Lisbon Broncos take region title

The Lisbon High School boys cross country team used a solid effort to dominate the Class B East Region meet Saturday in Cooperstown.

Thomas Horgeshimer won the meet with a time of 16 minutes, 57 seconds, but teammate Jacob Gallagher had a 17:31 to finish runner-up, leading the Broncos to a team score of 64, 23 better than runnerup Grafton.

Kieran Hall (18:05) finished sixth for the Broncos, who will prepare for the state meet Saturday in Dickinson.

Griggs County Central’s Tim Clifton also finished in the top 10, taking eighth with an 18:14. The Cougars took fourth as a team.

Farther back, Donavan Moser (11th) and Ceph Dockter (13th) led Central Prairie to a sixth-place finish with a score of 199.

In the top five joining Lisbon’s runners were Josh Mangin of Central Cass (third), Daniel Kuntz of Velva (fourth) and Nick Pederson (fifth) of Hatton-Northwood-Thompson.

Team-ise, Central Cass was third (98), while Rugby took fifth with a 178. Other area teams scoring included Carrington (308), Hatton-Northwood-Thompson (428) and Barnes County North (616).

On the girls side, Dakota Prairie’s Ashley Perez won with a 15:46, but Barnes County North’s Tess Scott was second with a time of 15:53.

Hillsboro-Central Valley took top honors with a 63, beating Rugby by 42 points. Barnes County North (189) was fifth, followed by Griggs County Central (236).

H at t o n - N o r t h wo o d - Thompson finished in fifth place with a 265. Also scoring was Lisbon (276), Carrington (296), Central Prairie (423), Dakota Prairie (479) and LaMoure (577).

For individuals in the top five, Shayla Fossum of Hillsboro-Central Valley was third, followed by Cassidy Peterson of Velva and Cailee Peterson of May-Port-CG.

East Region

In Cooperstown, Saturday

Boys

Team totals

Lisbon 64, Grafton 87, Central Cass 98, Griggs County Central 162, Rugby 178, Central Prairie 199, Hillsboro/Central Valley 223, Sargent Central 294, Carrington 308, Velva 322, Cavalier 327, Mayville-Portland-CG 357, Langdon 366, Larimor 368, Richland 386, Dunseith 408, Four Winds 418, Hatton-Northwood-Thompson 428, Munich 527, Benson County 576, Barnes County North 616, North Star 617

Top 20 finishers

1.Thomas Horgeshimer, Lis, 16:57; 2. Jacob Gallagher, Lis, 17:31; 3. Josh Mangin, CC, 17:35; 4. Daniel Kuntz, Vel, 17:50; 5. Nick Pederson HN-T, 17:57; 6. Kieran Hall, Lis, 18:05; 7. DeVan Helmoski, Graf, 18:08; 8.Tim Clifton, GCC, 18:14; 9. Austin Rust, CC, 18:23; 10. Lucas Nadeau, Duns, 18:24; 11. Donavan Moser, CP, 18:29; 12. Josh Thompson, Graf, 18:35; 13. Ceph Dockter, CP, 18:35; 14. Ryan Gapp, Lang, 18:36; 15.Tanner Bernhardt, Rug, 18:44; 16. Justin Warling, Lis, 18:45; 17. Ben Lagien, Munich, 18:45; 18. Kyle Shultz, CC, 18:45; 19. Jacob Garza, Graf, 18:46; 20. Reid Hammer, Vel, 18:53

Girls

Team totals

Hillsboro/Central Valley 63, Rugby 105, Grafton 155, Langdon 180, Barnes County North 189, Griggs County Central 236, Hatton-Northwood-Thompson 265, Velva 269, Lisbon 276, Carrington 296, Richland 377, Mayville-Portland-CG 381, Central Prairie 423, Larimore 442, Central Cass 473, Dakota Prairie 479, Dunseith 490, Four Winds 494, Sargent Central 502, North Star 504, Rolla 508, Cavalier 510, LaMoure 577

Top 20 girls

1.Ashley Perez, Dakota Prairie, 15:46; 2. Tess Scott, BCN, 15:53; 3. Shayla Fossum, H/CV, 15:53; 4. Cassidy Peterson, Vel, 15:54; 5. Cailee Peterson, MPCG, 16:00; 6. Madison Gapp, Lang, 16:07; 7. Kennedy Rude, Lang 16:11; 8. Annika Rotvold, H/CV, 16:13; 9. Lauren Christenson, Rug, 16:19; 10. Mackenzi Hokesvig, H-N-T, 16:23; 11. Shash Hovind, Lis, 16:24; 12. Chandra Yankton, Duns, 16:27; 13. Gracie Wright, H/CV, 16:29; 14. Jessica Johnson, Graf, 16:29; 15. Leah Oien, GCC, 16:30; 16. Ashley Neumiller, Carr, 16:31; 17. Courtney Heupel, CP, 16:31; 18. Tatiana Berge, H/CV, 16:37; 19. Ann Endres, Carr, 16:42; 20. Allsion Foster, Rug, 16:43