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COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa – Columbus’ Sam Chaney set a new course record in winning the Columbus Invitational held Monday at Cedarcrest Golf Course.

Chaney covered the 3.1-mile course in a blistering 15 minutes, 20 seconds to finish 1:08 ahead of second-place finisher Sean Conrad of Holy Trinity. Wilton’s Kyle Paulsen finished third.

Paige Wheeler of Wilton paced the Beavers by winning the girls’ portion of the meet in 17:24, 21 seconds ahead of WACO’s Madison Roth.

All seven of the Beavers finished in the top 10 at the meet for 21 team points.

Wilton made it a team sweep as coach Cory Garvin’s squad won the boys’ portion with 44 team points. Columbus finished second with 59.

Area school Louisa-Muscatine was second in the girls’ team scoring with 70 points. The Falcons were sixth in the eight-team boys meet with 197 points.

The Columbus girls were third in team scoring with 96 points. Individual Columbus results were not provided.

Columbus Invitational

Top 10 Indviduals

Boys – 1. Sam Chaney (Columbus) 15:20; 2. Sean Conrad (Holy Trinity) 16:28; 3. Kyle Paulsen (Wilton) 16:29; 4. Jake Keller (Columbus) 16:32; 5. Glen Morgan (Winfield-MU) 16:45; 6. Kalen Greiner (Keota) 16:51; 7. Cody Uphold (Keota) 16:51; 8. Paul Searcy (Wilton) 17:04; 9. Cody Mehmert (Holy Trinity) 17:10; 10. Tyler Hartley (Wilton) 17:13.

Girls – 1. Paige Wheeler (Wilton) 17:24; 2. Madison Roth (WACO) 17:43; 3. Becca Bartell  (Wilton) 17:56; 4. Mackenzie Holladay (Wilton) 18:24; 5. Caitlin Chaney (Columbus) 18:40; 6. Melanie Walde (Wilton) 18:53; 7. Amy Hurd (Wilton) 18:53; 8. Rhea Veal (Louisa-Muscatine) 18:54; 9. Linsie Mairet (Wilton) 19:13; 10. Marina Ramirez (Columbus) 19:20.

Boys Team Scoring

1. Wilton 44; 2. Columbus 59; 3. Holy Trinity 81; 4. Keota 92; 5. Winfield-Mt. Union 92; 6. Louisa-Muscatine 197; 7. Cardinal 198; 8. Sigourney 214.

Wilton (44) – 3. Kyle Paulsen 16:29; 8. Paul Searcy 17:04; 10. Tyler Hartley 17:13; 11. Grant Wakefield 17:28; 12. Kurt Paulsen 17:46; 17. Jered Williams 18:25; 18. Nathan Wolf 18:36.

Louisa-Muscatine (197) – 35. Justin Van Est 20:26; 36. Scott Dean 20:29; 37. Alex Nowak 20:39; 44. Dallas Gilleland 22:15; 45. Kevin Howell 22:26; 50. Ben McCleary 24:01.

Girls Team Scoring

1. Wilton 21; 2. Louisa-Muscatine 70; 3. Columbus 96; 4. WACO 112.

Wilton (21) – 1. Paige Wheeler 17:24; 3. Becca Bartell 17:56; 4. Mackenzie Holladay 18:24; 6. Melanie Walde 18:53; 7. Amy Hurd 18:53; 9. Linsie Mairet 19:13; 10. Emily Hayes 20:43.

Louisa-Muscatine (70) – 8. Rhea Veal 18:52; 13. Melanie Luttrull 19:44; 14. Courtney Van DeMaat 19:50; 15. Kalynn Stecher 19:50; 20. Abby Paul 20:53; 29. Savannah McCleary 22:00; 33. Tiffany Cook 22:41.

Durant goes 1-2 at Bellevue

BELLEVUE, Iowa – Durant-Bennett’s boys and girls cross country teams finished 1-2 at the Bellevue Invite on Monday.

The Wildcat boys won the meet with 26 points, with all five of their scorers finishing in the top 10. The girls were second behind Marquette, 37-60, thanks to two top-10 finishes.

Deane Wichelt was second in 17 minutes, 35 seconds for coach Jeremiah Costello’s team. Ben Friederichs was third, followed by John Hughes (fifth), Chase Exline (sixth) and Alex Wright (10th).

The top finisher for the Durant girls was Whitney Wolf in 17:02. Finishing 10th was Bryanne Duckett in 17:15.

Marquette Invite

Boys Team Scoring

1. Durant 26; 2. Camanche 50; 3. Prince of Peace 73; 4. Marquette 85.

Durant (26) – 2. Deane Wichelt 17:35; 3. Ben Friederichs 17:42; 5. John Hughes 18:25; 6. Chase Exline 18:28; 10. Alex Wright 18:40; 21. Nick Roesger 19:34; 24. Slater Marshall 19:57.

Girls Team Scoring

1. Marquette 37; 2. Durant 60; 3. Prince of Peace 60; 4. Bellevue 146.

Durant (60) – 9. Whitney Wolf 17:02; 10. Bryanne Duckett 17:15; 12. Caitlin Kuehn 17:32; 13. Leah Clark 17:33; 16. Katey Meyer 17;52; 20. Hannah Lilienthal 18;12; 25. Jade Thompson 19:34.

Durant JV Results

Boys – Cody Halferty 20:10; Matt Gruemmer 20:34; Brent Fick 20:34; Austin Halferty 20:50; Phillip Kloop 20:56; Matt Hughes 20:59; DJ Mathias 21:45; Kris Bland 28:30.

Girls – Mikayla Foland 21:17; Grace Bentley 23:02; Emily Madsen 23:03.

Hillyer paces W. Liberty

KALONA, Iowa – Dylan Hillyer’s sixth-place finish led West Liberty’s cross country team at IMS on Monday.

Hillyer completed the course in 17 minutes, 48 seconds for his top-10 finish.

The Comets finished sixth in the meet behind area school Wapello (166-173).

IMS won its own meet, paced by individual champion Bill Spencer in 16:51.

Wapello’s girls finished last in the eight-team girls’ portion of the meet. The Raider of Williamsburg won the girls team title. West Liberty didn’t have enough runners to complete a team and individual results were not turned in by Wapello.

IMS Meet

Boys Team Scoring

1. IMS 51; 2. Mid-Prairie 61; 3. Solon 94; 4. Lone Tree 157; 5. Wapello 159; 6. West Liberty 166; 7. Washington 173; 8. Williamsburg 174; 9. Clear Creek-Amana 196; 10. Danville-New London 227; 11. BGM 262; 12. HLV 325.

West Liberty (166) – 6. Dylan Hillyer 17:48; (no places for remaining team members) Eric Brown 19:38; Nick Arensdorf 20;27; Josh Snider 20:09; Thomas Allen 20:05; Chase Hamilton 20:25; Jordan Meyers 22:21.

Girls Team Scoring

1. Williamsburg 29; 2. Solon 65; 3. Lone Tree 99; 4. Mid-Prairie 114; 5. Clear Creek-Amana 167; 6. Washington 178; 7. Iowa Mennonite 185; 8. Wapello 238.

West Liberty (no team score) – Lauren Roth 18:38.

L-M falls in five games

LETTS, Iowa – Louisa-Muscatine had a hard-fought five-game loss against Highland in volleyball play Monday night.

The Falcons fell, 23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-15, 10-15, to the Huskies.

“Our girls played with all their hearts tonight and left nothing on the court,” L-M coach Lori Bashore said. “They had some very exciting games. We have found our team and are working well together with this combination.”

Jordyn Schaper led the Falcons with 14 kills, five blocks, eight digs and three ace serves.

“They never let their spirits or energy go down tonight,” Bashore said. “I am proud of the girls.

“Our Falcons Nest was full of energy and helped us carry our spirits from game to game.”

Highland 25-25-23-15-15

Louisa-Muscatine 23-22-25-25-10

Statistics

Kills – Highland (Chelsea Miller 11, Mollie Kleopfer 8, Abby Westfall 4, Brittany Stewart 4); L-M (Jordyn Schaper 14, Katie Shoppa 6, Megan Guldenpfennig 2, Tiffany Hoffman 2, Shayla Fordyce 3, Katelynn Subbert 4, Morgan Massey 3). Blocks – L-M (Schaper 5, Hoffman 7). Digs – Highland (Sammi Covington 11, Kassie Vazquez 7); L-M (Schaper 8, Shoppa 1, Guldenpfennig 8, Hoffman 6, Fordyce 2, Subbert 2, Audi Wood 5). Assists – Highland (Haili Hunter 28); L-M (Fordyce 30). Ace serves – Highland (Miller 7, Covington 5, Vazquez 3); L-M (Schaper 3, Shoppa 7, Guldenpfennig 5, Hoffman 2, Fordyce 6, Subbert 4).