Four area runners capture all-state honors

A quartet of Lake County cross country runners finished in the top 15 of their respective classes to capture all-state honors Saturday at the all-class state meets in Missoula.

Mission junior Zoran LaFrombois finished ninth among Class B boys with a time of 17:34.52 on the 5K course at the UM Golf Course. LaFrombois also was named all-state in basketball last spring as a sophomore.

Three local girls finished in the top 15 of the Class A field.

Polson’s Ashtyn Wagner, a junior, and senior Halle Heninger both ran sub-21s to claim all-state honors. It’s the second all-state finish for Heninger, who ran a season-best time Saturday. Wagner improved her season finale time by almost a minute over last year.

Ronan junior Olivia Heiner closed out the top 15 for all-state honors, staving off two competitors who were nipping at her heels by just seconds for the final slot.

Thomas and Robbie Nuila both ran well for Mission. Thomas finished 19th and Robbie was 27th.

The Polson boys were led by Drifter Skillicorn, who posted a personal best mid-17 to finish mere seconds from all-state honors in 16th place. He moved up through the pack from as far back as 32nd at the mile juncture. Teammates Noah Roberts and Ryan Dupuis both turned in sub-18s, with Roberts churning a personal best effort. Fellow Pirates Kai McDonald and Brandt Heninger both turned in sub-20s in their final race of the season.

Ronan’s Lochlyn Finley turned in a sub-20 among the Chiefs, while fellow teammates Keyan Pretty On Top and Elijah Tonasket were mere seconds from cracking the sub-20 barrier in their season finale.

Kooper Page along with Cedar Hunt of Mission, and Arlee’s Saisha NorthPiegan all turned in sub-25s to pace their respective teams in the Class B race.

In the Class C races, Charlo’s Guinevere Contreras closed out her prep cross country career by shaving over 5 minutes off her time from last season to finish among the top 30. Malayce Finley of Two Eagle River turned in a sub-22 to pace his fellow Eagle runners, while Charlo’s Hayden Smith and Branson Zempel both turned in sub-23s to spearhead the Vikings.

2021 MHSA State cross country meet (all classification 5K)

Oct. 23 at UM Golf Course, Missoula

CLASS A

Girl teams scores: 1, Columbia Falls 92; 2, Corvallis 99; 3, Hardin 107; 4, Laurel 146; 5, Hamilton 175; 6, Whitefish 178; 7, Miles City 183; 8, Dillon 183; 9, Fergus 196; 10, Polson 221.

Girls Top 15 (All-State): 1, Hannah Sempf (CF) 20:03.40; 2. Kiara IronHeart (Br) 20:07.10; 3, Mariah Aragon (Har) 20:18.65; 4, Ellyse Moccasin (Har) 20:18.71; 5, Ryleigh Kleinke (Sid) 20:27.23; 6, Amara Auch (Cor) 20:28.39; 7, Kinga Kari (Ham) 20:28.98; 8, Laurie Davidson (Cor) 20:30.13; 9, Lauren Taylor (Lau) 20:37.77;

10, Ashtyn Wagner (Pol) 20:39.80; 11, Mikelle Mosher (Dil) 20:42.40; 12, Halle Heninger (Pol) 20:44.09sr; 13, Paetra Cooke (Wf) 20:45.21; 14, Faye Holland (Dil) 20:47.15; 15, Olivia Heiner (Ron) 21:09.66.

Local girls: Polson – 10, Ashtyn Wagner 20:39.80; 12, Halle Heninger 20:44.09sr; 61, Maddilyn Huffine 23:40.40; 67, Isabel Seeley 23:58.89sr; 71, Katelyn Smith 24:15.01sr. Ronan – 15, Olivia Heiner 21:09.66; 95, Brogen Youngren 25:43.74; 96, Saellah Hugs 25:43.90; 110, Nichole Koehler 26:32.44pr.

Boys teams scores: 1, Hamilton 38; 2, Hardin 83; 3, Corvallis 87; 4, Whitefish 131; 5, Columbia Falls 148; 6, Laurel 149; 7, Dillon 228; 8, Polson 228; 9, Browning 263; 10, Park 271; 16, Ronan 461.

Boys Top 15 (All-State): 1, Brinson Wyche (Cor) 16:25.98; 2, Colter Purcell (Ham) 16:34.18sr; 3, Ben Steadman (Dil) 16:35.46pr; 4, Lane Cole (Ham) 16:47.04; 5, Colter Kirkland (Ham) 16:53.46; 6, Mason Genovese (Wf) 16:57.42pr; 7, Bryson Rogers (Har) 17:04.11; 8, Tanner Nead (Ham) 17:09.91sr; 9, Charlie Serafin (Park) 17:16.11; 10, Alduran TakesEnemy (Har) 17:16.74; 11, James Petersen (CF) 17:21.19sr; 12, Andrew Durgan (Park) 17:23.62; 13, Jacob Henson (Wf) 17:25.28; 14, Tayjon Joe (Har) 17:25.81; 15, Clay Truth (Cor) 17:28.74pr.

Local boys: Polson – 16, Drifter Skillicorn 17:32.64pr; 38, Noah Roberts 18:23.96pr; 52, Ryan Dupuis 18:52.99; 56, Kai McDonald 19:02.51pr; 66, Brandt Heninger 19:33.76; 94, Noah Trosper 20:22.97; 106, David Bjorge 20:50.70. Ronan – 74, Loclyn Finley 19:46.13; 83, Keyan PrettyOnTop 20:03.01; 87, Elijah Tonasket 20:06.35; 95, Nicholas Dresen 20:26.20pr; 122, Tayen Edmo 22:03.56; 124, Jacob Piapot 22:25.54pr; 125, Beau Decker 22:30.94

CLASS B

Girls team scores: 1, Red Lodge 87; 2, Broadwater 100; 3, Columbus 109; 4, Manhattan 115; 5, Three Forks 151; 6, Huntley Project 209; 7, Colstrip 257; 8, Glasgow 278; 9, Poplar 278; 10, Bigfork 308; 715, Mission 459; 19 Arlee 612.

Girls Top 15 (All-State): 1, Emma Stolte (Broadwater) 19:18.91; 2, Renea Parker (Jefferson) 19:32.58pr; 3, Natalie Wood (Sweet Grass County) 19:56.34; 4, Iris McKean (Gla) 20:01.27; 5, Kelsey Plymale (Colu) 20:08.82sr; 6, Jayden Woodland (3F) 20:19.09; 7, Makenzie Sheils (Colu) 20:36.14pr; 8, Ella Miller (Manh) 20:39.49; 9, Tanae Baker (Gla) 20:40.47; 10, Brayli Reimer (RL) 20:48.07; 11, Jazmin Gorder (Poplar) 21:05.10; 12, Taya Trottier (Harlem) 21:05.28; 13, Bailey Binando (RL) 21:11.72; 14, Memphys Meier (Broadwater) 21:14.43; 15, Brooke Binando (RL) 21:30.30.

Local girls: Mission – 65, Kooper Page 24:01.50; 72, Cedar Hunt 24:15.90; 100, Natalie Helser 25:59.75pr; 107, Madyson Currie 26:43.41; 115, Evelyn Pavlock-Ferencz 27:12.67; 136, Kason Page 28:59.30. Arlee – 82, Saisha NorthPiegan 24:45.68pr; 110, Princess Bolen 26:50.82; 138, McKaryss Fisher 29:46.21; 139, McKirah Fisher 30:01.78; 143, Kaitylynn Ellison 31:11.23; 151, Shyla Schlieker 34:42.92.

Boys team scores: 1, Bigfork 100; 2, Three Forks 118; 3, Eureka 150; 4, Glasgow 155; 5, Jefferson 167; 6, Huntley Project 179; 7, Wolf Point 179; 8, Manhattan 184; 9, Columbus 283; 10, Cut Bank 287; 11, Mission 298.

Boys Top 15 (All-State): 1, Brandon Emineth (RL) 16:38.93; 2, Isaac Reynolds (Eur) 16:54.09pr; 3, Jack Jensen (Bf) 16:58.80; 4, James Plymale (Colu) 17:04.07pr; 5, Peyton Summers (WP) 17:09.61; 6, Kevin Graves (HP) 17:30.78; 7, Reed Larsen (Gla) 17:30.82; 8, Will Hyatt (TF) 17:33.06; 9, Zoran Lafrombois (MSI) 17:34.52; 10, Elliot Sanford (Bf) 17:40.21pr; 11, Garrett Golding (3F) 17:40.56pr; 12, Elijah Quick (RL) 17:42.88; 13, Seth Stevenson (Cols) 17:42.98; 14, Carson Blanchard (Manh) 17:45.30pr; 15, Gavin Bates (Eur) 17:47.71.

Local boys: Mission – 9, Zoran Lafrombois 17:34.52; 19, Thomas Nuila 17:53.28; 27, Robbie Nuila 18:05.19; 112, Harlon Leishman 20:53.63; 131, Sawyer Pule 21:46.16; 146, Erich Morigeau 22:30.11; 156, Kody Dillard 23:15.42. Arlee – 153, Drew Knoll 22:47.46.

CLASS C

Girls team scores; 1, Manhattan Christian 47; 2, Culbertson 59; 3, Park City 66; 4, Scobey 68; 5, Whitewater 68; 6, Plentywood 69; 7, Westby-Grenora 86; 8, Belt/Centerville 94; 9, Circle 98; 10, North Toole County(Sunburst) 108; 19, Two Eagle River 261.

Local girls: Charlo – 28, Guinevere Contreras 24:08.39; 80, Keanna Koenig 28:09.12. Two Eagle River – 58, Janelle AfterBuffalo 26:12.56; 97, Sarah Gardipe 31:26.67; 106, Myranda Trahan 36:35.86; 107, Aereon Miller 37:35.48.

Boys team scores: 1, Manhattan Christian 8; 2, Belt/Centerville 24; 3, Richey-Lambert 43; 4, Ennis 72; 5, Fort Benton 77; 6, Scobey 78; 7, Plentywood 89; 8, West Yellowstone 106; 9, Culbertson 129; 10, Plenty Coups 130; 15, Charlo 228; 16,Two Eagle River 237.

Local boys: Charlo – 67, Hayden Smith 22:48.32; 68, Branson Zempel 22:48.44; 93, Levi Nentwig 25:16.45. Two Eagle River – 51, Malacye Piapot 21:38.82; 88, Sean Trahan 24:43.44; Two 98, John Finley 26:26.32; 103, Sxwlekws Bell 27:52.77; 106, Kautious Lamere 29:03.89; 110, John Stevens 29:59.77.