MV boys romp at MFL MarMac

Cross country

     Maquoketa Valley took the top two individual spots with Nolan Ries and Cy Huber, and went on to win the boys’ championship of the MFL MarMac Invitational Sept. 3 in Monona.

     The Wildcats dominated the meet, taking five of the top nine places and finishing with 22 points. Clayton Ridge was second with 62.

     Ries won the race with a time of 17 minutes, 5.60 seconds. Huber was second with 17:25.70. Michael Schaul finished fourth, 18:20.70; Mitch Heims seventh, 18:37.80; and Landin Frasher ninth (time unavailable). Brock Trenkamp was 13^th and Toby Grimm 18^th.

     “Nolan Ries and Cy Huber are two guys who have been to State before and ran a lot of miles this summer,” said Sara Dever, who co-coaches the Wildcats with Pat Meehan. “The dark horse in the race was Landin Frasher, who pulled through as our fifth guy. All the way down the line, this team performed well.”

     The Wildcat girls finished fifth with 132 points, in a meet won by Starmont, which had 27.

     Allison Hogan led MV with a 24^th place finish in 29:11.10. Jordan Hogan was 25^th in 29:42.50, Zari Ambundo 26^th in 29:50.20, Cecily Trenkamp 28^th in 32:37.70, and Josie Teymer 29^th in 37:08.30.

     “This is a young team,” Dever said. “Those freshmen now have their first meet under their belts, and I expect big improvement from there.”

Volleyball

     Maquoketa Valley rode an attack that produced 38 kills to a three-set sweep of Cedar Valley Christian Sept. 3 in Cedar Rapids. The Wildcats won 25-15, 25-29, 25-17.

     Emerson Whittenbaugh led the charge with 22 kills, while Payton Beaman had seven and Kylie Chesnut had six. Carissa Sabers had 27 assists. Avery Krapfl served four aces.

     Defensively, Ella Imler had 25 digs, and Whittenbaugh had 21. Chesnut made three blocks, and Molly Anderegg had two.

     Earlier, the Wildcats split a triangular meet Sept. 1 at Clayton Ridge, losing to Jesup 21-25, 14-25, and defeated Clayton Ridge 25-22, 25-16.

     Against Jesup, Imler had 16 digs, and Sabers made nine assists. Whittenbaugh had five kills and Sabers made 21 assists in the Clayton Ridge match. Whittenbaugh also made 17 digs.