Olpe’s cross country teams both qualified for the state meet in Wamego at their Class 2A regional on Saturday at Pleasanton.
The Olpe boys finished second with 69 points to Maranatha Academy’s 40. Colby Nuessen and Colton Bess ran in sixth and seventh place respectively to lead the Eagles. Ethan Hall also medaled, finishing in 15th, and Glen Haag just earned a medal spot with a 20th-place finish. Colgan earned the third team invite to state with 94 points.
The Olpe girls finished third out of four teams with 56 points. Katelyn Henderson took home the individual title for the Eagles, running the course in 15:47.05. Kelsey Camien finished 14th for Olpe, and Nicole Wendling finished 17th.
Lebo’s O’Lani Holland qualified for state as an individual with a 16th-place finish. Maranatha won the girls team title with 23 points, and Colgan finished second for a state berth.
The Class 2A girls state run will begin on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Wamego Country Club. The 2A boys run will be at 12:30 p.m.
Heights girls win
3A regional
Northern Heights’ girls cross country team won its Class 3A regional on Saturday at Pleasanton High School and qualified for the state meet.
Led by the race’s top two finishers, freshman Kimberly Smith and junior Jasmine King, the Wildcat girls finished with 42 points, beating Kansas City Christian by three. Smith finished the race in 16 minutes, 27.89 seconds, with King five seconds behind at 16:32.96.
Amy Lee and Gesina Miller also medaled for Heights; Lee finished 12th and Miller 16th. Just missing out on a medal was Elizabeth Karr, who finished 22nd. Chelsea Carr finished 30th and Annie Adams 42nd. The third girls team qualifier from the regional was Burlington, which finished with 73 points.
The Heights boys didn’t qualify for state, finishing seventh out of eight teams with 141 points. Justin Heston led the Wildcats with a 16th-place finish, and Chris Seematter also earned a medal, finishing 20th. Brian Hultgren finished 29th and Jon Lowder 39th. KC Christian won the regional with 47 points, led by first-place runner Nick Anning. Wellsville and Cherokee-Southeast also qualified.
Osage City, led by girls third-place individual finisher Cally Aspegren, finished fourth on both the boys and girls sides. Kyle Stromgren was the only other medalist for the Indians, finishing 10th in the boys race.
The Class 3A state meet will be Saturday morning at Wamego Country Club. The girls will run at 9 a.m., and the boys will take off at 10 a.m.
Lebo, Olpe lose
in semis at Alma
Lebo fell in its Class 2A substate final Saturday at Alma, and Olpe saw its season end in the semifinals.
Lebo handled Lyndon in its opening match, 25-10, 25-16, before moving on to face Wabaunsee in the semifinals. The Wolves beat Wabaunsee 25-20, 25-15, earning them a match with St. Marys in the final, where they 25-13, 25-21. Lebo finished 37-3 on the year.
St. Marys (37-5) reached the substate final by taking out Olpe 25-17, 25-10. Before reaching the semifinals, Olpe beat Burlingame 25-15, 25-17. The Eagles finished their season with a 25-10 mark.
Chase County was St. Marys’ first-round victim, ending the Bulldogs’ season at 9-20.
Wildcats, Braves fall
in first round
Northern Heights and Council Grove both lost in the first round of Class 3A substate volleyball action on Saturday at Riley County.
The host school defeated Heights 25-20, 25-20, and second-seeded Council Grove suffered a major upset at the hands of seventh-seeded Silver Lake, 25-17, 25-8. Rock Creek defeated Silver Lake in the substate final, 25-23, 26-24.
Heights finished 13-19 on the year. Chase County finished 20-17.
Osage City VB reaches state tourney
With a victory in its Class 3A substate bracket on Saturday at Richmond, Osage City earned a spot in the state tournament beginning Friday at Salina.
The fourth-seeded Indians will carry a 35-5 record into the tournament when they take on fifth-seeded Jefferson North (37-6) at 4:30 p.m. Osage will then play Hoisington at 6:30 p.m. The semifinals will be held Saturday at 2 p.m., with the championship and third-place matches to follow 25 minutes after the semis are completed.
Madison eliminated
in round one
Host school Madison lost in the first round of a Class 1A substate on Saturday night. The Bulldogs lost to top-seeded Hutch Central Christian 25-6 in the first game, then put up a fight in the second game before losing 27-25. Hutch Central Christian went on to defeat Southern Coffey County 25-20, 25-18 in the Substate B final. Goessel won the Substate A final at Madison, defeating Pretty Prairie for the other spot at state.
Madison finished its season at 16-20.
ralpheatsbeef (anonymous) says...
Katelyn Henderson was amazing! What a run! 15:47 !?!?
btw ... Burlington was there too, and it was at Mound City at the Sugar Valley Lakes golf course, not at Pleasanton. BHS had Nate Reznicek (Jr) medal at 5th in the 3A Boys, and Rhian Jones (Fr) medal at 6th in the 3A Girls, with BHS Lady Cats team moving on to state with a 3rd place team finish.
October 27, 2008 at 6:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Congrats to Olpe and especially to Katelyn, she did run a great time. Congrats to Kimberly and the NHHS team, good luck to both teams at State this weekend!
"btw ... Burlington was there too"
They mentioned them in the article, but without race time information being sent in by the Burlington officials, they usually won't publish details. Here's what they had-"The third girls team qualifier from the regional was Burlington, which finished with 73 points."
Congrats to the Burlington girls for qualifying. Our area was well represented at Regionals!
October 28, 2008 at 5:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ralpheatsbeef (anonymous) says...
What can I say? The BHS coach is an Olpe native ...
October 28, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
create (anonymous) says...
Nice job, Olpe! Hard working kids, great coach!
October 28, 2008 at 5:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
neighbor (anonymous) says...
Congratulations on your 2A State Title Katelyn, fantastic job!!!!!
Congratulations to you Kimberly on placing 4th in the 3A State run as a freshman! You have a bright future ahead of you.
November 2, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )