ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Snohomish High School boys and girls cross country teams traveled all the way to Minnesota to take part in the 21st Annual Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota. And wouldn’t you know it, both teams finished impressively.
Kara Sporrong led the girls to a 6th-place team finish after running the 3.1 miles course in 20 minutes, 5 seconds, good enough for 22nd overall out of 390 competitors. The Panthers were sixth out of 43 teams.
On the boys side, Chris Goodman led the team to an overall finish of 19th out of 45 teams and 429 runners with his time of 17:08 which was good enough for 36th.
Both the girls and boys teams competed in the “gold” division of the race.
Hassan Mead of Minneapolis South High School (Minn.) won the boys race with a time of 15:49. Willmar High (Minn.) captured the overall team victory. For the girls, Allison Eckert finished 1st overall (18:17) to lead Sioux Falls Roosevelt High School (S.D.) to the overall team victory.
Girls
Snohomish(305)-22. Sporrong 20:05, 24. Bonner 20:06, 74. Fairbanks 20:52, 86. Sheppley 21:05, 101. Bala 21:15, 103. Ujifusa 21:16, 147. Bastain 21:43.
Boys
Snohomish(479)- 36. Goodman 17:08, 57. Wolfe 17:28, 83. Knauss 17:42, 147. Whelen 18:09, 156. Prange 18:14, 158. Babcock 18:15, 159. Thoreson 18:15.
Bob Firman Invitational: At Eagle, Idaho, with a limited number of runners, both the Lakewood boys and girls teams ran to 3rd place finishes at the Bob Firman Invitational. Corrine Gogert led the girls with a 6th-place overall finish and Nick Devier finished 5th overall. The girls race winner was Jacyln Puga of Nampa Christian (Idaho), but it was Firth High coming away with the meet win. On the boys side, Jake Timothy’s won the race and led Bear Lake (Idaho) to the meet victory.
Girls
At Eagle Island State park
5K
Top 5 Schools-Firth(ID) 39, Nampa Christian(ID) 78, Lakewood 90, Umatilla (ID)155, Weiser(ID) 156.
Lakewood -6. Gogert 21:00, 12. Dunn 21:35, 14. Osti 21:47.
Boys
Top 5 Schools-Bear Lake(ID) 34 , Desert Vista(ID) 83, Lakewood 94, Kimberly(ID) 120, Spring Creek(ID) 190.
Lakewood -5. Devier 17:17, 12. Ervin 17:44.
Vashon Island Invitational: At Vashon Island, Sara Levy finished 7th for Shorewood and Lauuren Moran finished 3rd to lead Archbishop Murphy girls at the Vashon Island Invitational Saturday. Levy led the Scots to a second-place team finish, while Moran led the Wildcats to a 4th place finished. For the boys, Nick Anderson’s 23rd place finish was best for Archbishp Murphy leading them to the eighth-place overall finish. Shorewood boys did not qualify for the team title, but Alex Krowka did finish 16th individually. Ruby Roberts of North Kitsap won the girls race with a time of 20 minutes 55 seconds and Cody Bradwell, Roberts’ Viking teamate, won the boys side with a time of 17:12. North Kitsap took home both team wins.
Boys results
At Paradise Park
3 Miles
Top 5 Schools-North Kitsap 36, Lakeside 80, Peninsual 99, Foster 101, Kings 131 .
Archbishop Murpy- 23. Anderson, 30. Ryan, 50. Wahe, 54. Claget, 56. Wright.
Shorewood(DNQ)-16. Krowka, 26. Brach, 33. Yiu, 41. Gladow.
Girls results
3 Miles
Top 5 Schools-North Kitsap 49, Shorewood 57, Central Kitsap 61, Archbishop Murphy 89, Peninsula 92.
Shorewood-7. Levy, 9. Ruch, 10. Geery, 16. Junkin-Smith, 19. Osborne.
.Archbishop Murphy-3. Moran, 5. Lyman, 30. Suchen, 31. Kelly, 38. Anders.
Oak Harbor Invitational: At Oak Harbor, Kyle King ran the 3.1-mile race in 16 minutes, 14 seconds to lead Oak Harbor to the boys team title. Teammate Josh Dix finished 4th (16:35) to help the Wildcats to victory. Lakewood’s boys team competed with half of it’s team in Oak Harbor and half in Boise, Idaho, at another meet.
Ballard’s Bridget Berg won the girls meet in a time of 19:53, but Port Angeles earned the team win. Megan Hall led Oak Harbor with a time of 20:54 to a second-place fnish and Cascade’s Breanna Huschka finished third overall with a time of 20:39 to help Cascade to a fifth-place team finish.
Girls
At Wirth Farm
3.1 Miles
Top 5 Schools-Port Angeles 55, Oak Harbor 70, Ballard 72, Nathan Hale 84, Cascade 160.
Oak Harbor-5. Hall 20:54, 10. Smollack 21:20, 22. Wilson, 26. McGill, 32. Sandstrom.
Cascade-3. Huschka 20:39, 24. Bluhm, 34. Hall, 46. Bowley, 53. Tull..
Cedarcrest-18. Ramierez 22:13, 27. Bunker 22:55, 37. Gunderson 24:08, 42. Cullimore 25:23, 51. Sial 29:02.
La Conner-21. Connelly 22:28.
Boys
Top 5 Schools-Oak Harbor 63, Cascade 85, Ballard 87, Port Angeles 87, Nathan Hale 113.
Oak Harbor-1. King 16:14, 4. Dix 16:35, 10. Green 17:06, 21, Nydam 17:50, 27. Tso 18:14.
Cascade-8. Rickman 17:05, 9. Redding 17:05, 17 Chrisman 17:41, 28. Wahlenmaier.
Cedarcrest-44. Bunker 18:58, 50. Hellman 19:25, 54. Grady 19:34, 57. Hammontree 19:44, 59. McKinney 19:51.
Lakewood-13. Guske 17:30, 26. Walker 18:06. 51. Coyne 19:29, 52. Young, 19:31, 55. Mattson 19:37.
Volleyball
South Whidbey Invitational: At Langley, Wesco Class 4A school Edmonds-Woodway captured second place after losing to Chelan 12-25, 25-23, 15-13 in the championship final. Lynnwood (3A) captured third place over King’s (1A) with a two-set victory. Kristen McKinlay had 28 kills and 10 blocks to lead 2A Cedarcrest to a fifth-place finish.
At South Whidbey H.S.
Team results-1. Chelan; 2. Edmonds-Woodway; 3. Lynnwood; 4. King’s; 5. Cedarcrest; 6. Woodland; 7. Nooksack Valley; 7. Meadowdale; 9. Seattle Christian; 10. Cascade; 11. Granite Falls; 11. Mariner; 13 Shoreline Christitan; 14. Omak; 15. South Whidbey; 15. Coupeville.
Championship-Chelan def. Edmonds-Woodway 12-25, 25-18, 15-13. Third place: Lynnwood def. King’s 25-20, 25-23. Semi-finals-Edmonds-Woodway def. King’s 25-13, 25-18; Chelan def. Lynnwood 22-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Pool-play records-King’s 6-0; Lynnwood 6-0; Chelan 6-0; Edmonds-Woodway 5-0-1; Woodland 4-2; Nooksack Valley 4-2; Cedarcrest 3-2-1; Meadowdale 3-3; Seattle Christian 3-3; Cascade 2-4; Granite Falls 1-5; Coupeville 1-5; Mariner 1-5; South Whidbey 1-5; Omak 0-6; Shoreline Christian 0-6.
Football
Orcas Island 35, Darrington 12: At Orcas Island, Joe Summerall ran the ball 15 times for 67 yards and four touchdowns to lead Orcas Island to the Northwest 1A/2B victory. Andy Nigretto added 111 yards on nine carries for the Vikings. Mike Parris scored both of the Loggers’ touchdowns, one on an 80-yard kickoff return and another on a 25-yard pass from Justin Odel.
At Orcas Island H.S.
Darrington0066-12
Orcas Island13877-35
Orcas Island-Summerall 6 run (pass fail)
Orcas Island-Summerall 12 run (Hansen kick)
Orcas Island-Summerall 2 run (pass good)
Orcas Island-Summerall 2 run (Hansen kick)
Darrington-Parris 80 kick return (run fail)
Orcas Island-Nigretto 10 run(Hansen kick)
Darrington-Parris 25 pass from Odel (kick fail)
Records-Orcas Island 1-0 in league, 2-2 overall. Darrington 0-1, 2-2.
Cascade Christian 48, Cedar Park Christian 22: At Sumner, Sean Girgus scored three rushing touchdowns on runs of 4, 5 and 32 yards for the Eagles. Girgus also had 58- and 21-yard kickoff returns for Cedar Park Christian. Cascade Christian is the state’s No. 7-ranked team in Class 1A.
At Sumner H.S.
Cedar Park Christian00814-22
Cascade Christian277140-48
Records-Cedar Park Christian 0-1 in league, 1-3 overall. Cascade Christian 1-0, 4-0.
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