Five area 7B harriers reap postseason honors

At Kalispell, the all-classification state cross country championships were split between two days instead of the usual single-day event due to COVID precautions. Classes A and B ran their events Friday, while Classes AA and C wrapped the season up Saturday. The top 15 finishers earned all-state recognition.

Western B area runners pulled double duty in their season finale. Because of the cancellation of the Western B Divisional, state B times were utilized to determine all-conference finishers and stratification.

Among the state B segment, Mission runners Thomas Nuila and Andrew Rush received all-state honors with top-15 finishes as Nuila finished ninth and Rush 15th. Sophomore Zoran LaFrombois was the third Bulldog runner to cross the finish line with a top-30, sub-19 finish. Arlee’s Sage Nicolai and RJ Knoll both finished among the top 100 with sub-22s.

Among area girls, Mission’s Cedar Hunt placed 18th, a mere 17 seconds from squeezing into the top 15. Madyson Currie and Kooper Page both finished among the top 70, Page with a personal best. The Arlee girls were paced by Princess Bolen and Cheyenne Pablo, who both ran season bests to place among the top 100.

Once competitors from other divisions were filtered out from the finish list, Cedar Hunt emerged as the first westerner to cross the finish line, earning her Western B champion honors with her first-place finish. Madyson Currie wrapped up the final slot in 10th place for all-conference accolades. This is the second season in a row that a Mission runner has laid claim to the Western B champion crown, Karolyna Buck taking first place last season. Buck now runs for Montana Tech.

Among the Mission boys, all-staters Nuila and Rush both doubled their hardware haul with all-conference recognition as well, while Zoran LaFrombois received his second all-conference honor with a ninth-place finish among Western B extrapolated times.

The Mission boys repeated as Western B runner up in team standings, while the Mission girls tied for second initially, but took third after the application of tiebreaker criteria.

In state C action, Charlo’s Hayden Smith and Lady Vikings Aryal Love and Guinevere Contreras all finished among the top 60, running in sub-freezing snowy conditions.

2020 State B XC Meet

Rebecca Farm, Friday

Girls

Team scores

1, Broadwater-Townsend (Twn) 59; 2, Manhattan (Manh) 60; 3, Red Lodge (RL) 99; 4, Huntley Project (HP) 159; 5, Three Forks (3F) 192; 6, Shepherd 260; 7, Sweet Grass County 284; 8, Glasgow (Gla) 285; 9, Thompson Falls (TF) 310; 10, Lincoln County-Eureka (Eur) 313; 11, Mission-St Ignatius (MSI) 330; 12, Powell County 365; 13, Anaconda 496; 14, Poplar 503; 15, Malta 503; <4: Columbus (Colu).

Local individual finishers

MISSION (St. Ignatius) – 18, Cedar Hunt 22:32.46; 59, Madyson Currie 24:49.87; 66, Kooper Page 25:29.07pr; 93, Emmy Flatlip 27:00.46sr; 94, Ellanah Flatlip 27:03.16.

ARLEE – 90, Princess Bolen 26:50.80sr; 95, Cheyenne Pablo 27:03.35sr; 136, Natallyia Martin 35:58.79.

BIGFORK – 44, Grace Stewart 24:08.07; 54, Tabitha Raymond 24:29.21.

Top 15 individuals

1, Hallie Hemenway (Manh) 20:10.99; 2, Natalie Wood (BT) 20:24.11; 3, Emma Stolte (Twn) 20:31.41 0">4. 10 Kelsey Plymale (Colu) 20:40.08; 5, Brayli Reimer (RL) 20:44.95; 6, Natalie Lile (HP) 21:36.02; 7, Emily See (Gla) 21:37.89; 8, Bailey Taves (Twn) 21:37.90; 9, Sarah Christensen (Twn) 21:38.77; 10, Iris McKean (Gla) 21:53.37; 11, Madeline Severson (Manh) 21:57.01; 12, Justene Santi (Twn) 21:59.14; 13, Jayden Woodland (3F) 21:59.95; 14, Bailey Binando (RL) 22:04.20; 15, Saige Duffin (Manh) 22:15.69.

Western B Divisional team scores (extrapolated from state)

1, Thompson Falls (TF) 63; 2, Eureka (Eur) 68; 3, Mission (MSI) 68; 4, Deer Lodge (DL) 79; 5, Anaconda 123; <4: Arlee, Bigfork, Loyola. Eureka wins tiebreaker based on #6 runner finish.

Western B top 10 all-conference

1, Cedar Hunt (MSI) 22:32.46; 2, Taylor Lancaster (Eur) 23:01.63; 3, Milynn Lucey (Eur) 23:06.94; 4, Cora Pesanti (Ana) 23:11.43; 5, Hattie Neesvig (TF) 23:37.90; 6, Ellie Baxter (TF) 24:05.50; 7, Grace Stewart (Bf) 24:08.07; 8, Natalie Spring (DL) 24:15.37; 9, Tabitha Raymond (Bf) 24:29.21; 10, Madyson Currie (MSI) 24:49.87; honorary all-conf: Josey Neesvig, T-Falls.

Western B area team individual finish sequence

MISSION (St. Ignatius) – 1, Cedar Hunt 22:32.46; 10, Madyson Currie 24:49.87; 12, Kooper Page 25:29.07pr; 22, Emmy Flatlip 27:00.46sr; 23, Ellanah Flatlip 27:03.16.

ARLEE – 21, Princess Bolen 26:50.80sr; 24, Cheyenne Pablo 27:03.35sr; 36, Natallyia Martin 35:58.79.

Boys

Team scores

1, Lincoln County/Eureka (Eur) 63; 2, Manhattan (Manh) 85; 3, Three Forks (3F) 154; 4, Wolf Point (WP) 179; 5, Huntley Project (HP) 199; 6, Glasgow (Gla) 209; 7, Broadwater 213; 8, Mission/St. Ignatius (MSI) 265; 9, Thompson Falls (TF) 316; 10, Bigfork 322; 11, Jefferson 333; 12, Red Lodge (RL) 334; 13, Cut Bank 365; 14, Harlem 396; 15, Poplar 439; 16, Powell County 458; 17, Shepherd 478; 18, Colstrip 487; 19, Loyola-Sacred Heart 502; 20, Whitehall 537; 21, Anaconda 545; 22, Rocky Boy 617.

Local individual finishers

MISSION (St. Ignatius) – 9, Thomas Nuila 18:15.62; 15, Andrew Rush 18:36.83; 25, Zoran LaFrombois 18:56.98; 100, Erich Morigeau 21:55.51; 116, Isaiah Nasewytewa 22:32.49sr; 125, Landry Leishman 23:07.19; 136, Kody Dillard 24:02.69.

ARLEE – 86, Sage Nicolai 21:18.04; 91, R.J. Knoll 21:26.97pr; 107, Drew Knoll 22:10.41; 143, Deon RedCloud 25:18.79.

BIGFORK – 33, Elliot Sanford 19:19.19; 59, Shelton Woll 20:25.48; 68, Colton Ballard 20:33.65; 72, Colton Wroble 20:36.89; 91, Elijah Albert 21:26.70.

Top 15 individuals

1, Zander Ackerman (WP) 17:16.85; 2, Justin Morgan (TF) 17:17.69; 3, Chaidh Lochridge (Eur) 17:43.43; 4, Aidan Thompson (DL) 18:00.24; 5, Brandon Emineth (RL) 18:02.74; 6, Gavin Bates (Eur) 18:02.89; 7, Wyatt Barney (Manh) 18:05.85; 8, Elijah Quick (RL) 18:08.68; 9, Thomas Nuila (MSI) 18:15.62; 10, Isaac Reynolds (Eur) 18:19.99; 11, Kevin Graves (HP) 18:21.09; 12, Layne Vanderby (Manh) 18:27.30; 13, Luke Meeker (Manh) 18:28.67; 14, Carl Zabrocki (Gla) 18:28.95; 15, Andrew Rush (MSI) 18:36.83.

Western B Divisional team scores (extrapolated from state)

1, Lincoln Co. Eureka (Eur) 30; 2, Mission St. Ignatius (MSI) 83; 3, Bigfork 85; 4, Thompson Falls (TF) 92; 5, Powell Co. Deer Lodge (DL) 138; 6, Loyola-Sacred Heart 141; 7, Anaconda 160; <4: Arlee.

Western B top 10 all-conference

1, Justin Morgan (TF) 17:17.69; 2, Chaidh Lochridge (Eur) 17:43.43; 3, Aidan Thompson (DL) 18:00.24; 4, Gavin Bates (Eur) 18:02.89; 5, Thomas Nuila (MSI) 18:15.62; 6, Isaac Reynolds (Eur) 18:19.99; 7, Andrew Rush (MSI) 18:36.83; 8, Ian Kumle (Eur) 18:45.82; 9, Zoran LaFrombois (MSI) 18:56.98; 10, Henry Cooke (Eur) 18:59.13.

Western B area team individual finish sequence

MISSION (St. Ignatius) – 5, Thomas Nuila 18:15.62; 7, Andrew Rush 18:36.83; 9, Zoran LaFrombois 18:56.98; 27, Erich Morigeau 21:55.51; 35, Isaiah Nasewytewa 22:32.49sr; 38, Landry Leishman 23:07.19; 42, Kody Dillard 24:02.69.

ARLEE – 22, Sage Nicolai 21:18.04; 24, R.J. Knoll 21:26.97pr; 32, Drew Knoll 22:10.41; 47, Deon RedCloud 25:18.79.

2020 State C XC Meet

Rebecca Farm, Saturday

Girls

Team scores

1, Manhattan Christian (MC) 29; 2, Seeley-Swan (SS) 30; 3, Westby-Grenora (WG) 34; 4, Culbertson 54; 5, Drummond (Drum) 62; 6, Belt/Centerville (BC) 64; 7, Scobey (Sco) 74; 8, Plentywood (Ple) 93; 9, Park City (PC) 103; 10, North Toole County(Sunburst) 128, 11, Powder River Co 130; 12, Fairview 132; 13, Whitewater 150; 14, Circle 178; 15, Dodson 185.

Top 15 individuals

1, Lindsey Paulson (BC) 20:50.75; 2, Annie Kaul (Ple) 21:51.68; 3, Ava Bellach (MC) 23:16.32; 4, Mia Handran (Sco) 23:33.81; 5, Elizabeth Field (WG) 23:35.38; 6, Sariah Maughan (SS) 23:36.91; 7, Sayler Stewart (WG) 23:37.43; 8, Emily Maughan (SS) 23:38.88; 9, Maddie Yakos (Drum) 23:51.39; 10, Allie Dale (TB) 24:01.49; 11, Mali Kamerman (MC) 24:06.76; 12, Gracie Yakos (Drum) 24:08.72; 13, Kayli Olson (Culb) 24:21.56; 14, Abigail Hoffman (PC) 24:32.70; 15, Kiersten VanKirk (MC) 24:35.77.

Local individual finishers

CHARLO – 55, Guinevere Contreras 29:24.92; 57, Aryal Love 29:53.43.

Boys

Team scores

1, Manhattan Christian (MC) 9; 2, Richey-Lambert (RL) 24; 3, Belt/Centerville (BC) 37; 4, Drummond (Drum) 65; 5, Scobey 68; 6, Darby 75; 7, Twin Bridges (TB) 95; 8, Ennis 103; 9, Culbertson 115; 10, Heart Butte 145; 11, Melstone 154; 12, Fromberg 219.

Top 15 individuals

1, Samuel Smith (RL) 17:04.18; 2, Riley Schott (MC) 17:28.43; 3, Oren Arthun (MC) 18:28.47; 4, Devan Walhof Jr (MC) 18:44.97; 5, Matt Kenney (MC) 19:10.56; 6, Nathan Adams (MC) 19:13.80; 7, Cullen Visser (MC) 19:30.95; 8, Asa Jassen (BC) 19:33.83; 9, Gavyn Bickel (Roberts) 19:45.42; 10, Samuel Bryant (Drum) 19:53.12; 11, Nicholas Ellerton (RL) 19:58.04; 12, Matthew Ellerton (RL) 19:58.17; 13, Clayton Jassen (BC) 20:00.67; 14, Scott Parke (Drum) 20:05.63; 15, Morgan Hendrickson (TB) 20:13.13.

Local individual finishers

CHARLO – 55, Hayden Smith 25:59.68.

HOT SPRINGS – 30, Kawika Ilac 21:25.56