HURON — The Harrisburg Tigers girls’ cross country team ran away with the top spot in the girls race, while the Aberdeen Central Golden Eagles boys were able to edge the Brookings Bobcats in the Eastern South Dakota Conference cross country meet, held Saturday morning at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.

Brianna Reilly and Hannah Genrich of Harrisburg finished 1-2 in the girls’ varsity race, breaking the tape more than a minute ahead of the third-place finisher to push Harrisburg to a team title. Harrisburg scored 29 team points, outpacing Brandon Valley who was the clear second-place squad with 48 points.

Pierre came in third at 92 points, Tea Area had 109 to rank fourth, and Aberdeen Central scored 133 to edge out Watertown (137) for fifth place in the team title.

Huron finished ninth with 241 team points.

Seventh-grader Reilly ran a 17:10.36 to win the girls’ varsity race, ahead of eighth-grade teammate Genrich, who ran a 17:13.31. Sarah VanDeBerg of Brandon Valley took third at 18:20.41.

Emery Larson of Pierre ran a 18:24.15 to come in fourth and Addison Scholten of Brandon Valley came in fifth at 18:26.69.

Josie Vlieger was the top Huron runner, finishing in 21:19.32 to come in 42nd.

Aberdeen Central had 51 team points to defeat Brookings, with 59 points, in the boys’ varsity team competition. Brandon Valley finished third at 69.

Yankton led a close group from fourth through sixth, as the Bucks scored 141 team points. Pierre had 155 team points to beat out Harrisburg (158) for fifth place.

Huron finished 10th with a team score of 256 points.

Junior Mikah Peters of Brandon Valley coasted to a victory in 15:32.84 in the boys’ race. Brookings teammates Trevin Lounsbury (15:46.73) and Ernest Ting (15:55.79) finished second and third, with Carson Urlacher close behind for Aberdeen Central, finishing in 15:58.59 for fourth place. Caleb Morris of Pierre rounded out the top five with a time of 16:07.22.

Senior TJ Lien paced the Huron runners, coming in 33rd at 17:43.35. Teagan Lien finished 37th at 17:54.15.

Huron will host the Roger Loecker Invitational Thursday.

ESD Conference Meet
Oct. 12 at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron

Boys

Varsity
Team results: 1. Aberdeen Central 51, 2. Brookings 59, 3. Brandon Valley 69, 4. Yankton 141, 5. Pierre 155, 6. Harrisburg 158, 7. Watertown 167, 8. Tea Area 180, 9. Mitchell 223, 10. Huron 256.

Individual results (top five and Huron runners): 1. Mikah Peters, BV, 15:32.84; 2. Trevin Lounsbury, B, 15:46.73; 3. Ernest Ting, B, 15:55.79; 4. Carson Urlacher, AC, 15:58.59; 5. Caleb Morris, P, 16:07.22; 33. TJ Lien, Hu, 17:43.35; 37. Teagan Lien, Hu, 17:54.15; 70. James Weir, Hu, 19:15.67; 75. Angelo Medina, Hu, 19:42.81; 76. Alec Pester, Hu, 19:51.49.

Junior Varsity
Team results: 1. Brandon Valley 30, 2. Aberdeen Central 76, 3. Harrisburg 78, 4. Pierre 93, 5. Yankton 136, 6. Watertown 148, 7. Tea Area 149, 8. Huron 194, 9. Brookings 228.

Individual results (winner and Huron runners): 1. Marcus Munsch, BV, 17:58.71; 27. Maxwell Radke, Hu, 20:09.53; 34. Sebastian Olivo, Hu, 20:23.54; 39. Henry Kruse, Hu, 20:42.38; 51. Joshua Olivo, Hu, 21:40.74; 52. Emerson Sarvis, Hu, 21:41.10; 62. Colt Fenske, Hu, 23:13.59.

Middle School
Team Results: 1. Brookings 47, 2. Brandon Valley 57, 3. Pierre 74, 4. Harrisburg 84, 5. Mitchell 141, 6. Yankton 160, 7. Aberdeen Central 198, 8. Huron 200, 9. Watertown 238.

Individual results (winner and Huron runners): 1. John Toates, BV, 9:48.28; 28. Corbin Fuchs, Hu, 11:00.44; 30. Sawyer Storm, Hu, 11:02.92; 49. Charleston Wachter, Hu, 11:21.20; 51. Luke Vlieger, Hu, 11:22.44; 77. Tucker Lien, Hu, 12:18.15; 78. Ira Sarvis, Hu, 12:34.51; 79. Dayvinn Maldonado-Muniz, Hu, 12:44.57; 80. Logan Goehner, Hu, 12:53.81; 82. Cayden Sammons, Hu, 12:58.38; 83. Oakley Korkow, Hu, 13:01.10.

Girls

Varsity
Team results: 1. Harrisburg 29, 2. Brandon Valley 48, 3. Pierre 92, 4. Tea Area 109, 5. Aberdeen Central 133, 6. Watertown 137, 7. Brookings 201, 8. Yankton 207, 9. Huron 241.

Individual results (top five and Huron runners): 1. Brianna Reilly, Ha, 17:10.36; 2. Hannah Genrich, Ha, 17:13.31; 3. Sarah VanDeBerg, BV, 18:20.41; 4. Emery Larson, P, 18:24.15; 5. Addison Scholten, BV, 18:26.69; 42. Josie Vlieger, Hu, 21:19.32; 48. Lily Swanson, Hu, 21:41.70; 55. Lily Meyer, Hu, 21:56.04; 64. Nora Pester, Hu, 22:31.12; 73. Hannah Schoenfelder, Hu, 23:37.44; 77. Reva McGaugh, Hu, 24:46.98.

Junior Varsity
Team results: 1. Harrisburg 15, 2. Aberdeen Central 61, 3. Tea Area 78, 4. Brandon Valley 83, 5. Yankton 124.

Individual results (winner and Huron runners): 1. Nina Gabriel, Ha, 21:47.84.

Middle School
Team results: 1. Harrisburg 44, 2. Pierre 65, 3. Brookings 118, 4. Yankton 143, 5. Aberdeen Central 145, 6. Brandon Valley 154, 7. Mitchell 162, 8. Tea Area 189, 9. Watertown 214, 10. Huron 277.

Individual results (winner and Huron runners): 1. Eloise Scharnberg, Ha, 10:49.14; 69. Natalee McGaugh, Hu, 13:53.78; 78. Brier Florey, Hu, 15:11.92; 80. Madtey Jenson, Hu, 15:13.87; 87. Kaelynn Dubon, Hu, 15:49.87; 90. Layla Dubon, Hu, 17:29.77.