Winside had to runners place in the top 15 as the Wildcats came away with runner-up honors in boys competition at the season-opening Wisner-Pilger Invitational Thursday at Indian Trails Country Club.
Dylan Brogren finished 10th in a time of 19:41.70 and JaShaun Vyborny was two places behind at 19:46.30 to lead Winside, as they broke a tie with Lyons-Decatur for the runner-up plaque.
LCC’s boys finished 12th out of 16 teams and were led by Ryan Bathke and Sean Aschoff, who finished 31st and 39th, respectively.
In girls action, Kayli Naeve was 39th and Vanessa Vance with 48th for LCC, while Andi Belt finished 36th as Wayne’s lone JV runner.
In JV action, Trace Naeve finished eighth to lead area runners. Eddie Olander and Josh Greunke finished 18th and 24th, respectively, for Winside.
Hartington-Newcastle swept the team titles in boys and girls competition.
Wisner-Pilger Invitational
Boys Team Standings
Hartington-Newcastle 45, Winside 77, Lyons-Decatur 77, Elkhorn Valley 80, Wisner-Pilger 83, Madison 85, Winnebago 99, Archbishop Bergan 124, Humphrey St. Francis 151, West Point-Beemer 152, Battle Creek 185, LCC 191, East Butler 210, Ponca 218, Oakland-Craig 253, Pender 302.
Area Results
WINSIDE — 10. Dylan Brogren, 19:41.70; 12. JaShaun Vyborny, 19:46.30; 25. Alex Carlson, 20:38.40; 30. Carter Jensen, 21:08.30; 46. Toby Hienemann, 22:17.50; 60. Lane Damme, 23:47.30.
LCC — 31. Ryan Bathke, 21:09.20; 39. Sean Aschoff, 21:34.80; 61. Michael Kurtzhals, 23:49.50; 62. Karsen Klooz, 23:54.00; 74. Landen Boysen, 24:57.00.
WAYNE JV — 83. Lance Muhs, 27:03.00; 86. Stuart Hasemann, 28:37.70.
Boys JV results (no team scores)
AREA JV — 8. Trace Naeve, LCC, 24:43.50; 18. Eddie Olander, Winside, 27:30.20; 24. Josh Greunke, Winside, 31:43.40.
Girls Team Standings
Hartington-Newcastle 15, Humphrey St. Francis 44, East Butler 45, Battle Creek 72, West Point-Beemer 88, Archbishop Bergan 89, Ponca 120, Wisner-Pilger 131, Oakland-Craig 142. LCC, Madison, Pender, Humphrey/LHF and Wayne JV did not field full teams.
Area Results
LCC — 39. Kayli Naeve, 29:58.60; 48. Vanessa Vance, 32:03.90.
WAYNE JV — 36. Andi Belt, 29:10.10.
