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Monday, October 15, 2012

NBC cross country: Elmwood boys, girls are runners-up
BETTSVILLE -- Elmwood's boys and girls cross country teams came away with second-place finishes at Saturday's Northern Buckeye Conference championships at H.P. Eells Park.

Elmwood, the defending boys champion, couldn't overcome Otsego as the Knights topped the Royals 45-71 for first place.

Fostoria was sixth with 138 points.

Elmwood's Lorne Strausbaugh (4th, 16:59.01) and Fostoria's C.J. Matheny (6th, 17:12.2) made the all-NBC first team.

The Royals' Josh Mathias (11th, 17:32.3) and Alex Jasso (13th, 17:38.44) were second team all-NBC.

Otsego's Brandon Avers was the boys champion in 16:21.28.

Defending champion Eastwood eased past Elmwood 36-43 to win the girls meet.

Eastwood's Maddie Jackson claimed the girls race in 19:39.01.

All-NBC first teamers Miranda Wagner (6th, 21:04.01) and Jessica Murlin (7th, 21:12.39) led the way for Elmwood.

Fostoria's Taylor Keeley (8th, 21:16.51) and Elmwood's Brittany Gross (11th, 21:28.44) were second-team all-NBC selections.

Varsity Races

Boys Team Standings

1, Otsego 45. 2, Elmwood 71. 3, Woodmore 74. 4, Lake 91. 5, Genoa 97. 6, Fostoria 138.

First Team All-NBC

1, Brandon Avers (Ots) 16:21.28. 2, Tyler Rickman (Lake) 16:24.34. 3, Scott Brittenham (Lake) 16:42.52. 4, Lorne Strausbaugh (Elm) 16:59.01. 5, Jordy Ghesquiere (Ots) 17:11.29. 6, C.J. Matheny (Fos) 17:12.2. 7, Kaleb Perez (Wood) 17:13.2.

Second Team All-NBC

8, Ryan Avers (Wood) 17:17.17. 9, Clay Parlette (Gen) 17:22.92. 10, Derek Morgan (Ots) 17:28.51. 11, Josh Mathias (Elm) 17:32.3. 12, Caleb Baus (Ots) 17:36.37. 13, Alex Jasso (Elm) 17:38.44. 14, Kyle Farrell (Genoa) 17:40.17.

Honorable Mention All-NBC

15, Joey McTague (Wood) 17:45.21. 16, Matt Robleski (Wood) 17:52.53. 17, Garry Armstrong (Ots) 17:54.4. 18, Fred Balmoria (Ots) 17:55.02. 19, Jared Lesniewicz (Gen) 17:55.37. 20, Orfrancis Ozuna (Lak) 17:57.1. 21, Jacob Nungester (Elm) 18:00.59.

Other Area Top 50 FinisheRs

22, Chris Goodrich (Elm) 18:05.13. 24, Salvador Cantero (Fos) 18:14.69. 25, Andrew Jasso (Elm) 18:17.32. 27, Matthew Wagner (Elm) 18:26.27. 30, Devon Spieker (Elm) 18:46.89. 34, Rowyn Schneider (Fos) 18:58.32. 40, Tommy Rios (Elm) 19:22.72. 42, George Andrich (Elm) 19:29.43. 43, Justin Hathaway (Elm) 19:38.17. 46, Kole Schultz (Elm) 19:49.7.

Girls Team Standings

1, Eastwood 36. 2, Elmwood 43. 3, Lake 100. 4, Fostoria 107. 5, Otsego 108. 6, Rossford 131.

First Team All-NBC

1, Maddie Jackson (East) 19:39.01. 2, Courtney Burner (Wood) 19:55.93. 3, Carly Gose (Gen) 19:59.43. 4, Lexi Clark (East) 20:57.93. 5, Meagan Kaminski (East) 21:00.83. 6, Miranda Wagner (Elm) 21:04.01. 7, Jessica Murlin (Elm) 21:12.39.

Second Team All-NBC

8, Taylor Keeley (Fos) 21:16.51. 9, Jodi Bays (Gen) 21:20.83. 10, Jessica Petraisz (Ross) 21:27.21. 11, Brittany Gross (Elm) 21:28.44. 12, Marissa Boos (Lake) 21:30.21. 13, McKayla Phillips (East) 21:34.57. 14, Adeline Smith (Ots) 21:41.79.

Honorable Mention All-NBC

15, Emma Krassow (Elm) 21:43.43. 16, Dayna Fackler (Ots) 21:44.89. 17, Emily Tracy (Elm) 21:51.65. 18, Vanessa Warton (Lake) 21:57.05. 19, Keli Bradford (Elm) 21:58.51. 20, Hayley Rinearson (Elm) 22:08.59. 21, Adrianna Eufracio (Fos) 22:13.84.

Other Area Top 50 FinisheRs

22, Emily Wilhelm (Elm) 22:15.46. 28, Madison Reinhard (Elm) 22:59.47. 29, Raven Rodgers (Fos) 23:11.45. 33, Ashlyn Roberts (Fos) 23:28.65. 40, Keeley May (Fos) 25:36.81. 47, Samantha Kreais (Elm) 29:00.6.

Junior High Races

Boys Team Standings

1, Rossford 59. 2, Elmwood 60. 3, Otsego 80. 4, Woodmore 85. 5, Eastwood 105. 6, Lake 121. 7, Genoa 150.

Girls Team Standings

1, Woodmore 33. 2, Eastwood 58. 3, Lake 70. 4, Otsego 106. 5, Elmwood 130. 6, Genoa 153. 7, Rossford 177.


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