The Batesville Lady Bulldogs have captured The Girls Cross Country Region Crown at Franklin. Greensburg places 5th and qualifies for The Semi-States. East Central was 8th, South Ripley 9th, and South Dearborn 10th. New Palestine won The Rushville Regionals. Rushville was 7th, Franklin County 8th, and Union County 9th.
Individually qualifying for The Semi-States are Rachel Campbell and Emilee Wedding-East Central, Lanie Nicholson-South Ripley, Jenna Walton-North Decatur, Lauren Kelly and Katelyn Meyer-Franklin County, Rachel Rohe-South Dearborn, and Hannah Morgan-Lawrenceburg.
Center Grove won The Boys Regional title at Franklin. Batesville finished 3rd and will advance to The Semi-States. Oldenburg was 6th, Greensburg 7th, East Central 9th and Jac-Cen-Del 10th. Franklin Central won The Regionals at Rushville. Rushville was 6th and Connersville 10th.
Individually qualifying for The Semi-States are Tyler Kuntz and Dylan Fledderman-Oldenburg, Damon Hughes-Jac-Cen-Del, Mike Schwebach-East Central, and Andrew Johnson and Hunter Butz-Greensburg.
What an incredible day! Girls claim Regional XC Championship Title for the first time in school history and they did it by beating the field by over 30 points and Lily Pinckley racing in as the Regional Runner up and setting a new school record at 19:02! The boys placed 3rd advancing them to Semi-State next Saturday as well and 7 Bulldogs were named to the All-Regional team! Yes, it was an incredible day!
Let’s start with the girls…scoring a low 53 points, it was a close race between Batesville and Center Grove through the 1st mile, but as the race progressed, by the time the 2nd mile came around, the dogs have put themselves in position to win the race and never looked back as Center Grove came in 2nd with 84 points. Whiteland was 3rd-92 points, Franklin Community placed 4th with 101 points and the Greensburg Pirates took the last spot to advance to Semi-State in 5th at 117 points. Greensburg’s Brenner Hannah was the overall champion of the race with a time of 18:46. Lily Pinckley kept Brenner in her sights and finished 2nd at 19:02. Ava Hanson was the next Bulldog to cross the finish line in 5th at 19:33 and making the All-Regional team. Two more Dogs placed in the top 20 to make the All-Regional team and they were Maria Lopez-10th (20:14) and Madison Rahschulte in 16th (20:37), both running a personal best. Sophie Myers was the 5th Batesville runner across the finish line in 26th (21:10), followed closely by Liz Loichinger in 32 (21:21) and Trysta Vierling in 35th (21:31). Congratulations girls on getting the job done and making some history!
The boys finished 3rd overall with 84 points getting beat by champions Center Grove with a very impressive score of 31 and Franklin Community taking 2nd with 60 points. Whiteland was 4th place at 123 points and Greenwood finished out the top 5 to advance to Semi-State with 156 points. The boys were led by senior Adam Moster who placed 6th and ran a personal best of 16:15. Also being named to the All-Regional team were Ean Loichinger in 10th (16:34) and Joshua Myers in 15th (16:49). Benjamin Moster was close in 24th place (17:26) as Daren Smith followed him in 36th (17:47). Dillon Murray was the 6th runner to cross the finish line for the Bulldogs in 44th spot (18:08) followed closely by Nathan Villani in 46th and running a personal best of 18:11. Way to go boys!
Batesville would also like to congratulate and wish good luck to the individuals in the area that will advance to semi-state next week even though their team will not…Lanie Nicholson-South Ripley, Hannah Morgan-Lawrenceburg, Rachel Campbell, Emilee Wedding and Michael Schwebach-East Central, Rachel Rohe-South Dearborn, Tyler Kuntz and Dylan Fledderman-Oldenburg Academy, Damon Hughes-Jac-Cen-Del, Andrew Johnson and Hunter Butz-Greensburg. Good Luck to all!
Batesville will get a week of practice in to prepare for Semi-State competition which is next Saturday, October 26th, at Shelbyville. (The course is just behind Walmart) The boys race will begin at 10:30, followed by the girls at 11:15.
The Semi-States will be on Saturday, October 26th at Shelbyville.
The Batesville Lady Bulldogs have captured The Girls Cross Country Region Crown at Franklin. Greensburg places 5th and qualifies for The Semi-States. East Central was 8th, South Ripley 9th, and South Dearborn 10th. New Palestine won The Rushville Regionals. Rushville was 7th, Franklin County 8th, and Union County 9th.