins 20:47, 27. Anna Haselhahn 21:21, 29. Paige Ruck 21:52, 33. Dana Armstrong 22:23, 34. Emma Tanner 22:26.

Chariton Runners — 14. Cierra Coughton 18:32, 21. Madison Showers 20:00, 26. Ashley Batty 20:51, 32. Abby Schultz 22:20, 37. Chelsea Mcbee 23:14, 40. Sydney McNeeley 23:54, 46. Hannah Sundquist 25:39, 50. Megan Saunders 29:24, 51. Chesirae Burns 30:01, 52. Letta Etter 35:34, 53. Shante Chance 35:35.



D.C. girls, Fairfield boys join hosts as runner-ups at Van Buren Invite

KEOSAUQUA — Several teams showed up to compete for the Van Buren cross-country invitational titles on Tuesday. In the end, two teams stood above the rest as Fort Madison and Mediapolis swept the boys and girls team titles in Class ‘AA’ and ‘A’ respectively.

Second place trophies found their way into the hands of three area teams. Van Buren finished runner-up in both Class ‘A’ races while the Davis County girls and Fairfield boys took home second in the ‘AA’ standings.

The girls ‘AA’ race featured a winning run from Fairfield’s Jessica Lamb, who beat out Davis County’s Ally McClure by 10 seconds with time of 15:40. The Trojan girls finished third as a team with 50 points, just five behind the Mustangs and only 17 back of Southeast Conference rival Fort Madison.

McClure was joined in the top five by teammate Chandra Smith, who finished fourth in a time of 16:29. Addie McKee also finished in the top-ten with a sixth-place run of 16:40.

“There’s always room for improvement in every meet,” head coach Josh Husted said of the Mustang girls. “We need to get a little closer in our cluster between our third and fourth girls. I think we’ll be able to accomplish that goal by the end of the season.”

The Mustang boys finished third place, just eight points behind Fairfield, with 75 points. Zach Houghland finished eighth in a time of 18:47 for the Mustangs while Clay Roberts finished 10th in 19:07.

“The boys are doing an awesome job,” Husted said. “Fort Madison’s one of the best teams in the state and to be competitive with a top 3A team like Fairfield is showing something early on this year. We’ll continue to get better with every meet.”

Randy Alderman led the Trojan boys with a fifth-place finish in a time of 17:58. The Trojan girls also got top-ten runs from ninth-place Taylor Ferrel (17:04) and 10th-place Hannah Sobaski (17:09).

The Van Buren girls finished just 17 points behind Mediapolis in the Class ‘A’ standings. Unity Daugherty led the Warriors with a third-place finish in a time of 17:20 while Sydney Atwood took ninth in 19:20.

The Warriors boys scored 66 points to earn their second-place trophy. Seth Dickinson and Thomas Fitzsimmons led Van Buren with top-ten runs as Dickinson finished seventh just ahead of eighth-place Fitzsimmons with each being credited with times of 18:58.

Cardinal finished third as a team in the girls race with 94 points. Lindsay Albert led the Comets, finishing sixth in a time of 18:29. The Cardinal boys were led by Levi Rupe’s 28th-place run of 22:35.

Several area teams will be headed to a pair of local cross-country meets on Thursday. Davis County will host one of those meets, the Lake Fisher Invitational in Bloomfield, while Fairfield will host the other at Waterworks Park.

Van Buren Invitational

At Keosauqua Country Club

9-4-12

BOYS ‘AA’

Team scoring — 1. Fort Madison 19, 2. Fairfield 67, 3. Davis County 75, 4. Keokuk 152, 5. Clark County (Mo.) 166, 6. Central (Mo.) 211.

Top Ten — 1. Isaac Steffensmeier (FM) 15:49, 2. Nic Guzman (FM) 17:31, 3. Daniel Goebel (FM) 17:51, 4. Andrew Daw (CC) 17:54, 5. Randy Alderman (Fairfield) 17:58, 6. Derek Tallman (FM) 17:59, 7. Joel Knipe (FM) 18:41, 8. Zach Hougland (DC) 18:47, 9. Noah Dean (FM) 18:54, 10. Clay Roberts (DC) 19:07.

Davis County Runners — 8. Hougland 18:46, 10. Roberts 19:07, 17. Justin Vollmer 19:49, 18. Shawn Emmons 19:50, 22. Cody Smith 20:21, 25. Coty Good 20:36, 26. Chris Harvey 20:37.

BOYS ‘A’

Team scoring — 1. Mediapolis 30, 2. Van Buren 66, 3. Winfield-Mount Union 79, 4. Danville/New London 112, 5. Wayne 141, 6. Harmony 210

Top Ten — 1. Dillon Timmerman (Mepo) 17:20, 2. Nick Oliver (DNL) 18:20, 3. Caleb Hempall (Mepo) 18:29, 4. Kevin Lintz (WMU) 18:36, 5. Garrett Hinson (Mepo) 18:51, 6. Cody McNeil (Mepo) 18:52, 7. Seth Dickinson (VB) 18:58, 8. Thomas Fitzsimmons (VB) 18:58, 9. Nick Wilson (Wayne), 10. Levi Giese (Mepo) 19:40.

Van Buren Runners — 7. Dickinson 18:58, 8. Fitzsimmons 18:59, 11. Nolan Lydolph 19:43, 14. Dalton Haynes 20:01, 16. Drew Nolting 20:23, Tyler Runyon 21:06, Carson Schuck 30, Josh Wenke 23:11, 32. Aaron Heisel 23:07, 40. Collin Robison 24:47, 49. Dalton Stockwell 27:10.

Cardinal Runners – 28. Levi Rupe 22:35, 55. Dominik Banda 29:22, 59. Connor Munkirs.

GIRLS ‘AA’

Team scoring — 1. Fort Madison 33, 2. Davis County 45, 3. Fairfield 50.

Top Ten — 1. Jessica Lamb (Fairfield) 15:40, 2. Ally McClure (DC) 15:50, 3. Sarah Steffensmeier (FM) 15:56, 4. Chandra Smith (DC) 16:29, 5. Alyssa Stickford (FM) 16:36, 6. Kaylee Alverez (FM) 16:40, 7. Addie McKee (DC) 16:40, 8. Mckenzie Coppage (FM) 16:53, 9. Taylor Ferrel (Fairfield) 17:04, 10. Hannah Sobaski (Fairfield) 17:09.

Davis County Runners — 2. McClure 15:49, 3. Smith 16:29, 7. McKee 16:39, 15. Kaleigh Tharp 18:31, 17. Maggie Hougland 18:41, 20. Sophia Cook 19:19, 21. Marissa Hamberg 19:23.

GIRLS ‘A’

Team scoring — 1. Mediapolis 64, 2. Van Buren 81, 3. Cardinal 94, 4. Wayne 97.

Top Ten — 1. Cassie Sutuflich (DNL) 15:00, 2. Savannah Banwalt (Mepo) 17:07, 3. Unity Daugherty (VB) 17:20, 4. Haley Thie (Mepo) 18:04, 5. Hayley Buettell (Mepo) 18:23, 6. Lindsay Albert (Cardinal) 18:29, 7. Grace Edwards (WMU) 19:05, 8. Sydney Atwood (VB) 19:20, 9. Rachel Beck (DNL) 20:06

Van Buren Runners — 3. Daugherty 17:20, 8. Atwood 19:20, 17. Caitlyn Millard 21:07, 26. Taylor Murguia 24:42, 27. Jessie Cassens 24:58, 29. Bethany Millard 25:22, 30. Faith Murphy 25:29, 32. Tiffany Beggs 25:37, 36. Allison Dickinson 26:57, 37. Jacinta Wenke 26:58, 38. Stephanie Woodruff 26:59, 39. Crystal Grimm 27:00.

Cardinal Runners – 6. Lindsay Albert 18:22, 13. Emily Miller 20:21, 23. Allison Metcalf 22:52, 24. Lindsey Davis 22:56, 28. Samia Harrington 24:42, 34. Megan Miller 25:39, 40. Elizabeth Denniston 30:36.