TC girls make it 8 in a row

Columbian's girls combined an up-front pack with depth Saturday to clip Norwalk 50-53 en route to their eighth-straight conference title in the Lake Division race at the Sandusky Bay Conference Championships.Bellevue held off Clyde 60-68 for third, with Perkins (121) ending fifth. Sandusky did not field a full team.Norwalk looked on its way to snapping TC's conference title streak.Saige Konik (19:26.87) and Olive Leavitt (19:45) ran 1-2 and Grace Norris added a 10th (21:25.79) to give the Truckers an early 13-19 lead over TC after both teams had their first three runners finish. Columbian's Carmen Lewis (20:34.05) and Maddie Kelley (20:47.58) ran fifth and sixth and Emma Musgrave claimed eighth (21:12.08).Then Gabriella Hohman clocked in 12th (21:56.96) for Columbian while Norwalk's Raelyn Konik came in 15th (22:55.32).The Truckers still led 28-31 with four runners in for each team, but they couldn't hold on.Aubrey Myers crossed the line 19th (23:11.64) to give Columbian its final point total, while Norwalk's final runner, Allison Konik, ended seven spots behind her (23:59.74).Anne Young (24th, 23:46.57) and Audrey Sharp (27th, 24:07.01) rounded out the champion Tornadoes.Bellevue had a pair of top-10 runners, with Reese Meacham capturing third (20:09.05) and Kameron Koch taking seventh (21:01.24).Holly Caranfa backed them with a 13th (22:44.03), Brooke Webb ran 17th (23:06.49) and Brynlee Porter took 20th (23:29.35).Daisy Musselman (21st, 23:30.92) and Lillian Begley (22nd, 23:36.35) also ran for the Lady Red.Marissa Gessner's fourth (20:22.29) paced Clyde.Laney Renfro added an 11th (21:29.56), Kayla Tischler ran 14th (22:45.21), Jolene Brennan came in 16th (22:55.34) and Adysen Wettrich ended 23rd (23:40.66).Fliers Bree Caudill (30th, 24:18.87) and Alessia Moya (31st, 24:31.52) also competed. Stockaders claim fourth-consecutive SBC titleNew Riegel did about all it could, but it was Old Fort's day.Cameron Hohman won the individual race and had four teammates end in the top 15, but Old Fort countered with Cale Hull's runner-up finish and four top-15 runners of its own Saturday to earn its fourth-straight River Division title at the Sandusky Bay Conference Championships.The Stockaders edged New Riegel 38-42, with Hopewell-Loudon (99), Lakota (133), Sandusky St. Mary (134), Gibsonburg (136) and Woodmore (158) rounding out the full teams.Danbury, Northwood, Fremont St. Joe and Calvert did not field full teams.Hohman took top individual honors in 16:19.74 to spark the runner-up Blue Jackets, with Hull claiming second for Old Fort in 16:40.5.It stayed close from there.Dalton Hessick (17:13.88) and Issac Gallagher (17:23) ran fifth and sixth for the champion Stockaders while New Riegel got a seventh from Isaiah Wood (17:35.33) and a ninth from Alec Hohman (17:44).Old Fort led 13-17 at that point with three runners in for each team.Grant Miller's 10th (17:45.41) gave Old Fort finisher No. 4 and running point total of 23.New Riegel countered with Grady Faeth (17:46.32) and Lance Clouse (18:05.96) crossing the line 12th and 13th, giving the Blue Jackets all five of their scorers and 42 points.All that remained was to see when Old Fort's fifth scorer would finish, and no one had to wait long.Aiden Dick clocked in 15th (18:10.17) to close out Old Fort's scoring and secure title No. 4 in a row.Brock Hull (20th, 18:29.69) and Colton Hoerig (22nd, 18:31.59) rounded out the Stockaders.Luke Conley (16th, 18:13.32) and Porter Lafontaine (17th, 18:20.38) also ran for the Blue Jackets.Ian Bloom clocked in third (16:54.4) to lead Hopewell-Loudon.Vince Fruth backed him with a 21st (18:31.38), Chase Huber (18:45.51) and Josh Huffman (18:46.69) ran 23rd and 24th, and Brock Huber came in 30th (19:10.47).Chieftains Logan Lust (31st, 19:11.22) and Hudson Schmidutz (32nd, 19:11.35) also competed.Donovan Statham ran 14th (18:08.29) for Lakota, Brady Tyson took 18th (18:20.52), Steven Bensman ended 25th (18:53.21), Alexander Burkhalter finished 48th (19:37.35) and Cooper Kaser wound up 55th (20:03.46).Kyle Fawcett (58th, 20:17.87) and Reid Dussel (59th, 20:18.23) also hit the course for the Raiders.Calvert's Jacob Marben finished 67th (21:07.4). Tornadoes go back to back in SBC LakeColumbian's top five runners all turned in top-10 times Saturday as the Tornadoes repeated in the Lake Division at the Sandusky Bay Conference Championships.The Tornadoes beat Perkins 32-49 for the boys title, followed by Norwalk (51), Clyde (123), Sandusky (142) and Bellevue (160).Xavier Melick (16:57.61) and Noah Townsend (17:10.77) ran second and third for the champion Tornadoes, and Owen Hoyda (17:54.37), Marcelino Gallardo (17:55.8) and Connor Dukeshire (17:56.58) claimed eighth through 10th.Landon Hinke (17th, 18:46.63) and Nate Gaietto (25th, 19:15.43) also ran for TC.Zachary Clapp's 16th (18:43.11) led Clyde.Chris Bulger added a 24th (19:09.81), Preston Widman came in 26th (19:209.63), Bentley Meade ended 31st (19:38.67) and Michael Gessner finished 34th (19:46.49).Fliers Jason Richie (35th, 19:49.4) and Cooper Framstad (46th, 21:01.21) also competed.Bellevue's Grayson Kadow took 19th (18:49.72), Owen Panyard ran 36th (19:52.4), Tucker Williams came in 39th (19:55.77), Blake Hammer ended 58th (25:44.43) and Dominic Simon wound up 60th (32:12.11). Tackett cruises to conference titleOld Fort's Grace Tackett won the girls individual title Saturday in the River Division at the girls Sandusky Bay Conference Championships.Tackett crossed the line in 19:53.4, beating runner-up Jorja Flores of Gibsonburg (20:31.81) by more than 38 seconds.Woodmore held off Northwood 47-50 for the team title, followed by Gibsonburg (58), Hopewell-Loudon (82), Fremont St. Joe (119) and Calvert (128). Old Fort, Lakota, New Riegel, Sandusky St. Mary and Danbury did not field full teams.Kara Wyman (22:35.53) and Emily Arbogast (22:41.95) ran 12th and 13th to key Hopewell-Loudon.Caitlin Faber added a 21st (24:05.17), Alanee Huber came in 35th (25:59.73) and Molly Daniel took 42nd (26:57).Chieftains Abigail Counts (43rd, 27:03.37) and Karmella Aldrich (44th, 28:16.18) also ran.Madeline Zeno led Calvert with a 25th (25:02.6), Carleigh Meier (25:41.46) and Gabbi Jones (25:48.96) finished 32nd and 33rd, Monserrat Perez-Ramirez came in 46th (28:29.23) and Preston Ott ended 53rd (36:19.93).Kaydence Kopp (54th, 36:41.63) also ran for the Senecas.Addison Hull backed Tackett with a 17th (23:39.01) for Old Fort, Kailey Haugh came in 31st (25:41.22) and Alayna Hessick took 34th (25:56.94).Lakota's Ellie Craig ran 36th (26:02.59), Roxy Zelman took 41st (26:44.1) and Chloe Foos ended 48th (28:58.78).Audrey Schalk of New Riegel claimed 19th (23:44.79), Ali Schalk wound up 23rd (24:42.54) and Lindsay Nye came in 28th (25:36.81). Rams repeat in N10ATTICA — Upper Sandusky's girls went the first 10 years of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference without winning a cross country title. Saturday, the Rams cruised to their second in a row.All five scorers finished in the top 10, propelling the Rams past Seneca East 27-45 for the N10 Championship title.Carey took third with 77 points, followed by Colonel Crawford (96) and Buckeye Central (108). Mohawk, Bucyrus and Wynford did not field full teams.Jocelyn Leightey (20:16.23) and Madison Miles (20:48.95) fueled the champion Rams by running second and third, Abigail Ault (21:04.25) and Shiloh Shasteen (21:14.65) crossed the line sixth and seventh, and Macie Clark claimed ninth (21:32.94).Molly Minehart (29th, 23:42.72) and Lia Wilkinson (33rd, 24:21.51) rounded out Upper Sandusky.Seneca East put three runners in the top 10, led by Aubrey Ritzler's individual winning time of 19:29.58.Emma Voorhees added a fourth (20:52.25) for the Tigers, Avery Schwab captured eighth (21:23.43), Lydia Ruffing ran 16th (22:12.59) and Julia Enders took 18th (22:26.14).Tigers Jordyn Enders (19th, 22:27.88) and Valerie Bordner (21st, 22:37.75) also competed.Ellianna Arnold paced Carey with a 10th (21:36.07), Elysa Holsinger came in 12th (21:45.58), Gracie Luhring took 15th (22:05.14), Kinsey Motter wound up 20th (22:31.46) and Jaelyn Tong finished 23rd (23:08.58).Ema Ritter (34th, 24:46.75) and Savannah Walton (36th, 25:01.19) also hit the course for the Blue Devils.Buckeye Central's Angela Figueroa captured fifth (21:01.31), Samantha Auck claimed 17th (22:22.68), Sophie Schoenfelt ran 26th (23:14.9), Catherine Parsons took 38th (25:15.73) and Lilly Stockmaster ended 48th (26:42.6).Eva Johnson of Mohawk clocked in 14th (21:56.71) and Izzy Lawson finished 39th (25:24.22). SE's Holmes, Upper Sandusky boys top area N10 effortsATTICA — Seneca East's Neven Holmes claimed individual runner-up honors and Upper Sandusky's team captured second on the strength of two top-10 runners Saturday at the Northern 10 Athletic Conference Championship.Colonel Crawford held off the Rams 41-49 for the title, followed by Seneca East (65), Bucyrus (72) and Carey (126).Mohawk, Buckeye Central and Wynford did not field full teams.Carter Pohlman's fifth (16:58.04) and Andrew Leightey's sixth (17:11.25) sparked the runner-up Rams.Henry Minehart backed them with a 12th (17:32.55), Franklin Arnold took 14th (17:39.48) and Bryce Weyand came in 19th (18:24.33).Josh Craig (22nd, 18:59.5) and Christan Miller (24th, 19:03.81) also ran for Upper Sandusky.Holmes crossed the line in 16:36.13 for the Tigers.Francisco Lantz ran 10th (17:24.73), Ayden Perkins ended 15th (17:52.93), Remington Newell claimed 21st (18:43.37) and Thomas Schiefer finished 27th (19:26.49).Aiden Falter (30th, 19:35.69) and Ryly Stacklin (45th, 21:36.38) rounded out Seneca East.Carey's Riley Miller took 20th (18:29.73), Brylon Middleton wound up 25th (19:05.68), Oliver Sidor finished 32nd (19:43.59), Owen Sidor ended 35th (20:11.16) and Carter Hall came in 40th (20:36.11).Blue Devils Blake Mangett (42nd, 20:49.83) and Javen Baker (48th, 21:51.7) also competed.Phoenix Nally of Mohawk clocked in eighth (17:15.45), Kolton Wood ran 11th (17:30.61) and Timmy Horner ended 37th (20:20.98).Jeremiah Roberson's 17th (18:09.46) led Buckeye Central. Evan Niese added a 46th (21:41.25), Zane Petrie ended 55th (22:54.69) and Keegan Durnwald finished 57th (22:56.54). FHS girls 7th at conference meetOTTAWA LAKE, Michigan — Fostoria's girls finished seventh and Andrew Lira ran 23rd in the boys race Saturday to top the Redmen's efforts at the Northern Buckeye Conference meet.Maumee claimed the girls title, beating Genoa 26-57. Eastwood took third (94), followed by Rossford (104), Lake (109), Otsego (121) and Fostoria (191). Oak Harbor did not field a full team.Kaliyah Day led FHS by taking 31st (23:59.99), Avarie Tiell ended 40th (25:31.61), Aliyanna Cousins came in 53rd (28:45.21), Juleene Turner wound up 60th (31:40.69) and Ciarah Nyamwaro finished 62nd (35:21).Genoa's boys beat Eastwood 26-56 for the other crown, followed by Maumee (80), Otsego (84) and Lake (155). Fostoria, Rossford and Oak Harbor did not field full teams.Lira ran 23rd (18:55.24) for FHS. Jayden Schmitz added a 32nd (19:58.44) and Dameetrie Essex took 46th (21:52.79).