HHS girls 1st, boys 5th in Estherville meet

The Humboldt girls' cross country team took first while the Wildcat boys were fifth in the Estherville-Lincoln Central Invitational held on Sept. 9.

The Wildcat girls totaled 37 team points to finish ahead of runner-up Sioux Central with 52. Spirit Lake had 87, Emmetsburg 90 and Algona 110. ELC was sixth at 121. Tyra Schupbach of West Bend-Mallard was the individual winner in 19:52.

Avery Fisher was runner-up in 20:25.59 to pace the Humboldt girls. Brynn Malo was third in 20:40 and Aubry Fisher fourth at 20:42. Macey Rodgers clocked 23:17 for 12th-place and Kimberly Sanchez was 31st in 26:24 and Kinley Nilles 32nd in 27:01.

Henry Kramer was eighth overall in 18:59 to pace the Humboldt boys, who totaled 133 points. Spirit Lake won the team crown with 41 while Sioux Central had 51, Algona 68 and ELC 85. North Union was sixth with 186. Gavin Weber of Algona was the individual winner in 16:54.

Also for Humboldt, Graham Bakken was 40th in 21:45. Obed Antonio 41st in 21:48, Carson Chambers 47th in 22:13 and Ike Fowler 52nd in 22:32. Joel Thurm ran 57th in 22:59. Miles Zeman was 59th in 22:59.

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