FORT MADISON, Iowa – Columbus Community’s boys cross country team won the Class B division of the Fort Madison Invite held Thursday.

The Wildcats edged out Winfield-Mt. Union, 83-86, led by Sam Chaney’s top finish in 16 minutes, 49 seconds.

Chaney finished third overall, but both classes ran together and were separated at the finish line. Chaney was beaten to the line by Marshall Boyer of Burlington, Class A winner and ranked No. 8 in Class 4A and Frank Canady of Iowa City West, who is ranked No. 4 in Class 4A.

The Columbus girls finished fifth with 153 team points. Illini West (Carthage) was the girls team champion with 55 points.

Fort Madison Invitational

Varsity Boys Class B

1. Columbus 83; 2. Winfield-Mt. Union 86; 3. Van Buren 123; 4. Danville-New London 126; 5. Illini West 129; 6. Mediapolis 147; 7. West Hancock 154; 8. Central Lee 164; 9. Holy Trinity 194; 10. Clark Co., Mo. 263. Wapello, WACO and Harmony did not have a team score.

Columbus (83) – 1. Sam Chaney 16:49; 6. Jake Keller 18:10; 21. Ray Quiroz 19:28; 26. Logan Heck 20:12; 29. Matt Mougin 20:24; 30. Seth Noble 20:40; 39. Junior Aguilar 20:45.

Varsity Girls Class B

1. Illini West 55; 2. Mediapolis 94; 3. Van Buren 105; 4. WACO 111; 5. Columbus 153. Danville-New London, Wapello, Harmony, Winfield-Mt. Union and Central Lee did not have a team score.

Columbus (153) – 13. Marina Ramirez 20:38; 20. Nayeli Aguilar 21:37; 36. Domaris Osorio 24:10; 41. Jenny Sosa 25:55; 43. Natalina Sents 28:37; 44. Vanessa Espinoza 29:15.

Wapello falls in five

WAPELLO, Iowa – Wapello took Pekin to five games, but the Panthers took home the win, 3-2, Thursday night.

The Arrows fell, 22-25,

25-21, 25-21, 20-25, 16-18.

Pekin 25-21-21-25-18

Wapello 22-25-25-20-16

Wapello Statistics

Kills – Brooke Hammond 13; Ashley Fisher 5; Josey Putnam 3; Kaylyn Lanz 3; Abby Bartenhagen 3; Staci Humiston. Blocks – Fisher 3, Putnam 2; Bartenhagen 2; Humiston 4. Assists – Putnam 17; Hammond 10. Digs – Hammond 6; Katie Wagner 13; Mika Dopler 4; Hannah Partington 4. Serving – Hammond 10-11; Bartenhagen 10-11, 2 aces; Fisher 10-11, 2 aces; Putnam 20-20, 4 aces; Lanz 14-14; Wagner 17-17, 4 aces.

Muskie sophs win

WELLMAN, Iowa – The Muscatine sophomore volleyball team took a 2-1 win over Davenport Assumption on Tuesday after taking third place at Mid-Prairie over the weekend.

Coach Laura Proffitt’s squad defeated the Lady Knights,

25-16, 17-25, 15-12 on Tuesday. The sophomores were led by Val Paca with six kills.

In the Mid-Prairie tournament, Muscatine defeated Cedar Rapids Washington

(12-21, 21-19, 15-11), Wilton

(21-15, 21-13) and IMS (23-21, 21-16) and lost against Tipton (12-21, 16-21).

Muscatine 25-17-15

Davenport Assumption 16-25-12

Muscatine statistics

Kills – Val Paca 6. Assists – Allison Curry 6. Serving – Kaylee Vieira 7-7, 1 ace; Tia Hagy 8-9, 4 aces.

Mid-Prairie Tournament

Kills – Kaylee Vieira 22, Val Paca 19. Digs – Paige Wolfe 31, Tia Hagy 21. Assists – Katelyn Bunn 42.