Four of the five Wayne Herald Nebraska High School cross country programs battled the Oct. 15 weather and course conditions to punch their ticket to state by either placing in the top three teams or top 15 individually.
From Twin Creeks Golf Club in Pender, Wakefield's Colt Johnson (fourth - 17:35.2) qualified for state.
The Wakefield girls took 10th (83 pts) while the Wakefield boys finished fifth with 63 points.
Wakefield top performers were Jamie Lopez (20th - 22:37.3), Arianna Zarate (31st - 23:36.8), Jennifer Hernandez (40th - 24:26.2), Natalie Zuniga Hernandez (42nd - 24:48.7) and Angie Gomez (48th - 26:01.5).
During the boys division, following Wakefield's state qualifier (Jonhson) was Gio Prado (28th - 19:35.6), William Benson (33rd - 20:09.7), Diego Domingo (37th - 20:15.7) and Baldwin Garcia (48th - 21:25.2).
Wakefield was limited to a pair of touchdowns during their regular season home finale while the Trojan volleyball program ended a 15-match losing streak.
From Gardner Stadium in Wakefield on Oct. 16, the host Trojans dropped a 53-14 decision against Wisner-Pilger.
Wakefield has now lost seven straight falling to 1-7 while the visiting Gators improved to 7-1.
Matthew Metzler completed 7-of-10 for 34 yards and led the rushing department with 59 yards on 13 carries and one score. He also ran in a two-point conversion.
C.arter Kratke hauled in three receptions for 24 yards and also ran the ball five times for four yards.
Ivan Sanchez De La Isla gave the Trojans a spark on a 77-yard pick six. He also caught one pass for four yards.
East Husker Conference tournament play took over the October schedule for Wakefield with two matches remaining in the regular season.
Starting in Stanton on Oct. 15, #15 Wakefield lost at #2 Stanton (12-25, 8-25) before competing in the consolation round on Oct. 17 in North Bend.
The Trojans snapped a 15-match losing streak thanks to a pair of consolation wins over #14 Madison (25-15, 23-25, 25-17) and #13 West Point-Beemer (25-20, 25-23).
Wakefield (3-23) then dropped a second match at Stanton (16-25, 17-25, 12-25) on Oct. 20.
EHC three-match leaders were Quinn Riewer with 18 kills and 29 digs while Emersen Mackling added 26 digs to go along with seven service ace and four blocks (three solo).
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