CROSS COUNTRY
Headrick runs away with race, but Lakeside is top team
Reid Headrick ran away from the pack to claim the individual title, but the Lakeside Eagles dominated to win a key Northeast A League cross country meet Oct. 12 at Medical Lake.
While Headrick ran with ease finishing over a minute ahead of his nearest competition in a time of 16 minutes, 11.93 seconds, Lakeside bottled up six of the top-10 finishes to grab the team win 22-37. Runner-up Hayden Blank’s 17:12.63 led a string of four Eagle runners across the finish line.
“We ran into a buzz saw yesterday,” head coach Gene Blankenship wrote in an email. “The Lakeside boys and girls are rated number one in 1A for good reason.”
The Medical Lake girls had a similar outcome, losing 24-35 as Sadie Meyring (19:29.60) out dueled ML’s Kayla Ramsey (19:38.01) in second and third place
Jenna Castro (21:02.49) in third.
Nakai Ornelas, running a very competitive race, was in third place for most of the race but was outkicked at the finish and landed a finish time of 17:55.82 for the Cardinal boys.
“On the girls’ side, Kayla Ramsey challenged Lakesides’ No. 1 girl,” Blankenship said. “They ran stride for stride up until the three-mile mark and ended up 9 seconds apart.”
Jenna Castro ran a solid third from the start. Jasmine Cruz battled Lakesides #2 and #3 throughout the entire race, finishing approximately 20 seconds behind Lakeside’s third finisher.
The Cardinal girls ran without their No. 3, Kaylee Dennler, who is recovering from a leg injury, but they expect her to be ready for district competition Oct. 29
at Chewelah Golf Course.
SOCCER:
Cheney tops North Central
Cheney got individual goals from four different players to defeat North Central 4-1 in the Blackhawks’ lone Greater Spokane League soccer match last week.
Ellie Fisk opened scoring in the eighth minute with Ellerie O’Regan (24th minute) and Kensie Roller (39th minute) adding goals to give Cheney (3-4 GSL, 7-7 overall) a 3-0 lead in the first half. Grace Grumbly added a goal in the 50th minute with NC (1-6, 3-6) ruining Kiah Klauss’s shutout with an own goal in the 66th minute.
Cheney closed out the regular season with matches at Ridgeline (4-3, 8-3) Oct. 17 and at home against Ferris (1-6, 2-9) Oct. 19.
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Medical Lake 0-3 for week
Medical Lake went winless and scoreless in a trio of Northeast A League soccer matches last week.
The Cardinals suffered a 6-0 loss at Colville (4-6 NEA, 5-8), Oct. 11. Unable to field a full team on Oct. 13, the Cardinals lost in a 1-0 forfeit to Deer Park (8-2, 9-2). Lakeside (10-1, 11-3) scored a 9-0 win on Oct. 15
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SWIMMING:
Cheney wins two of three
Cheney swimmers won two of three competitions last week topping Ellensburg 91-81 and Clarkston 126-21 before being topped by Pullman 95-81.
Those victories were led by a number of notable victories like the 200 Medley Relay team of Maddy Pearson, Kitana Cano, Sage Schaefer, Lydia Khan winning in a time of 2 minutes, 22.80 seconds.
Joyalise O’Dell won in the 200 Freestyle in 2:04.79 and Lauren Howe’s 24.97 in the 50 Freestyle not only gave her an individual win but a new state qualifying time. Howe also won the 100 Freestyle in 55.97.
O’Dell, Schaefer, Howe and Kate Kissell teamed for a win in the 200 Freestyle Relay in 1:50.69 while Howe, Kissell, O’Dell and Hannah Ge won the 400 Freestyle Relay in a time of 4:03.50.
Notable individual efforts included the 100 Backstroke where Joyalise O’Dell’s 1:06.12 was first and Meghan Mix’s 1:12.05 got the Medical Lake swimmer a second. Hannah Ge’s 1:20.67 was good for a victory over Clarkston and a runner-up to Pullman.
“Our swimmers did well despite being very tired due to an uptick in training,” head coach Jennifer Hochwalt wrote in an email.
Cheney competed in Pullman Oct. 19 for the GSL championships.
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VOLLEYBALL:
Cardinals split NEA outings
Medical Lake volleyball won one and lost one in Northeast A League play last week.
The visiting Cardinals saw the Crimson Hawks (6-4 NEA, 8-6 overall) rally from a 2-1 deficit to force a fifth set on the way to a 3-2 (20-25, 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 11-15) win Oct. 11. Ailahni Viloria (29 digs), Madi Spring (12 kill assists) and Chiche Okemgbo (12 kills) were statistical leaders for Medical Lake.
Returning home Oct.13, Medical Lake handed Deer Park (4-6, 5-7) a 3-1 defeat (25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 25-17) winning the final two sets for the match win. Madi Spring had 18 kill assists, Ailahni Viloria 15 digs and Rylie Spring 13 kills to pace the Cardinals.
Medical Lake (4-7 NEA, 5-10 overall) closed out regular season play with a home match vs. Freeman (11-0, 15-0) Oct. 18 and were at Lakeside (9-2, 10-2) Oct. 20. The Cardinals are in line for a post-season berth but who they play has yet to be determined with six teams qualifying.
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