Three Washington County runners medaled Friday during the NSAA State Cross Country Championships in Kearney, while the Arlington, Blair and Fort Calhoun football teams finished up their regular seasons with victories.
Here's how each team in action Friday did:
CROSS-COUNTRY
Fort Calhoun's Bria Bench and Jacob Rupp, and Blair's Hailey Amandus, medaled Friday during the state cross-country meet.
Bench earned the county's top finish, claiming ninth in the Class C girls race. She finished the 5-kilometer course in 20:16.7, while Dala Drowne was 26th and the full FCHS girls team finished eighth.
The Fort Calhoun boys, meanwhile, finished two points shy of a runner-up trophy. They were third as Rupp was 13th in 17:11.1 and Lance Olberding finished just shy of a medal in 17th.
Amandus led the Bears with her own 13th-place finish in 20:20, leading BHS to its best-ever Class B finish in the girls' team standing. Blair was fourth overall with Mary Roskens adding a 26th-place finish.
On the Class B boys' side, Blair's Dawson Fricke led his teammates with a 32nd-place finish.
Arlington's Colby Grefe also competed at state, finishing 72nd.
For the full story and full results from state cross-country — with additional places, times and photos of Washington County runners Ely Olberding, John McKennan, Luke Gustafson, Johnathon Schwarte, Tessa Skelton, Kaitlyn Thalman, Rowan Roehr, Kylie Perfetti, Chloe Schrick, Allie Czapla, Cayli Penner, Emily Lamoureux, Nolan Slominski and Nick Wayman — check out Tuesday's photo-filled Washington County Pilot-Tribune or return online here at enterprisepub.com/sports that same day.
FOOTBALL
Fort Calhoun 3, Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 0: Jake Seina's field goal kick was all the Pioneers (3-6 overall) needed as the defense led FCHS to a season-closing road upset at 7-2 Logan View.
Blair 64, South Sioux City 24: The Bears led 50-12 at halftime and won by 40 to improve to 6-3 before the Class B playoffs begin next week.
Arlington 36, Douglas County West 0: Jesse Thompson scored the first and last touchdowns of the Eagles' season finale as they finished with a 3-6 record.
