When you win a League Championship, there are many highlights. This week two ladies stepped up to accept the challenge.  In a race that was decided by the fifth runners, Hopewell-Loudon had the best.  Bailey Jameson finished well ahead of Liberty-Benton's fifth runner and grabbed a 2nd Team BVC Honor in the process.  Lizzie Erlanger had to perform to prolong her season into the Tournaments, and she did just that.  And Lizzie also ran well enough to gain Honorable Mention BVC Honors. Great Job, and they are our Runners of the Week !!

The Junior High Lady Chieftains won their second straight BVC Championship in Findlay Saturday.  Leading the way as the Individual League Champion was Taylor Joseph, who matched her personal best time of 13:10.  Also coming up big was Shanny Strahm, who ran a career best  time and placed in the Top 10 to earn League Honors.  Way to go Ladies !!!  You are this week's Runners of the Week ! 

The Girls' XC Team placed 4th of 15 teams at the Fostoria Booster Invitational last Saturday.  Leading many solid efforts were Grace Portentoso and Corrin Hoover.  Grace achieved one of the few PRs of the day, and it was a big one, shaving about 30 seconds off her previous best time.  Corrin also had a PR and ran a great race as well, finishing as our Top Runner.  Both young Ladies earn this week's Runner of the Week awards for their efforts.

The Fostoria Meet was  a good one for the young Lady Chieftains.  They grabbed the Runner-Up trophy in the field of 9 teams.  Brook and Macy Breidenbach both ran very strong races.  Macy had one of the few PRs on this difficult course, and Brook was once again steady and strong, finishing third on the team as she has done all year long, showing great consistency.  This earned these two our runner of the week awards.  Way to go, Ladies !!

Marissa Shaver and Camie Tidswell had strong races at the Buckeye Central Invite.  They both ran close to their season best times on a very wet and muddy course.  Their efforts helped the Chieftains take third place in the ten team field and got them this week's Runner of the Week awards.  Keep up the good work, Ladies!!

A couple of big performances highlighted the young Lady Chieftains efforts at the Buckeye Central Invite.  Shanny Strahm and Emma Shellhammer both turned in huge PRs in their races,  Emma shaved off almost 90 seconds and Shanny trimmed 60 seconds off of their previous best times this year.  Way to go ladies !!!

The Lady Chieftains had a big day at the Liberty Center Widewater Invite on Saturday.  The Chieftains finished Runner-Up to State Ranked Liberty Center.  Bailey Jameson had a big PR and moved back up to the fifth runner spot, and Ashley Brickner had a huge PR, taking a full minute off of her previous best time.  That earned these two our Runners of the Week!!  Great Job, Ladies!!

We only had one Runner of the Week for Junior High this week, but what a BIG race she had at Widewater.  Macy Breidenbach shaved 90 seconds off her previous best time and helped the young Lady Chieftains to a third place finish at Liberty Center.  Great Job, Macy, you just keep getting stronger !!

Week #4 brought the H-L Lady Chieftains Invite Championships at Riverdale and Lakota, so there were many great performances.  Emily Pace has come on strong the last week, achieving PRs at both meets.  Marissa Shaver has also been running well, chalking up a Career PR at Riverdale.  And then there is Corrin Hoover, who led the team at Riverdale and also chipped in a Top 10 finish at Lakota, as well.  These three young ladies had great weeks, as did the whole team !!  Let's keep up the good work at Widewater this week.

The Junior High Lady Chieftains have been having a great season so far.  With the two Taylors leading the way, they finished in the Runner-Up spot at Riverdale, and finished 4th of 14 teams at Lakota.  Leiter and Joseph took turns being the top runner in these two races, and have been two of the area's best young runners this year.  Liliana Ortiz has been working very hard in practice, and achieved a huge PR at the Riverdale Meet.  Way to go Ladies !!  Keep up the good work ! 

Lots of runners, some muggy weather and a challenging course were all there Saturday at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival.  A couple Lady Chieftains had particularly good days.  Camie Tidswell led the way in the Open Race placing 65th out of 393 runners, and Grace Portentoso was able to fight thru the conditions and still achieve a PR, the only H-L runner able to do so.  A great job by both of these runners !!

The Tiffin Carnival brought out the best in these two Junior High Runners. Brook Breidenbach continues to have a very solid season and was once again the team's third runner.  All her hard work has definitely paid off.  Our other runner of the week showed just how much promise she has.  In her very first XC race, she was the team's fourth runner and ran a 14:58 on a very tough Carnival course.  Great Job by both young ladies !!!!

The meet at Columbus Grove had lots of big performances for the Lady Chieftains.  Standing out were Reane Kapelka and Madisen Crites-Kline.  Renae was our top runner for the second week in a row and ran a 21:09, almost a full minute faster than her race at Grove last year.  Madisen established a Career PR and broke into the Top 7 for the first time this year.  Great Job for both of these young ladies !!

The Junior High girls performed very well at Columbus Grove.  Taylor Joseph was our top runner and established a new Career PR in this race. Along with the other Taylor, she is establishing herself as one of the areas best young runners.  Ainsley Roush also had a very good day, taking almost 35 seconds off the time of her first race.  She works very hard in practice and will continue to get better.  Great Job, Ladies !!

Our first race of the year at Seneca East produced many fine performances, making it hard to choose our 1st week winners, but these two stood out.  Jazmine Nutter started her year with a 25 second improvement over her race on this course last year, and a strong 6th place team finish.  Ashley Brickner made her first ever XC race a memorable one, finishing fourth on the team!  Now we know what to expect from her this week.

When you get the Runner-Up trophy in a big Invite, lots of people have good days, and that certainly was the case at Seneca East in Week #1.  Taylor Leiter was the individual runner-up in a race of 95 runners and Riley Suter shaved over a minute off her race at this meet last year!  A great job by all the Junior High runners, you are going to have a great year!!!!