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, Winside finished sixth (65 pts).
There were no Winside male runners.
Aleah Bilstein from Winside was about eight seconds from qualifying for state placing just outside the medal stand in 16th (22:14.8).
Other Winside results came from Avery Brummels (21st - 22:46), Leah Uttecht (35th - 23:57.5), MaKenna Thies (54th - 27:03.5) and Pieper Bruns (55th - 27:08).
With a final regular season match upcoming, the Winside volleyball program played three recent matches.
Starting in Stuart on Oct. 15, Winside won in four sets at Stuart (25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23) before beginning the Lewis and Clark Conference Tourney as the #4 seed and were swept by both #5 Wausa (score NA) and #9 Homer (20-25, 24-26) on Oct. 19.
Winside is now 12-15 on the season.
With back-to-back road games on the regular season schedule, Winside competed in another Class D3 outing on Oct. 16.
From Clarkson, Winside lost 46-14, dropping their third straight falling to 2-6. The Coyotes improved to 4-4.
Carter Krause led Winside in the rushing attack with 15 carries for 89 yards and one score while Asher Uttecht added 14 rushes for 73 yards and one score.
Asher Uttecht recorded a team-high 19 tackles, a pair of tackles for loss and a sack (five solo) followed by Tyler Paulsen with 12 tackles and one TFL (five solo).
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