A-P boys cross country races to top-10 finish

GRUNDY CENTER – Jesse Washington led A-P boys cross country to a ninth-place team finish at the Sam Iverson Invitational at Town & Country Golf Course in Grundy Center on Thursday.

The boys scored 264 points, winning a tiebreaker with Montezuma by virtue of No. 6 runner Isaac Foxen placing ahead of Montezuma’s sixth runner. Washington was 19th overall in 18:21. The other varsity scorers were Henry Reints in 58th in 19:45, Jonah Carney 60th in 19:52, Kamdon Hoppenworth 63rd in 20:02 and Evan Sheesley 64th in 20:04. Tyler Birch also ran varsity, finishing 94th in 23:26.

Lia Hovenga guided the A-P girls to a 13th-place team finish, running 21:30 for 19th place. Ashley Schipper was 32nd in 22:21 and Adison Williamson 58th in 23:55.

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A-P girls, 13th out of 14 teams, 243 points. 19. Lia Hovenga 21:30; 32. Ashley Schipper 22:21; 58. Adison Williamson 23:55; 64. Ella Luebbers 24:15; 70. Lexi Aswegen 24:33; 82. Shayla Barrett 25:11; 

A-P boys, 9th out of 14 teams, 264 points. 19. Jesse Washington 18:21; 58. Henry Reints 19:45; 60. Jonah Carney 19:52; 63. Kamdon Hoppenworth 20:02; 64. Evan Sheesley 20:04; 71. Isaac Foxen 20:23; 94. Tyler Birch 23:26.