Villa Grove’s Kurt Zimmerman wins Heritage Invitational

By Fred Kroner

Villa Grove was the only school to field a full boys’ team in the Tuesday (Oct. 6) Heritage Invitational at Homer.

In the 2-mile race, the top runners from three schools finished in a near photo-finish.

Villa Grove’s Kurt Zimmerman was the narrow winner, completing the course in 12 minutes and 30 seconds.

He was just in front of Philo St. Thomas’ Caleb Mathias (12:31) and Heritage’s Hunter Montgomery (12:32).

Three of his teammates also secured berths in the top 10.

Jackson Gilles was seventh in 14:10, Tucker McGarigle was ninth in 15:57 and Nolan Shadwick was 10^th in 15:59.

The team’s other participants were: Logan Hauersperger (11^th in 16:11), Kendrick Roy (12^th in 18:24), Maddox Piercy (13^th in 18:32) and Blake Davis (14^th in 18:36).

Villa Grove will run in the six-team Casey Sectional on Friday (Oct. 16).