Ozaukee girls, CG-Belgium boys take seconds

A four-peat was not to be, albeit by a slight margin for the Cedar Grove-Belgium High School boys’ cross country team on Saturday at Two Rivers.

The Rockets took second with 70 points to Kohler’s 66 in the Big East Conference meet.

“Had a couple of results gone our way, the team results would have been different, but that is why we discussed that every place matters, no matter if you are the No. 1 runner or the No. 7,” coach Brandon Langer said.

Junior Ben Fleuchaus was sixth in the 5,000-meter course, finishing in 18 minutes, 15 seconds. Senior Quinn Hoopman was ninth in 18:21. Both made the Big East’s first team.

Freshman Nathanael Bruhn was 16th in 18:58, and senior Andrew Reichert was 19th in 19:08, both making the second team. Sophomore Logan Ketterhagen was 20th in 19:12.75.

Langer said the team started well but lost ground in the second mile and in the final 1,000 meters. He will focus on that at practice in preparation for Saturday’s division 3 sectional meet at Manitowoc Lutheran.

Ozaukee’s boys scored 222 points and finished ninth of 11 teams.

Hayden Rice was 16th in 18:54 and made the second team. Matt Baldwin was 24th in 19:15. Tyler Mueller was 47th in 20:21. Mason Thill was 75th in 23:59. Brock Berend was 76th in 23:59.

Oostburg edges lady Warriors for title

Ozaukee’s girls took second with 47 points. Oostburg won with 39.

Kelley Large took second in 21:19, and Jenna Schueller was fifth in 22:08. Both made the first team.

Amy Hoffmann was 13th in 22:29. Ashlee Mueller was 14th in 22:39. Ally Clark was 16th in 22:46. All made the second team.

“Our girls followed their race strategies well and put themselves in position to battle for the conference title,” coach Andrew Pfeuffer said.

The Warriors next compete in the division 3 sectional at Lake Country Lutheran.

The lady Rockets took third with 55 points.

Senior Karen Ibarra won the race in 21:17, beating Large by less than three seconds.

“Karen stayed with the lead pack until the last 1,000 meters, where she put in a strong surge that the other two girls couldn’t cover. That is exactly what we envisioned happening, and it was great to see her execute it so well,” Langer said.

Senior Grace Voskuil was 10th in 22:27. Freshman Lyndsay Sass was 11th in 22:28. Sophomore Cheyenne Simonet was 16th in 22:49, and senior Katie Mueller was 17th in 22:56. Voskuil made the first team and the rest made the second.

Grafton manages fifth place in North Shore

Grafton’s girls and boys each finished fifth in the North Shore Conference meet in West Bend on Saturday.

The Black Hawks girls scored 122 points. Whitefish Bay won with 35.

Julia Wille was 13th in 20:35.5. Maddy Wille was 17th in 20:46. Natalie Cherella was 25th in 21:15. Ava Pederson was 33rd in 21:32. Elise Lueck was 34th in 21:39.2.

The lady Pirates scored 185 points to take eight of 10 teams.

Bethany Stacey was 18th in 20:49.3. Mira Stimac was 29th in 21:20.5. Katie Erlandson was 31st in 21:28.8. Jill Cavanaugh was 46th in 22:04.4. Claire Woods was 67th in 25:50.7.

Grafton, Port each get one boy on first team

Grafton finished in fifth place with 157 points. Whitefish Bay won with 57.

Zander Lichosik was fourth in 16:39.01 and made the first team.

Nathan Baker was 31st in 17:58.63. Cael Abad was 37th in 18:01.88. Sam Peters was 44th in 18:21.14. Hunter Bartelt was 45th in 18:22.48.

Port’s Brett Grisar finished with a personal-record 16:44 for seventh place to make the first team.

“He was battling a tight pack of runners. Brett was able to stay focused and push through the pain to earn his all-conference recognition,” coach Mark Pasten said.

Zach Gephart was 26th in 17:37. Ben Pasten was 27th in 17:38. Mason Raasch was 51st in 18:31. Gabe Pasten was 64th in 18:57.

Grafton runs at the sectional in Mayville on Friday. Port runs at Lincoln Park Golf Course on Saturday. Both are in division 2.