Villa Grove competes at Monticello

By Fred Kroner

Three Villa Grove runners competed in the 19-school Monticello girls’ cross-country invitational on Saturday (Oct. 2) at Lodge Park.

In a field of 143 competitors, Eva Piercy was 80^th, with a 2-mile time of 15 minutes, 41.6 seconds.

Teammates Lilly-Lynn Davis (100^th in 16:46.6) and Teaghan Henderson (134^th in 20:08.7) were the school’s other participants.

Villa Grove will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 9) in an IESA Class 1A sectional meet at St. Thomas More.

Villa Grove Boys’ Junior High Cross-Country

Without an eighth-grader in the lineup, Villa Grove finished 21^st in the team standings on Saturday at the Monticello boys’ cross-country invitational at Lodge Park.

Mahomet-Seymour captured team honors with 54 points. Villa Grove had a composite score of 576 points.

Sixth-grader Nolan Shadwick led the team, finishing the 2-mile race in 77^th place with a time of 13 minutes, 57.5 seconds.

The school’s other competitors were Logan Hauersperger (110^th in 15:15.3), Bailey Keith (124^th in 15:51.2), Cole Cardiff (130^th in 16:07.6), Max Kneer (135^th in 16:38.6), Ethan Vail (136^th in 16:47.1) and R.J. Mitsdarfer (137^th in 16:47.3).

Villa Grove will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 9) in an IESA Class 1A sectional meet at St. Thomas More.