Villa Grove JH cross country season comes to end

By Fred Kroner

The cross-country season for Villa Grove Junior High ended on Saturday (Oct. 9) at the Class 1A IESA St. Thomas More Sectional.

The school had three girls who participated.

Lilly-Lynn Davis was 34^th in a 58-runner field. Her 2-mile time was 17 minutes and 31 seconds.

Teaghan Henderson was 44^th in 20:19 and Lyndsay Zoch placed 46^th in 20:39.

On the boys’ side, Villa Grove finished in 12^th place with 286 points. The top three schools advanced to state, led by Champaign St. Matthew (73) and Notre Dame DeLaSalette (77).

Nolan Shadwick was the top Villa Grove runner. He wound up in 49^th place with a 2-mile time of 14 minutes and 20 seconds.

Teammates following him were: Logan Hauersperger (55^th in 14:28.6), R.J. Mitsdarfer (67^th in 15:58), Bailey Keith (75^th in 17:15), Miles Swigart (76^th in 17:17); Max Kneer (77^th in 17:20) and Ethan Vail (80^th in 17:40).

There were 95 competitors in the field.