The Hermitage boys and Liberal girls are heading to next weekend’s state cross country meet as district champions.
Hermitage was dominant scoring 27 points as a team, which more than three times less than runner-up McAuley Catholic’s 88-point finish.
Justin Horn (second), Bennett Mantooth (fourth), DeJuan Chambers (sixth), Justus Yates (seventh) and Jaxon Wheeler (13th) all finished in the top 15 for Hermitage.
Liberal was paced by Taylor Swarnes in fourth place.
Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry and Chadwick’s Raeleigh Little finished first individually.
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Boys Team Scores
1 Hermitage High 27
2 McAuley Catholic 88
3 Blue Eye High 100
4 Galena 103
Boys Top 30 Individuals
1 Kip Atteberry – Thomas Jefferson (16:49.05)
2 Justin Horn – Hermitage (16:54.72)
3 Colton Ellingsworth – Galena (17:14.58)
4 Bennett Mantooth – Hermitage (17:24.67)
5 Landon Duchscherer – Marion C. Early (17:29.29)
6 DeJuan Chambers – Hermitage (17:45.05)
7 Justus Yates – Hermitage (17:59.76)
8 Calen Faucett – Crane (18:01.17)
9 London Rodriguez – Thomas Jefferson (18:01.32)
10 Christian Church – Crane (18:11.55)
11 Michael Parrigon – McAuley Catholic (18:21.91)
12 Jadon Weaver – Blue Eye (18:26.19)
13 Jaxon Wheeler – Hermitage (18:27.73)
14 Houston Parker – Blue Eye (18:39.77)
15 Braden Honeywell-Lynch – Thomas Jefferson (18:41.54)
16 Trae Veer – McAuley Catholic (18:50.86)
17 Leland Harris – Jasper (18:53.52)
18 Phillip Motazedi – McAuley Catholic (18:55.97)
19 Cameron Sartin – Galena (19:00.89)
20 Carson Little – Greenwood (19:02.98)
21 Cameron Elder – Galena (19:05.85)
22 Brayden Chandler – Rich Hill (19:06.46)
23 Shadrach Thompson – School of the Ozarks (19:07.30)
24 Dillon Clark – Fair Play (19:07.92)
25 Mason Phillips – Blue Eye (19:12.13)
26 Caleb Anderson – Blue Eye (19:13.04)
27 Khristian Sommerfeld – Fordland (19:14.07)
28 Gabriel Montejo – Hermitage (19:17.00)
29 Aidan Jarman – Dadeville (19:19.10)
30 Colton McMillan – College Heights (19:19.38)
Girls Team Scores
1 Liberal High 39
2 Fordland High 48
3 McAuley Catholic 76
4 Wheatland High 90
Girls Top 30 Individuals
1 Raeleigh Little – Chadwick (21:52.59)
2 Miya Bess – Marion C. Early (21:52.69)
3 Kendall Ramsey – McAuley Catholic (22:49.46)
4 Taylor Swarnes – Liberal (23:01.79)
5 Alexis Loveland – Chadwick (23:08.48)
6 Cali Frogley – Hurley (23:12.70)
7 Libby Lakey – Dadeville (23:32.31)
8 Sarah Mueller – Thomas Jefferson (23:40.23)
9 Emma Trotter – Fordland(23:42.58)
10 Gretchen House – Chadwick (23:52.75)
11 Lakeisha Wise – Wheaton High School (24:10.24)
12 Haley Biehl – Fordland High School (24:19.93)
13 Bailey Couch – Liberal High School (24:24.76)
14 Kayce Collins – Fordland High School (24:24.99)
15 Claire Mitchell – Dadeville (24:27.89)
16 Haley Madewell – Marion C. Early (24:34.15)
17 Macy Pearson – Wheatland (24:39.14)
18 Marbellie Villanueva – McAuley Catholic(24:49.86)
19 Olivia Cardenzana – Blue Eye (25:00.22)
20 Chloe Foster – Fair Play (25:04.77)
21 Nyah Dogwiler – Greenwood (25:17.01)
22 Quana Alaimo – Greenwood(25:39.42)
23 Samantha Seto – Thomas Jefferson (25:51.12)
24 Jordan Goodell – Liberal (26:01.83)
25 Ella Howard – School of the Ozarks (26:07.66)
26 Kayla Johnson – Blue Eye (26:09.03)
27 Kaylyn Weiser – Exete (26:09.77)
28 Samantha Collier – Fordland (26:21.46)
29 Libby Stebbins – Liberal (26:25.99)
30 Kerri Borghardt – Liberal (26:26.21)
