Highland boys win overall title at Lake Darling Invitational

Highland won the overall boys? team championship for grades 7-12 at Saturday?s Lake Darling Invitational, as the Huskies? freshman boys, junior boys and senior boys all won titles.

The Highland senior boys won with eight points. Matt Eden won the race in 16:47. Zack Popham took third place in 17:48, and teammate Luke Mahler crossed the finish line one second later in fourth place.

The Husky junior boys won with 17 points. Josh Brase took second place in 17:53, while teammates David Strabala and Keegan Hall finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Strabala clocked a time of 18:38, and Hall crossed the finish line in 19:02. Austin McCarthy came in 12

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in 19:55.

Tucker Hall took second place in 16:55 to lead the Highland freshman boys, who won with 14 points. Keiffer Sexton came in fourth in 17:32, and Wyatt Grooms rounded out the scoring with his eighth-place finish in 20:24. Jared Gringer finished 10

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in 21:03.

Evan Mahler took second place in the sophomore boys? race, crossing the finish line in 17:13. Tyler Beers finished 14

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in 21:16.

Caleb Brase won the eighth-grade boys? race in 12:28. Josh Brand took eighth place in 14:03, and Brandon Sperka was 11

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in 15:11. Corbin Grinstead came in 14

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in 15:42. Patrick Wood finished 18

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in 17:05, and Gabe McCarthy crossed the finish line 13 seconds later in 19

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place. Jarad Schnoebelen came in 21

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in 19:34, and Conner Cermack was 22

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in 22:53.

Lane Griffis took third place in the seventh-grade boys? race in 15 minutes flat to lead the Huskies. Jacob Griese finished fifth in 15:23. Gage Dennis came in ninth in 16:24, and Mason Manley was 10

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in 17:07. Ethan Grooms finished 12

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in 18:40.

Bridget Murphy took third place in the sophomore girls? race, crossing the finish line in 18:11. Teammate Amber Bean finished sixth in the race in 18:57.

Bre Popham, Highland?s lone runner in the eighth-grade girls? race, took 11

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in 15:59. Highland?s Zoe Mahler won the seventh-grade girls? race in 14:11.