October 12, 2020 at 9:45 a.m.
Dodge-Point girls win, boys 2nd at Boscobel
The girls posted a score of 41 to top host Boscobel's 49 with Fennimore a close third at 51 and Riverdale with 100
Julia Thompson finished fourth overall in 21:37 to lead the DP charge.
Haylee Kearns took fifth in 21:44. Sierra Davenport was seventh in 21:51, Chloe Oberhauser finished 12th in 22:27 and Grace Wersal was 13th in 22:36,
Their final two runners were Regan Schuette 14th in 22;37, Brittany Thompson 15th in 22:55, Emmily Cody 16th in 22:59, Zoey Dampf 18th in 23:17, Christina Collier 19th in 23:24, Kiera Halverson 24th in 24:35, Kaylee Rochon 32nd in 25:21, Livia Winch 34th in 25:32 and Katie Kramer 51st in 30:05.,
Fennimore took 1-2 in the race with senior Brynlee Nelson winning in 20:26 and senior Lauryn Bunn following in 20:53.
Riverdale senior Elizabeth Husker was third in 21:25.
Dodge-Point's Will Aurit was the boys individual winner in 17:16 with teammate Charlie Keith right behind him in 17:26.
Their other scorers were: Joey Robinson sixth in 18:13, Chandler Williams 12th in 19:11 and Mason Winch 18th in 20:22. Then came Wyatt Scheckel 21st in 21:58, Thomas Esch 27th in 22:59 and Paul Angel 36th in 27:13.
Boscobel won with 34 points to Dodge-Point's 39. Riverdale had 76 and Fennimore 77.
Dodge-Point coach Denny McGraw talked about the meet saying:
The Boscobel Cross Country team hosted a quadrangular meet at the Ryan Zimpel Memorial Course. The meet started with a tribute to Greg Bell who recently passed away from cancer. Greg Bell has been a long time part of the southwest Wisconsin cross country family. He was a coach for many years at Boscobel and then became principal and district administrator. Greg was a wonderful person who will be greatly missed by everyone that had the privilege to know him. He played a huge part in so many young people's lives. Gone way too soon at the young age of 51.
"This is a unique and challenging course out in the country near Boscobel. You run through farm fields and woods. Even though it is a tough course our runners stepped up and did a great job.
"Our girls are running in a nice pack, led by Sophomore Julia Thompson with Junior Haylee Kearns and Freshmen Sierra Davenport close behind. These three girls set a nice pace that kept them competitive throughout the race. The first 7 runners for DPCC only had 1 minute 18 second gap. Senior Chloe Oberhuser and Freshmen Grace Wersal were scorers for the team,, doing so well so that our girls team placed first among the four teams. Freshmen Regan Schuette and Senior Brittany Thompson rounded out the varsity squad, pushing the others the entire way. We are so pleased with the mental toughness these girls are showing early in the season. They all ran during the summer and this has helped tremendously. We have 7 girls on the JV team (the meet did not score the JV results) and they are running very well to help the team become better and better.
"We have small numbers but great determination on our boys team. We placed a close second behind Boscobel in the race. Junior Will Aurit won the race and Sophomore Charlie Keith placed second, leading the entire race. These two run relaxed and confident, a pleasure to watch. Sophomore Joey Robinson stepped up nicely this race to place 6th and will only continue to improve. Junior Chandler Williams and Sophomore Mason Winch finished the scoring for the boys varsity with solid racers by both runners. Freshmen Wyatt Scheckel and Thomas Esch are new to cross country this year and are doing well in their first few races of the season. Again no JV team score.
"This week we go to Prairie du Chien on Tuesday, September 22 for a triangular and Friday, September 25 to Fennimore for an invite. Because of Covid, passes are required to attend a cross country meet with masks and social distancing being observed. We are very proud of how hard our cross country runners are working and how they are following the health guidelines set up so we hopefully continue with the season."
