By John McCallum
Managing Editor 

Cheney runners get wins against Clarkston

 

Last updated 10/10/2019 at 11:22am

CHENEY – The Blackhawks cross country teams had little trouble last Wednesday in their dual meets with visiting Clarkston.

The boys easily downed the Bantams 17-46 on the course at Salnave Park while the girls scored 15 points in what was essentially a forfeit as Clarkston only had one runner.

Bas Holland led the boys, taking first in 16 minutes, 51.62 seconds, with Beckett Schoenleber second in 17:04.86 and JT Gasper third in 17:16. 21. Clarkston’s Mick Brown broke up Cheney’s grouping, finishing fourth, but the Blackhawks pushed their final four varsity runners across after him, led by Kyle Peabody in fifth, Dylan Thornburg sixth, Andres Margraf seventh and Trae Babcock eighth.

Freshman Samantha Habegger topped the girls’ race, taking first in 20:37.81. Marion Mager-Reeser was second in 21:23.44, Ryleigh Bowes third in 21:26.99, Jaela Thornburg fourth in 21:56.50and Mayah Spakousky fifth in 22:07.53, with Caelyn Foster and Alexia Batchelor rounding out the varsity seven.


Clarkston’s lone runner, freshman Mia Bunce, finished 16th in the combined varsity/junior varsity race.

The Blackhawk boys’ win moves their Great Northern League mark to 2-0, while the girls go to 1-1. The teams traveled to East Valley on Tuesday, Oct. 8, for their third league meet against the Knights.

John McCallum can be reached at jmac@cheneyfreepress.com.

Author Bio

John McCallum, Retired editor

John McCallum is an award-winning journalist who retired from Cheney Free Press after more than 20 years. He received 10 Washington Newspaper Publisher Association awards for journalism and photography, including first place awards for Best Investigative, Best News and back-to-back awards in Best Breaking News categories.

 

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