Sophomore Zach Ruwe placed sixth and Heritage was the runner-up on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the boys’ Lincoln Prairie Conference cross-country meet in Arthur.

Ruwe’s 3-mile time was 17 minutes, 7.29 seconds. He ended sixth in a 46-runner field.

Heritage’s other participants were: Robert Holloman (13^th in 18:40.18), Hunter Montgomery (15^th in 18:55.59), Rowan Denmark-Collins (16^th in 19:12.65), Lukas Carey (23^rd in 19:40.65) and Aidan Ashbrook (25^th in 19:54.28).

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond coasted to the team title with a score of 20 points. Heritage had 59 points. Five schools entered full teams.

The Hawks return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 5) in a four-school meet at Paris.

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Zach Ruwe set the pace on Tuesday (Sept. 21) for Heritage in a four-school boys’ cross-country meet at the UI Arboretum, in Urbana.

Ruwe finished second in a 45-runner field, covering the 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 52.11 seconds.

He helped the Hawks to a runner-up team finish.

Urbana Uni High (33 points) was the winner, followed by Heritage (41), Tuscola (69) and Villa Grove (90).

The other Heritage runners were Hunter Montgomery (fourth in 18:36.00), Robert Holloman (11^th in 19:2.65), Rowan Denmark-Collins (12^th in 19:18.78), Lukas Carey (15^th in 19:50.57), Aidan Ashbrook (28^th in 21:43.86) and Cohen Sands (31^st in 22:37.65).

The Hawks return to action on Thursday (Sept. 30) in a 10-school meet at Monticello.

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The Heritage Hawks placed 14^th in the 17-school Tuscola Cross-Country Invitational at Wimple Park on Saturday (Sept. 18).

The team was led by freshman Robert Holloman, who ran the 3-mile course in 19 minutes, 5.78 seconds and ended in 46^th place in the 152-runner field.

Following Holloman were: Rowan Denmark-Collins (74^th in 19:59.06), Hunter Montgomery (87^th in 20:39.62), Lukas Carey (91^st in 20:48.83) and Cohen Sands (118^th in 22:45.91).

In a four-school meet on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at Tuscola, Heritage’s Zach Ruwe was the individual champion in a field of 34 competitors.

His 3-mile time was 18:30.85.

Denmark-Collins was fifth in 19:06.74, Montgomery was sixth in 19:26.93, Holloman was 10^th in 20:27.1, Carey was 12^th in 20:42.61 and Sands was 25^th in 24:16.96.

Tuscola edged Heritage for team supremacy, 29-34.

Heritage will return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Urbana Uni High.

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Heritage’s Zach Ruwe ran his personal-best on Saturday (Sept. 11) and finished ninth in the 92-runner Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cross-Country Invitational.

Ruwe completed the 3-mile course in 17 minutes and 18 seconds.

Two other Hawks finished the race in less than 19 minutes. Hunter Montgomery was 26^th in 18:37 and Rowan Denmark-Collins was 33^rd in 18:52.

The other Heritage runners were Lukas Carey (60^th in 20:03), Aidan Ashbrook (66^th in 20:28) and Cohen Sands (79^th in 22:29).

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond won team honors with 58 points. Runner-up Herscher had 77 points. Heritage was eighth in the 12-school event with 170 points.

Heritage will return to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at Tuscola.

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The Hawks placed ninth on Saturday (Sept. 4) in the Chrisman Cowchip Classic cross-country invitational.

The 26-school event was a flighted race where the No. 1 runners from each school ran only against each other, with other races held for the second through seventh runners from each school.

Heritage was ninth with a score of 295 points. The meet champion was St. Joseph-Ogden with a score of 68 points.

The best Heritage time of the day was by Zach Ruwe, who was 11^th in the race for No. 1 runners with a 3-mile time of 18 minutes, 23.9 seconds.

Heritage’s lone medalist was Hunter Montgomery, who earned a fifth-place finish in the race for No. 3 runners. His time was 19:16.1.

The team’s other competitors were: Rowan Denmark-Collins (11^th in No. 2 race at 19:24.9), Robert Holloman (ninth in No. 4 race at 20:15.9), Aidan Ashbrook (ninth in No. 5 race at 20:46.3), Lukas Carey (ninth in No. 6 race at 21:40.9) and Cohen Sands (12^th in No. 7 race at 23:05.9).

Heritage will return to action on Wednesday (Sept. 8) against Neoga at Mattoon’s Lake Land College.

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