Cardinal boys win conference title, Traynham wins individual title

by Angie Asam-Staff Writer

The Onaway cross country team traveled to Central lake Wednesday for the Ski Valley Conference Championships and came home with some hardware.

 

For the second consecutive season Joe Traynham took the individual conference title, winning the race with a time of 17:30, nearly a full minute ahead of his closest competition.

Morgan McLean was fourth overall with a time of 18:41 to join Traynham on the first-team all-conference.

Seth Satchwell was 12^th at 19:24 to earn a spot on the honorable mention all-conference team. Preston Badgero was 18^th at 20:33, Cameron Horn was 19^th at 20:35 and Troy Klein was 25^th at 20:59 to help the team place first.

The Cardinal boys’ team captured the title with 51 points ahead of Mancelona (56), Inland Lakes (62), Gaylord St. Mary (76) and Bellaire (95).

THE GIRLS’ team finished second in the conference wi

th 67 points behind Inland Lakes (23) but ahead of Gaylord St. Mary (68) and Johannesburg-Lewiston (70).

Clare Bastian finished fourth at 22:26 to earn first-team all-conference honors. Sammy Pasella was 16^th at 24:23. Kate Olmsted was 19^th at 24:47, Summer Harmon-Cooksey was 27^th at 25:45 and Desi Stiles was 37^th at 29:28.

In middle school action with 61 total runners Teddy Peters was second while Jager Mix was third. Spencer Nash was 26^th, Aidan Fry was 28^th, Cody Lovelace was 41^st and Vivianna Austin was 53^rd.

The Cardinals are off this weekend and return to action Oct. 18 at the Class D State Championships.