Tigers Take Second At RVC Meet

MONTICELLO — The Tipton boy’s cross-country team placed second at last week’s annual River Valley Conference meet. The Tigers scored 61 team points and placed second to the host Monticello Panthers who scored 55 points. The rest of the top-5 saw Mid-Prairie place third with 89 points, Bellevue place fourth with 116 ponts, and Northeast place fifth with 126 points. Four boy’s cross-country teams from the RVC were ranked at the time of the meet. In Class 2A, No. 2 Tipton and No. 5 Mid-Prairie were joined by Class 1A No. 4 Bellevue and No. 15 Cascade.

The Tigers were led by three Elite All-Conference selections with a pair of top-10 finishes. The Tigers were led by RVC runner-up Caleb Shumaker who ran to a finishing time of 15:53. It is the second straight meet for Shumaker with a time under 16:00. Shumaker is ranked No. 1 in Class 2A. Bellevue’s Brady Griebel won the individual River Valley Conference title winning the race in a time of 15:48. That time is a new conference record. Griebel is ranked No. 3 in Class 1A. The rest of the top five went third, Jamison Stutzman from Mid-Prairie in 16:34, Dylan Darsidan from Camanche, fourth in 16:38, and Payton Griebel from Bellevue, fifth in 16:45. Stutzman is ranked No. 15 in 2A and Darsidan is ranked No. 3 in 2A. Payton Griebel is ranked 21st in 1A.

Also in the top-10 were Cody Bohlmann 7th in 16:56 and Ty Nichols 8th in 17:12. Troy Butler collected all-conference honors with a 19th place finish in 17:46. All three Tiger runners are ranked in Class 2A. Ty Nichols is No. 18, Cody Bohlmann is No. 19, and Butler is No. 28.

Two more Tigers placed in the top-30 finishers. Bob Ryan placed 25th in 18:11 and A.J. Thumma placed 28th in 18:21. Other THS finishers were Brody Deerberg 57th in 19:28, Caleb Jedlicka 72nd in 20:18, Andy Shumaker 84th in 20:57, and Carson Glick 85th in 20:57.


Knights Compete At RVC Meet

MONTICELLO - The North Cedar Knights competed at the River Valley Conference meet on Tuesday, October 13. There, both North Cedar teams had enough runners to score as a team. The Knight girl’s placed eighth and the boy’s team placed 11th in the final team standings.

On the boy’s side North Cedar scored 316 points. Monticello won the boy’s team title with 55 points while Tipton was second with 61 and Mid-Prairie was third with 89. Bellevue’s Brady Griebel won the meet in a time of 15:48.

Jacob Spahr was the top North Cedar finisher, placing 73rd in 20:20. David Redhage was right behind him in 76th place in 20:29. Marshall VanOort placed 95th in 23:22 to give the Knights three runners in the top-100 finishers. Other North Cedar finishers were Joe Riedesel placing 101st and Leighton Tjaden placing 109th.


Durant and Wilton Have runners at RVC meet

MONTICELLO — Two area cross-country teams competed at the River Valley Conference meet in Monticello last week. Both Durant and Wilton both had runners at the meet, but neither had enough to score in the final team races.

For Wilton, the Beavers had two runners place in the top-70 finishers. Jake Walton led WIlton finishers, placing 46th in 19:13. Brody Brisker also was at the meet and placed 61st in a time of 19:57.

For Durant, the Wildcats had four runners place in the top-100 at the meet. Xander Fleming placed 70th in 20:12 to lead Durant. Braden Wagner placed 79th in 20:43 followed by Nathan Mommey 81st in 20:46 and William Richardson placed 100th in 27:40.


State qualifying meet sites now known

DES MOINES — Late last week, the 2020 assignments for this week’s state qualifying meets were released. State qualifying meets are on Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

In Class 2A, Tipton will travel to Jesup. Teams with the Tigers were Anamosa, Beckman, Waterloo Columbus, Crestwood, Jesup, New Hampton, North Fayette, Northeast, Oelwein, Osage, Starmong, Union, and Waukon.

In Class 2A, Wilton will run at Williamsburg. Teams with the Beavers were Camanche, Cardinal, Central Lee, Danville-New London, Eddyville-Blakebsburg-Fremont, Louisa-Muscatine, Mid-Prairie, PCM, Pella Christian, Springville-Central City, West Liberty, West Marshall, Williamsburg, and Wilton.

In Class 1A, North Cedar and Durant will travel to Cascade for their meet. Teams there are Belle Plaine, Bellevue, BGM, Calamus-Wheatland, Cascade, DUrant, Easton Valley, English Valleys, Highland, HLV, Hudson, Iowa Valley, Isaac Newton Christian Academy, Lone Tree, Marquette, Midland, North Cedar, Prince of Peace, and Rivermont Collegiate.

The state cross-country meet in Fort Dodge will be on Saturday, October 31 with the Class 1A and 2A classes. Classes 3A and 4A were moved to Friday, October 30.


River Valley Conference Meet

Monticello, IA

Tuesday, October 13

Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Monticello 55, 2. Tipton 61, 3. Mid-Prairie 89, 4. Bellevue 116, 5. Northeast 126, 6. Cascade 159, 7. Anamosa 168, 8. Camanche 173, 9. Iowa City Regina 210, 10. West LIberty 301, 11. North Cedar 316.


Top-10 Finishers:

1. Brady Griebel (B) 15:48, 2. Caleb Shumaker (TIP) 15:53, 3. Jamison Stutzman (MP) 16:34, 4. Dylan Darsidan (CAM) 16:38, 5. Payton Griebel (B) 16:45, 6. Jasper Nietert (MONTI) 16:56, 7. Cody Bohlmann (TIP) 16:56, 8. Ty Nichols (TIP) 17:12, 9. Andrew Butt (CAM) 17:17, 10. Zach Chapman (MONTI) 17:24.


Individual Team Results:

TIPTON (61): 2. Caleb Shumaker 15:53, 7. Cody Bohlmann 16:56, 19. Troy Butler 17:46, 25. Bob Ryan 18:11, 28. A.J. Thumma 18:21, 57. Brody Deerberg 19:38, 72. Caleb Jedlicka 20:18, 84. Andy Shumaker 20:57, 85. Carson Glick 20:57.


NORTH CEDAR (316): 73. Jacob Spahr 20:20, 76. David Redhage 20:29, 95. Marshall VanOort 23:22, 101. Joe Riedesel 27:49, 109. Leighton Tjaden 29:00.


WILTON (NTS): 46. Jake Walton 19:13, 61. Brody Brisker 19:57.


DURANT (NTS): 70. Xander Fleming 20:12, 79. Braden Wagner 20:43, Nathan Moomey 20:46, 100. William Richarson 27:40.