Young VG/H girls’ cross country team finishes season on positive note

By Fred Kroner

With a lineup featuring three sophomores, one freshman and one junior, Villa Grove/Heritage placed 11^th on Saturday (Oct. 24) in the 13-team Class 1A Decatur girls’ cross-country regional at Hickory Point Golf Course.

Leading the way for the Blue Devils was sophomore Emma Buesing (43^rd in 21 minutes, 47.9 seconds).

Trailing her were freshman Lilli Montgomery (47^th in 22:20.3), sophomore Kyleigh Price (61^st in 24:10.3), junior Hailey Stutz (68^th in 25:07.7) and sophomore Madison Logan (70^th in 25:37.9).

VG/Heritage finished with a team score of 281 points.

Four of the top five teams in the regional were state-ranked, according to milesplit.com, including team titlist Tolono Unity (40 points) and runner-up Monticello (51 points), who were rated fourth and first, respectively.

The regional meet was the final competition of the season for VG/Heritage.