Nine Warriors Earn Medals At Conference CC Meet Friday

Nine Warrior runners brought home medals from the Niobrara Valley Conference cross country meet in Atkinson on Friday.

The Neligh-Oakdale girls team earned third place and the boys team was fourth.

Kasi Grosserode finished third in the conference with a time of 22:01, and Jayda Chance ran a 23:13 for ninth place in the high school girls race. Others running for the Neligh-Oakdale girls team were Alexis Jensen 17th; Rachel Higgins 20th, Courtni Heckert 21st and Brittany McConnell 24th.

Austin Miller crossed the finish line in 19:13 for fourth place, followed by Devan Breuer and Cole Belitz in 12th and 13th, respectively. Rounding out the boys team were Ethan Kallhoff in 26th and Jayden Arehart in 29th.

In the final junior high race of the season, all four Warrior runners picked up medals: Emma Bixler 2nd; Hailey Bixler 5th; Griffin Claussen 2nd; and Garret Belitz, 8th.

Neligh-Oakdale's high school runners will compete in the D-3 District Meet on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Ainsworth Municipal Golf Course. The girls race is set to begin at 4 p.m. and the boys will start at approximately 4:45 p.m. 

Complete NVC meet results are listed below:

HS Girls:
1. Megan Erickson, NC, 21:28
2. Rebecca Frick, NC, 21:43
3. Kasi Grosserode, N-O, 22:01
4. Alyssa Reiman, WH, 22:02
5. Lexy Heyden, NC, 22:20
6. Kira Dickau, Stuart, 22:27
7. Shelby Heiser, BC, 23:09
8. Micaela McGeorge, BC, 23:11
9. Jayda Chance, N-O, 23:13
10. Jayden Reiman, WH, 23:34
11. Becca Fleetwood, EV, 23:44
12. Emma Laible, WH, 23:50
13. Emma Stahlecker, BC, 24:02
14. Taylor Fales, NC, 24:11
15. Morgan Harmon, BC, 24:30
16. Kelly McCarthy, BC, 24:48
17. Alexis Jensen, N-O, 24:53
18. Josie Kuchera, NC, 25:11
19. Katy Fleetwood, EV, 25:14
20. Rachel Higgins, N-O, 25:44
21. Courtni Heckert, N-O, 25:48
22. Tori Davis, NC, 26:14
23. Katie Lewis, NC JV, 26:14
24. Brittany McConnell, N-O, 27:22
25. Ariel Larsen, Stuart, 27:39
26. Jessa McCarthy, BC, 27:40

JH Girls:
​1. Alison Stineman, EV, 6:42
2. Emma Bixler, N-O, 7:14
3. Heather Atkinson, BC, 7:37
4. Ashley Hausmann, BC, 8:16
5. Hailey Bixler, N-O, 8:20
6. Charity Hunt, NC, 8:23
7. Kalie Reiman, WH, 8:32
8. Mary Walnofer, CWC, 8:39
9. Madison Tunender, WH, 9:05
10. Brianna Rentschler, WH, 9:08
11. Brianna Ivey, WH, 9:28
12. Andrea Hipke, BC, 9:33
13. Kaitlin Bussinger, WH, 9:59
14. Audrey Chvala, EV, 10:04
15. Dani McDermott, WH, 10:18
16. Sierra Schartz, WH, 11:50

HS Boys: 
1. Colin Erickson, NC, 17:26
2. Blake Ahlers, BC, 18:08
3. Connor McDermott, WH, 18:45
4. Austin Miller, N-O, 19:13
5. Dillon Ives, NV, 19:16
6. Cory Lechtenberg, BC, 19:20
7. Ben Thiele, WH, 19:20
8. Chase Harmon, BC, 19:20
9. Evan Reiman, BC, 19:33
10. Derek Mahoney, CWC, 19:45
11. Aaron Pavelka, NV, 20:02
12. Devan Breuer, N-O, 20:17
13. Cole Belitz, N-O, 20:24
14. Dennis McDermott, WH, 20:43
15. Isaac Juston, NV, 20:43
16. Buck Cronk, NC, 20:49
17. Isaac Cook, NV, 20:52
18. Dillon Stewart, EV, 21:06
19. Ethan Pickenpaugh, NV, 21:12
20. Brent Lemmer, WH, 21:37
21. Christian Swalley, NV JV, 21:54
22. Kody Roth, BC, 22:10
23. Masi LaPointe, NV, 22:11
24. Toby Ives, NV JV, 22:20
25. Nathan Haun, BC, 22:58
26. Ethan Kallhoff, N-O, 23:11
27. Dalton Smutney, EV, 23:16
28. Anthony Meyer, WH, 23:37
29. Jayden Arehart, N-O, 23:58
30. Pim Trommelen, BC JV, 25:59
​31. Alex Bustamante, NV JV, 28:41

JH Boys:
1. Aaron Kraus, WH, 6:45
2. Griffin Claussen, N-O, 6:52
3. Brayden Almgren, BC, 7:12
4. Gunner Vargas, NV, 7:28
5. Trevin Hanson, EV, 7:30
6. Jackson Butterfield, WH, 7:37
7. Joshua Kersch, BC, 7:45
8. Garret Belitz, N-O, 7:46
9. Tommy Klemesrud, NC, 7:56
10. Joseph Albrecht, WH, 8:01
​11. Kenny Justo, NV, 8:45