Middle school Panther girls win RVC title

     The Monticello Middle School girls’ cross country team won the championship at the River Valley Conference Meet Thursday, Oct. 12 at Kickers Soccer Park in Iowa City.

     The Panthers scored 33 points, defeating Iowa City and Northeast, each of whom had 54 points.

     Monticello’s top four runners were all in the top 15 overall. Lydia Recker finished sixth, Karle Kramer was seventh, Claire Tuetken 11^th and Emma Althoff 13^th.

     Monticello’s boys finished fifth as a team, with 106 points, behind Cascade with 31, Tipton with 37, Iowa City Regina with 54 and Mid-Prairie with 60.

     Dylan Ponder ran 19^th and Harrison Ahlrichs was 20^th to lead the Panther boys.

     The meet ended the season for the middle school teams.

Oct. 12

River Valley Conf. Meet

(at Kickers Soccer Park,

Iowa City)

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

     1, Monticello 33; 2, Iowa City Regina 54; 3, Northeast 54; 4, Mid-Prairie 55; 5, Tipton 73; 6, Bellevue 102; 7, Durant 107; 8, Cascade 120; 9, Camanche 141.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     6, Lydia Recker, 13:80.81; 7, Karle Kramer, 13:32.26; 11, Claire Tuetken, 14:04.58; 13, Emma Althoff, 14:20.51; 22, Maci Boffeli, 15:12.77; 33, Mya Postel, 15:44.22; 37, Emily Hendricks, 15:52.83.

BOYS TEAM SCORES

     1, Cascade 31; 2, Tipton 37; 3, Iowa City Regina 54; 4, Mid-Prairie 60; 5, Monticello 106; 6, Camanche 113; 7, Durant 121; 8, Northeast 125; 9, Bellevue 131; 10, Wilton 162.

MONTICELLO RESULTS

     19, Dylan Ponder, 12:59.05; 20, Harrison Ahlrichs, 13:02.10; 33, Grant Hospodarsky, 13:28.34; 34, Jethiah Covel, 13:29.81; 37, Evan Martensen, 13:39.61; 45, Carter Kurt, 13:58.51; 52, Nathan Oswald, 14:19.77.