Cheney High’s boys and girls cross country teams clashed with a tough field of schools from across the 509 area code — and even outside — in the second Battle of the 509, held last Saturday at Fairways Golf Course outside of Four Lakes.
The Blackhawks boys finished 10th overall with 278 points, six points behind of Great Northern League rival East Valley but well back of seventh-place and GNL title-contender Pullman. Greater Spokane League 4A powerhouse Mead captured the meet title with 87 points.
Bas Holland led the boys and all Cheney runners, placing fifth with a time of 16 minutes , 5.70 seconds. Julian Torres was 39th in a time of 17:16.50, with Dillon Newbry 64th in 17:42.10, Beckett Schoenleber 84th in 18:05.40 and Kyle Peabody rounding out the Blackhawks scoring by finishing 88th in 18:10.50. Andres Margraf was 95th and Chayce Crawford finished in 108th.
The Cheney girls finished 11th, 64 points ahead of East Valley but 125 behind sixth-place Pullman. Idaho 5A Mountain View was first with 33 points.
Cheney was led by Marion Mager-Reeser, who finished 38th with a time of 21:10.80. She was followed by Mayah Spakousky in 45th in 21:30.80, Ryleigh Bowes in 75th in 22:42.50, Caelyn Foster in 80th in 23:11.40 and Anna Richardson in 81st in 23:11.80.
The Cheney boys junior varsity squad notched the highest team finish for the Blackhawks, coming in fourth with 179 points — one point ahead of Pullman. Tucker Cunningham led the JV with a sixth-place finish in 17:42.10.
The Cheney girls JV was eighth, as were the freshmen boys.
The Blackhawks traveled to Beachview Park in Clarkston on Wednesday, Sept. 26, to take on the Clarkston High School Bantams in GNL dual meet action. Cheney returns to invitational meet action this Saturday, making a trip to Missoula, Mont. for the Mountain West Classic on the University of Montana Golf Course.
John McCallum can be reached at [email protected].
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