April 19, 2024

NV dominates at Wildcat Invite

By SCOTT VICKER

Nodaway Valley senior Nate Venteicher leads an Adair-Casey/CAM runner along the course Thursday at the Wildcat Invite hosted by West Central Valley at the 5x80 Golf and Country Club. (Audubon County)

MENLO — The Nodaway Valley cross country teams flashed their dominance here Thursday at the Wildcat Invite hosted by West Central Valley on the 5x80 Golf and Country Club.

Wolverine harriers claimed individual championships in both the boys varsity and girls varsity races, while the boys team posted a 59-point margin of victory over runner-up West Central Valley.

Junior Shane Breheny, ranked third in Class 1A, posted a 27-second victory over West Central Valley’s Rylan Heffernan to claim the individual boys title.

Breheny averaged 5:31.7 per mile, covering the 5K course in 17:10.43. Sophomore teammate Skyler Rawlings finished fifth overall in 18:07.29. Senior Nate Venteicher, ranked 24th in 1A, placed eighth in 18:15.01.

Matthew Dickinson took 11th place in 18:39.44, while Heath Downing rounded out the team score with his 12th-place finish in 18:57.72.

The Wolverines put seven runners in the top 20 of the race. Junior Brayten Funke, ranked 28th in 1A, placed 29th after dealing with dehydration during the race.

Top-ranked Nodaway Valley was without its No. 2 runner Brycen Wallace, who is ranked 16th in Class 1A. Wallace is out with mononucleosis and is expected to miss all of September.

In the girls 5K race, senior Destiny Scar dominated the field. Scar averaged 6:29.4 per mile, running 20:09.70 over the 5K course.

She finished nearly 2 full minutes ahead of runner-up Katlyn Holaday of Adair-Casey/CAM.

KateLynn Scar finished 31st in 31:15.81, while Cheyenne Wenstad was 39th in 34:43.92. Stormy France finished 42nd in 35:39.80.

Nodaway Valley returns to action Tuesday at Winterset.

Wildcat Invitational

GIRLS

Team standings — 1. Exira/EHK 38, 2. West Central Valley 54, 3. Interstate 35 72, 4. Adair-Casey/CAM 80, 5. Greene County 92.

Nodaway Valley — 1. Destiny Scar, 20:09.70; 31. KateLynn Scar, 31:15.81; 39. Cheyenne Wenstad, 34:43.92; 42. Stormy France, 35:39.80.

BOYS

Team standings — 1. Nodaway Valley 33, 2. West Central Valley 92, 3. Interstate 35 96, 4. Woodward Academy 113, 5. Adair-Casey/CAM 118, 6. Audubon 146, 7. Martensdale-St. Marys 149, 8. Clarinda Academy 208, 9. Greene County 208.

Nodaway Valley (33) — 1. Shane Breheny, 17:10.43; 5. Skyler Rawlings, 18:07.29; 8. Nate Venteicher, NV, 18:15.01; 11. Matthew Dickinson, 18:39.44; 12. Heath Downing, 18:57.72; 15. Dallas Kreager, 19:22.88; 18. Joel Blazek, 19:38.98; 25. Jesse Johnson, 20:08.38; 29. Brayten Funke, 20:22.62; 40. Dustin Finck, 21:37.79; 51. Zach Van Horn, 22:42.89; 54. Noah Cooper, 22:48.73; 61. Muhammad Afif Siduppa, 23:31.90; 67. Austin Lundy, 24:05.35; 82. Dakota Ernst, 28:13.09.