Miller's Baumberger wins BDC cross country title

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Posted 9/22/24

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Miller's Baumberger wins BDC cross country title

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CHAMBERLAIN — Senior Pierce Baumberger won the Big Dakota Conference title for Miller on Thursday.

Baumberger turned in a winning time of 17:57 for the Rustlers, who were third in the final team standings.

Philip, which had four runners in the top 10, won the boys’ title with 12 points. Sioux Valley was second at 32, followed by Miller at 42.

Platte-Geddes and Kimball/White Lake finished at 48, but fourth place was awarded to Platte-Geddes on a tiebreaker.

Finishing in the top 10 for Highmore-Harrold was Brooks McPeak, who was eighth at 18:42.

Isaiah Gortmaker was 16th for Miller at 19:50, while teammate Jaymin VanDer Werff was 33rd at 21:06.

Jordan Erfman of Highmore-Harrold was 30th at 20:56.

The top three teams in the girls’ varsity final standings had 21 points.

Sioux Valley earned the title on a tiebreaker, while Chamberlain claimed second with a tiebreaker and Kimball/White Lake was third.

Miller finished seventh in the final girls’ standings.

Maci Licht earned the medalist honors for Sioux Valley with a winning time of 19:47.

Autumn Fallis of Highmore-Harrold was sixth at 21:11, while Madeline Nye of Miller finished just outside the top 10 at 22:05.

Gabby Werdel was 32nd for the Rustlers at 24:21, while Allie Gortmaker was 40th at 26:42 and Quinn Hurd was 42nd at 27:02.

Big Dakota Conference Meet and Gary Winter and Chamberlain Invite
Sept. 19 in Chamberlain

Boys

Varsity
Team scores: 1, Philip 12; 2, Sioux Valley 32; 3, Miller 42; 4, Platte-Geddes 48; 5, Kimball/White Lake 48; 6, Highmore-Harrold 64; 7, White River 66; 8, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 68; 9, Chamberlain 76; 10, Garretson 76.

Individual results (top 5 and area runners): 1, Pierce Baumberger, M, 17:57; 2, Jack Peterson, P, 18:14; 3, Carson Wosje, SV, 18:18; 4, Baylor Burns, P, 18:24; 5, Carter Siemonsma, G, 18:27; 8, Brooks McPeak, HH, 18:42. 16, Isaiah Gortmaker, M, 19:50; 30, Jordan Erfman, HH, 20:56; 33, Jaymin VanDerWerff, M, 21:06; 38, Aidan Ferens, HH, 21:16; 41, Carter Webb, HH, 22:00; 48, Alexander Van Zee, M, 22:59; 51, Blaten Werdel, M, 23:28.

Junior Varsity
Team scores: 1, Pierre 8; 2, Winner 23; 3, Garretson 29; 4, Platte-Geddes 38; 5, Mobridge-Pollock 41; 6, Todd County 68; 7, White River 71; 8, Wakpala 81; 9, St. Francis Indian 83.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Grady Bartunek, WAG, 16:55; 14, Jonah Webb, HH, 18:28; 28, Davian Knox, HH, 20:07; 31, Owen Kahler, M, 20:28.

Middle School

Team scores: 1, Highmore 13; 2, Sioux Valley 14; 3, Georgia Morse 25; 4, Lyman 33; 5, Chamberlain 52; 6, Burke 67; 7, Wagner 72; 8, Miller 89; 9, Parkston 100; 10, Platte-Geddes 106; 11, St. Joseph’s Indian 129.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Shay Weber, P, 11:14; 2, Karsten McPeak, H, 11:24; 6, Jayden Erfman, H, 11:36; 8, Conner Parrish, H, 11:45; 34, Jake Werdel, M, 12:49; 35, Haistyn Huss, M, 13:06; 49, Wyatt Moser, M, 14:25; 56, Lucas Runge, M, 15:06; 61, Graham Munger, M, 15:36; 70, Hans Otteson, M, 18:24; 71, Blake Hofer, M, 20:03.

Girls

Varsity
Team scores: 1, Sioux Valley 21; 2, Chamberlain 21; 3, Kimball/White Lake 21; 4, Platte-Geddes 37; 5, Stanley County 46; 6, Burke 61; 7, Miller 67; 8, Todd County 78; 9, Mobridge-Pollock 89.

Individual results (top 5 and area runners): 1, Maci Licht, SV, 19:47; 2, Grace Phillips, C, 20:14; 3, Ella Pollreisz, EP, 20:38; 4, Sophia Bauld, B, 20:58; 5, Berklee Mills, PG, 21:03; 6, Autumn Fallis, HH, 21:11; 11, Madeline Nye, M, 22:05; 32, Gabby Werdel, M, 24:21; 40, Allie Gortmaker, M 26:42; 42, Quinn Hurd, M, 27:02.

Junior Varsity
Team scores: 1, Ethan/Parkston 12; 2, Chamberlain 14; 3, Winner 19; 4, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 38; 5, Todd County 42.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Sadie Mueller, EP, 20:12; 4, Morah Swartzendruber, M, 21:07; 11, Jaylynn Knox, HH, 22:39; 14, Lillian Bowar, M, 24:30.

Middle School
Team scores: 1, Chamberlain 18; 2, Sioux Valley 19; 3, Georgia Morse 24; 4, Parkston 25; 5, Miller 55; 6, Highmore 75; 7, Kimball/White Lake 77; 8, St. Joseph’s Indian 88.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Lydia Zilverberg, GM, 12:38; 10, Kynslee Mushitz, M, 13:23; 28, Kyannah Berry, H, 14:51; 30, Olivia Odden, M, 14:55; 38, Lauryn Stevens, M, 15:24; 40, Natalie Bowar, M, 15:38; 41, Maya Webb, H, 15:39; 42, AaLiyah Myers, H, 15:42; 48, Nora Van Zee, M, 16:35; 55, Mia Jones, M, 17:20; 57, Joey Swartzendruber, M, 17:57.

Nesheim wins for Clark/Willow Lake
ABERDEEN — Kameryn Nesheim of Clark/Willow Lake won the girls’ varsity race during the Aberdeen Roncalli Invite on Thursday.

Nesheim turned in a winning time of 21:46.58 to help the Cylcones to a second-place finish in the team standings.

Deuel finished with 12 points, which put them four points ahead of Clark/Willow Lake. Aberdeen Roncalli was third at 33, followed by Great Plains Lutheran at 34 and Florence/Henry at 51.

Faith Roehrich and Cadence Bochek were seventh and eighth, respectively, for the Cylcones with tiems of 23:10.59 and 23:14.04.

Emma Bochek was 10th for Clark/Willow Lake at 23:35.15, while Jennifer Bevers was 13th at 24:33.55 and Hadley Gjerde was 15th at 24:43.55.

Deuel had four of the top six finishers in the varsity boys’ race to claim the team title with eight points.

Great Plains Lutheran was second at 18, while Aberdeen Central was third at 25. Rounding out the top five were Florence/Henry at 50 and Webster Area at 58.

Clark/Willow Lake was seventh at 73, followed by Hitchcock-Tulare at 89.

Will Hovde finished 25th for Clark/Wilow lake at 22:41.70, while Payton Moore led Redfield with a 24:03.60 to put him in spot No. 36.

Ryder Graff of Sisseton won the boys’ varsity race in 19:18.94, while Caden Hourigan of Deuel was second at 19:43.09.

Aberdeen Roncalli Invite
Sept. 19

Boys

Varsity
Team scores: 1, Deuel 8; 2, Great Plains Lutheran 18; 3, Aberdeen Central 25; 4, Florence/Henry 50; 5, Webster Area 58; 6, Tri-State 68; 7, Clark/Willow Lake 73; 8, Hitchcock-Tulare 89.

Individual results (top 5 and area runners): 1, Ryder Graff, S, 19:18.94; 2, Caden Hourigan, D, 19:43.09; 3, Thad Kratz, GPL, 19:59.38; 4, Tyson Hagberg, D, 20:00.77; 5, Sutton Benck, D, 20:23.49; 25, Will Hovde, CWL, 22:41.26; 36, Payton Moore, R, 24:03.60; 37, Aksel Gjerde, CWL, 23:04.54; 39, Carson Peterson, R, 24:33.08; 42, Gavin Schneider, HT, 24:48.73; 44, Brecken Estey, HT, 25:18.21; 45, Logan Seefeldt, CWL, 25:41.33; 52, Matthew Salmen, HT, 26:49.38.

Junior Varsity
Team scores: 1, Great Plains Lutheran 13; 2, Clark/Willow Lake 13; 3, Aberdeen Roncalli 28; 4, Deuel 30.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Gavin Hinners, GPL, 12:12.83; 2, Ayden Peterson, CWL, 12:33.54; 5, Alex Reil, CWL, 12:51.61; 6, Oliver Reitz, CWL, 13:06.13; 20, Brodie Boomsma, HT, 14:16.07; 23, Seth Smith, HT, 15:00.66; 24, Waylan Olson, CWL, 15:25.75; 26, Waylon Fitzgerald, CWL, 16:39.97.

Junior High
Team scores: 1, Aberdeen Central 6; 2, Aberdeen Roncalli 33; 3, Sisseton 34; 4, Webster Area 41; 5, Groton Ara 45; 6, Tri-State 51; 7, Redfield 79.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Odin Bjerknes, AC, 8:47.42; 48, Will McPhee, R, 12:05.47; 49, Scylas Schulz, R, 12:05.86; 50, Carson Miles, HT, 12:06.27; 53, Marcus Fugman, R, 16:30.15.

Girls

Varsity
Team scores: 1, Deuel 12; 2, Clark/Willow lake 16; 3, Aberdeen Roncalli 33; 4, Great Plains Lutheran 34; 5, Florence/Henry 51; 6, Aberdeen Central 52; 7, Webster Area 66.

Individual results (top 5 and area runners): 1, Kamryn Nesheim, CWL, 21:46.58; 2, Jayce Hourigan, D, 21:58.60; 3, Addison Cassady, AR, 22:18.71; 4, Shyla Tvedt, D, 22:38.32; 5, Hazel Kannegieter, AR, 22:44.11; 7, Faith Rohrich, CWL, 23:10.59; 8, Cadence Bochek, CWL, 23:14.04; 10, Emma Bochek, CWL, 23:14.04; 13, Jennifer Bevers, CWL, 24:33.55; 15, Hadley Gjerde, CWL, 24:43.55; 32, Willow Ronneberg, R, 28:08.70; 37, Jadie Turner, R, 29:53.34.

Junior Varsity
Team scores: 1, Florence/Henry 21; 2, Aberdeen Central 25; 3, Redfield 30; 4, Clark/Willow Lake 34; 5, Deul 37; 6, Sisseton 37.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Sierra Keller, FH, 13:43.26; 3, Rylee Pickrel, CWL, 14:16.64; 8, Nevaeh Reitz, CWL, 14:49.86; 9, Aly Gruenwald, R, 14:54.04; 10, Lydia Jungwirth, R, 14:56.17; 11, Saige Jungwirth, R, 14:56.49; 25, Emma Fugman, R, 18:28.25; 27, Sena Gjerde, CWL, 18:40.05.

Junior High
Team scores: 1, Aberdeen Roncalli 9; 2, Aberdeen Central 12; 3, Sisseton 39; 4, Redfield 42; 5, Deuel 54; 6, Florence/Henry 70; 7, Webster Area 70.

Individual results (winner and area runners): 1, Alexis Hoag, AC, 9:22.80; 16, Harper Schade, R, 10:45.01; 17, Ava McMahan, R, 10:46.15; 31, Aniston Whitley, R, 11:36.46; 48, Tory Betten, R, 12:57.73; 53, Daveynn Bucholz, R, 13:16.70; 56, Josephine Wiebe, HT, 13:54.67.