{"id":29187,"date":"2025-09-14T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=29187"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:17:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:17:03","slug":"heritage-xc-teams-take-second-place-in-both-races-crockett-sprunger-continue-strong-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/heritage-xc-teams-take-second-place-in-both-races-crockett-sprunger-continue-strong-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage XC teams take second place in both races; Crockett, Sprunger continue strong seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a very busy Saturday for local cross country teams as they draw closer to the postseason and put their mid-week races behind them. The cool temperatures also had a big impact on times and performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Heritage Patriots competed in the fairly cool weather Saturday morning at the Archer Invite in Fort Wayne. (Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a summary of all four teams and how they performed this weekend, beginning with the girls this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heritage Girls at South Side Archer Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosalinda Medina led the Heritage girls with a fourth-place finish. Emily High was 13th overall and second for the Patriots with her best time of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots also got season-best times from Elise Hissong, Ava Gerber, and Dhylan Gilbert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Addie Bacon had an outstanding race, trimming almost 2.5 minutes from her previous personal best, set just three weeks ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Scores: 1st-Garrett 19, 2nd- Heritage 51<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Five Individuals: 1st-Kaidance Green-Garrett 21:23.08; 2nd-Melissa Tan-FW Canterbury 21:30.49; 3rd-Vera Bruce-FW South 22:22.84; 4th-Rosalinda Medina-Heritage 22:29.50; 5th-Lilyanna Hermann-FW South 22:50.57<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heritage Places & Times: 4th-Rosalinda Medina 22:29.50; 13th-Emily High 23:57.22; 15th-Ava Gerber 24:28.57; 16th-Elise Hissong 24:38.59; 20th-Adalina Bacon 27:41.17; 22nd-Audrey Meyer 28:22.94; 23rd-Addison Smith 28:38.72; 24th-Dhylan Gilbert 33:20.34<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central and Bellmont Girls at Wildcat Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa Fruechte ran a season best to lead Adams Central to a 10th-place finish Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Bluhm and Haley Jauregui also had season bests for the Jets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Madeline Witte and Sydney Angel compete for Bellmont at Saturday’s Wildcat Invite. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grey Race Team Scores: 1st-Heritage Christian 30; 2nd-Bluffton 117; 3rd-Elkhart Christian 125; 9th-Woodlan 219; 10th-Adams Central 266; 12th-Southern Wells 293<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Charly Wolfrum-Heritage Christian 19:01.90; 2nd-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 20:05.50; 3rd-Ava Dowd-Lakewood Park Christian 20:12.20; 4th-Kendall Depoy-Western 20:12.70; 5th-Anna Meyer-Elkhart Christian 20:15.60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adams Central Times & Places: 36th-Hailey Brune 22:51.20; 66th-Adi Rumschlag 24:18.80; 72nd-Macy Isch 24:33.40; 74th-Ella Bluhm 24:36.21; 76th-Alyssa Fruechte 24:45.50; 99th-Haley Jauregui 26:14.10; 102nd-Lexi Linder 26:17.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Race Team Scores: 1st-Penn 60; 2nd-Harrison (WL) 117; 3rd-Hamilton Southeastern 120; 5th-Columbia City 151; 8th-East Noble 210; 11th-Huntington North 324; 13th-Norwell 353; 20th-Bellmont 610<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Kenya Leitch-Columbia City 17:48.80; 2nd-Alice Friesen-Huntington North 17:56.90; 3rd-Shreya Nayee 18:00.60; 4th-Kaitlyn Manfra-Harrison (WL) 18:03.90; 5th-Whitney Anderson-Valpo 18:06.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellmont Places & Times: 138th-Quinn Buchan 22:35.80; 154th-Sydney Angle 23:25.40; 155th-Madeline Witte 23:25.50; 171st-Lilly Franz 23:54.20; 183rd-Haylee Franz 24:40.71; 190th-Kaleah Niece 24:51.80; 191st-Bridget Juengel 24:58.70; 208th-Jaylin Reed 26:02.00; 211th-Isabella Suarez 26:52.20; 218th-Addison Rich 28:33.60; 219th-Tori McCullough 29:08.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams Girls at Maconaquah Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adalynn Watson was eighth overall for the Starfires with a time of 21:04.2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Boys at South Side Archer Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots were led by Corban Roth once again. He came in ten seconds behind the overall winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin Juricak cut 37 seconds from his season best for the Patriots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mo Esarhaek and Nick Flores also had season bests for Heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Heritage Patriots pose for a photo after finishing runner-up in the Archer Invite Saturday. (Photo provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Team Scores: 1st-South Side 48, 2nd-Heritage 54, 3rd-Garrett 57, 4th-FW Wayne 90, 5th-Smith Academy 153<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Five Individuals: 1st-Jesse Embry-FW South 17:42.68; 2nd-Corban Roth-Heritage 17:53.18; 3rd-Carter Coffman-Garrett 18:19.56; 4th-Sergio Mamani-FW South 18:23.36; 5th-Emerson Sewelin-Garrett 18:44.17<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Places & Times: 2nd-Corban Roth 17:53.18; 10th-Jaxon Kerr-Heritage 19:34.57; 11th-Alexander Smith 19:35.15; 15th-Nick Flores 20:01.70; 16th-Gavin Juricak 20:04.57; 23rd-William Voglewede 21:02.09; 36th-Mo Esarhaek 23:45.62; <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South Adams Boys at Maconaquah Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dakota Sprunger was in October form Saturday at the Maconaquah Invite, running an impressive 16:36 for the Starfires and taking fourth place individually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Scores: 1st-Western 36; 2nd-Northwestern 52; 3rd-McCutcheon 95; 4th-South Adams 106<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Five Individuals: 1st-Camden Raab-Western 16:04.7; 2nd-Miles Rudy-Western 16:10.9; 3rd-Beck Bennett-Western 16:36.3; 4th-Dakota Sprunger-South Adams 16:38.6; 5th-Logan Fredel-Winamac 16:42.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams Places & Times: 4th-Dakota Sprunger 16:38.6; 18th-Deacon Bierbaum 17:56.3; 20th-Wyatt Mann 18:01.5; 33rd-Carson Laux 18:46.9; 35th-Maddox Miller 19:00.8; 48th-Jacob Heflin 19:41.4; 66th-Daniel Rupp 21:14.6; 71st-Zhayne Wagner 21:24.7; 76th-Zeke Baumer 21:36.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central and Bellmont Boys at Wildcat Invite<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last three races for Ethan Crockett have finished with times within 11 seconds of each other and Crockett used his 16:44 Saturday at IWU to give the Jets a spot on the podium with a third-place finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevor Chamberlain set a new season best for the Jets with his finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Red Race, Bellmont got a season best from their leader, Hayden Whittenbarger. They competed without Gavin Braun, who was playing for the soccer team instead. Maddux Miller showed major improvement and came in under 17:30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grey Race Team Scores: 1st-Bluffton 83; 2nd-Woodlan 130; 10th-Southern Wells 275; 17th-Adams Central 363<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Kyler North-Mississinewa 15:58.20; 2nd-Kamden Shields-Parke Heritage 16:36.21; 3rd-Ethan Crockett-AC 16:44.90; 4th-Chase Palmer-Culver Acad. 16:45.10; 5th-John Burger-Wisdom Builders 16:46.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central Places & Times: 3rd-Ethan Crockett 16:44.90; 41st-Tyler Schwartz 18:47.60; 101st-Preston Hoffman 20:41.10; 108th-Trevor Chamberlain 20:53.90; 147th-Phillip Bayer 22:26.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Race Team Scores: 1st-Homestead 59; 2nd-Penn 91; 3rd-HSE 102; 11th-Columbia City 363; 15th-Norwell 411; 16th-Bellmont 463<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maddux Miller was healthy and ready to cut time from his season best Saturday morning. He did just that, crossing the line in 17:29 for his best finish of the year. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Top 5 Individuals: 1st-Zander Ritenour-Lakewood Park Christian 15:16.40; 2nd-Wyatt Turner-Yorktown 15:26.60; 3rd-Jace Trevino-Homestead 15:27.10; 4th-Isaac Smith-HSE 15:33.10; 5th-Cooper Knoblauch-Homestead 15:38.60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logan Whitacre did not break the 19-minute mark as a sophomore, making his new career-best time of 18:14 even more impressive. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bellmont Places & Times: 80th-Hayden Whittenbarger 17:03.30; 101st-Maddux Miller 17:29.80; 118th-Hudson Krull 17:50.05; 151st-Logan Whitacre 18:14.00; 156th-Owen Adams 18:18.80; 172nd-Joe Kozlowski 18:46.00; 184th-Landon Sielschott 19:07.40; 186th-Landon Rich 19:13.90; 206th-Cayden Rauch 19:51.90; 207th-Brandt Painter 19:53.90; 218th-Owen Garcia 20:35.40; 222nd-Brock Scherry 20:55.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hudson Krull ran his second consecutive 17:50 for the Braves at Saturday’s Wildcat Invitational. (Photo by Patrick Gunsett)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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