Big Orange HS Teams Sweep 46th Annual Max Evans Memorial

All photos courtesy of Scott Davis

Full Race Results

The Big Orange HS Boys Cross Country team won the 46th Max Evans Memorial Ohio Caverns Invitational on Saturday.
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Top 5 boys team scores
D3 #9 West Liberty-Salem 31
D3 #4 Columbus Grove 46
Bellefontaine 67
Ben Logan 120
Emmanuel Christian 180

Big Orange Boys Results
Fr. Dylan Lauck. 16:46.6. 1st 
Jr. Cade Clerico 16:59.1. 2nd. PR
Jr. Noah Smith 17:09.1 4th
Fr. Tate Yoder 17:18.0 7th PR
Sr. Jordan Lewis 18:22.2 19th
So. Hayden Kennedy 19:14.3 37th PR
So. Ian Maurice 19:33.3 42nd PR
Fr. Ayden Estep 20:52.6 75th
Fr. Hayden Miller 21:04.3 82nd PR
Fr. Adam LaRoche 21:36.2 95th PR
Fr. Elliott Hager 21:42.6 97th PR
Meet Record: 12-0
Season Record: 97-8
Total runners: 143

The team race was dedicated to Butch Sower and Corey Frost!

Next Meet: Saturday September 29th @ Buck Creek 9am

The Big Orange HS Girls Cross Country team also won the 46th Annual Ohio Caverns Max Evans Memorial Invitational Saturday.
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The Big Orange Girls, currently ranked 3rd in the OATCCC DIII State Poll, held off 7th ranked Columbus Grove for the win.

Girls Team scores
1st WL-S 36, 2nd Columbus Grove 55, 3rd Kenton 104, 4th New Bremen 107, 5th Fairbanks 116, 6th Bellefontaine 191, 7th Ben Logan 205, 8th Emmanuel Christian 214, 9th Indian Lake 233, 10th Mechanicsburg 247, 11th Jackson Center 267.

The Big Orange Girls placed 7 runners in the top 20 with freshman Megan Adams winning the race in 18:44. Katelyn Stapleton was 4th (20:11), Grace Adams 9th (20:51), Lydia Moell 10th (20:54), Madison Bahan 12th (21:14), Mya King 16th (22:12), and Maria Henderson 19th (22:18).
Also for WL-S, Mandy Weaver 24th (22:35), Lauren Fowler 29th (23:02), Sarah Painter 47th (24:17), and Anna Louden 65th (26:03).
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WL-S is 65-3 on the season.

The MS Big Orange Cross Country teams competed at the Max Evans Invitational hosted at the Ohio Caverns Saturday.

The boys finished 2nd out of 9 teams. The team was led by Andrew Kimball's 3rd place finish in a time of 11:47. There were 75 runners.

Other finishers for the Big Orange MS Boys were:
Ryan Henry was 6th 12:05
Owen Harrison 23rd 13:06
Joey Laroche 24th 13:08
Owen Garmin-King 35th 13:40
Philip Marr 47th 14:12
Sam Lauck 54th14:54
Mason Barger 61st, 15:41

The girls were 1st place out of 9 teams.

The team was led by Ashley Yoder and Taylor Kennedy who finished 2nd (12:40), and 3rd place (12:50) respectively. There were 74 runners.

Other finishers for the Big Orange MS Girls were:
Lilly Weaver 5th 13:30
Maggie Davis 8th 13:40
Makenzie Bahan 26th 14:52
Lily Smith 29th 15:02
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The teams will compete next Saturday at the Buck Creek Invitational.