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WILTON, Iowa – The Durant-Bennett volleyball team is off to a blistering start.

The eighth-ranked Wildcats improved to 13-0 on the season after posting a 5-0 mark at the Wilton Invitational on Saturday.

Durant, which finished first in the six-team pool play event, defeated Midland (21-11, 21-17), Wilton (17-21, 21-14, 15-9), Mount Pleasant (21-16, 18-21, 15-11), Mid-Prairie (21-11, 21-11) and Iowa Mennonite (21-11, 21-16).

The Beavers (5-8), meanwhile, finished third with a 3-2 mark. Wilton fell to Durant and Mount Pleasant (19-21, 17-21), but recorded wins over Mid-Prairie (21-19, 21-14), Iowa Mennonite (21-6, 21-14) and Midland (21-16, 21-15).

Junior Shelby Broders led Wilton’s offensive attack with 27 kills in the tournament. Leah Duffe had 35 digs, while Carlee Grunder dished out 64 assists.

In Wilton’s win over Iowa Mennonite, it had 13 ace serves, including eight from Avery Carter. The sophomore defensive specialist finished with 17 aces for the tournament.

Mount Pleasant took second in the tournament with a 4-1 mark.

Columbus’ Chaney earns fourth victory

ATKINS, Iowa – Columbus Community senior cross country runner Sam Chaney rattled off his fourth consecutive win Saturday, blitzing the field by 38 seconds at the Benton Bobcat Invitational.

Chaney covered the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 28 seconds as the Wildcats finished second to Tipton in the 14-team field with 77 points.

Columbus senior Jake Keller was fifth in 17:38, while Ruben Jasso was 11th in 18:20.

In the girls division, Columbus didn’t have enough runners to field a team score. Marina Ramirez and Caitlin Chaney finished 27th and 28th, respectively, to lead the Wildcats.

Bobcat Invitational

Team standings - 1. Tipton 52; 2. Columbus Community 77; 3. Solon 79; 4. Vinton-Shellsburg 81; 5. Benton Community 130; 6. Williamsburg 146; 7. South Tama 177; 8. Waterloo Columbus 206; 9. Belle Plaine 274; 10. Clear Creek-Amana 275; 11. Independence 283.

Note: Gladbrook-Reinbeck, North Linn and North Tama didn’t have enough runners for a team score.

Top 10 individuals - 1. Sam Chaney (Columbus) 16:28; 2. Blake Nelson (South Tama) 17:06; 3. Max Nguyen (Vinton-Shellsburg) 17:16; 4. Ethan Rogers (Tipton) 17:24; 5. Jake Keller (Columbus) 17:38; 6. Collin Bream (Solon) 17:45; 7. Michael Vaigrt (Benton) 17:52; 8. Spencer Byrd (Tipton) 17:53; 9. David Robinson (North Tama) 17:53; 10. Corey Mayhew (Vinton-Shellsburg) 18:02.

Other Columbus finishers - 11. Ruben Jasso 18:20; 24. Ray Quiroz 18:54; 40. Logan Heck 19:49; 70. Mitch Roush 23:13.

Durant-Bennett second at Monticello

MONTICELLO, Iowa – The Durant-Bennett boys and girls cross country teams each finished second Saturday at the Monticello Invitational.

Durant, which finished with 51 points on the boys side, was led by Deane Wichelt and Ben Fredrichs. Wichelt finished third in 17 minutes, 33 seconds while Fredrichs was fourth in 17:39.

Meanwhile, the girls ended with 67 points — 21 behind champion Monticello. Whitney Wolf was ninth in 17:16 to pace the Wildcats.

Monticello Invitational

Boys

Team standings - 1. Monticello 31; 2. Durant 51; 3. Dyersville Beckman 66; 4. Anamosa 97; 5. Central City 161; 6. Edgewood-Colesburg 190.

Top individuals - 1. Jud Schneider (Monticello) 17:24; 2. Josh Goerdt (Beckman) 17:29; 3. Deane Wichelt (Durant) 17:33; 4. Ben Fredrichs (Durant) 17:39.

Other Durant finishers - 12. John Hughes 19:03; 15. Alex Wright 19:20; 17. Chase Exline 19:26; 23. Slatter Marshell 19:48; 25. Nick Roesger 20:02.

Girls

Team standings - 1. Monticello 46; 2. Durant 67; 3. Anamosa 84; Dyersville Beckman 117.

Top individuals - 1. Megan Lister (Ed-Co) 16:28; 2. Arden Belzer (Central City) 16:29; 3. Rachel Clemen (Ed-Co) 16:34.

Durant finishers - 9. Whitney Wolf 17:16; 11. Katey Meyer 17:22; 12. Caitlin Kuehn 17:27; 14. Bree Duckett 17:28; 21. Hannah Lilienthal 18:19; 27. Jade Thompson 19:57; 29. Leah Clark 20:40.

Davis County rolls past Columbus

BLOOMFIELD, Iowa – Columbus Community tailback Jared Eichelberger surpassed 200 yards rushing for the second time in three weeks, but Davis County’s football team cruised past Columbus, 47-12, Friday night in a Class 2A District 6 opener.

Eichelberger had 203 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries, but Davis County quarterback Colten Matthews completed 18 of 22 passes for 326 yards and accounted for five touchdowns.

Columbus (1-2, 0-1) returns home to play Sigourney-Keota this Friday.

Davis County 47, Columbus 12

Columbus           0   6   0  6 – 12

Davis County                                        12 12 15 8 — 47

First Quarter

DC - Josh Martsching 17 pass from Coleton Matthews (kick failed), 5:25

DC - Matthews 1 run (run failed), 1:38

Second Quarter

Col - Jared Eichelberger 9 run (kick failed), 9:22

DC - Aaron Halls 12 pass from Matthews (kick failed), 7:26

DC - Tucker Henderson 39 pass from Matthews (kick failed), 2:03

Third Quarter

DC - Austin Utt 10 run (Henderson pass from Matthews), 7:57

DC - Martsching 13 pass from Matthews (kick good), 4:29

Fourth Quarter

DC - Martsching 30 run (kick failed), 11:53

DC - Safety, 9:09

Col - Eichelberger 5 run (kick failed), 2:04

Mid-Prairie wallops Louisa-Muscatine

WELLMAN, Iowa — Mid-Prairie all-state tailback Tanner Miller scored two rushing touchdowns and had a 66-yard punt return for a score to fuel the ninth-ranked Go-Hawks past Louisa-Muscatine, 55-0, Friday night.

Mid-Prairie (2-1, 1-0) scored 35 points in the second quarter to beat L-M by 50 or more points for the second straight year. Miller finished with 61 yards rushing on just 10 carries.

L-M’s statistics weren’t available.