September 26, 2013 at 4:22 p.m.
Dodge-Point girls win, boys 2nd at Belleville
The girls scored 31 points with Baraboo the runner-up with 62.
Dodge-Point's Brittany Rhyner finished third in 16:42, trailing only Clinton's Julia Kaster (16:08) and Belleville's Noelle Maire (16:13).
D-P's Emily Philipps was fifth in 16:52 with Mikaela Bakker right behind finishing sixth in 17:09.
Mary Hanson was eighth in 17:35 with McKenzie Hall ninth in 17:4 and Megan Hottmann 10th in 17:45 to round out the varsity.
Other D-P finishes were: Claire Baldus 15th 18:21, Mariah Zoet 17th 18:26, Kennedy Stumpf 21st 18:40, Kylie Greenheck 22nd 18:42, Tessa Solberg 24th 18:50, Shianne Carroll 25th 18:53, Alexis Bauer 29th 18:59, Debbie Heth 30th 18:59, Jorie Driscoll 38th 19:43, Brittany Walczak 41st 20:00, Katie Dochnahl 45th 20:22, Tara Bender 7th 20:26, Drew Sandstrom 50th 20:41, Dani Wetter 51st 20:41, Courtney Miess 52nd 20:49, Melissa Seman 56th 21:02, Jackie Frank 67th 22:44, Ashley Chitwood 72nd 23:02, Sarah Lawinger 82nd 24:16, Diana Dochnahl 95th 28:06.
Dodge-Point coach Denny McGraw taked about his varsity girls, "The varsity girls won the Belleville Invite by a large margin, beating 2nd place Baraboo with a score of 31 to 62. Brittany Rhyner placed 3rd with a time of 16:42 to lead the Dodge-Point varsity girls to a victory. It was nice that the JV girls also won the meet." We look forward to the Janesville Midwest invite on Saturday, which is our largest meet of the year.
The rest of the team scores were: Evansville 72, Clinton 97, Belleville 103, Pecatonica/Argyle 157. Holy Family, Home School, Johnson Creek, Southwestern/Cuba City and St. Ambrose Academy did not field a complete team.
Baraboo won the boys meet with 26 points to Dodge-Point's 57.
D-P's Tyler Wunnicke finished runner-up to Baraboo's Marek Sokolowski 17:26 to 17:55.
Next for Dodge-Point was Jack Schickel 12th in 19:18 followed by Brandon Forseth in 19:31, Tanner Cullen 13th in 19:33, Luke Davis 14th in 19:40, Tannler Ames 16th in 19:43, Henry Schickel 18th in 20:02, Chanler Leonard 31st 20:13, Cory Fitzsimmons 39th 20:44, Stewart Thompson 41st 20:46, Ty Driscoll 44th 20:58, Preston Phillips 49th 21:24, Caleb Byers 51st 21:30, Nathan Eisenzimmer 52nd 21:33, Trevor Ross 70th 23:29, Dalton Nohns 71st 23#1, Conner Trocke 74th 23:42, Hayden Phillips 77th 23:52, Bobby McNeill 79th 24:01, Nolan Pfaff 83rd 24:19, Tristan Wilkins 91st 26:41, Henry Luitjens 9"3rd 27:31.
"The varsity boys took second to a very good Division I school, Baraboo," McGraw said. "Tyler Wunnicke led the Dodge-Point boys with a second place finish of 17:55. The JV boys also took second. It is exciting to see the runners working so hard and improving week to week."
The rest of the boys team scores were: Belleville 73, Evansville 104, Clinton 136, Holy Family 154. Johnson Creek, Pecatonica/Argyle, Southwestern/Cuba City and St. Ambrose Academy ran without complete teams.
McGraw concluded talking about the teams'next meet - "We look forward to the Janesville Midwest invite on Saturday, which is our largest meet of the year. It is held this Saturday, September 28 at the Blackhawk Golf Course, just south of Janesville (exit 174A)." Schedule: 9:15 Freshmen/Sopho-more Girls, 9:50 Freshmen/Sopho-more Boys, 10:25 Varsity Girls, !1:00 Varsity Boys, 11:35 JV Girls, 12:10 JV Boys.
