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CCHS boys earn first Class A cross country regional title
The No. 11-state ranked Central Catholic High School boys cross country team won the first Class A regional in school history Saturday, scoring 45 points to dominate the Monticello Regional. The Saints packed five men in the top 12 to easily outdistance runner-up Monticello by 39 points. Central Catholic advanced to Saturday’s 2 p.m. Olympia Sectional along with No. 14-state ranked Olympia (88), Tolono Unity (97) and Heyworth (118). Clinton placed eighth (174) and Tri-Valley ninth (175). Monticello’s Brent Rhodes won the 3-mile race, clocking 16 minutes 24 seconds. He was followed by Heyworth’s Zach Switzer (16:30) and Zach Bowling (16:46). The five individual qualifiers not on advancing teams included Tri-Valley’s Chase Geiser (11th, 17:17) and Clinton’s Ryan Greer (19th, 17:49). Scoring for Central Catholic were Austin Quinn (fourth, 16:56), John Curran (fifth, 16:57), Derek Haas (eighth, 17:06), Tyler Johnson (13th, 17:21) and Daniel Burr (17th, 17:35). Olympia was led by Jason Beach (10th, 17:17), Eric Biehl (12th, 17:17) and Brian Peterson (14th, 17:22). Thompson wins at Farmington Tremont sophomore Parker Thompson won the Farmington Class A Regional, clocking 15:55 for 2.95 miles. He finished nine seconds ahead of runner-up Dustin Emerick of team champion Elmwood-Brimfield. No. 1-state ranked Elmwood-Brimfield scored 42 points to advance to its own 11:15 a.m. sectional next Saturday. Also qualifying were Delavan (67), No. 12-state ranked Tremont (69), Illini Central (74) and Farmington (87). Other area runners in the top 10 were Delavan’s Kody Nelson (third, 16:05) and Jeff Camp (sixth, 16:49), Tremont’s John Boyle (fifth, 16:41) and Illini Central’s Kyle Hodgson (seventh, 17:03). Three advance at Eureka Three Pantagraph area teams advanced from the Eureka Regional including runner-up Eureka (48), third-place Fieldcrest (110) and fourth-place Prairie Central (131). El Paso-Gridley was eighth (175). No. 8-state ranked Henry-Midland won with 41 to edge the No. 13 Hornets. Qualifiers advanced to the Olympia Sectional. Peru St. Bede’s Matt Morse won in 15:23, 19 seconds ahead of runner-up Brian Peterson of Fieldcrest. Eureka’s Stephen Mooberry was fifth (16:15), Crue Harmon sixth (16:40) and Jacob Wyss eighth (16:40). The five individual qualifiers included El Paso-Gridley’s Pierce Furrow (12th, 16:56) and Tom Forman (20th, 17:49). Prairie Central was led by Philip Johnson (15th, 17:21) and Ben Adams (17:38). PBL wins first regional No. 6-state ranked PBL won its first regional in school history, scoring 41 points in the St. Joseph-Ogden Regional at Kickapoo State Park to edge Georgetown-Ridge Farm-Chrisman by five. Prior to consolidation, Paxton won a regional in 1985. The Panthers, who advanced to the Olympia Sectional, were led by freshman Tom Pacey in fifth (17:06). Other PBL scorers were Devin Bergman (seventh, 17:13), Felix Cardosa (eighth, 17:15), Nick Brehm (ninth, 17:18) and David Woolridge (12th, 17:29). Gardner-Dwight advances The Gardner-Dwight co-op placed fourth with 112 points in the Seneca Regional to advance to Saturday’s 11 a.m. Lisle Sectional. Gardner-Dwight was led by junior Mitch Small (15th, 18:09). “The boys team showed great desire and focus to finish fourth and advance to the Lisle Sectional,” said Gardner-Dwight coach Larry Lane. No. 10 state-ranked Beecher won with 31. Manteno’s Cody McCollough was the top individual in 16:16. Get area high school sports scores and statistics at Varsity Sports. E-mail this story | Print this story | Search archives | RSS Show comments |  Hide comments | Hide comments on all stories |
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